disk in comment and analysis
Breaking Windows: Linux raises its game
Comment But that doesn't mean you can make your file system bigger while the system is up and running, or replace a disk drive on the fly while the system is up. Linux vendor VA Linux (of record-breaking IPO fame) was recently named the number five server... [16 Jun 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Really free Linux, WAP awareness and the rise of Veritas
Comment This will be driven primarily by the increasing popularity of using the Web as a channel for video and music - both of which consume acres of disk space. For the moment, and probably for another five years or more, the requirement for disk space is... [30 May 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: AOL's challenge to Microsoft, IBM's challenge to Oracle, and optical fibre - the next challenge for the Internet
Comment The addition of an in-memory database text search capability (which will run at ten times the speed of disk-based text searching) Following the recent judgement against Microsoft, the time may be right for some competitors to take Microsoft on... [17 Apr 2000]
Transatlantic Cable: 'US against them' in software legal battle
Comment The UCITA turns this on its head, meaning that if you were to download and install an open source program and it trashed your hard disk, you could sue the author of the program. The headlines for the past few weeks have been full of the Microsoft... [12 Apr 2000]
Windows 2000 Special: Roll-out! Roll-out! The greatest OS on earth?
Comment It supports the Kerberos protocol that sends encrypted passwords over a network instead of text; it can use smartcards or physical identification for those that distrust passwords; and it has a check box that turns on the encrypting file system... [21 Feb 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: PDAs, ASPs and the end of magnetic disks
Comment Say goodbye to the magnetic disk IBM has just announced the latest fruits of its research by squeezing 35 billion bits onto a single disk, thanks to a new coating technology. At some point the solid state technology will become more cost-effective... [11 Oct 1999]
XML: The future of...everything?
Comment For example, Microsoft's Channel Definition Format (CDF) - which describes the part of a Web site that can be downloaded to your hard disk and then updated periodically as information changes - incorporates XML. [26 Nov 1998]
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