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Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?

Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?China TCOThe Chinese currency is broadly pegged to the dollar so the exchange rate hasn't influenced the relative cost of Chinese manufacturing. Rather it is the shortage and therefore higher cost of skilled labor and, especially, mid-level management. Through in high fuel costs,...

Tags: skilled-labor, manufacturing cost, manufacturing

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?

Goldman Sachs issued a research note Monday that may highlight an important technology theme: China's manufacturing costs are going to become an issue.  In the note, penned by Goldman analysts David Bailey and Min Park, Goldman recaps an Asia tour examining the tech supply chain. The analysts came away...

Tags: China, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analyst, Lexmark International Inc., Manufacturing Cost, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-10

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP

Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. My data source was the Microsoft Security Bulletin Search page, where I tallied...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-25

What paper trail?

I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....

Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-25

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Gateway stops selling PCs direct

Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...

Tags: Gateway Inc., PC, Acer Inc., Retail, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Is there an open source jobs boom?

The bottom line is things are about as bad in programming as in anything else. But if you know open source you have a cost-cutting story to tell, and that might keep you employed a bit longer than your Microsoft-loving buddy. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Job, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...

Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-25

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blogBusiness vs making a living.I'm 100% behind the guy who just wants to do what he does, sells it for enough to make a living for his family and employees, and treats his customers as if they were more important than some...

Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, guest blog

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...

Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

The little wind turbines that could

The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...

Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Microsoft buys DATAllegro

Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Is open source hurt by piracy?

Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-24