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In spite of the fact that virtualization has officially been hot for well over two years, it's still fairly new to many businesses. Indeed, if the number and regularity of threads in the Ars forums discussing first-time virtualization deployments is any indication, there are plenty of businesses in categories ranging from SMB all the way up to the enterprise that are still just getting started with virtualization. And again, if the Ars forums are any indication, many first-time...
Via Ars Technica - 7 months 17 days ago -
Back in late March and early April, when we first heard the terrifying tale of two shifty, hapless carrier pigeons intercepted while attempting to smuggle cellphone parts to inmates in a high-security Brazilian prison, we thought it was merely an isolated incident. Well, now that another pigeon has been caught -- this time outside a Columbian prison with a tiny suitcase full of cellphone components strapped to its back -- we have to face the truth: carrier pigeons are probably evil by nature....Via Engadget - 7 months 17 days ago
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Dell's been doing both solid state and encrypted drives for some time now, but only now is the company combining both efforts and preparing to offer encrypted SSDs in the coming months. The Samsung-manufactured drives will come in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB options, and though the hardware encryption method isn't specified, we'd venture a guess it'll have something to do with Trusted Computer Group's 128-bit standards adopted by Sammy and virtually every other drive maker back in January. No word...Via Engadget - 7 months 17 days ago
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Pranking your friends and neighbors used to involve nothing more than a bit of toilet paper and some tall trees, but the Internet has changed pranking just as surely as it has changed everything else. Thanks to sites like YouTube, even local pranks can now generate national news—especially if you happen to be a Domino's Pizza employee who shoots a video about farting on the salami. (No, that's not a euphemism for something else; the video really does feature farting onto a salami.) But...
Via Ars Technica - 7 months 17 days ago -
Good ole' Sammy's announced an octuplet of new projectors, and while we'd like to say they're all special in their own little way, two models definitely catch our eye more. The A800B DLP boasts a 1080p output, 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 1000 ANSI lumens, two HDMI ports, and a variety of other input options. The luxury doesn't come cheap, of course: retail price is $10,000. The other full HD model is the A900, and although we're lighter on details with this one, we do know it's packing 1000 ANSI...Via Engadget - 7 months 17 days ago
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Now that HP's Pavilion dv2 has had time to shine, it's dv3's turn to take the spotlight. The gang at NotebookReview have put their hands all over the 13.3-inch, Intel Core 2 Duo-equipped laptop, and despite good performance, negative points go to the build quality, which was said to be worse than other Pavilion models. Specifically, it suffered from a weak / squeaky chassis, a bowed keyboard, and a narrow window of clarity for the display -- not gripes you want to have if you're looking to pay...Via Engadget - 7 months 17 days ago
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Dell's Vostro A90, the Mini 9 with an identity crisis, has now hit stateside with a starting price of $349, about one-third the price of its Japanese counterpart. As you can probably guess, it sports a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270, up to 1GB RAM and 16GB SSD, Intel GMA950 graphics, 802.11g, 0.3 megapixel webcam, 4-cell battery, and Windows XP Home Edition -- sorry, no option for Linux here, but you can still order the Mini 9 if you want that option, a brighter color scheme, or a smaller bill.[Thanks,...Via Engadget - 7 months 17 days ago
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As corporations look for ways to save money during the current economic climate, the high cost of running a datacenter has focused attention on the energy efficiency of computing. At the same time, companies have faced an ever-rising tide of spam, so it's reasonable to consider whether that spam is taxing the company's computing infrastructure. McAfee, makers of antiviral software, has looked into this, and the answer appears to be yes and no. The compute-intensive aspects of handling...
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The Obama administration's loan modification program is finally underway.Via Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com - 7 months 17 days ago