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Machine: Any electronic or electromechanical unit of equipment. A machine is always hardware; however, "engine" refers to hardware or software.; Full Machine Definition >>

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Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery: Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements – either way, welcome to the...; Tags: Recovery, Network File System, File System, Photovoltaics, Backup, Volume, Partition, Machine, System Rescue CD, LVM, Volume Group, Linux, Manufacturing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Free Time machine SpX (exe): Our free Time Machine is very useful. With our time machine you don't need installation. All is very easy to use and very helpful, at the present you can use our software in many ways. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Machine, Best-web-sites, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-05-05
Photos: The Victorian engine that could: Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, one of the great achievements of the 19th century, comes to life 150 years later at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, Productivity, CNET News.com, Machine, Babbage, Document Management, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Image galleries 2008-05-04
Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?: Much like the fascination one finds when driving by a traffic accident, the Mac community is abuzz with questions of whether or not the supposed Mac cloner Psystar is a real company and will sell real Mac clones. But the real question is whether anyone in their right mind will...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Machine, Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time: If the "Vista sucks" movement has a public face, it's the Sony Vaio. No one knows that better than my new friend Jeremy Toeman. In May 2007, this 15-year Windows veteran replaced his old, beloved, XP-powered Vaio with a newer Vaio that came with Windows Vista Business installed. Practically overnight,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-21

Is OOP a branch to nowhere?: To continue the discussion about development languages, I want to ask a potentially embarrassing question: has the whole object orientation business been both a functional and a conceptual failure? One of the odd things about the OO movement is that no two proponents understand...; Tags: Object-oriented Programming, Object-oriented, Machine, COBOL MOVE, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-20
Sears and the dishwasher that didn't: This is a customer service horror story that has a happy ending. After twelve years of service, our dishwasher finally gave up and died. We looked all over town to find the best dishwasher that would fit in the space currently occupied by the old one and, of course, at...; Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Person, Machine, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?: New owners of the MacBook Air are putting the controversial ultralight Mac through its paces in actual, real-world workflows. And the results are upbeat. At the same time, the solid results from the ultralight spark questions about the redesign of the MacBook Pro — whenever Cupertino decides...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Machine, Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-02-21
NBT Host Monitor (exe): As a unique NBT monitor tool in the world, NBT Host Monitor is quite powerful and has graphic user interfaces. It could monitor thousands of windows machines simultaneously and scan host name, group name, user name, MAC address of machines in all IP segments in several seconds. It could learn...; Tags: Monitor, Machine, TallSoft, Monitors & Displays, Networking, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-02-21
Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?: As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they're not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. Why is it that when I speak to a Kusnetzky Group client, I almost always have to help them understand that virtualization is a...; Tags: Software, Operating System, Clustering, Technology, Virtual Machine, Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Why do people deploy processing virtualization?: Processing virtualization, in the Kusnetzky Group model of virtualization technology, is technology that operates at or below the operating system level that creates a logical or virtual environment that differs from the actual physical environment in some way. There are a number of benefits to working in...; Tags: Software, Environment, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Machine, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-06
A very religious robot: Three German artists have reprogrammed an industrial robot to copy the complete Bible as translated by Martin Luther. The robotic scribe has worked day and night during 7 months in a Karlsruhe museum to write the 66 volumes and the 3.5 million letters of the full German version of the...; Tags: Bible, Installation, Machine, Robots, BIOS, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Components, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld Expo: One of the legends of Silicon Valley and a hero to many early Macintosh users is the inventor and techno-philosopher Douglas Engelbart. He invented the computer mouse back in 1967 and this year, attended the Macworld Expo. (In case you're wondering, that's him on the left.) The...; Tags: Mouse, Apple MacBook, Control Panel, Machine, Mice, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-01-17
Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?: Believe it, Apple's new ultralight notebook is perfect technology. It's an elite product, something that seems to drive populist Mac fans crazy. But this notebook will be Apple's next step in a strategy to infiltrate the enterprise. Smart people at parties and on the show floor here...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Machine, MacBook Air, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Dell delivers Vostro value: After reporting all the problems ordering two new Dell Vostro mini-towers for Christmas, I wanted to follow-up with a report on what happened next: actually installing and using the machines. I took several photos of the unboxing and installation process for your enjoyment. Be sure to check out the pictures...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Machine, Games, Video Cards, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-01-03
Why ed tech is like my Honda Pilot: I received several interesting responses to my post last week, "I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world," including Marc Wagner's thoughts. Some folks thought I had changed my tune and was now an anti-Linux Windows fanboy whose salary was paid by Dell and Microsoft (not...; Tags: Honda Motor Co., Thin Client, Machine, Thin Clients, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-12-17
CNC Code Shooter Mill (exe): CNC Mill Machine code (G-code) generator for Mills. You will be able to generate a program, save it, print it, and send it to the machine. You will also be able to receive a file back from the machine too. Many features to help save you time with your programming....; Tags: Machine, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Software downloads 2007-12-11
AutoExit 2008 For Windows Home Server (msi): ASoft AutoExit WHS is a console add-in for Windows home server. It can be used to shut down, reboot machines in your home network from within the console. You can execute these actions per machine or for all machines. Other features are sending messages to the different machines and opening...; Tags: Remote Desktop, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Machine, ASoft AutoExit WHS, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-03
Emco RunAs Professional (exe): EMCO RunAs Professional empowers network administrators to run different applications with different access levels on different nodes of a LAN. Users can select the machines that they want to process and then they can specify what programs they want to run along with the access level with which they want...; Tags: Network, Machine, EMCO RunAs Professional, Networking, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-11-16
Sensor-o-rama Part 2: Green vending machines: I actually found a vending machine last week that provided me with diet caffeine for a mere 25 cents. But I never realized just how many of those machines are out there until I spoke the next morning with Barbara Scott, a product manager for USA...; Tags: Utility Company, Cold Calling, Beverage, Machine, Sales Tools, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-11-03