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Scientific Games Racing Data Centers Support Up to $12 Billion in Wagering Annually

Scientific Games Racing SGR provides services, personnel, computer systems, and wagering devices to enable pari-mutuel betting worldwide. SGR functions in an industry that is striving to expand product lines and bet types. To stay in the game, SGR's own systems accommodate heavy spikes in usage, substantial transactions around race times,...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Scientific Games Racing, Data Centers, Games, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology

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WWDC 2009 live

It's that time again: the annual Apple World Wide Developer's Conference and its highly anticipated keynote address. Phil Schiller ran the show this year, and while he's no Steve Jobs most observers agree that he did a pretty good job. Highlights include a revamping of the MacBook Pro line, the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Video, Scott Forstall, iPhone OS 3.0, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer

Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputerI Wouldn't Use ItWould you if you were a scientific organization that needed precision calculation and system reliability? I'd rather have a beowulf cluster doing my job than this mess.Horse Power NeededYou can now run vista with all its bloatware in full...

Tags: Operating systems, supercomputer, Cray Inc., WINDOWS BASED, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

WWDC keynote highlights: iPhone 2.0, MobileMe

Steve Jobs has taken the stage at WWDC and here's what we know so far: The next version of Mac OS X is indeed called "Snow Leopard" In the first 95 days of the SDK being available, over 250k people have downloaded it. iPhone 2...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iPhone, 3G, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Marketing, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Hardware 2.0 WWDC "blogging the blogs" coverage

Unfortunately a series of prior commitments meant that I couldn't make it to WWDC 08. Since I can't be there, I've decided to do the second best thing and cover WWDC from the angle of "blogging the blogs." So, here I am sitting in front of three...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Blog, Blogging, Hardware, App, Steve, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-09

WWDC 2008 live

Live updates and analysis on Steve Job's keynote address at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference: 11:50 am: Steve leaves the stage... that's it? What, no Mac announcements other than Snow Leopard? No tablet? No new MacBook? Waaaa. 11:45 am: Available July 11th in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Steve Job, Enigmo, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Software bug prevents Big Brown quick pick racing payoff

A horse racing bettor discovered a software bug preventing race payoffs under certain conditions. Following inquiries from California's Horse Racing Board, Scientific Games, which manufactured the race management software / hardware system, reported a bug that "dropped the last horse in the field from quick pick...

Tags: Software, Bug, Software Bug, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-29