Daily Archives: May 5, 2011

That other OS has not bothered to fix a denial of service attack on IPv6 even though a fix is simple. This is yet another example of M$ caring about licensing fees and not service. Use GNU/Linux. The problem has … Continue reading →

I might not be able to afford the 512 node servers we have seen before but now there is 1U with 16 A9 cores. That might be affordable and would give a very responsive system. see ZT Systems – R1801e … Continue reading →

That’s the recipe many are following in personal IT. They are buying small cheap computers to do most of their personal computing. “The TabletTrack study also revealed that existing tablet sales were eating into the market for other devices. Around … Continue reading →

“Currently, there are 132 claims from seven patents asserted in this action, and there are hundreds of prior art references in play for invalidity defenses. This is too much. The following schedule will ensure that only a triable number of … Continue reading →

For years, IDC has ignored ARM as a player in personal computing. That has changed. “For the first time, IDC is forecasting PC microprocessor units by processor architecture, including those based on x86 and those based on ARM. By 2015, … Continue reading →

My spies report that they have been sight-seeing so far and have not gone shopping. The only report of IT so far is “The Internet is 1 Yuan/min. We’re at 9 and six seconds!” Chuckle. China is a different kind … Continue reading →