Archives for November, 2008

What if the computers went back to the ’70s too?


Vax on a three day week
A Wizard whispers in your ear: “The password of Sheffield Library Packet Switching Service is ABC1234XYZ.”…

So what will happen to Sun?


The new Silicon Valley parlour game
Comment Silicon Valley has a new parlour game: what’s going to happen to Sun after the cuts? Rumours suggest it will merge with EMC, that HP or IBM will take it over, that Fujitsu will buy its hardware business, or even that the StorageTek storage business unit will be spun [...]

So what is going to happen to Sun?


The new silicon valley parlour game
Comment Silicon Valley has a new parlour game: what’s going to happen to Sun after the cuts? Rumours suggest it will merge with EMC, that HP or IBM will take it over, that Fujitsu will buy its hardware business, or even that the StorageTek storage business unit will be spun [...]

SanDisk flash holds secret flash sauce till after Christmas


Makes 3-bit MLC SSDs feasible
SanDisk is soon to announce new technology needed for its solid state drives to take on hard disk drive storage.…

SanDisk flash holds secret flash sauce till after Christmas


Makes 3-bit MLC SSDs feasible
SanDisk is soon to announce new technology needed for its solid state drives to take on hard disk drive storage.…

Rootkit unearthed in network security software


Hidden process developer linked to Sony USB fiasco
Researchers have unearthed rootkit-like functionality in an enterprise security product.…

HP, IBM – Stuck in the ‘midrange’ with you


Whatever that means
Analysis It is a story we hear again and again from the IT vendors: They are going to double down and make aggressive moves into the small and medium business space because the growth rates for IT spending are higher than they are among larger enterprises – at least when those businesses are [...]

Apple to slash prices by up to 15% on Black Friday?


Could match resellers to lure cash-strapped US customers
Apple is holding a one-day sale for turkey-tired customers in the US on Black Friday, traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year.…

Back the F:\ Up


Mozy’s tasteful new t-shirt campaign
With a (D)echo of French Connection’s FC UK ad campaign, Mozy is distributing t-shirts bearing the legend “BACK THE F:\ UP” to people tasteless enough to wear them. I look quite good in mine.…

Back the F:\ Up


Mozy’s tasteful new t-shirt campaign
With a (D)echo of French Connection’s FC UK ad campaign, Mozy is distributing t-shirts bearing the legend “BACK THE F:\ UP” to people tasteless enough to wear them. I look quite good in mine.…