Monthly Archives: July 2002
Mellanoxs InfiniBand Design Is Boon for Blades
Mellanox Technologies Inc. earlier this month announced the release of its Nitro II InfiniBand server blade reference design, and it may be just the...
Microsoft Scrambles to Patch SQL Server Holes
Microsoft Corp. last week unleashed a flurry of security bulletins warning of problems in several of its products, including SQL Server 2000, Exchange 5.5...
Fledgling WLAN Spec Picks Up Early Support
With an attractive combination of fast data rates and backward compatibility, a fledgling WLAN standard is getting an early jolt of support from wireless...
Handheld Meter Eases Testing
Fluke Networks last month introduced the LinkRunner Network Multimeter, a handheld tester that Ive used several times in setting up network tests. Its ease...
The Real New Economy
As journalists, were card-carrying skeptics. so when theres a new bit of conventional wisdom in the land, we instinctively want to investigate. Right now,...
The State of the Art Is Moving; Are You?
How long does it take to find the factors of a really big integer? Before you ask, "Who cares?" let me translate that into...
Uh, Gee, Thank You, Mr. Wyly
Who was that masked man, anyway?""I dont know. And I wanted to thank him."That was the typical type of ending to an episode in...
Are LCDs Still a Luxury?
This is an interesting time—workers are purchasing "consumer-oriented" equipment for their offices that is superior to the dregs issued to them by their employers....
HP Voids Dell Printer Deal
Hewlett-Packard Co. last week said the company is going to stop selling printers, scanners, handhelds and other supplies to Dell Computer Corp. after apparently...
Intel to Lower Chip Prices, Hasten Releases
Intel Corp. will slash processor prices by up to 63 percent and move up the release of faster Pentium 4 chips, including 2.8GHz and...