Posted by on under ceo steve ballmer, steve ballmer, microsoft ceo, interactive experiences, networking infrastructure, infrastructure services, hardware devices, programming languages, heavy lifting, desktop software, phe, pdc, client software, processors, capabilities, em | 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to customers today (reprinted below) summarizing some of the big news coming out of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. He talks about both the
Azure cloud services platform (a comprehensive set of storage, computing, and networking infrastructure services) as well as
Office in the browser. The email reiterates Microsoft's core messaging that the Internet is fine, but it needs a little desktop software to really make it hum:
"the key to delivering value today and in the future lies in combining the best aspects of software running on PCs, servers, and devices with the best aspects of services running on the Web-an approach we call "software plus services."" Client software is needed, he argues, to take full advantage of the hardware on devices. Multicore processors and new programming languages will expand computing capabilities, he says, and
"the interactive experiences that people expect on their PC, mobile phone, and media player depend on sophisticated software running on powerful processors": In other words, software does the heavy lifting, and the browser makes access and communication easy:
"For the Web, it's the ability to bring together people, information, and services so we can connect, communicate, share, and transact with anyone, anywhere, at any time."
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Posted by on under gizmodo, hard drives, hard drive, designers, storage |
LaCie, designers of some of the best looking hard drives around, are offering one full year of unlimited online data backup free of charge when you purchase any one of their external drives. Each...
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Posted by on under brewing beer, how to brew your own beer, storage |
In Part 1, we walked through the initial process of brewing beer from a kit. Here, we discuss the bottling and storage process.
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Posted by on under intel support, speed boost, ssd, anecdotal evidence, forum page, toolbox, intel, support forum, ty, storage |
Well, that was a short honeymoon -- Intel's now pulled its
SSD Toolbox and associated TRIM firmware update amid reports that it was bricking drives under Windows 7. We haven't heard more than anecdotal evidence about this, but we'd definitely pick having a functional drive over the promised 40 percent speed boost from the code, so you should probably hold off if you've downloaded but haven't updated yet. We're looking into things, we'll let you know -- but man, the X-25M just
hasn't had an easy life, has it?
[Thanks, Joseph and Ty]
Read - Former SSD Toolbox download page
Read - Intel support forum page
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Intel pulls SSD Toolbox for killing drives under Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under firewire 800, waterproof seal, fri, kenny g, better time, friday the 13th, iosafe, sinks, hard drive, yacht, disasters, burns, usb 2, bet, nbsp, storage |
It's Friday the 13th, and
ioSafe couldn't have chosen a better time to update their
Solo fireproof and waterproof hard drive line with a 2TB model. Sure, it'll cost you $399 for a USB 2.0 connection instead of eSATA, FireWire 800 or
USB 3.0, but you'll never know when your yacht sinks or burns down, sending that precious Kenny G collection to oblivion. Don't go thinking you can just get the $149 500GB model and upgrade it yourself either -- you'll have to destroy the waterproof seal to get to the hard drive,
as demonstrated before. Yeah, life's tough.
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ioSafe Solo hard drive places a 2TB bet on all kinds of disasters originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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