Author: JT Smith
According to a PCWorld story, Intel CEO Craig Barrett has firmly planted the Intel flag behind the concept of peer-to-peer networking as pioneered on the consumer side by Napster.
Inprise readies 64-bit tools
Author: JT Smith
Tuesday Inprise/Borland announced that it will port its tools to the 64-bit versions of Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux, as they become available and Intel ships the Itanium chipset. Story from InfoWorld.com via IDG.net
Tech-savvy Europeans find wireless Internet not ready for the masses
Author: JT Smith
An AP story @ FloridaToday.com says, “Yet while the technology promises a new world of convenience, even Bohman – co-founder of
a company that offers wireless business services for handheld computers – admits the wireless
Internet is not yet ready for a mass market.”
a company that offers wireless business services for handheld computers – admits the wireless
Internet is not yet ready for a mass market.”
Compaq to develop supercomputer
Author: JT Smith
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday it
has selected Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ – news) to develop the
world’s fastest supercomputer for its Los Alamos National Laboratory in
New Mexico. From an Associated Press report.
has selected Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ – news) to develop the
world’s fastest supercomputer for its Los Alamos National Laboratory in
New Mexico. From an Associated Press report.
Category:
- Unix
Opinion: Unix and Mac OS X
Author: JT Smith
MacWeek.com says that in the late 80s, calling a kernel plus a shell an “operating system” was anachronistic; today it is prehistoric.