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3Com Preps High-Availability 7700 Switch
As part of its re-entry into the core switching and routing space, 3Com Corp. is rollilng out the next family member in its Switch 7700 line with a high-availability version. The new 3Com Switch 7700R is the second chassis-based LAN switch offering to come out of the company’s joint venture with the China-based Huawei Technologies…
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Cobra Debuts Two GPS Devices
LAS VEGAS — Automotive products maker introduced two GPS devices at this year’s CES 2004. The top of the line SkyNav 3000 is loaded with features. Priced at $1499.95, it includes turn by turn directions and voice guidance, along with a North American street level database containing close to two million points of interest. Selected…
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Epson’s (Almost) Perfection
The Epson Perfection 4870 Photo scanner ($450 street) is possibly the best desktop flatbed scanner we’ve tested, rivaling even professional scanners costing thousands. It’s the first Epson with firmware and hardware that incorporates the impressive Digital ICE technology developed by Applied Science Fiction (now part of Kodak) for reducing or eliminating the effects of dust,…
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64-Bit Desktops
Desktop systems based on IBM’s PowerPC 970 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Athlon 64 processors place 64-bit computing within the reach of mainstream users without closing the door to 32-bit applications. This is important because for now—and for the foreseeable future—it’s a 32-bit world. eWEEK Labs recently tested Apple Computer Inc.’s Power Mac G5, driven…
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Marimba Adds Patch Management
Marimba Six, the latest hardware and software management suite from Marimba Inc., gains basic Windows patch management and software usage reporting capabilities. The Marimba Six suite, which shipped last month, is priced at $15 per managed device for software usage and $15 per managed device for patch management. In eWEEK Labs’ tests, Marimba Six enabled…
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How to Survive through Tough Times
In little more than a year, my staff was cut from 16 to two. our mandate, however, remained the same: Maintain the stability and reliability of enterprise data systems while developing new tools for business. My group is responsible for the applications, databases, intranets and extranets for what was once a $1.5 billion division of…