The pace of growth for Infiniband is on the rise, but so far the interconnect is not gaining much traction in mainstream business applications. That's the conclusion from an updated...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Mar 31, 2008 12:32 PM in Computing

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Ever since the Sprint/Clearwire deal fell apart last year as Sprint looked for moneysaving ways to back out of broadband, pundits in the wireless operator space have been trying...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 28, 2008 12:59 PM in Communications

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Dutch startup RedesignMe lets product end-users suggest redesigns using online tools. RedesignMe then collects the best product improvements and communicates them back to the original designers and producers....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Mar 28, 2008 10:08 AM in Consumer

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I was chatting with some folks from the ATCA community earlier this week as the news of Motorola's planned bifurcation was dribbling out. The conventional wisdom in the financial...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 27, 2008 11:13 AM in Communications

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Is it going to take a private financial incentive for Detroit to move on a more efficiently run automobile? The Automotive X PRIZE Foundation thinks so. It announced the giveaway...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Mar 25, 2008 10:05 AM in Consumer

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These are not just strange times. What’s happening in our financial market is plain bizarre. Unfortunately, recent events have been given the appearance of normalcy because the Federal Reserve Board...

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Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Mar 24, 2008 01:09 PM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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The two biggest surprises at the end of the Federal Communication Commission's 700-MHz auction were the utter lack of interest in Block D shared bands, and the fact that...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 20, 2008 05:50 PM in Communications

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I'll be serving as a judge for a new Texas Instruments contest taking place this spring, looking for unique new Voice Over Internet Protocol applications. But put away those...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 18, 2008 10:34 AM in Communications

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An interesting site consolidating news reports on IT security, aviation security, intelligence, law enforcement, corporate security, and global politics has just been launched at PlanetData, the Security News Network....

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 14, 2008 10:57 AM in Communications

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I am working on a broad brush analysis on the HP Lab reorg, what it says about HP Labs, HP and the state of computer science R&D. I am reaching...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Mar 10, 2008 05:00 PM in Computing

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There is a theory within the investment community regarding the current maybe-recession that might be called "Attitude is Everything." This belief, particularly prevalent among telecommunication equipment manufacturers and carriers, is...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Mar 10, 2008 11:48 AM in Communications

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Apple has a looong and storied history of keeping its technology to itself, refusing to provide the Mac OS to other computer makers, refusing to let others clone the Mac...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Mar 7, 2008 06:02 PM in Computing

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I give Intel kudos for delivering a sub-2W version of the x86 with its Silverthorne chip described at ISSCC last month. But I think even Intel is deeply skeptical it...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Mar 4, 2008 03:13 PM in Computing

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