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Cisco Announces SAN Channel Partner Specialization
Cisco Systems has announced a channel specialization that focuses on the storage networking market. This new Storage Networking Specialization is the latest addition to more than 14 specializations now available to channel partners through the Cisco Channel Partner Program. It provides a structured training roadmap and verification process to offer solution providers the expertise to…
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Nvidia Sees Double With New Graphics Tech
Nvidia Corp. announced Monday that it has designed technology to allow consumers to bundle two of its graphics cards together, allowing them to share the processing workload. The “Nvidia SLI” technology follows a similar announcement by Alienware, which designed a custom “X2” motherboard to accept a pair of graphics components, either from ATI Technologies or…
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Patent Wars Go Wireless
It’s tempting to look at the patent infringement suit that Wi-LAN slapped against Cisco Systems last week, wring our hands and lament, “Here we go again.” On the face of it, this one has the makings of high drama—a classic David and Goliath battle, as a small, Canadian firm takes on the heavyweight champion of…
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Memory Glitch Spurs HP Recall
Hewlett-Packard Corp. said Friday that it will replace memory modules in some of its notebooks with an “industrywide” design flaw that can cause system lockups. The problem is tied to the interaction of DRAM from several manufacturers and several chip sets, all designed by Intel Corp. The flaw, which could result in system lockups, is…
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Glitch in Intel’s Grantsdale Can Prevent Bootup
Intel has discovered a glitch involving some of the I/O controllers in the company’s new “Grantsdale” chip set, which can cause a PC to fail to boot up or to freeze. An Intel Corp. official said the scope of the problem is not known and that the company has begun polling its customers for the…
