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Notebook SSDs disappoint

Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...

Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

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Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

A visit to Microsoft's first store

I missed an explanation as to why...I should shop there."Three rows of tables displayed hardware from Dell, HP, Sony and Lenovo."The big chains sell those already. Why would I go to a Windows store to buy Dells, HPs, Sonys and Lenovos, when there are several sources for those same computers...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, computer, GPU, Microsoft Windows 7, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.

fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...

Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street

A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...

Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-10-04

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for Microsoft

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for MicrosoftWhat happens?How will it work if the internet is down, or you do not have connectivety for some reason?How is it fair for this OS to have the browser embedded so deeply in it, but Google argues against Microsoft doing that to the...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Cut. Scan. Read.

Cut. Scan. Read.i dunno man.there's something about destroying books that makes me queasy. i know you're not destroying the information... but it's a visceral response, i guess.My biggest issueRight now when I fly, or when the power goes out, I have a book in my lap, reading comfortably by natural...

Tags: natural light, eInk

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arrays

RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arraysDroboSo.. the article says not use use RAID 5 - then recommends that the consumer buys a box Drobo - which essentially just operates as a RAID 5 array when its full???? (put in 4 x 1 TB disks and get 3...

Tags: Storage, Robin, RAID, RAID 5

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Twitter is Dangerous: revista

I'm probably miles behind some tech complaint curve everyone else knows about, but having spent four hours trying to gain control of my Twitter account I'm at the point of pulling what's left of my hair out. Here's what's happened. The last few days I noticed the...

Tags: Twitter, Scoble, Autoresponders, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Security, Online Communications, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-15

HP bets on software as a strategy

Robin Purohit runs Hewlett-Packard's $3 billion software business, the most profitable group within the company, and its most strategic. As 2009 IT budgets continue to be slashed, HP's software group is becoming the point of the spear for the entire company, potentially driving hardware and services sales as...

Tags: Business Technology Optimization, Software, Business Technology, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Software Business, Data Centers, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-04-12

Cisco's bong-sized "cloud"

Peeling the onion on the Cisco Unified Computing System UCS reveals a very small onion. The platform they're promoting is tiny by cloud infrastructure standards. Perfect for a dorm room - but not anywhere near close to what an enterprise hoping for economies of scale or management would want. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Storage, Servers, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Can Apple survive Jobs?

Let's hope it doesn't come to that Today's Apple annual meeting was dominated by questions about the charismatic founder's health - and the board's refusal to say much more. At bottom is the fear that Apple can't survive without Jobs driving the company. Hogwash. Apple and...

Tags: Job, Apple Inc., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Desktops, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Facebook slammed, Google and Apple continue to get free pass?

Facebook slammed, Google and Apple continue to get free pass?Errrr, ABM anyone?All we are seeing is the just desserts that Microsoft so well deserve after years and years of lies, theft, abuse, anti-competitive behaviour, shoddy products, arrogance, lack of regard for the consumer, too much sleeping with the shareholders instead...

Tags: Keyboards, Branding, Apple Inc., Facebook, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Can Microsoft innovate? Should we care?

Microsoft's new Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, recently said that Microsoft's reactive culture may be the company's greatest liability as an innovator. But we don't need an innovative Microsoft. Simple competence would be improvement enough. Ozzie's comments in an article by the excellent Steven Levy in...

Tags: Innovation, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-07

Blu-ray is dead: the sequel

Blu-ray is dead: the sequelI prefer physical media tooThe question is, when will I - and most consumers - make Blu-ray the default? Dark Knight I'll get on Blu-ray someday - the fabulous 8k special effects work makes it worth while. But romantic comedies? Never. Thanks for commenting.RobinDigital d/ls are...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Revenue Share, REAL PROBLEM

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

News to know: Windows 7, Azure, SAP, Google book scans, RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: A first look at Windows 7's pre-beta PDC release Mary-Jo Foley: Windows 7: What's coming for business users Larry Dignan: Windows 7: Will it...

Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-29

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!AgreedThey really have priced themselves out of the "Average Joe" market. Why should I pay to get all of my DVDs on BDs again when they're usually at least 10$ more expensive?Downloaded video can't even compete with DVD, look at the MB/s rateDVD's...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, HD DVD, job, Sony Corp., DVD, Blu-ray disc, PS 3

Discussion threads 2008-10-28