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ATI Upgrades Graphics Line
ATI Technologies Inc. announced five new graphics chips on Wednesday, refreshing its X800 graphics line and adding a new option, the X850. ATI re-introduced the X800 and said it would ship an upgraded X800 XL part for the $250-$350 price segment, according to one analyst. ATI claimed that the X850, meanwhile, would offer 20 percent…
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Whom Can You Trust?
Whom can you trust in the business world? It’s no idle question. Rather, it may very well determine whether you stay in business. By nature, I’m a trusting sort, but I’ve learned over the years not to trust my gut reaction. For example, if you’re thinking about signing up for Oracle 8i or 9i training…
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The Year in Review: Apple Thrives in Surprising Ways
If you had told someone five years ago that Apple would someday have a rapidly growing business in the server market, a huge share of the Unix desktop market, and commanding mindshare in the digital music business—so much so that Hewlett-Packard licensed its hardware—that someone would have probably asked what kind of irrational exuberance you…
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Emergency IE Patch Fixes Critical Bug
Microsoft has issued a patch, out of its normal security patch cycle, for a critical bug in Internet Explorer versions from 6.0 up to but not including Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). According to the advisory issued by Microsoft, the bug could allow remote code execution on an affected system. The bug was publicly…
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iSCSI’s Slow Buildup
The Internet Small Computer Systems Interface—or iSCSI—seems a natural fit for the channel. The technology, which lets block-level storage flow over a company’s existing IP networks, is cheaper to deploy and manage than Fibre Channel technology, supporters say. In the past, an FC-based SAN (storage-area network) was the main block-storage option for customers looking to…
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HP Plans Overlay Network for Enterprise Sensor Applications
Hewlett-Packard Co. is eyeing the creation of an “overlay network” for connecting enterprise computers with existing wireless RFID solutions, as well as with other emerging sensor technologies for package tracking, building security and managing computer data centers, for example. HP first started researching sensor technologies at least 15 years ago, according to Salil Pradhan, chief…
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