http://www.archivester.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:58:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While AMD is touting next-generation memory for its upcoming graphics products, Nvidia is being more circumspect. Memory chipmakers Qimonda, Hynix, and Samsung are shipping chips using the JEDEC-specified GDDR5 interface. Nvidia may use GDDR5 if the segment calls for it, Wagner said. "If it looks like it makes sense for ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/09/04/nvidia-amd-stances-differ-on-new-memory-technolog/ For obvious reasons, the Internet was attracting keen attention from developers--not to mention the hot money. But as a computer user, my nightmare scenario was also coming true. So it was with more than slight interest that I read Nova Spivack's very nuanced piece on the future of ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/31/debating-the-future-of-the-desktop/ There's a lot more data behind the submission that Red Hat will be announcing, but which I'm not at liberty to share. Let's just say that JBoss has given Daiwa flexibility to solve its own business problems, flexibility that BEA refused to give its customers as a proprietary software company, ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/24/red-hat-announces-the-winners-of-the-jboss-innovat/ commentary Computerworld tracks through a range of reasons for why people pay for commercially-supported open-source software. Enterprises pay for perceived and actual value, of course, which can come in the form of support, proprietary extensions, etc. No one pays out of charity to ensure the vendor will still be around a ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/when-enterprises-buy-enterprise-open-source/ A recent court case demonstrates, once again, the dangers of assembling massive police databases and trusting that law enforcement officers with access are paragons of virtue. In this case, the unvirtuous Fed is named Rafael Pacheco, an agent with the U.S. Customs Service in Florida. And the database in question is ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/customs-agent-took-bribes-to-access-fed-police-dat/ Dell notebooks will be available in retail stores in India for the first time, the company said Tuesday. The company hinted that it would make this move last week, saying it planned to increase its presence in China and India, two of the world's biggest emerging markets for computers. Dell already ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/dell-adds-another-retail-partner-this-time-in-ind/ Ubiquitous caffeine conglomerate Starbucks has ended its Wi-Fi partnership with T-Mobile in favor of one with AT&T. Under the earlier plan with T-Mobile, Starbucks customers needed a paid subscription to access the in-store Wi-Fi service, and T-Mobile HotSpot subscribers will continue to have access to Starbucks Wi-Fi thanks to an agreement ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/starbucks-ditches-t-mobile-for-att/ Tech/culture connector Scott Beale turned me on to Muxtape, a super-simple site that streams a list of MP3s via the browser. Playlists you create get their own simple URLs and the interface for controlling the stream is plain and intuitive: Click a track to play it. Click again ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/muxtape-simple-mix-tape-site-is-dmca-bait/ (Credit: Rflygd) Pastie is a new iPhone app that makes it possible to send ready-made text messages or e-mails to people on your contact list. This feature has been around on other phones for ages, but the iPhone has long gone without one. Pastie's method for improving the sending of e-mail or ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/pastie-speeds-up-e-mailing-sms-on-iphone/ What is it about Nick Carr, a very bright guy, that inspires the not-so-bright guys to bring out the knives? Criticism of his recent Atlantic piece has ranged from the predictably ungenerous to the downright bitchy. Nick Carr (Credit: Nick Carr) So it goes. The chattering class always gets irritated when convention ... http://www.archivester.com/index.php/2010/08/21/circling-the-wagons-against-nick-carr/