Computer Hardware

The great Burton Smith, Microsoft Technical Fellow and an international leader in high-performance computer architecture and programming languages for parallel computing joins functional programming purist and language design guru Erik Meijer to discuss several major  themes…

Jaron Lanier is an extraordinary individual. He is the father of virtual reality, a forceful pundit for "software humanism," an accomplished musician, a philosopher, and a Microsoft Partner Architect working on cloud computing problems in the Extreme Computing group. For three…

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be in Berlin for the annual IFA consumer electronics trade show. In amongst a plethora of 3D TVs, sewing machines, jet washers and coffee makers (the scope of this show is wide) I was surprised to see Acer showing a home theatre PC. But not…

Scott stopped by Ward Cunningham (you know, the guy who invented the Wiki. Yes, that Ward Cunningham) to hang out, and discovered Ward's treasure trove of electronics, software, soldering guns and web accessible sensor arrays that run 24/7/365. Ever wish you had a real cool uncle that didn't take…

Paglo, now out of private beta, is a search engine for I.T. To use the app, an admin downloads it to a machine on the corporate network, and then it will begin collecting information on the I.T. infrastructure. Paglo uses common protocols like SNMP to pull information from computers, servers,…

Introduced at this year’s CES, the Sony Vaio P is a new, incredibly small netbook. The 1.4-pound computer has an 8-inch screen with a screen resolution of 1600x768. To achieve its diminutive size, the keyboard pretty much extends to the edges of the notebook – with no extra room on the sides. Even…

Call me a sucker for a good design, but I love Dell’s new candy-colored mini computers. New for this year’s holiday season the computer manufacturer has just launched a line of desktop PCs with small form factors…and surprisingly, quite a lot of power too.  Called the Dell Inspiron Zino HD,…

The first true collaboration between HP and Voodoo PC has arrived: the HP Blackbird gaming system. This system—named after the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane—gives HP the weapon it needed in the fight against rivals such as Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Overdrive PC, and Dell (with its…

A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you can determine your hardware requirements for SQL Server. Glenn shares his expertise…

What do you do when you have multiple computers on your desk but want to control them with just one keyboard and mouse? In the past I've used KVM's, I've used a little hub with Arc Mouse and Arc Keyboard dongles attached, and I've tried some apps. Today I want to walk you through my favorite new…