Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the second largest producer of global dedicated server processors, needed to come up with an answer to Intel’s Core i7 processor, and it had to be on schedule. Back in 2006, AMD’s market share peaked at about 25%, and it was Intel that was scrambling to maintain its dominance in the [...]
Ubuntu has released its lastest version codenamed “Jaunty Jackalope”. I usually tend to wait for Autumn releases of Ubuntu, however I decided to join the band wagon and see what all the fuss is about. In previous versions of Ubuntu it was pretty difficult to see the changes between the different versions. Usually the changes [...]
Intel’s new line of single processor Quad Cores have put the Intel vs AMD battle on hold. Well lets face it AMD has no chance, not when Intel releases processors like the new Core i7. Some of the new and interesting features Intel decided to add would include the ingenious ”On-Die” memory controller. Instead of having a [...]
The search giant has clearly established itself as the predominant search engine, and with its ever-increasing list of web properties, the amount of data that Google is able to collect about individuals is increasing exponentially; not only are more users using more Google properties, Google is getting better at collecting more information from a wider range [...]
Sometime around 2005 and the release of Google Maps, Ajax became the next great thing in programming and was nearly synomous with O’Reilly’s now overused term Web 2.0. Ajax, which stands for asynchronous JavaScript and XML, allowed developers to improve a user’s experience with Internet applications by making it possible to request data from a server [...]
While I don’t find myself hopping from city to city, with commuting, contract work on weekends, and a pseudo-nomadic lifestyle, I find myself constantly on the go. Between fighting to find an Internet connection (a free, wireless one, preferrably), worrying about who’s going to try and grab my laptop from my car, and trying to keep files synched and up-to-date [...]
It’s been 5 years since Microsoft has made a release in the Windows Server family. Like many of the other software offerings from Microsoft, the development cycle has been inflated as the company looks to make significant changes to usability and security. Windows products are often bogged down with unnecessary features and are a favourite target of [...]
Each year there are an uncountable number of releases that go unnoticed, and usually for good reason. With so many projects slipping through the cracks, there are bound to be a few gems that the average person would find beneficial that no one ever hears about. From Antivirus programs to multi-platform IMs and FTP clients, [...]
