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Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba

New Roomba 500 series vacuuming robot gets corners and takes direction without sucking in rug fringe or loose wires.On Wednesday, iRobot plans to release a new generation of vacuuming robots to the public.CNET News.com got a chance to test out iRobot''s new Roomba 500 series ahead of time and got...

Tags: Robots, photograph, iRobot Corp., iRobot Roomba, subsystem, robot, Roomba 500, modularity, dust, dirt, homeowner, firmware, staff writer, incarnation, C, CEO, battery, Web

Image galleries 2007-08-21

Cisco plans network software overhaul

Cisco plans network software overhaulModular software everywhere.Strange that even a company like Cisco is using modulare software in their new stuff as it improves stability. The only company that doesnt use modular software is still trying to add features. Is this a hint to all software producers?As hardware gets cheaper,...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Now Let, modularity, software, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-04-22

Additional Resources

Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.

OK, so here's the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update

Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Terremark on target with green data center buildout near nation's Capitol

This represents my final post this month about green data center buildouts that have been pitched to me in the past several weeks. I actually first wrote last fall about the facility in question, Terremark Worldwide's new NAP of the Capitol Region in Culpepper, Va. The new information in this...

Tags: Data Center, Terremark Worldwide, Reserve, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-22

Why MinWin speculation matters

MinWin has re-emerged as a source of debate since Microsoft last week released a few more details regarding Windows 7. Previous discussion of the "MinWin" kernel by engineers related to the Windows 7 team would have led one to believe that MinWin was a fancy new kernel that would be released with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, MinWin, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-06-04

MinWin: Is it or isn't it part of Windows 7?

MinWin: Is it or isn't it part of Windows 7?re: MinWinI think the statement if accurate from "the anonymous Microsoft blogger claiming to be part of the team building Windows 7", is pretty clear and sounds like a reasonable explanation.I know, I know ........It's the next round of vapourware to...

Tags: Operating systems, MinWin, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Why Linux won the embedded market?

Why Linux won the embedded market?Name of the game is scalability ...That's were Linux shines in this respect. From tiny embedded systems all the way up to massive teraflop supercomputers, [b]that's[/b] scalability.The world doesn't owe its living to Microsoftand in the cut throat business world why on earth would any...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Corporate law, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Why Linux won the embedded market?

One story not told often enough involves Linux' growing domination of the embedded market. In this space Linux usually stacks up against older Real Time Operating Systems RTOS. The decision by Wind River, the largest RTOS vendor, to migrate toward Linux was a turning point. ...

Tags: Tensilica Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Sir Tim Berners-Lee addresses WWW2008 in Beijing

Speaking from the stage in China's Great Hall of the People last Thursday evening, World Wide Web inventor and Director of the World Wide Web Consortium Sir Tim Berners-Lee shared some of his hopes for the Web with his audience of WWW2008 delegates, impeccably polite and ever-helpful conference volunteers and...

Tags: Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Channel Management, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-29

The Linux lesson Windows needs

The Linux lesson Windows needsLikely to happenJust look at Windows 2008 Server and you'll see Microsoft is doing just that.The true results will come with the next client version of Windows. If Microsoft can make it modular like they have Windows 2008 Server, users just might install what they...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux lesson, Windows Needs

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

AT

ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...

Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

A difference in philosophy

A difference in philosophyDeveloper HandholdingMS has worked hard to develop software components that can be used to more efficiently build robust software. This is a Good Thing, and I don't think it is in the least bit inconsistent with "Unix" philosophy.The problem is, when faced with a choice between...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Unix, Microsoft Corp., VMS

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Open Architecture for the Enterprise, Part 1: Architectural Principles of Open Architecture - Be Cheap, Flexible, and Interoperable in 7 Easy Steps

Enterprise Open Architecture OA is a pattern of nonfunctional requirements that can help one create and maintain more open and flexible complex systems, and systems of systems. Organizations with large, complex systems are looking to OA to help manage complexity, increase flexibility, and reduce their costs. Satisfying the OA nonfunctional...

Tags: Requirement, Enterprise Open Architecture

White papers 2007-12-12

The mind of a Mac fan

The mind of a Mac fanThe mind of a Mac FanApple has not made things like an internet browser an integrated part of the OS. A little while back if you broke IE in Windows you broke the OS because of how tied together they are.I am in teh...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Desktops, John Carroll, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Mac-fan, operating system, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

BI leader Cognos gets scooped up by IBM

The thought on the street was that Cognos had to get bought soon, given the business intelligence BI consolidation land-grab of late -- punctuated by Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion and SAP's buy of Business Objects. So now Big Blue steps up to the plate, and for $5...

Tags: Cognos Inc., Leader, EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Investment, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Synthon Hispania Supports Rapid Growth With Integrated Application Infrastructure

Synthon develops, produces, and markets high-quality alternatives to brand-name drugs. Synthon Hispania was formed in 1998 as the company's first center for production and its primary logistical center. Its production plant can produce one billion pills annually. Synthon wanted to drive continued growth and improve production planning capabilities. The challenge...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Production, Synthon, Groupware, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2007-11-01

HP Blackbird 002

HP's Blackbird 002 is the first product from the collaborative design and production minds of HP and its year-old boutique acquisition, Voodoo PC. The result is a system that makes an unexpectedly large dent in what we expect from high-end gaming PCs. In addition to its unique appearance and a...

Tags: Video cards, Games, Blackbird 002, Voodoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Blackbird 002, HP Blackbird, video card, graphics

Product reviews 2007-09-05

MuleSource fires up MuleForge collaboration site; Apache Tuscany team announces 0.99 SCA release

Collaboration is at the heart of open source, and in that spirit, MuleSource, which provides open-source infrastructure and integration software, this week launched MuleForge a Web platform that will allow developers to explore, download, test, and contribute to re-usable mule extensions. With over 45 projects already...

Tags: Developer, Team, Collaboration, Apache Software Foundation, Service Component Architecture, MuleForge, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-05

Open- and Closed-Source Services Convergence

Open- and Closed-Source Services ConvergenceFixed price and modular and limited"While I agree with Roberto that fixed-price services are the right model, it’s not specifically an open source issue."When a consulting firm uses proprietary software, its own homebrewed CMS for instance, sometimes they use it to lock the client into continued...

Tags: Outsourcing, open source, content management system, Fixed Price

Discussion threads 2007-07-31