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Sun Blackbox gets new name and customers: Sun Blackbox gets new name and customersActually, the idea is neat: extremely quick deployment of an HPC or datacenter. SUN puts it together and ships it as a container where-ever one is needed.As long as nobody hitches it up to a truck and takes it away, it should work fine...; Tags: Sun Blackbox, new name, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
Sun Blackbox gets new name and customers: Sun's Blackbox, the data center in a shipping container, has gained customers and earned a less compelling new name, the Sun Modular Datacenter S20 or Sun MD. Starting at $559,000, the container can be deployed in about three weeks and can hit 18 TFlops and provide up to 3 petabytes...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blackbox, Data Centers, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Sun's Blackbox shakes and bakes: Sun has been earthquake testing its datacenter housed in a shipping container--Project Blackbox at the University of San Diego UCSD, which has a "shake table," more formally known as a Seismic Response Modification Device.The video shows Project Blackbox shocked by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake. It survived with some detached...; Tags: Sun, Hardware Infrastructure, Datacenter; Blog posts 2007-06-11
IE 7, Sun's Blackbox, Moto Q, Apex and more...: IE 7, Sun's Blackbox, Moto Q, Apex and more...Feed no longer worksYour podcast RSS feed no longer functions. It failed to detect or deliver the latest Dan & David episode into iTunes, which forced me to manually download the MP3 to my hard drive and transfer it to my iPod....; Tags: Podcasts, Digital music, Digital media, podcast, Sun Blackbox, Moto Q, Apex, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-10-25
IE 7, Sun's Blackbox, Moto Q, Apex and more...: This week on the Dan & David Show, we check out Internet Explorer 7, which was officially released into the world at 5 PM PST on Wednesday. Its a major improvement to IE 6, but it doesnt leapfrog Mozilla. I was launch event for Suns Project Blackbox, a portable data...; Tags: Apex, Microsoft Internet Explorer, podcast; Blog posts 2006-10-19

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Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards: Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awardsRE:Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards"their motivation is to take money out of the system,..."is this a good thing?Hmmm...kinda wrong..."...their motivation is to take money out of the system, to take down the old Microsoft monopoly. They lack compelling business models of their own."If the only biz...; Tags: Leadership, Web browsers, OpenOffice, motivation, old-Microsoft monopoly, old-Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?Different goals, maybe. Similar imperatives, yes.While the open source community is driven by solving mutual problems and then making the solutions available to everyone, if open source communities hope to make inroads into large organizations,...; Tags: Desktops, Xen, VMware Inc., open-source community, open source, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP: I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...; Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?: Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...; Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?: Â A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...; Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-22
MB Day Of Week Astrology (exe): MB Day Of Week Astrology finds your personality traits based on the day you were born. This helps you know yourself better and understand your personality. When it comes to astrology, people usually consider your sun sign. But the day on which you are born also plays a very important...; Tags: MysticBoard; Software downloads 2008-07-22
MB Galactic Astrology (exe): MB Galactic Astrology is a wonderful and interactive astrological software that tells you about your Galactic sign personality traits depending on your date of birth. This is a sun centered system with a twelve fold plane. The galactic chart is generated by superimposing the natal chart on the larger galactic...; Tags: MysticBoard, MB Galactic Astrology, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-22
MB Runic IChing (exe): MB Runic IChing is a simple software that correlates runic divination with the I Ching form of esoteric divination. This software gives a detailed description of your sun sign personality, rune stone characteristics, and corresponding I Ching hexagram features. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Software, MysticBoard, MB Runic IChing, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-22
MB Food Astrology (exe): MB Food Astrology is simple to use and accurate in predicting the food habits of different zodiac signs. This astrological software describes in detail the constitutions of people around you depending on their sun-sign and the preparations best-suited for them. The name of the dishes or ingredients specified here will...; Tags: Food, MysticBoard, MB Food Astrology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2008-07-22
If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?: If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...; Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-07-21