Recent Articles
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The Blind Men and the Mac mini
First, an important note: I like to give credit where credit is due. In last week’s column, I noted several compact PCs, but forgot to credit ExtremeTech forum member Chris Flock, who dug up the info on the Logisys PCs. Thanks, Chris! When I wrote my little opinion piece on the Mac mini, it stirred…
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In Search of the Ultimate PC Speakers
The State of PC Speakers Let’s face it, PC speakers have stagnated. Ever since the pre-Creative Labs Cambridge Soundworks developed the original MicroWorks, PC speakers have steadily improved in sound quality. The major PC speaker makers seem to have reached a plateau, while experiments by home audio makers dabbling in PC speakers have been less…
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MIMOing Your Way to Faster Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi vendors Netgear Inc. and Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc., have both announced this week that they will be releasing Wi-Fi products that use MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) antenna technology to improve their 802.11g products’ speed, range and reliability. Linksys claimed that its new MIMO-enhanced 802.11g devices would enable users to have…
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802.11i Strengthens Wi-Fi Security
With the recent ratification of 802.11i, and the certification and availability of products enabled for the wireless security specification, the time seems right for enterprises to feel safe in adopting wireless networking en masse. However, eWEEK Labs has found that issues ranging from incompatible legacy hardware to uneven migration strategies may slow adoption of 802.11i…
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It’s the End of the NT World as We Know It
NT Server 4 doomsday has arrived. On Jan. 1, Microsoft’s no-fee support and non-security hot fixes disappear. So what are you going to do now? Well, you’ll need to do something. New security holes continue to be found in NT on a regular basis. For example, if you replicate data between WINS (Windows Internet Name…
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Grid Computing 101
Grid computing is a set of old ideas with new technology and business faces. Technically speaking, grid computing enables programs to be spread out over multiple computers via a network so that massive jobs can be done as efficiently as possible. Does that sound a lot like a traditional cluster to you? If it does,…
