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Microsoft tries new tack with small firms

Microsoft tries new tack with small firmshuh? windows server is for small companiesOnly masochists with a huge IT budget would try to use it in the enterprise.A new tack?"The package, based on the company's Longhorn version of Windows Server as well as the next release of its Exchange, code-named Exchange...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating systems, windows server, small company, Linux-is-cheaper, server, new tack, tack, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2005-09-06

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Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?

I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...

Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Samsung RogueSamsung has had mixed results with touch-screen phones with full keyboards. Verizon's Samsung Glyde had its share of faults, but we liked the Samsung Impression for AT&T quite a bit. Fortunately, the new Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is no slouch. Not only is it a touch-screen and...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Engineering, phone dialer, touch-screen interface, Verizon Wireless, Samsung Rogue, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-09-11

6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors

GET it in WRITING!If it is NOT in the contract then you made your first mistake.Well said.Contracts & Paper Trails are more precious than gold when something goes Tango-Ultra on you.I dont agree with #5Well I do, but to further clarify, *most* vendors will support at least 1-2 major revisions...

Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), dirty trick, enterprise vendor, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Is the new Canon EOS 7D a Nikon D300s killer?

Missed a couple of thingsThe 7D also uses SDHC CF cards. Those appear to be required for the maximum burst rate. And according to the posted spec, HD video works not only at 30FPS, but also at 24 and 29.97. I want one.RE: Is the new Canon...

Tags: sensor, Canon Inc., pixel, Nikon Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Three things the Apple tablet needs to be successful

Three things the Apple tablet needs to be successfulAn Apple tablet wll not need any of those thingsto be successful.People will buy it regardless, knowing that the third generation tablet will receive those feature, at which point they will purchase the new one when it ships.RE: Three things the Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Snow Leopard, tablet, Apple Tablet, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Wii MotionPlus

When Nintendo announced Wii MotionPlus at last year's E3 2008 press conference, it certainly raised a few eyebrows. First off, we wondered why this technology wasn't included in the original Wii remote to begin with. With the device debuting so late in the console's lifespan, would every game...

Tags: Games, trap door, Wii MotionPlus, Nintendo Wii, Wii Remote

Product reviews 2009-07-21

We don't know what we don't know

We don't know what we don't knowShock! I thought the debate was over...You mean we really don't know everything? You mean we have no idea why more and more reliable scientific studies show that we are currently in a global cooling trend? You mean we don't know why there has...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Are legacy game consoles making a comeback?

I am not a gamer. I don't spend hours of my time in front of a computer screen playing games because quite simply, I don't have the time. That is until this summer when I moved into my new house, everyone else buggered off back to their respective homes around...

Tags: Console, Game Console, Games, Personal Technology, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-09

DOJ signals newly vigorous antitrust enforcement

Sounds like Google -- and the rest of the tech industry - can expect a whole lot more antitrust enforcement from the Obama Administration. The New York Times reported that Christine Varney, head of the Justice Department's Antitrust division, gave a speech today prepared remarks here signaling a new,...

Tags: Antitrust, Christine Varney, U.S. Department Of Justice, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Speed Cameras Give No License To Kill

Speed Cameras Give No License To KillDont break the law... and you wont get a ticketDont break the law and you dont have to worry...People running red lights way into the other green... people driving down the freeway at 80 miles a hour talking on the cell phone.. they...

Tags: camera, Speed Cameras, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

External battery promises 16 hour battery life with Macbook Air

Besides its price and ho-hum internals, Apple's MacBook Air has a problem that most thin-and-lights do not: a non-removable battery. Few consumers need much more than what the Air provides, but if you're a business user on a long-haul flight who uses the Air as your main...

Tags: Apple MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, Battery, Engineering, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-15

ISPs sending RIAA letters - but swear they won't suspend users

Comcast and AT&T have started issuing copyright infringement to Internet subscribers. The question is, is this part of the RIAA's litigation-free "graduated response"? Or just business as usual? Denials are flying fast, but what's really going on is a little less clear. Let's rely...

Tags: Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-25

iPhone OS 3.0: What new Wi-Fi improvements and features do you want?

For iPhone users, the good news about tomorrow's event debuting the latest version of its OS appears to be that cut and paste will finally be implemented, thanks perhaps to the upcoming competition from the Palm Pre. The bad news is that running background apps beyond Apple's own may still...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?Maybe just maybe you're biased against Macs?The difference between the 2.66 GHz dual core and and the 2.33GHz quad core in benchmarks is small but the price difference is big, plus that Windows uses more cores than...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Operating systems, Apple Inc., new Apple iMac, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., quad-core, Apple iMac, dual-core

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor man's e-mail system'

Google CEO Eric Schmidt just finished up his Q&A at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference with some choice words. First, about overseas opportunity: "The obvious prize would be China, because of the simple volume there." Second, about everyone's favorite microblogging service Twitter: "Speaking as...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Twitter, E-mail, Venture Capital, Online Communications, Finance, Financing Startups, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-03

New release of Microsoft's App-V for Windows 7 available

New release of Microsoft's App-V for Windows 7 availableHas Microsoft Changed Virtualization Tack here?From your reference to the MDOP blog posting; "Application virtualization is in a small class of applications that have very deep interactions specific to a Windows release"...Has Microsoft changed it's position from telling everyone, "to Virtualize...

Tags: APP-V, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook

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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments Sam Diaz: Microsoft backpedals on severance payback ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Offshore wind, a new tack

Courtesy: Principle Power. An American company is working with a utility company in Portugal to build an offshore wind farm. That's not the news. The real news is that these turbines will be on floating platforms, not attached to the ocean floor. Principle Power PP...

Tags: Offshore, Wind Energy, Principle Power, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-23

News to know: Windows 7; Tax software guide; Extending your system's life

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 Robin Harris: Give your system a mid-life kicker Ed Bott: How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB? Andrew Nusca: ZDNet's Ultimate Tax...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Phone, Microsoft Windows 7, Tax, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-09