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Cracking Open the iPad 3 processor mystery: Dual-core A5X or quad-core A6

February 27, 2012 3:18pm PST

Does an online photo show the Apple iPad 3 with a dual-core A5X processor, instead of a quad-core A6 chip? Bill Detwiler considers the evidence.

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Stingray Traffic Manager VMware vSphere 4 Performance on Cisco Unified Computing System

February 27, 2012 12:00am PST

This white paper examines performance figures obtained by the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager Virtual Appliance (VA) running on VMware vSphere 4.0, which was installed on the Cisco Unified...

Provided by: Riverbed

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IBM XIV Storage System Model 2810-40,000 Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2010 Storage Solution

February 21, 2012 12:00am PST

With its innovative architecture and software provisioned for 40,000 mailboxes running heavy profiles, the IBM XIV Storage System powered by Intel® Xeon® Processors for Microsoft Exchange...

Provided by: IBM

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Tivoli® FlashCopy® Manager 2.x for Windows Backup & Recovery Solution for SQL Server® 2008 and Exchange Server® 2007 on the IBM® XIV® Storage System

February 21, 2012 12:00am PST

Backup systems can prevent unexpected outages and slowing productivity in Microsoft Exchange environments. Read the white paper and learn how IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager leverages IBM XIV...

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AtG: Single-atom transistors, Windows 8 logo, and got props?

February 19, 2012 5:40pm PST

UNSW has created a single-atom transistor, an Aussie movie is looking for old school props, and Windows 8 gets its logo.

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Cray-1 supercomputer: How I discovered a dinosaur at the museum

February 16, 2012 8:15am PST

A chance visit to a London museum uncovers a mythical beast from computing's past.

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Asus Transformer Prime Teardown: Solid tablet, but not without flaws

February 9, 2012 1:20pm PST

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a solid Android tablet, but its case is tricky to open and quality control during assembly needs improvement.

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Motorola Droid 4 (photos)

February 8, 2012 4:00pm PST

With dual-core processing and 4G LTE, the long-awaited Motorola Droid 4 could be the answer to the prayers of Android keyboard addicts on Verizon.

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Modeling of Reliability for Programmable Nanowires Interconnect

February 7, 2012 12:00am PST

A Field-Programmable Nanowire Interconnect (FPNI) is from hybrid CMOS/nano circuit family, that generalizes CMOL (CMOS/molcular hybrid) proposed by Likharev, that reparieren technology for a...

Provided by: International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)

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Geek Trivia: What Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy after the loss of that mission's crew?

January 27, 2012 7:11am PST

An Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy following that mission's fatal accident, in part as a memorial to the astronauts, and in part because it was a good idea.

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Nokia Lumia 800 Teardown: Skip it, wait for the Lumia 900

January 25, 2012 10:54am PST

Nokia's Lumia 800 is a solid Windows Phone 7.5 handset. But with the Lumia 900's release on the horizon, Bill Detwiler thinks you should skip the 800.

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Telefonica Moves Into the Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

Telefonica is one of the world's leading integrated operators in the telecommunication sector, providing communication, information and entertainment solutions, with a presence in Europe, Latin...

Provided by: Intel Corporation

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Accelerating Innovation and Savings with R&D Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

DuPont is one of the world's premier science companies. Its Central Research & Development (CR&D) IT leaders wanted to provide the company's scientists with the power and flexibility of...

Provided by: Intel Corporation

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Expanding the Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

Leading cloud computing provider Savvis needed to build an infrastructure for a new cloud computing offering while expanding existing environments to support continued customer growth. By...

Provided by: Intel Corporation

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AMD: AMD Boosts Data Warehouse Performance With Parallel Processing Appliance

January 23, 2012 12:00am PST

AMD is a global semiconductor firm with a presence in the graphics, personal computing, and server markets. At different points in the semiconductor wafer fabrication process, AMD performs a...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Motorola Xyboard 10.1 Teardown: Overpriced, soon to be outdated

January 19, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Motorola Xyboard 10.1's excellent build quality and decent hardware are overshadowed by its high price and quad-core tablet competitors.

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Intel gets touchy as it touts future of ultrabooks (photos)

January 9, 2012 12:00pm PST

Vice President Mooly Eden leads a CES press conference this morning, during which the chipmaker highlights its ultrabook efforts, including a touch interface, NFC, and gesture-based recognition.

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AtG: Aussie slim wires, wiping Windows 8, is net access a human right?

January 5, 2012 5:31pm PST

Today's Around the Grounds features Aussie universities creating wires only four atoms wide; Vint Cerf claims that net access is not a human right; Ed 1.6 appears; and Windows 8 comes with wipe...