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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News The Bombe machines greatly reduced the time taken by human codebreakers to decipher the keys used by the Nazis to help read those messages. There were four Colossuses in the one room, they were very big... [05 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment Lastly, the processor nestled inside most of these machines is the Atom from Intel, designed specifically to ensure the machine stays juiced for longer, and copes well with word processing, a few browser tabs, email and... [02 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Machines - They perform more trades than people. Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection. For more than a year now I have been in a state of mild bewilderment... [29 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment However, the long term issue for Microsoft is not whether new and existing machines in the consumer space are based on Windows 7 but whether the more conservative commercial space finally begins to make the move off the... [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo The app includes interactive maps, displaying pubs, shops, restaurants, taxis, cash machines and parking facilities in the local area. Apple's iPhone might be seen by many as largely a consumer device, with games and... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo Here's a selection of the Windows 7 machines that went on sale at PC World's Tottenham Court Road store in London on Thursday to coincide with the OS' official launch. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen... [26 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News This would mean machines that have already been upgraded would keep the Vista OS but that Windows 7 would be installed on machines during future upgrades. Windows 7 is already proving more popular, there... [22 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet Hardware makers have already been showing off their Windows 7 machines ahead of the launch - for example, last week Acer unveiled a dual-boot netbook with Android and Windows 7. I remember that - didn't it come after... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News The decline was mainly due to improved typical power consumption values and a decrease in the number of mid-range and high-end servers, which require more power than volume machines. It said that in some cases, for... [19 Oct 2009]
Virtualization and Disk Performance
White Paper Read this white paper now to find out how to automatically eliminate and prevent fragmentation on virtual machines. Virtualization marks the next evolution in data storage technology. This white paper analyzes the... [16 Oct 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Sony Vaio AW
Photo The Vaio VGN-AW41MF/H is a luscious behemoth with plenty of muscle, and comes at a more reasonable price than some similar Sony machines. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [16 Oct 2009]
Dell Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V - Network Solutions Guide
White Paper With the introduction of Hyper-V in Windows® 2008, Microsoft® has changed the way virtual machines interact with the host operating system and other network resources. Unlike the Microsoft virtualization capabilities... [15 Oct 2009]
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
White Paper The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as well as streamline server management. Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its... [15 Oct 2009]
HotSchedules Case Study: Workforce Scheduling Provider Increases Capacity and Competitiveness with Virtualization
White Paper By hosting up to 19 virtual machines on each physical server, HotSchedules increased its growth capacity while cutting power costs 77 percent and enhancing the company's competitive position. HotSchedules needed an agile... [15 Oct 2009]
Dell Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V - Solutions Guide
White Paper As a virtualization solution, Hyper-V allows a user to take maximum advantage of server hardware by providing the capability to run multiple operating systems (on virtual machines) on a single physical server. [15 Oct 2009]
