IBM Corp. and Intel Corp. improved their standings Monday in the newest tally of the world’s fastest 500 computers, a closely watched measure of progress in the industry.
Source: Canoe Tech. News
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Brought on by a conversation between Baldy and myself last night, I felt the urge to post my opinion on this topic.
Should the Linux Kernel keep supporting old hardware? My answer, heck yes!! One of the things I love most about Linux is it’s ability to give new life to old computers. Currently I have [...]
With several models to choose from, it’s great to see Dell still offering XP machines, while everywhere else you look, Vista is all there is!
I’ve never been a huge fan of Dell, but I’m starting to come around. They’ve been doing a pretty good job lately, in their effort to give customers what they want. [...]
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure from the direct-to-customer business model pioneered by the No. 2 computer maker.
Dell and the world’s biggest office products supplier announced Monday that Staples would offer Dell desktop and notebook computers, monitors, printers, [...]
Larger than a cell phone, smaller than a laptop and packed with features of both devices
Source: It Business Canada
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The good folks over at ASUS have sent over the P5E3 Deluxe, which is based upon Intel’s new X38 Chipset and continues in the usual ASUS fashion of pushing new (and often unexpected) innovations onto the motherboard. Without spoiling the review of this motherboard that will be published shortly, the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe is one [...]
If you want the old-time GNU/Linux experience, try configuring a Web camera. Unlike most peripherals, webcams are generally not configured during installation. Moreover, where printers have the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) and its interfaces, with webcams you are generally thrown back on whatever resources you can find on the Internet and your own knowledge [...]
Someday, you might hook into the Internet through solar power.
Orlando, Fla.-based Solis Energy has created a portable, uninterrupted power supply for Wi-Fi routers that harvest their energy from the sun, according to Robert Reynolds, CEO of the company.
Source: NDNet
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Why? Because you can, and hey, why not!
It’s much easier than you might think. I saw this on The Lab with Leo Laporte last night. I was fully prepared to link you to the instructions from his site, but that episode’s notes (episode #61) aren’t there yet. Never fear, I managed to find it elsewhere [...]
NASA’s new SGI Altix system is expected to be installed in August at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility at the Ames Research Center. The new system will be the first supercomputer to operate 2,048 processor cores and 4TB of memory under a single copy of Linux(R) — creating the largest Linux single system image (SSI) [...]
