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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

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Lenovo's ThinkPad X200 Tablet racks up awards

Reviews of the tablet version of Lenovo's X200 ultraportable are in. The big change in this version, which replaces the longstanding ThinkPad X61t, is the switch to a widescreen display. The X200 Tablet is also thinner and lighter, weighing about 3.5 pounds with the standard four-cell battery and a little...

Tags: Lenovo ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., X200 Tablet, PC Magazine, Tablets, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-25

FireDaemon Pro (msi)

FireDaemon is a system utility that allows you to install and run any 32-bit or 64-bit application or script (BAT CMD, .NET, Perl, Java, Python, TCL TK) as a Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, or 2008 service. FireDaemon features easy service configuration via the GUI or command line, a low...

Tags: CPU, Sublime Solutions, FireDaemon, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-09

Lenovo ThinkPad X200

We were a little surprised when Lenovo announced an X series laptop with a 12.1-inch wide-aspect display; after all, the similarly sized ThinkPad X300 had won over many hearts and minds when it was introduced earlier this year. But the new ThinkPad X200 does nicely round out Lenovo's ThinkPad family....

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad X200, battery, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo ThinkPad

Product reviews 2008-08-14

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Purewire raises funding, adds Noonan to board

Purewire, a security start-up competing in the software-as-a-service Saas market, has banked $2 million in friends-and-family funding and added industry veteran Tom Noonan to its board of directors. The latest funding round, which was led by Imlay Investments, Inc., brings the company's total financial to $3.75 million...

Tags: Monitor, Data Center, Board, Purewire, Data Centers, Corporate Governance, Software As A Service (SaaS), Monitors & Displays, Storage, Security, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Emerging Technologies, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-04

SQL Anywhere Developer Edition (download_sqlany_11_developer_cnet)

SQL Anywhere provides data management and exchange technologies designed for database-powered applications that operate in frontline environments without onsite IT support. It offers enterprise-caliber features in a database that is easily embedded and widely deployed in server, desktop, remote office and mobile applications. SQL Anywheres data exchange technologies extend information...

Tags: Sybase SQL Anywhere, SQL Anywhere 11, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-08-04

The empty debate over open source security

Guest editorial by Roger Thornton Last week, Fortify published a study on adoption of security best-practices within the Open Source community. Given mounting risk posed by extensive use of Open Source technologies within business and government IT, we were gratified to see the passionate discussions that followed....

Tags: Software, Open Source, Security Assurance, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Interactive agencies, RIAs, and the advertising market

There's a pretty good article in AdAge today about the online display market and how it isn't gaining as much traction as all of the hype would assume. In fact, with the economy starting to decline, AdAge says that the display market is getting hit harder than traditional media. The...

Tags: Advertisement, Nike Inc., Agency, Media, Rich Internet Application, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

American 1900+ Universities Info reader (exe)

It gathers 1900+American Universities Web site Information, content include New York Universities(159),Washington Universities(15),CA Universities(133),AK Universities(6),AL Universities(50),AR Universities(22),GA Universities(52),AZ Universities(18),CO Universities(28),FL Universities(51),IL Universities(72),IN Universities(57),MA Universities(85),MI Universities(50),NC Universities(52), and OH Universities(68). Version 3 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: University, YiFei Software, Thin Clients, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-10

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

How Toshiba's 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R500 stacks up

How Toshiba's 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R500 stacks upHow long SSDs last?10 million writes?Long enoughBecause of some clever write strategies, many years. Not something to worry about.

Tags: Notebooks, SSD, Portégé R500, Toshiba Portege, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive

Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive128GB SSD is Good NewsWith SSDs for Laptop capped at 32GB until now, this new 128GB Portege from Toshiba makes for the first serious SSD alternative to latops equiped with traditional HDD. Thanks a lot for the information.RE: Laptop wars: Toshiba...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, solid state disk, Apple Inc., SSD, Cell

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Gallery: Toshiba adds style, portability to laptops

Toshiba's Portege R500-S5007V is just .01-inches thicker and weighs less than a MacBook Air. Other new laptops include a gaming model and one with Cell-chip technology. by Andy Smith

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Toshiba Portege R500-S5007V, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andy Smith, Apple MacBook, Toshiba, laptop, solid state hard drive, thin

Image galleries 2008-06-17

Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive

Toshiba on Tuesday added a 128GB solid-state drive to its Portege laptop lineup in the latest move toward flash-based drives. According to Toshiba, its Portege R500-S5007V gallery right is 2.4 pounds and is the lightest laptop with a 128GB SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive. Under that logic,...

Tags: Toshiba Portege, Solid State Disk, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-17

8-Ball Game (exe)

Play 8-Ball ga.! Download now and enjoy 4 variation of Pool games (including 8-Ball & 9-Ball), and 3 types of Snooker games. The Web's most realistic 3D 8-Ball game, as close as it gets to a real-life game, and engage in 8-Ball games and tournaments with money prizes. Games are...

Tags: PoolSharks, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-02

MARS - Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System v3.0

Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsCisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System MARS is a family of high-performance, scalable appliances for threat management, monitoring, and mitigation that enables you to...

Tags: Appliance, Network, Security Monitoring, Monitoring, Cisco Systems Inc., Analysis, Configure, Networking

Training 2008-06-01

Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)

Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againI don't care about it. I stick with VistaI don't care about it. I stick with VistaRE: Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againThat will be nothing new, just think - another operating system delivered in beta status, with millions of people...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Well Let, Microsoft Windows 7, deliverable, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Hammering a dual quad-core Xeon system

The other day I wanted to test out the viability of simultaneously transcoding six DVDs to six separate .MP4 files suitable for my iPod touch. So I loaded a few software utilities onto a dual quad-core Xeon system and put it through its paces. How did this system cope with...

Tags: Quad-core, ISO, Intel Xeon, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Iso standards, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Quality, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-26