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Microsoft (Tries to) Shoot Pirates Out of the Channel Waters
So, you got a bargain. You got Windows software for a song. What difference does a little piracy make? Microsoft has plenty of money, right? Maybe so, but every piece of pirated software makes a lot of difference to the little guys—to channel players like Joe Stopski. “[The] perception in the past was it’s strictly…
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HP Buys ILM Maker OuterBay
Hewlett-Packard is buying OuterBay, a maker of information lifecycle management software that culls inactive data from databases to make a leaner, swifter, less expensive way to administer production databases. OuterBay’s ADM (Application Data Management) Suite relocates inactive data—what users may consider closed transactions—to less expensive servers and storage technologies, while retaining user and application transparency.…
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Intel, AMD Prepare Server Upgrades
Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are preparing their next round of server processors. Intel is expected to launch its upgraded Bensley server platform next month at its Intel Developer Forum. Meanwhile, AMD offered a snapshot of a forthcoming Opteron chip, due later this year, at the San Francisco International Solid State Circuits Conference.…
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Microsoft Releases OneCare Pricing Details
Microsoft plans to start selling the Windows OneCare Live PC security bundle for $49.95 a year for up to three personal computers. The service, which has gone through several beta revisions, will hit the market in June this year as a self-updating utility featuring virus scanning, firewall protection, data backup and PC cleanup tools. The…
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IBM Chip to Challenge UWB
IBM researchers said Feb. 6 that they have created a low-power chip set that will compete with Ultra-Wideband technology, offering data rates at around 630M bps. The chip set conforms to the IEEE 802.15.3c specification, which IBM refers to as “millimeter wave” or “mmWave” technology. Using unlicensed spectrum around the 60GHz range in the United…
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Intel Activates Xeon Virtualization Tech
NEW YORK—Users with servers powered by Intel’s “Paxville” Xeon MP processor can now activate the chip’s virtualization capabilities. Speaking at a conference here on virtualization, Diane Bryant, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Server Platforms Group, said that users can now contact systems makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM to help them upgrade the BIOS…
