Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost
- Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom. I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
Additional Resources
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Foxconn snubs Linux users
- Several readers have sent me a link to a discussion in progress on the Ubuntu forums which outlines how hardware manufacturer Foxconn crippled Linux support on the G33M-S motherboard by breaking ACPI support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Foxconn, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- What paper trail?
- I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts
- A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack. According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts...
- Tags: India, Bangalore, Rediff.com India Ltd., Sacchin Uppal, Outsourcing, Business Security, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- My Awesome IT Job: Researcher and manager, Microsoft
- Desney Tan, researcher and manager at Microsoft, says the toughest technology lesson he has learned was that for the most part, people don't care about technology--they really just want to get things done, no matter how snazzy what you've created may be. Part of an ongoing series profiling Awesome IT...
- Tags: Life, Researcher, Information Technology, Hobby, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up
- Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...
- Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 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
- Students: the broadband troubleshooter
- Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...
- Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Polk PSW111 Compact Powered Subwoofer - Black
- The Polk Audio PSW111 isn't just a very good compact subwoofer, it's a excellent match with the brand's RM and SurroundBar speaker systems. Not that the PSW111 wouldn't jell with other Polk speakers, or those of any other manufacturer, for that matter, but its prime directive is to fill in...
- Tags: Polk Audio PSW111, sub, SurroundBar 50
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city
- "The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed network administrator, to Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a spur-of-the-minute jailhouse meeting, according to SF Chronicle...
- Tags: City, Lawyer, Computer, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Carbon management software maker snags $5 million
- Carbonetworks, which sells software for providing better visibility into managing your company's carbon impact, has closed $5 million in Series A funding from NGEN Partners. The company, which is based in Victoria, B.C., will use the money to expand its operations. I blogged about Carbonetworks'...
- Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Mario Forever Galaxy (exe)
- Welcome to the continuation of famous Mario Forever. After what happened in first part many things changed. Evil bowser rebuilt his army and kidnapped Princess to another planet. This time Mario is not alone. He is helped by his friend Lugi, inhabitant of muschroom kingdom named Kinopio, and even Samus...
- Tags: Buziol Games
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- eMachines T5274
- The eMachines T5274 is eMachines' higher-end budget desktop for the back to school season. While it seems like a good deal for $400, the fact is that the low-end PC market has become increasingly competitive this year, which makes it hard for systems such as this one that straddle two...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5274
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Ubuntu, Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
- Installation problems, buggy applications, lack of trial versions, and a mediocre selection have dampened initial enthusiasm for Apple's brand new iPhone App Store. Not counting punishing server load when the store debuted last week, some users like me have encountered a series of obstacles to get apps...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Engineering, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stir and I was asked to register...
- Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
Designed specifically to address the concerns of senior IT managers at organizations with more than 100 employees, the Intel Premier IT Professional Program provides best practices via local and e-Seminars and a members-only Web site.
According to a new study from the Economist, future success belongs to those who collaborate effectively. Learn how successful collaboration can improve profits, problem-solving, and competitive differentiation.
