Computerworld Tech Dispenser
August 21, 2008
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Gartner Paper: US Data Centers – The Calm before the Storm
According to Gartner, the majority of existing US datacenters have not been designed to handle future energy demands. Strategic decisions, including the implementation of virtualization, must be made quickly. This research outlines why energy and floor space constraints will cause considerable disruption to U.S. datacenters during the next three years.
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In this issue:
* Top two gadget blogs leak Dell Eee PC Killer
* Internet Traffic: Growing or Slowing?
* Dell Loses Bid to Trademark Cloud Computing
* Twitter Spam is a Growing Problem
* Had bad 3G reception before? Firmware 2.0.2 gets rid of it
completely...
* Microsoft's Mojave Experiment
* Lengthy Outage for Google's Jaiku Service
* Access HTTP, FTP and Usenet Sites as Drives in Windows Explorer with
StickyFolders
* Palm Takes Aim At RIM
* Iomega Zips Into Network Storage
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Top two gadget blogs leak Dell Eee PC Killer
Gadget blogs Engadget and Gizmodo have leaked info and photos on Dells secret ASUS Eee PC killer called the Inspiron 910. The tiny laptop, which sports a 9-inch screen, should become available Friday ...
The World Is My Office
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Internet Traffic: Growing or Slowing?
In spite of the widespread claims of continuing and even accelerating growth rates, Internet traffic growth appears to be decelerating. Thats the verdict from Andrew Odlyzko of the University of Minnesota, a specialist in Internet metrics who monitors more than 100 public sources of web traffic
Data Center Knowledge
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Dell Loses Bid to Trademark Cloud Computing
The US Patent and Trademark Organization has denied Dell's request to trademark the term cloud computing, according to Sam Johnston, who has been closely tracking the Dell application process ...
Data Center Knowledge
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3494354/80502038/134336/2/
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Twitter Spam is a Growing Problem
If you are a regular Twitter user, you might have noticed a surprising number of "hot babes" have started following you. On top of this, your new follower has only have three tweets in her profile ...
Geeks are Sexy Technology News
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Managing Exploding Data Volumes with Oracle Advanced Compression
In this white paper, learn how Oracle Advanced Compression can be used to maximize database resource utilization, reduce costs, and improve performance.
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Had bad 3G reception before? Firmware 2.0.2 gets rid of it completely...
For many users, firmware update 2.0.2 was supposed to be the fix for 3G reception issues. I say supposed to be, because apparently, instead of fixing the iPhone's hefty signal strength requirements for 3G, it makes that already bad reception worse for some users ...
Appletell
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Microsoft's Mojave Experiment
Have you heard nothing but bad things about Windows Vista? You aren't the only one. Microsoft has recently launched a new website and ad campaign called "The Mojave Experiment" ...
Appletell
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3494354/80502038/134339/2/
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Lengthy Outage for Google's Jaiku Service
Google acquired the Twitter-like microblogging firm Jaiku in October, 2007, but has yet to integrate the service into its infrastructure. Jaiku had a lengthy outage Sunday due to infrastructure problems ...
Data Center Knowledge
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Success Story: Austin Police Department relies on AMD technology and corporate support to solve high-tech crimes.
The High Tech Crime Unit of the Austin, Texas Police Department (APD) resides in a nondescript office building several miles north of downtown. Detective Clif Blanchard works in a room strewn with motherboards, hard drives, screwdrivers, hammers and crowbars and more computers than chairs. Blanchard, APD's senior computer forensic examiner, is one of only 275 Certified Forensic Computer Examiners in the world. So, clearly he is highly qualified when it comes to the technical side of his job. Not surprisingly, he conducts his investigations on two AMD Athlon™ processor-based systems.
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Access HTTP, FTP and Usenet Sites as Drives in Windows Explorer with StickyFolders
Quite some time back we had shown you how to access FTP servers as a local drive in Windows, but we came across a much more advanced software called Sticky Folder which allows you to mount HTTP, FTP and Usenet news servers as a local drive in Window.
Techie Buzz
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Palm Takes Aim At RIM
Palm, not to be outdone by Blackberry, has dropped a new Treo on the world, the Treo Pro a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with email functions, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.
The Mobile Technology Weblog
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Iomega Zips Into Network Storage
Remember the Zip drive? Back in the days when everybody used floppy disks for backup, the Zip drive offered about 100x the capacity in a removable cartridge ...
T1 Rex's Business Telecom Explainer
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