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- Experimental jet hits Mach 10
- Experimental jet hits Mach 10military vs commercialisationMany technologies are borne from military requirements. However with laser technologies in development eg the US ABL programme, I wonder if this is an old world technology now?China also has quite a strong laser weapons program, if you believe many of the reports they...
- Tags: Lorentz contraction, Lorentz, Mach 10, contraction
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
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- Apple kicks ZFS in the butt
- CuriousWhat features does ZFS sport that NTFS does not? Which of those are important to data integrity?Reading the IRON File Systems I couldn't help notice that NTFS fared quite well. Do you have any data to suggest that ZFS would fare better than these other file systems?The file systems from...
- Tags: Snow Leopard, ZFS, Apple Inc., file system
- Discussion threads 2009-08-29
- Apple's massive new data center portends a cloudy future
- I believe that if you look at Apple past historiesin terms of retail outlets and resellers, convetions, et cetera, in which Apple has cut all support for those venues and have undertaken those segments themselves, my guess would be is that they are planning to host everything that is outsourced...
- Tags: Data centers, Channel management, Storage, Scripting languages, PC-class, data center, Apple Inc., Web development, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Who has the most to lose from rising sea levels?
- Who has the most to lose from rising sea levels?Should the Feds stop selling flood insurance in these areas?One of the ripoffs to the American peopleis that the Federal Government sells floodinsurance to people who decide to live inareas overcome by periodic flooding once adecade or more often.I'll grant that...
- Tags: Financial Planning, sea level, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- The Microsoft Store? Here???s my design!
- The Microsoft Store? Here???s my design!Going nowhere.....Linux distro's are the future....#10 Apple shrineLove your work. I'd add#10 Apple shrine : A place to pay homage to the creator of most MS "innovations" perhaps with a fee or Apple tax to enter.You described Loverock's wet dream!and the first customer will be...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Leadership, Operating systems, UNIX, Darwin, Microsoft Corp., Linux Distro, Apple Inc., innovation
- Discussion threads 2009-04-19
- Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!
- Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!What about RAM?Did you forget about RAM? Most peoples RAM would be incompatible w/ these machines... not to mention that they might not have enough in their current machine to begin with, compatible or not. Theres another 50-100 on top of your...
- Tags: Video cards, power supply, video card, RAM, card, Monster
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
- ATI has given Nvidia some staunch competition on the 3D card front the past six months or so, but with the dual-chip GeForce GTX 295, Nvidia has raced back to the top of the performance pile. At $500 for a boxed version (from Nvidia's board partners), the GTX 295 is...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce, GeForce GTX, card, GeForce GTX 295, ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Product reviews 2009-01-16
- BRU LE 1.3.7 (Mac)
- BRU LE for Mac OS X provides backup and restore for Mac systems under Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4. SCSI, SAS, Fibre-Channel, Firewire, and USB tape drives single drive and autoloaders (up to 10 slots) are fully supported. Additionally, disk-based files may be created allowing the use of removable...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, BRU LE, Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS
- Software downloads 2009-01-08
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
- Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...
- Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition)
- As it often does, Falcon Northwest has provided with an ultra-high-end PC as a showcase for Intel's latest high-end desktop CPU. This $8,028 Mach V comes with the latest and greatest of everything and provides a useful benchmark of the performance we can expect to see from boutique gaming PCs...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Falcon Northwest, PC, Intel Corp., hard drive, Mach V, game
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Snow Leopard specifics revealed
- Snow Leopard specifics revealedWill it finally be a real 64 bit OS?or, like Leopard, is it just a 32 bit kernel with a 64 bit compatibility layer?[i]Snow Leopard introduces QuickTime X, a streamlined, next-generation platform that advances modern media and Internet standards.[/i]Is this a complete rewrite or is it just...
- Tags: Network technology, 64-bit, Apple Inc., kernel, 32-bit
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Alienware Area-51 (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- From its chrome trim to its customizable case lighting, Alienware's Area-51 ALX high-end gaming desktop bears all the visual hallmarks of a luxury-class gaming PC. Our $7,738 review model came configured with Intel's highest-end Core 2 Extreme CPU, overclocked, no less, and a quad-graphics card set up, which give it...
- Tags: Games, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Alienware, Area-51 ALX
- Product reviews 2008-06-05
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- Falcon Northwest's latest Mach V ($6,957, as reviewed) remains true to the company's reputation of high performance and best-of-breed craftsmanship. But for a few exceptions, its parts offerings remain on the cutting edge, and its smart system building philosophy results in outstanding performance. If your goal is to build the...
- Tags: Processors, Memory, Intel Corp., Falcon Northwest, Mach V, Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-05-29
- Photos: Visiting a Nike missile site
- At one time, there were more than 200 Nike missile sites in the U.S., each tasked with protecting a specific city. Today, the only one left is a restored site for tourists in the Marin Headlands, near San Francisco.The mascot of the Army''s Air Defense Artillery program was a bird...
- Tags: Nike Inc., Photograph, Missile, Missile Site, AJAX, Aerospace & Defense, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-23
- Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?
- According to reports, Apple purchased embedded chip maker PA Semi this week and the rumors are flying: that Apple is back in chipset business; or that Apple is going back to the PowerPC for some future device (since PA Semi made PowerPC-based processor). However, some chip analysts say that it...
- Tags: Exponential Technology, Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Chip, PA Semi, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Apple updates Safari to 3.1; adds support for HTML 5
- Apple updates Safari to 3.1; adds support for HTML 5Why does it require a restart?All you are doing is updating a browser. Hmm, interesting.The rendering engine WebKit is a part of Mac OSThe fastest browser on earth, making IE7 en especially IE6 look like pregnant snails in molasses. Safari is...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Apple Safari, HTML 5, Apple Inc., operating system, WebKit, Help System, kernel, Web browser, HTML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- News to know: Microsoft and open source; Google; Motorola, PMA 2008
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand words Dana Blankenhorn: Should we fight the proprietary open source power? Larry Dignan: Google's quarter falls short of expectations Tom Foremski: GOOG's troubled social network deals threaten Facebook valuation....
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Open Source, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Twitter, Motorola Inc., BlackBerry Patent App, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Simulating planes flying at Mach 6
- Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, such as the X-51A aircraft being built by Pratt & Whitney and Boeing, should start to fly in 2009. And if everything goes according to plan, missiles flying at Mach 6 could be deployed by 2015. But designing such planes is not so easy. This...
- Tags: Purdue University, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- The top 10 IT disasters of all time
- The top 10 IT disasters of all timeWhy omitions?(Note: We have purposely omitted incidents that resulted in loss of life.) Why omit these incidents??? THESE are the ones that count!If some flacky software kills hundreds or thousands I would want to know.Purposely omitted errors that cost lives?Errors like the Therac-25...
- Tags: Operating systems, Imperial unit, GOODNESS, IT disaster, Microsoft Windows, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
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