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Firmware updates released for all new MacBooks

Apple tonight released a rash of SMC and EFI firmware updates for all the new "unibody" notebooks: including the (Late 2008) MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs. The updates are only for the new Late 2008 MacBooks though â€" not for all MacBooks. If you need the updates, they will...

Tags: Firmware Update, Apple MacBook, Firmware, System Management Controller, TUAW, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro runs 40 degrees (F) cooler

I received my brand new MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it runs much cooler than my previous MacBook Pro.My Core Duo MacBook Pro 2.0GHz (2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive) would frequently reach temperatures of 162° Fahrenheit after running for more...

Tags: C2D, Fahrenheit, System Management Controller

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Additional Resources

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

DocumentLite 2.0 (Windows)

DocumentLite - Web-focused system of document workflow management will help to save time of employees at processing of documents and tons of paper. The introduction of workflow document management software DocumentLite will help to get rid of lacks of paper document circulation and optimize business processes occurring on your enterprise...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Windows, DocumentLite Teem, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-09-04

Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

Intel's Xeon 5500 processor has made a big splash in the server world as the major manufacturers each have their own brands featuring the 45nm Nehalem architecture. But which one is best? ZDNet UK's Alan Stevens puts the top models to the test and chooses a winner: ...

Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Prices, HP ProLiant DL380 G6, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Snow Leopard gets battery forensics

There's a lot going on under the hood of Snow Leopard, to be sure, but a subtle change has been made to the battery menu item that will help portable users diagnose failing batteries. Within the new Battery menu bar extra in Mac...

Tags: Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Unified Server Configurator Security Overview

Dell introduces the Unified Server Controller USC as a part of the latest PowerEdge server embedded management capability that facilitates IT administrators to perform various operations without the use of any media. USC is a one stop shop that enables operating system deployment with integrated driver installations, firmware updates, hardware...

Tags: Security, Dell Computer Corp., Operating System, Unified Server Controller, UEFI, BIOS, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Components, Software

White papers 2009-04-19

AggreGate Device Manager 4.24.01 (Windows)

AggreGate Device Management Platform is a complete device management solution that employs modern network technologies to control, configure and monitor different electronic devices. It also helps you to aggregate device data into a common database, where you can "slice and dice" it according to your needs, as well as let...

Tags: Device, Network, Microsoft Windows, Tibbo, AggreGate Device Management Platform, AggreGate LinkServer, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-04-14

Better than RAID: the new DroboPro

Better than RAID: the new DroboProOf course you aren't on Drobo's payrollIf you were you would have provided a link to where we could learn more -.-Thankfully, there is google. http://www.drobo.com/Four bay Drobo costs $749 with two 1TB drives included, $999 for four.The DroboPro is 8 bay and starts...

Tags: Storage, DroboPro, RAID, new DroboPro, Drobo

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?

I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Routix NetCom 2.1 (Windows)

Routix NetCom introduces easy-to-use rules-based packets-level filtering and managment software and improved remote management features and remote scripting. NetCom is an extensible firewall, traffic controller and traffic statistics software for the Microsoft Windows operating system.NetCom provides a unified management console that simplifies security and access management. Version 2.1 has added...

Tags: Netcom, Routix, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Firewalls, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Networking

Software downloads 2009-01-30

3Com Wireless Solutions Helps Educate Tomorrow's Environmental Experts

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ESF located at Syracuse, New York, USA is providing higher education. ESF required a secured networked infrastructure to support communications and provide online resources. It wanted to enhance communications further by providing anywhere/anytime connectivity. ESF deployed 3Com SuperStack Switch 4400 PWR system, 3Com...

Tags: 3Com Corp., Wireless, 3Com Wireless Management System, Performance Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2009-01-01

In tight times, Microsoft launches two new servers

In tight times, Microsoft launches two new serversWell done MS...some of us had given up on them releasing anything.This product update comes with multiple SKUs to squeeze every last dollar out of customers. Keeping CALs is a unique feature.Appears they've added "Remote Web Workplace" and 120-day [b]trials[/b] of "Microsoft Forefront...

Tags: Firewalls, Servers, Operating systems, Wess, server, firewall, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Intel's Core i7 gets put to the test

Intel won't announce its new Core i7 chips until later this month, but the first real reviews are popping up all over the place today. Based on the early previews, I expected to see good numbers and Core i7, formerly known as Nehalem, delivers. These first Core...

Tags: Desktop, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core Microarchitecture, Core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-03

VMware ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5 and Dell PowerVault Storage System

This paper describes the configuration steps to deploy VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 solutions on Dell PowerVault storage arrays. The high availability configuration has the PowerVault MD300i storage array with dual controllers, each with two 1GbE iSCSI controller for a total of four 1GbE ports. The dual controller option can...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, VMware Inc., Storage System, VMWare ESX, High Availability Configuration, Storage Management, Ip storage, Servers, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-11-01

Whispers from a ghost: Windows 7 and cloud computing

Whispers from a ghost: Windows 7 and cloud computingYou don't mention it until MS is involvedMS is a latecomer to the party. Yet you single out MS for this. Well, since you're so confident - why don't you put a bet on it? How much money will you put up...

Tags: Storage, Operating systems, Storage management, Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, I/O, Microsoft Windows 7, basket, ghost, IBM AIX, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U

The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...

Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification

Product reviews 2008-10-03

I guess Vista isn't so bad

So said the principal on whose desk I rolled out my first Vista desktop. We've given a few users laptops with Vista on them, but this is the first large-scale rollout with the latest and greatest from Microsoft. Most of us who have used it know that, in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-17

About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip

One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...

Tags: Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Menlow, Moorestown, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20