Hardware Archive
Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
Expert pilot, experimental aircraft
Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company’s hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years-old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.…
Sysadmins: Don’t get in your own way
Be prepared to try new and irritating things
Sysadmin blog I remember the first time I saw these automated supermarket tills. They intrigued me. Yet I was also afraid of the things. I was afraid that despite all of my knowledge and training I wouldn’t be able to figure it out and I would end up [...]
iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war
Apple takes down 4 and 3G models – for now
Apple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola’s December action rather than today’s patent win.…
Fujitsu out bog standard 7in tab for big biz
Gingerbread do you?
Fujitsu has outed a non-descript 7in Android tablet that it’ll be pitching at big business when the gadget goes on sale later this month.…
Riverbed virtualizes Cascade network monitor appliance
Spying on virtual iron with virtual iron
Riverbed Technology upgraded a whole bunch of its appliances this week, including its Cascade Shark network-monitoring products and its Steelhead WAN optimizers.…
AMD uncloaks tablet processor plans
Sub 2-watt x86 chippery for Windows 8 fondleslabs
AMD has updated its product roadmap, announcing for the first time that it will be creating ultra-low power (ULP) processors for the tablet market.…
AMD doubles down on existing Opteron server sockets
Shift happens – except when it doesn’t
As El Reg anticipated earlier this week, the new upper management at AMD has come to its senses and figured out that moving to a new core and two new sockets for its Opteron line in 2012 was not a particularly good idea for its own finances, or those [...]
AMD doubles down on existing Opteron server sockets
Shift happens – except when it doesn’t
As El Reg anticipated earlier this week, the new upper management at AMD has come to its senses and figured out that moving to a new core and two new sockets for its Opteron line in 2012 was not a particularly good idea for its own finances, or those [...]
Riverbed lobs Granite at offices, WIPES OUT remote servers
Revs up WAN optimisation
Riverbed says customers can dispense completely with servers in remote and branch offices by using Granite technology layered on its Steelhead-based WAN optimisation – and so deliver all IT services to remote offices as if they were local.…
Dell names ex-CA CEO as software chief
Cloud on Michael’s mind?
Dell has appointed a former tech company CEO and blue-chip middleware executive to lead its software group.…
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