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- Notebook SSDs disappoint
- Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...
- Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Build a SuperZune!
- Build a SuperZune!ThanksFor wasting my time with something so stupid.Where Can I Buy One...?Should have saved this little tome for April 1st! ;-)Well......there went 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back.FunnyNow, if he had actually hacked the iPod to work with the Zune screen and controller I would...
- Tags: Robin, SuperZune
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Making unnecessary choices
- Robin Harris' post on whether flash memory will ever replace disk? got me thinking about the false dichotomies we often see in IT. Robin's answer is "never." He's right, because that's the wrong question. The flash vs. drives question reminds me of the wi-fi vs fiber...
- Tags: Disk, Fiber, Robin, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Wireless, Networking, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Study: speciality IP telephony management tools best for enterprise VoIP costs
- In Network World, Nemertes Research executive vice president and senior founding partner Robin Gareiss provides highlights of a study that quantifies the cost savings of specialty IP telephony management tools for enterprises that are deploying VoIP."What we have found, " Robin writes, "is companies that buy specialty IP telephony management...
- Tags: Enterprise IP/VoIP
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Big impact lessons in email protection
- Big impact lessons in email protectionBenefits of email archivingRobin’s observations are spot-on and highlight a common thread that we are seeing in email archiving today – your system is only as good as the people managing it. Human error always has the potential to sabotage the best laid implementation...
- Tags: Robin, trusted vendor, e-mail archiving, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Solving the computing problem in education
- Ever since my daughter Robin was born, I've been covering education technology. It has been a history of failure.Back when Windows was rendering everything obsolete every three years, technology coordinators in education were dead men or women walking. As soon as they got systems ready for training teachers, the systems...
- Tags: Open Country
- Blog posts 2006-06-12
- On drafting insects
- On drafting insectsJust CreepyAlthough they might be easy to spot (HEY, that moth ISN'T flying into the light!). I wonder how much they would cost . . . Spending thousands on a beetle that gets snagged by a dive-bombing Robin - just to see the inside of a Robin's belly,...
- Tags: Robin
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- Alien Racer (zip)
- Race against hover boarding aliens in this futuristic game. Avoid the fire balls, mount the turbo pads and watch your alien perform tricks as you collect the gold rings. Features 3 play modes - race, arcade, and time trial.
- Tags: Alien, Robin, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-01-30
- Yahtzee 123 (exe)
- A 3D computer version of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Roll key combinations to achieve the highest scores. Featuring real physics, a clean interface and a high score list, this game will have you hooked.
- Tags: Robin, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2005-12-28
- Red Robin Serves Up a Secure Network With NetIQ
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is a casual dining restaurant chain with more than 250 locations across the United States and Canada. Red Robin required a secure solution that could help its small IT team proactively monitor its networked systems and anticipate problem areas, while meeting security requirements for the Sarbanes-Oxley...
- Tags: NetIQ Corp., Network, Robin, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Monitors & Displays, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Hardware, Components
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- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest
- Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Super flash, hyper flash
- Samsung has announced a new SLC flash part with 5x the write/erase cycle spec over standard single-level cell SLC NAND flash. They call it server grade flash. Is this the flash promised land or marketing hype? 5x what? The press release doesn't mention any numbers, but...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage Pyramid, Marketing Research, Storage, Marketing, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google's second quarter: What to expect Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- The edge-centric Internet
- Why isn't the edge of the network the center? More computes and storage gets shipped to consumers than to Internet data centers, so consumers should help power the Internet. And get paid for it. P2P vs Internet data centers A new project, spearheaded by National ICT...
- Tags: Consumer, Internet Data Center, Data Center, Internet, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- FTP: untrustworthy file transfer
- FTP: untrustworthy file transferWow Robin, good blog!It is, of course, very old news that FTP is not secure by design but it is still good to get the word out.However, I'm a little disappointed that you didn't use the same logic you used when you blamed MS for file system...
- Tags: Anonymous FTP site, FTP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- FTP: untrustworthy file transfer
- FTP - file transfer protocol - is the most commonly used method for moving files around Web. Now Steve Frank, a founder and developer for Mac software company Panic, has come out and recommended that people stop using FTP. I wrote about this (see If hackers don't...
- Tags: FTP, SFTP, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds
- From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two secondsFaking Presidential Press Passes is Cool?I don't really get the whole context of this story, but it seems to me that you are actively engaged in developing fake press passes for presidential events. Isn't that a crime? Could it place...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, stunned outrage, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
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