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- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
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- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...
- Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Beautiful Earth Wallpaper and Screensaver Desktop (exe)
- See the Earth from the space on your desktop wallpaper and screen saver. You can see which parts of the Earth are enjoying the sun light. And in night areas you can see the city lights. With real time clouds and time zones. Version 6.2.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements,...
- Tags: Earth, Screensaver, GimmeGoody, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-04
- 2009 Acura TSX
- Photo gallery:2009 Acura TSXBecause of its solid and comfortable everyday driver demeanor, buyers of the new 2009 Acura TSX will probably opt for the five-speed automatic transmission, for ease of driving in traffic and urban settings. And that's unfortunate, because to appreciate Honda's capability to build truly efficient engines that...
- Tags: Acura, Acura TSX
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Firefox 2 dirty dozen: Critical vulnerabilities patched
- Firefox 2 dirty dozen: Critical vulnerabilities patchedWasn't Able to Upgrade to 3.0On my main XP Pro machine, with a dozen or so add-ons, I wasn't able to go to FF 3.0. The app does its analysis, says it's going to disable incompatible add-ons as usual, then just hangs, running in...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Mozilla Firefox, critical vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Helpdesks and productivity
- Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?
- I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...
- Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Sun's Comments
- Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Sun's CommentsTalk is cheapSUN xVM has a proven track record. Well, I guess that covers it.;)
- Tags: Marketing research, Spin Marketing, Microsoft Hyper-V, Sun Microsystems Inc., marketing, Sun xVM, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...
- Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- If you compare the capital cost of a Wintel server and desktop architecture using Dell gear with 22" screens to that of a redundant SPARC/Sun Ray system with 24" screens, the Sun system comes in about $200,000 cheaper for 1,000 users. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Desktop, Wintel, Dell Computer Corp., Staffing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Difference, Sun Ray, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer
- So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...
- Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Sun's Comments
- As I mentioned in the post, Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing, a number of companies contacted me in the hopes of presenting their view of Microsoft's Hyper-V announcement. This is Sun's response. A Sun representative sent some comments about the Hyper-V launch to me as well....
- Tags: Marketing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Migration, Microsoft Corp., Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- PDF Secure (zip)
- PDF Secure is a high performance server tool from Traction Software for Windows PC, Unix Aix, Linux, Macintosh OSX, SUN Sparc Solaris. This Software does NOT require Acrobat, PDF Secure is designed for server usage. PDF Secure software automates the process of password protecting pdf's, encrypting pdf's, decrypting existing pdf's,...
- Tags: Traction Software Inc., Adobe PDF, PDF Secure, PDF Secure Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- Achieving magical results in IT
- Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- In-class computers vs. labs
- In-class computers vs. labswhat happened to the "teaching"Your article left out the teaching aspect. When teaching to a group, via a full lab, isn't attention span better or at least better managed? Isn't individual progress to an assigned task more measurable?Didn't Dell have a program where 2-3 clusters of computers...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for MicrosoftNot even Bill gates is happy with MicrosoftStrange that you should incessantly spin them as compelling..... or are you being adequately compensated (free money, not software)?Bill Gates Sends Angry Email to Microsoft http://www.lockergnome.com/digged/2008/06/25/bill-gates-sends-angry-email-to-microsoft/Wednesday, June 25th,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- What do the British really believe about global warming?
- What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...
- Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium
- Interesting bit of news coming out of the FIRST Conference in Vancouver today: Five big-name IT firms have created a non-profit consortium aimed at "proactively driving excellence and innovation in security response." The group -- called ICASI Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet --...
- Tags: Security Threat, Information Technology, Consortium, ICASI, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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