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Fusion-io ioDrive (80GB)
Reviews The Fusion-io ioDrive is in a performance field of its own. Home users are much better off RAIDing a few SSDs together; however, for those running servers that need extra throughput now, the Fusion-io represents an expensive, but justifiable, saviour.
Tags: Gamer, PCI Express, Chip, Card, Ubuntu, NAND, operating system, Fusion-io, firmware, hard drive
Foundation wants more of the PC to be free
News The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs.
Tags: Desktops
Tools to monitor memory usage in Windows 7
Techguide Over the years, Microsoft has vastly improved the primitive Resource Meter and increasingly made it easier to see what is going on with the OS's use of memory.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Amount, System Resource, Physical Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Entry, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, Memory, operating system
Intel motherboards suffer Bios flaws
News Chipmaker releases updates to address privilege escalation holes in a number of its motherboards, and says to its knowledge the flaws have not been exploited.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Rootkit, Motherboard, Flaw, BIOS Update, Environment, Server, BIOS, desktop
Intel fixes SSD data-loss bug
News Chipmaker has resumed shipments of its 34nm solid-state drives after resolving a BIOS password flaw.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Manufacturing, Chip Company, Password, firmware, BIOS, hard drive, Laptop Computer
Easing XP netbook owners' path to Windows 7
News Microsoft plans a tool that will allow users to download Windows 7 and create a bootable USB drive that can be used to upgrade machines that lack their own DVD drive.
Tags: Windows 7, Notebooks and tablets, Netbook Owner, bootable USB, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, USB Flash Drive, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, BIOS
Manage BIOS updates with Windows Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide BIOS firmware updates can be tricky without a native interface on the OS. Rick Vanover breaks down some options in this tip.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Infrastructure/architecture management, Web Browser, BIOS Update, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, firmware, BIOS
Dell extends warranties after GPU fault
News The company has announced a limited international warranty extension of one year, after Nvidia admitted flaws in some of its graphics-processing units.
Tags: Graphics, Components, Notebooks and tablets, NVidia Corp., Dell Latitude, GPU, Dell Precision, Notebook, BIOS Update, BIOS
Get a complete security toolkit with BackTrack 3
Techguide The BackTrack LiveCD provides over 300 different tools that can be used by security professionals or system administrators. Vincent Danen tells you how to create a portable version on a USB keychain.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Security Management, Security applications/tools, KDE, Security, Tool, USB, reverse engineering, Computer
Intel releases Bios update
News Following the disclosure of a high-privilege rootkit for the Xen hypervisor, Intel has patched the Bios for affected desktop and mobile motherboards.
Tags: Operating systems, Intel Corp., Security, Mobile, Motherboard, Hypervisor, operating system, BIOS Update, Environment, BIOS
Report: Sony laptops can't use Windows 7 XP mode
News Sony intends to enable Intel's Virtual Technology, which supports Windows 7's "XP mode", only on select Sony Vaio models in future, says U.K. newspaper.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Vaio, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer
Dell brings wireless recharging to laptops
News Not known for being out in front of the market, the PC maker adds some flair to an otherwise buttoned-up business laptop.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, ARM, Dell Latitude, PC Company, Wireless, Intel Core 2 Duo, e-mail, processor, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp.
Improve Windows systems performance by enabling TCP Offload engine
Techguide Using the TCP offload engine can greatly improve performance for Windows systems. Here are some pointers to make sure your configuration is ready for TOE.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Infrastructure/architecture management, TCP, VMware Inc., operating system, Network Interface Card, Rick Vanover, Rick, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, performance
Options for passing a driver into Windows Server 2008 install program
Techguide The Windows Server 2008 installation offers a little flexibility on how drivers are installed. Find out some ways to access mass storage drivers in this article.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Storage software, Infrastructure/architecture management, floppy disk, Storage, floppy drive, DVD, Rick Vanover, Environment
Simple hardware approaches to secure laptops
Techguide Find out some ways to quickly and easily enhance the security of employees' personal laptops with a limited budget.
Tags: Security, Hardware, Authentication, Seagate Momentus, Encryption, Hong Kong, USB Flash Drive, Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption, hard drive, Laptop Computer
