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When it comes to sheer, unadorned speed, nothing else even comes close to Linux.
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OS
Linux
Red Hat
IBM
Remote user calls to report that her terminal screen is blank -- and after 45 minutes of troubleshooting, this help desk pilot fish starts to see the light.
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Other
It's time, once again, for the Top 500 list of speedy supercomputers. AMD is crowing that the first four are powered by its chips. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers dissect the list and marvel at the big numbers. Not to mention jingle-jingle ... (AMD) (INTC) (IBM)
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Motherboards and Memory
Intel
A-Data
AMD
I'm preparing for a meeting with the Citrix folks today to talk about desktop virtualization and I'm looking for questions. Citrrix is rolling the dice is it folds XenApp into its new XenDesktop offering. Will IT climb aboard?
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Motherboards and Memory
A-Data
This IT boss stomps into the printer room in a big hurry, ignoring the signs warning not to wear loose clothing near the shredder -- and what happens next is predictable.
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Motherboards and Memory
Shredder
A-Data
Let's face it, most backup administrators are typically under paid, under appreciated, and only become important in the eyes of upper management when things go wrong.
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Motherboards and Memory
A-Data
This pilot fish has watched his IT shop grow from a single IBM minicomputer to dozens of servers connected to hundreds of PCs over the past 20 years, and these days he only occasionally sits in on a department meeting. But sometimes, that's a good thing.
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CPUs
An effort to manage cable clutter and save energy goes horribly wrong.
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Networking
Linksys
Belkin
It seems the only way to learn the number of platters inside a hard drive is to ask the company.
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Storage
A-Data
Hitachi
Seagate
Looks like Android 2.0 is shaping up to be an attractive proposition. And Motorola has new hardware to match. Yes, Motorola: who knew? In IT Blogwatch , bloggers type the words "killer" and "iPhone" (not necessarily in that order). Not to mention pumpkin cannon... (VZ) ...
Peripherals
Motorola
iPhone
Android
Apple
Linux
Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical, which makes Ubuntu, the popular version of Linux, recently said that he is "delighted" with the release of Windows 7, calling it an "excellent release." But don't expect that to stop many of the Linux faithful from badmouthing Windows.
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OS
Linux
Ubuntu
Windows 7
Microsoft
Mark Shuttleworth
Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out and Ubuntu 9.10 is all but out, it's time to revisit which one is the easiest to upgrade.
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OS
Windows 7
Linux
Ubuntu
Microsoft
Apple
Defensively buying a hard drive means taking into consideration the number of platters - the fewer the better. But, you have to sleuth around in the specs to find the drives with the fewest platters.
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Storage
A-Data
In today's podcast: Microsoft revenue and earnings drop; Icahn quits Yahoo board; Some Windows 7 upgrades crash.
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OS
Microsoft
Yahoo
Windows 7
Intel
Carol Bartz
User calls support pilot fish with an improbable story: She says she dropped her mouse and her PC shut down.
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