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- Micron
- One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in...
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- Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?
- Intel's developer forum in San Francisco has more than its share of chest thumping and as the roadmap comes into focus you really wonder how competitors will respond. To be sure, Intel won't have a cakewalk, but it's making a lot of waves, creating new markets (Netbooks...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Vyatta, Mauku, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- News to know: Geek sheets; Cuil; Apple; DNS patch
- Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives SSDs and Linux Gallery: Crucial Micron Solid State Drives My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i Dana Blankenhorn: The Microsoft way with Apache ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Data Center, DNS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Domain Names, Video Cards, Linux, Storage, Semiconductors, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Components, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- 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, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How to make sweet lemonade out of sour Vista lemons
- In a previous article I talked about some of the ways Microsoft might be able to learn from its mistakes with Windows Vista and deliver a winner with Windows 7. I also hit pretty close to home with a number of readers when I talked about the real world problems...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market
- Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- How Toshiba's 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R500 stacks up
- Toshiba has released what it says is the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. Technically, the 17-inch Alienware Area-51 m9750 can be configured with two 64GB SSDs, but Toshiba gets credit for shipping the first laptop equipped with a 128GB SSD that you'd actually want to carry anywhere. ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Toshiba Portege, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Portégé R500, SSD, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Ghostly ring found circling dead star
- An international team of scientists has found a strange ring around a dead star by using images taken by NASA's Spitzer space telescope. This star, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars. According to NASA, a magnetar is 'a highly magnetized neutron star and the...
- Tags: NASA, Star, Ring, Magnetic Field, SGR, Magnetars, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
- News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Intel & Micron intro 34nm flash chip
- Driving fast on the cost curve. Flash prices need to drop about 50% a year to keep volumes growing. Putting more flash on a wafer helps do that. The new process produces 1.6 TB of NAND flash on a 300 mm (12 inch) wafer. ...
- Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Storage, USB Flash Drive, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Solid State Drives: Samsung may accelerate adoption just in time for Xmas
- Will you have a notebook with a solid state drive on your holiday wish list? Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled a 2.5-inch, 256 GB solid state drive SSD that's the thinnest with a SATA II interface. In English, Samsung just made flash-based drives a lot more appealing. ...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Solid State Disk, JIT, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules
- I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...
- Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Time and talent are the open source speed limits
- The launch of an open source movie studio dovetailed with a recent conversation I had with a West Texas entrepreneur. (Image courtesy Star Wreck Studios.) Stephen Lee is convinced there is a ton of time and talent which isn't getting a shot, which is why he's backing...
- Tags: Talent, Movie, Workforce Management, Open Source, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Intel says business is fine, especially in notebooks
- The key message from Intel's earnings call last night: consumers and businesses are still buying lots of PCs and microprocessors despite economic woes in the U.S. The ramp of the company's latest 45nm Penryn processors, which first appeared in servers, then notebooks, and finally desktops, is impressive....
- Tags: PC, NAND, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Let the green tech lobbying begin, CEO-style
- This is one of those posts that I've been meaning to put together for a couple of weeks, but I wasn't frankly quite sure of what I thought about the information until just now. But the second time I read the pitch through, I decided I was suitably impressed. ...
- Tags: Green Technology, Chairman, Technology, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- midiCTRL - Alesis Micron VST & Standalone Editor (zip)
- midiCTRL - VST Based MIDI-controller. Supports remote change and automate all program parameters of Alesis Micron Ion. Created for easy work with this product's. Tested in the most popular music editors (Ableton live, Cubase, Mackie Tracktion, Fruity Loops). Where, midiCTRL, showed excellent performance. Version 1.1.0.4 FX2: Inaccurate work of 'a'...
- Tags: Parameter, midiCTRL, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-02-15
- 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009
- Bytes, not bits. Oh, and it's fast, too. Nanochip, a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor firm, just received $14 million in funding to complete work on a 100 GB storage chip. Intel Capital, who should know something about chips, is an investor. The goal: ". . . allow Nanochip to...
- Tags: Memory Chip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- 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
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