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HP to Expand Server Line With AMD Chip
Hewlett-Packard Co. will release the first of its systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron chip later this quarter as it works to expand its ProLiant server line. The Palo Alto, Calif., company also has entered into a multi-year development and marketing agreement with AMD that will lead to future innovations based on AMD’s…
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Microsoft’s Lindows Fight Expands To Canada
Microsoft Corp. has opened a Canadian front in its continuing legal war with Lindows.com Inc. In this latest move, Microsoft filed a request for a permanent injunction at the Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, last week to stop Lindows.com from using Lindows, LindowsOS and other terms that conflict with Microsoft’s Windows trademark. If the…
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The Bush Technology Budget
On the surface, the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2005 budget looks as if it gives technology investment its due. But a closer look leaves us scratching our heads. Unless you carry a gun or a badge, you won’t find much to celebrate in the president’s plan. Bush’s $132 billion in research and development spending…
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Cisco Switches Support IEEE 802.3af Standard
After building up an installed base of some 18 million prestandard power-over-Ethernet ports, Cisco Systems Inc. has launched a series of IEEE 802.3af POE offerings across its portfolio of Catalyst LAN switches. The new standard, ratified last summer, extends Ethernet support for in-line power devices beyond just IP phones and wireless LAN access points to…
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Dell Cranks Up Low-End PowerEdge Servers
Dell Inc. is rolling out two single-processor servers designed to give small-business and corporate workgroup customers advanced features—such as more powerful chips and remote management capabilities—that until now could be found only in more expensive two-processor boxes. Such customers have been trying to cobble together an IT infrastructure through peer-to-peer environments using desktops, or they…
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IBM Mainframe Apps Go Modern
In an effort to extend its on demand and grid computing efforts, IBM is modernizing its tools to give mainframe applications interfaces to 21st-century technologies such as componentized software. The Somers, N.Y., company is beta testing a feature that provides direct Web services connectivity into CICS (Customer Information Control System), a transaction manager widely used…
