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Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 teardown reveals efficient hardware layout and replaceable battery

April 26, 2012 2:08pm PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Android tablet has a case that's easy to open, clean internal design, and replaceable battery.

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Stress-testing a web service: The basics

April 24, 2012 10:34am PDT

Nick Hardiman describes his preparations to stress-test his simple Drupal-based web service built on an Amazon EC2 machine.

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Nokia achieved Lumia 900's $209 bill of materials with single-core processor, low RAM

April 23, 2012 11:50am PDT

Windows Phone 7.5 and low hardware costs help Nokia hit aggressive $99 price point for Lumia 900.

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Review: Firefox's unofficial 64-bit variant Waterfox

April 20, 2012 8:43am PDT

The Waterfox project attempts to take advantage of 64-bit processing power for web browsing. Matt Nawrocki uncovers a problem with that premise.

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Titan II teardown shows replaceable battery, similarities with Lumia 900

April 19, 2012 7:15pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the HTC Titan II and finds a unique twin-circuit-board design, replaceable battery, and simple-to-open case.

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This supercomputer is rethinking the future of software

April 18, 2012 2:50am PDT

Supercomputers will soon be one thousand times more powerful than they are today, and the UK has enlisted an IBM Blue Gene/Q to help develop software for the machines.

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Medio's analytics transform mobile data into business action, IBM System x and Intel Xeon processors helps take the guesswork out of CRM - A Case Study

April 10, 2012 12:00am PDT

Based in Seattle, Medio Systems is a leader in the emerging field of predictive analytics, quickly analyzing data streams to give mobile phone carriers and providers actionable insight into their...

Provided by: IBM

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Itanium: Slip/Sliding Away...

April 10, 2012 12:00am PDT

Oracle has followed the trend of other major ISVs and terminated further software development for the Itanium platform. Looking at the decline in revenue of HPs Itanium-based servers, combined...

Provided by: IBM

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With Enhanced POWER7 Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again

April 10, 2012 12:00am PDT

As vendors abandon the UNIX market, IBM continues its commitment to AIX and POWER7 components on Power Systems. And with its recent architectural upgrades, its even redefining performance. Read...

Provided by: IBM

White Papers

Design and Analysis of Hybrid CMOS SRAM Sense Amplifier

April 5, 2012 12:00am PDT

Sense amplifiers are one of the very important peripheral components of CMOS memories. In a Hybrid Sense amplifier both current and voltage sensing techniques are used which makes it a better...

Provided by: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

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Nokia Lumia 900 teardown reveals mediocre hardware, reasons for great price

April 3, 2012 6:00pm PDT

Nokia's Lumia 900 is an attractive Windows Phone handset, but TechRepublic uncovers hardware that's a step behind the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4S.

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A Novel Approach to Use ZnO Thin Film as a Switching in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Cell

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Resistance switching Random Access Memory (RRAM) has drawn considerable attention for the application in non-volatile memory element in semiconductor memory devices. A ZnO thin film now assumed to...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

Webcasts

Optimize Your Data Center with SPARC and Solaris 11

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

More capacity, higher availability, greater security, lower costs - the demands being placed on IT are growing every day. Can your servers and operating systems keep up with these demands? Or do...

Provided by: Oracle

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Boost Utilization and Cut Costs with SPARC Consolidation and Virtualization

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

For many organizations, highly complex IT architectures, under-utilized systems and slow application deployment make maximizing the return on IT investments incredibly tough. Oracle's integrated...

Provided by: Oracle

Podcasts

Best IT Strategies for Deploying Oracle's PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Applications

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Build A World-Class Workforce The Oracle Optimized Solution for PeopleSoft Human Capital Management on SPARC SuperCluster is the only fully tested and optimized solution that provides documented...

Provided by: Oracle

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Optimize Your IT Systems with Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

The combination of Sun SPARC Enterprise M-series systems and Oracle Solaris 10 provides an ideal platform for Oracle Database deployments. The Oracle Solaris Operating System delivers built-in...

Provided by: Oracle

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First look: HTC One X and HTC One V smartphones

March 30, 2012 2:39pm PDT

Smartphone maker HTC unveils its new HTC One series of smartphones for South Asia.

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Apple TV 2012 Teardown: Upgraded processor, wireless chip

March 29, 2012 7:00pm PDT

From the outside, the 2012 Apple TV looks like its predecessor, but on the inside it has a better processor and upgraded wireless chip.

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Cracking Open: Apple TV 2012

March 29, 2012 8:18am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2012 Apple TV. Inside, he uncovers a new, single-core new A5 system-on-chip and an upgraded Broadcom BCM4330 wireless chip. For a detailed analysis of the teardown,...

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Count the number of Excel records that fall between two dates

March 26, 2012 8:38am PDT

Using Excel's COUNTIFS() function, you can quickly count records that fall between two dates.

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