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- Warp speed file serving with pNFS
- Warp speed file serving with pNFSBitTorrent FS, anyone?So, basically, this is the BitTorrent concept added to NFS, right?Similiar to Striping??My thoughts. The idea of separating metadata from data is common to Bit Torrent and pNFS as one other comment pointed out. Once the layout is returned by the metadata server,...
- Tags: Remote access, Storage area networks (SAN), British Telecommunications, RDMA capability, pNFS, Network File System
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
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- Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP
- I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...
- Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- InstantNavigator for OneNote (zip)
- InstantNavigator is a productivity plug-in that enhances Microsoft OneNote with an instant quick-as-you-type search capability. Once installed, InstantNavigator lets you find a note in much the same way as Vista Instant Search just start typing the first letters of a keyword into the search box and get the note youre...
- Tags: Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, ExtraMind Systems, InstantNavigator, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Amazon's S3 outage: Is the cloud too complicated?
- Amazon's S3 outage: Is the cloud too complicated?It's a matter of infrastructure - and transparencyLarry,Your analysis is partially correct, but there is a second factor. Some cloud providers have taken a "you're better off not knowing" approach to the infrastructure their systems are based on. What server is your VM...
- Tags: Manufacturing, cloud computing, Down Time, outage, S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see
- Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to take a shot. But what struck me most about the list was how RIA-heavy it is. I as much...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Rich Media, Site Builder, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD
- When it comes to black levels, you apparently get what you pay for. Pioneer's PDP-5020FD is the company's cheapest flat-panel plasma HDTV for 2008, yet it still costs significantly more than the poshest plasmas produced by Panasonic. We really liked the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U we reviewed earlier this year, and despite...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, PDP-5020FD
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- Optimus Maximus
- Despite its innovative approach to keyboard design, the OLED-based Optimus Maximus keyboard is best considered an expensive novelty. Its $1,600 price tag keeps it out of the hands of the average consumer, and we also question the practical benefit of using 113 customizable OLED screens as an input device. There...
- Tags: Keyboards, Lebedev Studio, default layout, Optimus Maximus, Optimus Corp., keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- FFT Properties (zip)
- FFT Properties is a real time spectrum-network analyzer with with multi-channel support. It features parametric windows, peak interpolation, rich set of peak marking features, cepstral analysis, averaging, excellent quality 3D surface chart with unique navigation capability for spectrogram. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Dew Research, FFT Properties, Construction
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter
- Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...
- Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Nintendo's announcements from E3 2008
- Nintendo showcases new hardware and software titles. A new add-on called Wii Motion Plus adds another level of precision to the Wii Remote for super accurate motions in the new beach-themed game, 'Wii Sports Resort.' The Wii gets voice-chat capability with the Wii Speak Mic in 'Animal Crossing: City Folk.'...
- Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, News
- Videos 2008-07-16
- 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
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 - headphones
- Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but the company has gained quite a following with its consumer line as well. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines range in affordability and scale nicely from discerning listeners to audiophiles. Falling...
- Tags: Bass, headphone, Ultimate Ears, Metro.fi 2
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- 1StepBackup for Windows Limited Edition (exe)
- The 1stepBackup Limited Edition process version provides an efficient one step process allowing the creation of a single backup to a single archive location with no multiple backup file/archive management capability. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: 1StepBackup, Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-15
- Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase
- Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability. Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market (price estimates fall between $1500-$3000) that seeks to automate and extend the capability of browser exploits. Symantec...
- Tags: Web, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Access, Vulnerability, Trusted Site, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Zone, Intranet, Attack, Neosploit, Internet, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Tearing down the iPhone 3G
- iFixIt.com was one of the first to get their hands on iPhone 3G and they promptly ripped theirs apart to report on its internal working and components. Since then TechOnline has taken things to the next level – submitting individual chips to an acid bath to reveal their...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Infineon Technologies AG, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Corporate Governance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?
- Well, I was going to write my post-mortem of the iPhone launch and go into an entire diatribe on crappy customer service and the perils of early adoption, but then I found myself with a much better target than AT&T Wireless and Apple -- the idiots...
- Tags: Customer Service, DirecTV, HR-20, HR-21, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- AT
- AT30 day cancellation?I recently switched to AT&T, because Verizon's EV-DO was very weak where I frequented. I wouldn't have switched if AT&T hadn't offered a 30 day cancellation period, where, if I wasn't satisfied, I could return the phone and cancel service. I would only have to pay for the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, AT&T 3G network, 3G, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Vox BlackBox (1TB)
- The Vox BlackBox offers 1TB of storage and can be found online from roughly $310 to $340. Aside from its low cost per gigabyte, there's unfortunately little to recommend about this dual-drive Network Attached Storage NAS device. From the desktop application to the Web-based interface, the device is consistently confusing....
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, NETWORKING, BlackBox, VoX
- Product reviews 2008-07-11
- EPIC iFAIL
- My wife Rachel has been awaiting the iPhone 3G for several months. Even though I am wedded to my beloved BlackBerry, she wanted to be able to carry a single device to play her music, act as a phone, and to be able to check her email. At the $199...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Customer Service, Phone, EPIC, AT&T Corp., 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Product Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
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