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HP Combines Printer, PC Units
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Friday that it is combining its printing and PC business units. The move combines HP’s Imaging and Printing Group—responsible for printers, supplies, digital cameras and projectors—with its Personal Systems Group—which handles desktop and notebook PCs and handheld computers. Vyomesh Joshi, formerly executive vice president of IPG, will head up the new group,…
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Thunderbird Gets Messages Out
The Mozilla Foundation’s Thunderbird 1.0 is a serviceable messaging application, albeit one without the group calendaring features of IBM’s Lotus Notes or Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook. It’s a good fit for any company looking for a cross-platform client that doesn’t require advanced groupware features. Click here to read the full review of Thunderbird 1.0. The Mozilla…
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Taking Surveys to the Next Level
Enterprises spend a significant amount of money every year on survey technologies, trying to figure out how to satisfy their customers, employees and partners. For organizations looking to collect data online, Web survey solutions such as Inquisite Inc.’s Inquisite 6.5 and WebSurveyor Corp.’s WebSurveyor 5.0 fit the bill. But there are also organizations that wish…
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BladeRunner Is Linux Cluster-Ready
Penguin Computing Inc.’s first blade system, the BladeRunner, is a cluster-ready Linux solution with a reasonable price tag. eWEEK Labs’ tests show that the BladeRunner is a good choice for server consolidation projects or for high-density Linux computing clusters in midsize companies. Click here to read the full review of BladeRunner. Penguin Computing Inc.’s first…
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Nanometer Wars: Athlon 64 versus…Athlon 64
Last fall, AMD quietly started shipping Athlon 64 processors built on a 90nm process developed with IBM. Using its own product naming system, the 90nm processors top out with the Athlon 64 3500+, which clocks at 2.2GHz and contains 512KB of L2 cache. Codenamed “Winchester,” the 90nm 3500+ is a scant 84 mm2, compared to…
