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Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros

Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook ProsWill Apple be contacting everyone to inform them of this patch?I'm just wondering how the average Joe is supposed to know about this patch? Heck, even the technically proficient would be hard pressed to tie sluggish system performance to buggy Apple firmware...

Tags: Patches, Apple Mac OS, storage, Apple Inc., firmware, firmware update, patch, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

IT Dojo: Common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software

The release of Ubuntu and other user-friendly distributions has bolstered Linux's popularity among IT pros and end-users alike. Yet Linux neophytes can still stumble over common tasks, like installing new software. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses common mistakes people make when they're trying to add new Linux...

Tags: Linux Software, Information Technology, Strategy, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Management, TechRepublic Inc., it dojo, linux, bill detwiler, open source, ubuntu, apt, rpm, yum, yumex, operating system

Videos 2008-08-25

Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the cost

Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the costYou make sense... I don't usually like your blogs, but you've stumbled into a real gem here.I personally use a laptop with a traditional drive, and store my user data on a 16G SD card. Best of both worlds apparently: my data...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, RPM, Wattage, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough bite

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough biteI definitely want onenot sure I can justify the price. I saw the 750GB WD drives at Fry's for 109.00 on sale. What's the fastest 750Gb I wonder?I want one and i will tell you why.Gaming.When playing a game, you need...

Tags: Games, Western Digital VelociRaptor, Western Digital Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Flash drives get a fight from disks

I used - and loved - a Windows flash disk notebook for 5 years. The flash drive doubled my battery life and gave me a better sleep mode better than any I've had since - PC or Mac. I've been excited to see flash drives moving into the notebook mainstream....

Tags: Notebook, Disk, Seagate Momentus, Performance, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., USB Flash Drive, Bottom Line, Seagate Technology LLC, RPM, GB Mtron, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Easy (sort of) and free (sort of) webcam security

Easy sort of and free sort of webcam securityI'm surprised no-one has commented yet...Three thoughtsUsefulness depends on webcam quality. If you got rid of your cam for a better one, figure whether the old one will be good enough.Most robberies happen at night.The article mentions the dreaded word 'compile'...

Tags: Linux, RPM, Webcam, webcam security, security

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system drive

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system driveWhere do you get your math?How do smaller drives at higher RPM compare to larger drives at lower RPM?Last I checked, overall performance of a 72 or 36 GB Raptor even in RAID 0 was nill compared to pulling from...

Tags: Desktops, CPU, Memory Speed, RPM, Raptor, PC, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system drive

Power uses go to great lengths to tweak their systems in order to experience improved performance but Im here to tell you that all the registry tweaks and killing unnecessary services wont beat fitting a 10,000 RPM drive and loading your OS onto it.The price per GB is high compared...

Tags: Performance, Hardware, DIY PC

Blog posts 2007-02-26

How higher RPM hard drives rip you off

How higher RPM hard drives rip you offThe other issue...Whenever we installed our "High-end" DB on Servers (One of our E-Commerce customers were told to host their site through Navisite, just because of the load it would have) we used 15k drives with AIX. We got the best performance out...

Tags: Performance management, Operating systems, UNIX, FIRST PARTITION, RPM, hard drive, performance, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-09-19

Defending Linux against Wingots

Yesterday I quoted a bit by someone named "Carlos" from a PC World forum in which he listed the following complaints about Linux: No readily available games and applications; No wealth of supported devices and drivers; No easy configuration No standardisation: "you know, where a patch...

Tags: Linux

Blog posts 2006-06-15

FreeBSD 6.0 to target wireless devices

FreeBSD 6.0 to target wireless devicesWaste of time...Nobody uses this OS. FreeBSd is one of the most over-hyped operating systems ever. Loser search engines like Yahoo use it, need I say more? I remember when I started here 5 years ago. The old CIO had all of these BSD based...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, wireless, RPM, wireless device, FreeBSD, BSD, Linux

Discussion threads 2005-08-19

Thoughts on OpenSUSE

Thoughts on OpenSUSEPlease don't say DebianSuSE and Debian have very little in common. SuSE follows established UNIX naming and directory structures that Debian does not. Debian has its own software package DEB, while SuSE uses RPM. Debian users are hackers, while SuSE users just want something that works. OK, enough...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Debian user, Novell OpenSuse, SuSE, Debian, Novell Inc., RPM

Discussion threads 2005-08-05

Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu Foundation

Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu FoundationWith any luckDebian will be bought out by the Chinese government, and then SHUNNED by the world - thereby suffering a mortal wound. Since Debian is SO far out in left field, ANY thoughts of combining/merging with the mainstream should be...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, OpenBSD, Debian, RPM

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu Foundation

Yesterday, I promised a follow-up on the Ubuntu Foundation and comments from Debian Founder and Progeny Chairman and Chief Strategist Ian Murdock. One of the things that was up in the air yesterday was the possible creation of an "enterprise" Debian distribution. An eWeek story...

Tags: Debian, Ian Murdock

Blog posts 2005-07-12

Faster Fujitsu drive plays catch-up

Faster Fujitsu drive plays catch-upRPMs and transfer rateI would like to note that RPM of disk have rather influence on latency that is expressed in milliseconds rather than transfer speed (Mbit/second).This is about so called access time.So putting transfer rate in context of RPM speed is not adequate.Transfer rate is...

Tags: Transfer Rate, RPM, latency, Fujitsu Ltd.

Discussion threads 2004-03-08

Mail Whale 2.2 (Windows)

RPM's Mail Whale is a kiosk application designed to assist in the collection of e-mail addresses for mailing lists. This program is ideal for lectures, tradeshows, retail environments, night clubs, or any sort of venue that a computer can be left unattended. This program does not require an Internet connection...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mailing List, E-mail Address, Red Pill Media, RPM, Mail Whale, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2002-06-07

Additional Resources

Pure Vinyl 3.0PR2b (Mac)

A suite of audio applications designed specifically for the high quality digital transcription and playback of vinyl LP records. Pure Vinyl is intended for professional or technically-oriented audio enthusiasts, who own high-end equipment, and who want to create, edit and play back the highest possible quality vinyl...

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Transcription

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient

RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery

Discussion threads 2009-11-02