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Firefox Preview Release Shows Promise
Firefox, the lightweight, open-source Web browser from Mozilla, includes good features in its preview release, but it still needs more work in its installation routines before it can be used in large business deployments. Still, the Mozilla Foundation‘s Firefox boasts several advantages over today’s most popular Web browser, IE (Internet Explorer). First, Firefox is not…
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Solaris 10 Shines in Early Testing
The increasing prominence of freely licensed Linux has prompted many to view operating systems in general as a commodity. With Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems hopes to demonstrate that a company’s choice of operating system does matter and that the level of innovation Sun has built into Solaris 10 can deliver benefits across a company’s infrastructure.…
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Socket 939 Motherboard Showdown
There aren’t a lot of Socket 939 processors out there—the vast majority of Athlon 64 CPUs sold are the Socket 754 variety. That’s sort of a shame, since the 128 bit memory interface of Socket 939 offers a nice little performance boost. We also expect AMD’s desktop dual-core processors, scheduled to release in about a…
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Moving from NT to Samba
As you face the end of NT4 support,, you have another alternative to switching to Server 2003: Samba. If you’re happy with your domain network, or you want to use one Server 2003 system to run AD (Active Directory), you can switch to Samba. Samba is an open-source program that provides file and print services…
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Small Form Factor PC Roundup
One of the hottest developments in do-it-yourself PC building over the last couple of years has been those little, cube-like, small-form-factor PCs. Yes, SFF PCs have been around in a variety of shapes and sizes for several years, but at first they came with too many sacrifices for serious PC enthusiasts. Some used half-height expansion…
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Windows NT to 2003 Migration: The Final Steps
The countdown for Windows NT 4 Server is ticking away and with the new year, Microsoft officially pulls the plug on NT Server support. Smart resellers know their clients’ migration from NT to Windows Server 2003 shouldn’t be done in a year-end rush in between holiday shopping. First off, managers should carefully prepare the servers…
