The Trouble With Virtual Disaster Recovery [August 26, 2008] Embracing virtualization helps cut costs, but will it lead to trouble when there's a massive systems failure?
IDC: Chip Sales Grow, Prices Go Low [August 15, 2008] Cost-cutting was the only way to keep products flowing during the slowest quarter of the year.
Facebook Tops MySpace as Social Sites Globalize [August 14, 2008] New comScore analysis highlights worldwide growth of social sites -- and signals the major U.S. players' increasingly international flavor.
Made in China: The Godson Processor [August 26, 2008] Not to be left behind in the microprocessor business, China is working on a low-power MIPS-based processor with x86 emulation.
nVidia's First Visual Computing Confab Dazzles [August 26, 2008] Despite the competitive implications, nVidia insisted it wanted big guns like Intel and AMD at its inaugural event. But with Cylon #6 as the guest, attendees weren't complaining.
The Secondary Payoff to Intel's Cool Chips [August 22, 2008] The high-k metal gate breakthrough of early 2007 doesn't just mean cooler desktop and laptop processors. It opened the door to whole new markets for Intel.
Meeting Intel's Future Processor Family [August 20, 2008] From laptops to servers, Intel shows off the future of its processor lines, including the Nehalem family.
Intel's Really Big Tech Fest [August 19, 2008] A lot of Nehalem, a lot of Atom, and a lot of flash drive talk. Itanium? Not so much.
MetaRAM to Support DDR3, Nehalem [August 19, 2008] With DDR3 appearing in the new Core i7 platform, MetaRAM now has a path to the Intel market for its memory-doubling technology.
Pat Gelsinger: Intel's Technology Shepherd [August 15, 2008] The senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group is not only one of Intel's most influential engineers, he preaches what he practices.
IDC: Chip Sales Grow, Prices Go Low [August 15, 2008] Cost-cutting was the only way to keep products flowing during the slowest quarter of the year.
USB 3.0 One Step Closer to Reality [August 14, 2008] Intel releases a near-final spec that all USB vendors can use to make products that can run 10 times faster than USB 2.0.
New IT Strategies Rock at Oracle [August 7, 2008] Consolidation, virtualization, commoditization and moving to Linux are fast becoming the mantras of forward-thinking CIOs, and Oracle has realized major benefits by adhering to them.
Microsoft Serves Up SQL 2008 [August 6, 2008] UPDATED: Delayed from February, Redmond none the less keeps its promise of a shorter release than in the past.
AMD Moves to Woo Overclockers [August 6, 2008] System-tweaking enthusiasts are always looking to push their PCs farther, and AMD's new 790GX chipset is here to cash in.