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- PGP creator sees threat in Moore's law
- PGP creator sees threat in Moore's lawThe Threat is a 2-edged Sword SirShame on you Mr. Zimmermann: Some might call your statement "fear-mongering" or "FUD" but out of a kinder spirit, I see a person making a statement built upon a narrow vision!Perhaps, and most probably having a tightly focused...
- Tags: PGP Corp., Moores Law
- Discussion threads 2007-03-10
- Barrett still has some fight in him
- Barrett still has some fight in himMoores law is deadNo new faster P4. Moores law is dead...........Moore's law has an economic limitation..."Processor speeds double every 18 months until customers see no purpose in upgrading on a 36 month cycle."True, there are specialized applications in which a single chip running...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., Moores Law, processor
- Discussion threads 2004-10-19
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- 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?
- I really don't see the need...Unless you're a hard core gamer or work heavily in the graphics dept...RE: 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?Mine has two. And how do you get the little quote box thing? I've been looking to get that on mine for...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, GPU, desktop, graphics, Jon Peddie, game
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Business ByDesign: to scale or not to scale?
- As the soap opera that is SAP Business ByDesign rumbles on, I can't help but think of the opening lines in Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The...
- Tags: Blade, SAP AG, ByD, Zinow, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Servers, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- In the information age, IT innovation means everything
- In the information age, IT innovation means everythingInteresting.I think many IT failures are due to misundersyanding the company's business model. The nuances if you will. This is another reason to develop internally. To take it one step further. There are many good IT personnel that only understand IT. They don't...
- Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Operating systems, information technology, innovation, Linux, Unix, blog
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?The answer is simpleAsus has discovered there's no money in the bargain basement bin. You're in a pretty shaky business when you have to choose your BIOS because it costs you one penny less.Just like any other vendor, they are ....
- Tags: Keyboards, ASUS, Eee PC, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Jobs on OS X: "We’re going to hit the pause button on new features"
- Jobs on OS X: "We’re going to hit the pause button on new features"I hit the pause button with Tiger.Leopard doesn't offer any compelling reason for me to move off of Tiger. Tiger is a great OS and does all I need it to.RE: Jobs on OS X:I thought Sony's...
- Tags: Chipsets, Operating systems, Semiconductors, Apple Mac OS X, pause button, Apple Inc., job
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- IBM experimenting with DNA to build chips
- IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsDNA computingThe NY Times ran a piece in 1995 on DNA computing using DNA pairs as stand-ins for the 0's and 1's of binary code. The NSA is into this big time.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFD91338F932A25757C0A963958260RE: IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsThis sounds like the basis for...
- Tags: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Microsoft Corp., NSA, DNA, nanotube, IBM Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Microsoft set to roll out 2.0 'Origami' pack for ultra-mobile PCs
- Microsoft set to roll out 2.0 'Origami' pack for ultra-mobile PCsCan you say "Terminal Services"?Think of a plumber, or anybody who comes to your house or business working off of a printed work order. They get their work order, make changes to the order if necessary, mark it complete, trigger...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Corp., ultramobile PC, Bloatfarm, hardware, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Open spectrum can close the broadband gap
- The San Jose Mercury News (reg. req.) admits the U.S. now has a "broadband gap."That is, citizens of other countries can get more Internet bits for less money than can Americans. The group to the left, partly financed by the EU, is trying to increase wireless service in Europe. Its...
- Tags: business models, General, Government, Infrastructure, Internet, mass market, politics, telecom, wireless
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- Sun Execs Unplugged: Java best-positioned to capitalize on 'converged' developers
- While it may be one of the oldest buzzwords in the book, convergence is very much on the minds of Sun executives here at JavaOne 2007, particularly as both Microsoft and Adobe are gunning and gunning hard for one of Suns most competitive strongholds: that of Java in the market...
- Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Web technology, Video, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Personal Technology, Open Source, Mobile, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Schwartz and Sun going all-in on open source
- Business Week reports that Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz is preparing to announce that Suns Solaris operating system will soon be available under the GPL. With the decision on GPL Java already made, its clear that, in poker parlance, Schwartz is going "all-in" on the open source concept. Schwartz first hinted...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems, Strategy, Hardware, GPL, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- From Sun 1 to T5240
- Right about today, twenty-five years ago, a bunch of geeks at Stanford were firing up their companys first production walk - a half dozen "Sun 1" multibus boards designed to run Unisoft Unix on MC68000s. Not much later the design stabilised using Bill Joys first BSD...
- Tags: Sun, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Virtualization does not guarantee the future for open source
- I spent some quality time today with Simon Crosby, CTO and co-founder of XenSource Inc., who said virtualization is the Next Big Thing, that it makes all the benefits of Moores Law real, that it has benefits for all classes of users. (Picture from XenSource.)But does it help open source?...
- Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization, XenSource Inc., Simon Crosby, software, open source
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- Novatel V740 Rev. A EV-DO ExpressCard/34
- Wouldnt you know that almost immediately after I post my review of the Verizon Wireless V640 EV-DO Express Card/34 from Novatel, they announce the successor? Moores Law at its finest.The new Novatel V740 is a Rev. A ExpressCard which is faster than the Rev. 0 V640 card. According to Wikipedia:...
- Tags: EVDO, Novatel Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-03-16
- Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles
- Amidst concerns that pedophiles are using public Tor the Onion Router servers to trade in child pornography, über-hacker HD Moore is building a tracking system capable of pinpointing specific workstations that searched for and downloaded sexual images and videos of kids.Moore, the brains behind the Metasploit Project, has come up...
- Tags: Privacy, Open source, Metasploit, Exploit code, Spyware and Adware, Punditocracy, Vulnerability research, Browsers, Patch Watch, Hackers
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Sun's new mantra: Brutal efficiency at deep scale
- At a recent meeting with analysts, Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos reiterated what has become the Jonathan Schwartz era strategy--to become the early 21st century version of the IBM mainframe see Nick Carrs post on the topic. Sun CEO Schwartz has been harping on the idea that demand for compute power...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Utility computing, virtualization, Sun, Broadband, Sun Microsystems Inc., Greg Papadopoulos
- Blog posts 2007-02-11
- YouTube: Are YouTubers at risk?
- The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School strives to “pioneer” the development of cyberspace. The Center’s pioneering efforts include “advocacy”:We engage in targeted efforts to effect law reform where we deem such activism to be necessary, both domestically and internationally, to protect and foster openness on...
- Tags: Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Media, YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Reading the Times - about Intel
- As regular readers know, Im both fascinated and frustrated by the extent to which the main stream press misinforms our bosses -the non technical people who ultimately make most of the strategic technology decisions in the organizations we work for. The media reaction to last weeks announcements from...
- Tags: Intel Corp., transistor
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- The problem at Dell wasn't the CEO. It's the commodity R&D
- Michael Dells reassumption of the CEOs post at Dell is a shell game that can do little more than temporarily assuage Wall Street. Lets be honest. As chairman of the company, Michael Dell had whatever opportunity and access he needed (to the now-ex CEO Kevin Rollins as well as other...
- Tags: General, Vista, Hardware Infrastructure, Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., DSi
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
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