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Birth of a standard: The Intel 8086 microprocessor 18/06/2008 09:17:37
The release of Intel's 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the centre of whatever computer--Windows, Mac, or Linux--you're using to read this, and it helped transform Intel from merely one of many chip companies to the world's largest. - +
How important is the 3GPP femto standard? 11/06/2008 11:54:47
Last week's announcement of a standard for femto cells took a lot of people by surprise. How did it happen so fast, and how important will it be? And are there other issues that might cause problems in future? - +
Toshiba launches first laptops with new AMD chips 06/06/2008 09:02:40
Toshiba on Wednesday introduced laptops powered by the new Puma-based processors recently announced by Advanced Micro Devices. - +
AMD sets its sights on laptops 05/06/2008 11:48:15
At the logic level, MacBook, the benchmark for success in mainstream notebooks, is unremarkable -- indistinguishable from every PC notebook built on Intel Core 2 and its chipset-integrated graphics. Why, then, can't anyone with the same parts list emulate Apple's growth in an otherwise stagnant notebook market? Because Apple painstakingly hand-optimized its OS for a tiny variety of hardware architectures, presently Intel Core 2, while Microsoft wrote Vista to run on absolutely everything. No PC notebook maker can take the proprietary route that Apple plays to such advantage. - +
Microsoft: It's all about software 03/06/2008 11:33:24
Similar to its famous "developers, developers, developers" rant, Microsoft is chanting "software, software, software" as it lays the cornerstones of its unified communications platform. - +
'Tukwila' Itanium servers due early next year, Intel said 21/05/2008 08:14:27
Intel will start shipping a quad-core version of its Itanium processor to system vendors in about six months, with the first servers based on the chip due in early 2009, Intel said Monday. - +
Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group 15/05/2008 07:53:34
Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the first US operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a group developing mobile Linux technology. - +
Debt collector kills switchboard, deploys VoIP 14/05/2008 13:10:31
Recoveries Corporation Group Limited (RCL) has unified three disparate sites and more than 250 mobile and office staff with an enterprise IP telephony system. - +
NEC's rugged notebook ships overseas 13/05/2008 11:00:00
NEC's rugged ShieldPro laptops are made to survive rough treatment but the biggest challenge is about to come: battling more established competitors in the harsh international market. - +
Telcos spend up on outsourcing 12/05/2008 09:32:19
Facing pressure to develop new services quickly and to cut operational expenditures (opex) telecommunications, service providers are increasingly outsourcing their day-to-day network operations to professional service houses, according to a recently released report from analyst firm Infonetics Research. - +
Water-cooled servers gaining steam 09/05/2008 09:32:28
When the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications set out to build a machine with more than 200,000 server cores, the key wasn't simply shelling out cash for newer, faster silicon chips. The trick was harnessing the power of a substance that comes right out of your kitchen sink: water.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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