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Build a Compact Pentium M PC
Something Old, Something New Last year, Dave Salvator took a look at the inner workings of the latest Intel mobile processor, code-named Dothan. Dothan is the second-generation Pentium M processor, built on Intel’s 90nm manufacturing process and sporting 2MB of L2 cache. Later, Jason Cross investigated Dothan’s performance in his review of the Pentium M…
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Dual-Core Server Hits the Midmarket
Dell Inc. and Silicon Graphics Inc. are bringing high-end technology to systems aimed at the low-end and midrange segments of the market. Dell this week is introducing its first server powered by Intel Corp.’s dual-core technology. Customers buying the PowerEdge SC430 will have the option of running it on Intel’s dual-core Pentium D chip. The…
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Agile Tools Help Teams Hit SOA Targets
If it’s not what you do for a living, it’s something you should think about paying someone else to do. Configuring, maintaining and updating a development team’s life-cycle management tool set seems like an excellent example, and Rally Software Development Corp.’s forthcoming Rally Release 5 looks like an attractive option for improved process quality —…
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What’s Wrong with This Code? Java Swing and Threading
Ready to test your coding knowledge? In this article, I challenge you to examine two Java Swing examples, specifically using threads. Each are wrong, in a subtle but painful way. See if you can identify the problem before I show you the best way to correct the offending code. Let’s start with a thread blocking…
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Digest: News from Microsoft, Shavlik Technologies, Secure Elements
Microsoft unveils plans for the channel at its Worldwide Partner Conference, while Shavlik Technologies and Secure Elements launch new channel partner programs. Microsoft Announces New Solutions at Worldwide Partner Conference At its worldwide partner conference, held this week in Minneapolis, channel partners are learning about new releases of a variety of products that could affect…
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Microsoft Partners Question Microsoft’s Vertical Push
MINNEAPOLIS—The easiest question that Microsoft senior VP Doug Burgum fielded during an open Q&A session with channel partners on Thursday: What is the difference between a bison and a buffalo? After that one—which North Dakota native Burgum handled with ease—the questions got a lot tougher, as MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) partners at the worldwide partner…
