Technology Guarantee Programs For Microsoft Office & WindowsPlease select the specific product and country of your purchase to continue: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/techguarantee/northamerica.mspx This program is valid for boxed product purchases only. If you acquired qualifying Windows XP or Microsoft Office 2003 software pre-loaded on a new computer, please go here for Windows Read more…
In a dual core, dual CPU system which CPU’s are real and which are Hyperthreads? According to my research, on an Intel Xeon 5000 server, the following configuration is what Windows sees: CPU ordinal number CPU id CHIP SLOT FUNC1 (the first CPU)………. (0)……………. slot 1 real core A12 ……………………………….(1)……………. Read more…
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews.com http://www.betanews.com/article/Sun_Windows_Make_Server_Share_Gains/1156349073 Sun continued to show a resurgence in the worldwide server market in the second quarter of 2006, as the industry overall showed positive revenue growth for the first time in three quarters, research firm IDC said Wednesday. All of the growth could be attributed to Read more…
The following expression of how one Australian feels about immigration is well articulated and I believe is the opinion of most Canadians and Americans who have lived in these great countries for even a few years. It makes specific reference to Muslims because that is the ‘topic of the day’ Read more…
by Ian Matthews www.commodore.ca Commodore is revamping their site with new graphics and content and an overall reduced colour set ‘look’. Commodore scrapped the “new” italicized chicken head logo in favour of the original. You can see the new corporate site at www.commodore-int.com; an URL which promotes the “Commodore International” Read more…
Intel released comprehensive set of comparison benchmarks for new Xeon and Core 2 processors. Like most, if not all, companies that produce benchmarks they are skewed to favour the new product. For instance on: http://www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/database.htm you can see the the old single core Xeon is tested with 16GB of RAM, Read more…
BetaNews.com http://www.betanews.com/article/AMD_ATI_Merge_in_54_Billion_Deal/1153751660 AMD confirmed rumors Monday and said it was merging with graphics chipmaker ATI in a transaction worth $5.4 billion. The first computer systems that would take advantage of the strengths of the combined company will begin appearing in 2007, the company said. The merger will allow AMD to Read more…
“Jessica Simpson’s ‘A Public Affair’ will be sold on Yahoo! Music in MP3 format with no DRM attached. According to Yahoo! Music blog, this is a big deal for the major online music store: ‘As you know, we’ve been publicly trying to convince record labels that they should be selling Read more…
TomsHardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/ ED: The following is a summary of a 45 page document with excellent detail and graphics …The basic stats for this insignificant-seeming budget processor read as follows: Pentium D 805 clocked at 2.66 GHz, equipped with two processor cores both with 64 bit support. At your friendly neighborhood Read more…
MobilityGuru.com http://www.mobilityguru.com/2006/02/24/how_to_replace_a_broken_laptop_or_notebook_display/page2.html …I’d more or less stumbled across the Web site of a company named ScreenTek Limited a few weeks later. Their offerings certainly sounded tempting. For only $100, they would swap my old, damaged display for a gleaming new one. Other options included a new standard display for $362 Read more…
TomsHardware http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/06/23/amd_quad_core_power/ Chicago (IL) – If AMD has its way, then Intel’s performance-per-watt leadership claim may be short lived: The first quad-core Opterons, due in 2007 will consume the same power as today’s dual-core processors, while AMD expects Intel to increase the power envelope when adding more cores. Intel will Read more…
TomsHardware.com http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/06/23/toshiba_hddvd/ El Segundo (CA) – The first generation of HD DVD players are priced 50% below their Blu-ray rivals. While it is no secret that the HD DVD camp is using a lower price to make up for feature disadvantages, a market research firm today reported that Toshiba in Read more…
TomsHardware.com http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/06/25/amd_to_build_32nm_fab_in_ny/ Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD has still room to expand its current manufacturing capabilities in Dresden, Germany and through its contracted manufacturing partners, but a recent surge in demand for its microprocessors apparently has prompted the company to build another high-capacity factory – New York State has won the Read more…
Commodore just bought its distribution channel, Support Plus. It brings about 150 new employees and a solid distribution model for about 20 countries. Support Plus is moving into the North and South American markets this year and they will be distributing C= product. Click HERE to read the press release.
By Nate Mook, BetaNews January 11, 2006, 1:15 PM With the announcement of the first Intel based Macs yesterday, many users have rejoiced in being able to dual-boot both Mac OS X and Windows. Unfortunately, this is not the case; due to Apple’s use of the extensible firmware interface (EFI) Read more…
Microsoft Windows Live Safety Center is a new, free web based service designed to help ensure the health of your PC. Check for and remove viruses Learn about threats Improve your PC’s performance Get rid of junk on your hard disk I have tested this service and found it to Read more…