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- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processor
- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processorTruly impressive!Great configurations for an unfortunately high price!ANd people wondered why Apple went with IntelPretty obvious to me why they switched to x86 CPUs from Intel.Was hoping for more...A redesigned form factor thinner MBPMulti-Touch Trackpad on MBs not just the ProsA redeisgned form factorFaster MBsA redeisgned...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Desktops, Apple Inc., Penryn, Penryn processor, Apple MacBook, processor, Updated MacBook, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
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- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
- In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...
- Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia
- News items 2008-07-24
- What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?
- What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?On the concept of...A Macbook touch, I doubt it.Why? How do you look at what you're typing if the screen is both flat in front of you, and your fingers are covering up a significant part of the screen real estate.Mind you, I'm...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit
- [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...
- Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?
- During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Product Transition, iTablet, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft hints about new profile-centric Win Live wares
- Microsoft hints about new profile-centric Win Live waresWill LiveMail desktop client be updated as well?just asking.I hope it does...It needs Windows Live Calendar integration, e-mail tagging, more contact editing options, checkbox next to individual messages/feeds, better search, and all that. I wrote a blog entry on this : http://msftandthefuture.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1CA34B674D84900!1858.entry
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- 166 Frames of Fame
- "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," Andy Warhol famously said in 1968. Turns out, four decades into the future, the tomato can and Marilyn Monroe pop artist was an optimist. Now, anyone and everyone who wants...
- Tags: Blog, Post, Gawker, Warhol, Blogging, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot
- News items 2008-07-23
- The App Store's buggy update process
- The App Store's buggy update processI got mine to updateBasically when it gave me that "find all the updates" screen, I would just look for version numbers that had changed (this is easy to do now that everything is 1.0 generally, it will only get harder as time goes on,...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App Store, cryptic error message, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- The App Store's buggy update process
- The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right of the App Store icon, simple enough, right. Unfortunately that's where the fun ends. The update process...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Computer, App Store, Update Process, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale
- updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
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