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Ushering in a multicore future

Ushering in a multicore futureThe Future of ComputingIf Java doesn't respond with its own parallel computing libraries, it will only help accelerate the adoption of .Net. Let's see what the Java community does. I get the impression that many in the Java community don't understand that when frameworks abstract away...

Tags: Development tools, Desktops, multicore future, desktop, programming, programming problem, Java, Java Community, developer, multi-core, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

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ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...

Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Snow Leopard geared for multicore future

You do realize that...You do realize that GCD is just a combination of 2 technologies that already existed previously on other platforms, right?a) Apple finally added "closures", aka "anonymous methods" or "lambda expressions" to Objective-C. Other languages have had this for many many years, and it is what you need...

Tags: Apple Inc., multi-core

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Photo gallery:Mac OS X Snow LeopardSneaking in a few days before its promised September release, the tune-up for Mac OS X Leopard costs $29 for current Leopard users, and packs just enough punch to be worth your money. Apple is careful to point out that Snow Leopard isn't a complete...

Tags: Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple Mac OS X

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Are we too impatient with SOA?

Are we too impatient with SOA?impatience and laziness? Go back through a lot of articles on your site and you'll find a lot of articles hyping the transformative nature of SOA, the benefits of reuse, etc, etc. SOA has been hyped and oversold from Day 1. It was...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), OOA/OOD/OOP, Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, object-oriented, Java

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives 6.1 (Windows)

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives is an extensive library of multicore-ready, highly optimized software functions for digital media and data-processing applications. Intel IPP offers thousands of optimized functions covering frequently-used fundamental algorithms. Deferred Mode Image Processing Framework delivers pipelined parallelism, dramatically improving performance of pipelined image operations, especially on larger images....

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Performance Management, Digital Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power

Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip powerOne question ...... never mind the marketing crap ... does it speed things up a lot, or not?Until developers use APIs, minimal speed up.Better internal handling of threads will make a minimal difference for existing applications. When applications start using the specialized APIs,...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, chip, Apple Mac OS, speed-Up, GPU, API, Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Wind River: Tasty Embedded Linux Treat

Intel just purchased embedded systems vendor Wind River for a cool $884M. But why? The answer may lie in Linux and device virtualization. For many, Intel's acquisition of Wind River may have gone over this week as just another asset grab by the...

Tags: Wind River Systems Inc., Embedded Linux, Operating System, Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-05

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Andrew Nusca: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Multicore chips leave software trailing, warns Gartner

Multicore chips leave software trailing, warns GartnerDump Multithreading Now!The powers that be at Intel, AMD, IBM, Sun, HP and the other leaders in multicore processor technology know that multithreading is not part of the future of multicore computing. In fact, multithreading is the reason for the parallel programming crisis. Fortunately,...

Tags: Processors, memory bandwidth problem, multi-core processor, Gartner Inc., memory bandwidth, programming, chip, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source

Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open sourceYou are wrong, Gartner is correct...My rep has confirmed this for me as well. Open Source is impossible to license and maintain. Thus, the only true solution to IT needs and efficiencies is adopting a Microsoft strategy throughout the entire organization. My rep...

Tags: Gartner Inc., open source, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?Those who want them and or need themWho will buy?Well, when they start replacing the older CPUs with Core i7s, it'll be those buying these computers.And those who need the improved performance. Preliminary tests show the mid range i7s doing well against the best Core...

Tags: Processors, Core-i7, Intel Corp., processor

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

News to know: E-voting security; Salesforce.com; NetSuite; SAP; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Big Brains: Brad Lovering Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-voting, Sales Force Management, Data Centers, Government, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Harnessing a multicore future

Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...

Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Harnessing a multicore future

Last week's PDC was about more than just Microsoft's new cloud initiative Windows Azure and the next version of Windows (Windows 7). It also concentrated on what Microsoft is doing to assist programmers to tackle the big shift to multi-core computers. Harnessing the power of multi-threaded programming will...

Tags: Multi-core, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll, Processor, Microsoft .NET, Construct, Transistor, LINQ, PDC, Moore, Windows Workflow Foundation

Blog posts 2008-11-03

State of the enterprise tech economy

Almost a month has passed since technology demand fell off dramatically; the stock markets tanked and worry about the credit crisis moved from Wall Street to Main Street to your company. Despite this perfect storm it's hard to generalize the enterprise technology economy. Simply put, it's not all gloom and...

Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Technology Executive, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-20

Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad

Gartner has revised its 2009 IT budget prognostications, a move that isn't surprising, but the firm's projections could be a lot worse. Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, outlined the research group's new projections in his opening keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in...

Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended

After spending a few weeks working with a beta version, I've concluded that there's just enough that's better in the CS4 updates to Photoshop and Photoshop Extended--most notably, usability improvements for core features--that many people will find themselves sighing, biting the bullet, and upgrading. That bullet biting stems from Adobe's...

Tags: panels architecture, Adobe PhotoShop, Photoshop Extended, Adobe Systems Inc.

Product reviews 2008-09-23