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What derailed the Windows Mobile 7 train?

One has to wonderwhether Microsoft even knows how to deal with a competitive environment anymore. One also has to wonder how long the Teflon coating will last on its CEO, because while MS will not be declaring bankruptcy any time soon, you cannot seriously argue that this CEO has maximized...

Tags: Microsoft Windows CE, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Mobile, SMP, Microsoft Windows, WM7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Microsoft Releases Hyper-V

I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Hyper-V, VM, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Hyper-V: It's here

As reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley yesterday, Microsoft released its Hyper-V bare metal hypervisor platform (Updated: 4:20PM EST)for Windows Server 2008 today, in a virtual shot across competitor and market leader VMWare's bow, which currently holds over an 80 percent market share in x86 virtualization. We...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Service Pack, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Sun's training problem

Sun's training problemIf Sun's equipment is soooo fast.....After all "Sun makes the biggest, fastest, most integrated SMP machines available from anyone"It amuses me to see that Cray,Dell,SGI,HP and IBM all have more Listings in the Top500.org than Sun. I think Sun makes good kit but if their kit was as...

Tags: UNIX, Processors, Operating systems, Servers, Sun Sparc, training, Sun Microsystems Inc., SMP, CPU, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

Xbox 360 and software

Xbox 360 and softwareTrue of all hardware.Where are my true multithreaded 64-bit apps?Unix threading model???Windows has been SMP capable and multithreaded for years, and it's unlikely that the 360 runs any sort of Unix.OT: Funny MemoryAnd on a lighter note...I realize it is just the use of a dash where...

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Unix, hardware, X-Box, SMP, PPC, Intel x86, X-box game, blogger, PC-software, software, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2005-12-15

Scale-up and scale-out

Scale-up and scale-outAbove 4 SocketsAMD Opteron does not require a "bridge" to go above four sockets. Opteron is "glueless" up to eight sockets. However, comparing four socket to eight sockets, bisection bandwidth does not increase, and latency is doubled. So I agree, four sockets is the optimum...

Tags: Processors, Barrons, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, SMP, Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., socket

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

Scale-up and scale-out

As I listen to server manufacturers these days the choice seems to come down to "scale-up" or "scale-out." The former meaning that you can get more processing power by adding more processors in the same server (symmetric multi-processing, or SMP). The latter technique increases processing...

Tags: serverS, SMP, HyperThreading

Blog posts 2005-09-23

HP brings new chips to servers

HP brings new chips to serversHP's support for Opteron will greatly delay uptake on ItaniumWhy is Intel still pushing a technology which is disrtuptive to adopt, while AMD gives most of the 'bang' without the disruption?Interesting timesthe good news is that more recent 64 architectures AMD and Intel are increasingly...

Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, chip, processor, Alpha Processor, SMP, RISC, FAT CISC, VAX CISC, Digital Equipment Corp., Intel Corp., Intel Itanium, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., server, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2004-02-09

Additional Resources

SiDiary SMP Diabetesmanagment (Mobile)

Included in this license are the licenses to use SiDiary on PC, Smartphone with Windows Mobile, Java cell phone, iPhone and SiDiary Online at the internetSiDiary 6 enables you to easily track all your relevant diabetes data. This way you can optimize the quality of the medical treatment in co-operation...

Tags: Mobile, Diabetes, Therapy

Software downloads 2009-10-30

RobotVisionCAD 1.0806 (Mac)

RobotVisionCAD or in short RvCAD is a computer aided design for Image Processing and Computer Vision. RvCAD's GUI presents users with a view where users drag and drop Image Processor Elements, and visually connecting them to form Image Processing Pipeline. RvCAD is a tool used by scientists, engineers, mathematicians to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Image Processing, RobotVision2, RvCAD, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Subliminal Message Pro 1.4.0 (Mac)

Subliminal Message Pro SMP is a shareware that lets you explore the idea of subliminal messages. Messages up to 80 characters are displayed in the middle of your display, on top of everything. The SMP Control Panel lets you select random horizontal and vertical offsets, the on-screen time, the period...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, Font, Subliminal Message Pro, Demo

Software downloads 2009-09-30

SoundConverter 20090925 (Mac)

SoundConverter is application for batch converting sound files between formats. Just set the options and drag in files or folders to convert. Free for files under 500K and $14 for a license to unlock advanced formats and batch conversion. Advanced formats are available for 14 day trial period. Tags are...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, OGG, WAV, MP3, GSM, Steve Dekorte, SoundConverter, Tags, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-28

Firefox to run checks for Adobe Flash patch

I like this about time. this is something every browser needs to do. I always forget to update mine for months. it's completely uselessit's completely useless, because Flash plug-in already checks for updates. Not exactlyIIRC, the plug-in only checks for updates if the web page specified a minimum version that...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, plug-in, openSUSE, Konqueror, FlashGot, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Live Webcast: Scale Up and Save: Best Practices for High-Density Virtualization & Consolidation

Fast-paced and resource-constrained environments of today require IT decision makers to take fresh approaches in order to keep up with dynamic organizations. Join NEC and Intel in this live TechRepublic Webcast to understand market drivers for high density virtualization hosting. Discuss how leading edge...

Tags: Webcast, Consolidation, Best Practice, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-09-01

30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?

I really don't see the need...Unless you're a hard core gamer or work heavily in the graphics dept...RE: 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?Mine has two. And how do you get the little quote box thing? I've been looking to get that on mine for...

Tags: Desktops, Games, GPU, desktop, graphics, Jon Peddie, game

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2

It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-09

To the Moon: The Integrators

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Quick thoughts on the (possible) demise of OpenSolaris

Quick thoughts on the possible demise of OpenSolarisWhere's the news?All I see here is a blog post from someone who says that people working on OpenSolaris are worried about the future. What else is new?Above and beyond that, the post is pure speculation. He's afraid OpenSolaris is going to "die...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, OpenSolaris, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Packet Sniffer SDK for Windows 4.2 (Windows)

Packet Sniffer SDK is a library set for packet capture and network analysis for all Win32 platforms. The main features of the Packet Sniffer SDK library are: any pre-installed packet drivers are not required; support of multi-Gigabit networks; support of all modern development environments for Windows. All PSSDK editions (VCL,...

Tags: SDK, Packet Sniffer, Microsoft Windows, MicroOLAP Technologies, Packet Sniffer SDK

Software downloads 2009-07-10

Windows 7 "Family Pack" ... Fact or fiction?

Windows 7 "Family Pack" ... Fact or fiction?Any Family Pack License would be "Retail" onlyAny "Family Pack" discount would apply to "retail" and not "OEM" versions of Windows 7. That is precisely why there would be no communication to OEM system builders about a "Family Pack" license.If it is fictionThat...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Well HERE, fiction, computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-07