HardwareMicrosoft Offers Glimpse of Its New Sphere Computer
Microsoft showed off a prototype futuristic computer and sensors it built to control energy use at its Research Faculty Summit last week.
HardwareHere come rebates for energy-efficient storage
IT shops could get rebates from utilities for using energy-saving storage technologies thanks to an initiative that helps storage vendors and utilities measure and validate energy use reductions in storage systems.
HardwareIT group says delay on R&D tax credit puts tech jobs in jeopardy
The federal government's failure to renew the R&D tax credit is costing U.S. companies an average of 388 lost or foregone jobs per day, the ITAA trade group claims.
HardwareNot There Yet: The iPhone Has Some Growing to Do
The iPhone 3G may be flashy. But from a corporate IT standpoint, Apple's new handheld remains less functional and mature than its BlackBerry and Windows Mobile rivals.
HardwareMIT: Solar power storage breakthrough could bring energy 'nirvana'
MIT researchers have found a way to store clean, carbon-free energy in a way that could make solar power a viable energy alternative.
HardwareLenovo goes ultraportable with $399 laptop
Lenovo on Monday unveiled the IdeaPad S10 netbook PC. It runs Intel Corp.'s Atom processor and Microsoft Windows XP, and starts at $399.
HardwareBuild a three-screen workstation for $230 or less
If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money.
HardwareIntel's Larrabee Architecture Disclosure: A Calculated First Move
While not giving away much if any info about future products, Intel has cracked the door open just a bit on their Larrabee project. As expected, the information was fairly graphics centric. While we don't know a whole lot more about the hardware, we do have some better insights in to how Intel plans on using it....
HardwareMicrosoft exec now says virtual-management software due in September
The new date is a few months before the last announced ship time for Virtual Machine Manager.
HardwareMicrosoft shows off data center monitoring system
Ultimately, Microsoft would like to be able to distribute computational load in its data centers based on the temperature of servers.