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Adaptec Picks Up RAID Tech from IBM
Adaptec said Tuesday that it has acquired RAID technology from IBM in return for a guaranteed supply agreement. According to a statement released late Tuesday by Milpitas, Calif.-based Adaptec Inc., the deal involves both products and intellectual property currently used by IBM inside its server line. A spokeswoman for Adaptec said the deal involves the…
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Call Center Speech Platform Gives Voice to More Data
TuVox has launched an updated version of its call center speech platform that can voice-enable information retrieved from databases and Web services. TuVox CVR 4.0, announced Monday, expands a technology the company calls “SmartGen” to build speech dialogs, prompts and grammars in order to navigate data from SQL databases and Web services, said Steve Pollock,…
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eMachines Announces Budget PCs
Gateway’s eMachines division launched a trio of new machines on Monday, all geared at a budget-minded audience. eMachines launched the T2824, the T2958, and the T3092, all priced at less than $600. All three machines are designed for consumers wishing to purchase a cheaper alternative than higher-priced, more powerful PCs, such as a computer for…
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Internet Explorer Is Too Dangerous to Keep Using
OK, I confess it: I’ve used Internet Explorer a lot. After being a die-hard Netscape user, I finally got fed up with the sheer bulk of that browser and started using Internet Explorer on my Windows machines. As time went on and open-source Mozilla matured, I started using Mozilla as my main Linux Web browser…
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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…
