List/Grid Monthly Archives: May 2009
Bing Search: What it could do to Google!
What is Bing all about: To assert its presence in the internet search space, Microsoft has come up with ‘Bing’- a new search service that promises to help customers make…
Zune HD Hands on Demo and Impressions
Gizmodo posted this hands on video of the upcoming Zune HD which is positioned to compete directly against the Apple iPod Touch. According to the gadget site, the Zune HD…
Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?
Despite being a devotee of all things Google, I’ve been incredibly excited about Wolfram Alpha. I’ve been using it quite a bit and have its quirks and limitations pretty much…
Hidden Secrets of Your Wii Remote
Next week at E3, Nintendo will be showing off some new features for the Wii Remote, including the new Wii MotionPlus attachment. In order to help you sound less stodgy…
Cisco CRS-1 celebrates 5years
It hardly seems like five years have passed since Cisco rolled out the CRS-1 core router. The system was unveiled as a multiterabit, multichassis-capable routing matrix, an alternative to Juniper’s…
Google Communication suite to bring Microsoft to knees
Wave is Google’s new collaboration and communications software that combines aspects of e-mail, instant messaging, document sharing, blogging and wikis in a single application. A demonstration of an early version…
Steve Jobs Is ‘Healthy’ and ‘Energetic’
The idea of Steve Jobs returning to Apple and delivering Christmas in July made of shiny new iPhones and iPods gained strength Wednesday, based on the “other” Steve’s assessment that…
Nehalem-EX – 8 cores, 128 threads
Yesterday Intel revealed details of next-generation server processor, code-named Nehalem-EX, and it’s pretty cool! As you might have guessed, the Nehalem-EX is based on the Nehalem microarchitecture, which Intel debuted with…
SATA 3.0 throttles up to 6Gbps
The publication this morning of a finalized specification for SATA 3.0 could eliminate a key data transfer bottleneck, possibly more-than-doubling throughput. The solid-state disk drive is supposed to be fast….
Microsoft singing the Zune HD tune
Like a dazed fighter who just nodded “Yes, I’m OK,” to a referee, Microsoft stumbled back into the center of the MP3-player ring: With the Zune HD and Xbox 360…
Windows 8 “Copenhagen” concepts [Novice]
Cullen Dudas doesn’t have a blog, nor does he have a website, and he doesn’t have a wealth of publicity associated with his name. He is known by many but…
Psystar files for Chapter 11. Is Economy to be blamed or piracy?
Psystar, the unauthorized Mac clone maker, battling Apple in a California courtroom has filed for Chapter 11. The news, reported first by the Mac Observer from what I can tell,…
Cutting costs: Do we need branch routers anymore?
Recent wireless-centric remote networking announcements imply that the corporate LAN experience can simply be “extended” into enterprise branch offices without the need for IP routing. Such a setup is possible,…
Embedded intelligent networks are Evolving!
One area I’m paying a lot of attention to these days is what I’m calling “embedded intelligent networks,” or networks that integrate seamlessly into physical reality, enabling us to monitor…
Make Old Extensions Compatible with Firefox (any version)
There are three ways to achieve this 1) Making Extensions Compatible – THE EASY WAY All you have to do is to go and download a wonderful Nightly Tester Tools…
