Taking on the Computer Giants
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F OR THOSE of us with average IQs, booting up a computer each morning is like switching on the car ignition: a daily act of blind faith. In both instances, a misfire throws our lives into instant turmoil and leaves us utterly dependent on expert help.
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Ever since computer giant IBM announced earlier this week that they had developed the world&#39;s fastest computer, the whole nation seems to be abuzz about supercomputers.
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The company may have a scant few percentage points of personal computer market share, but it&#39;s way ahead of its rivals in making products that are objects of sheer technolust.
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Experts say they have paved the way for tiny supercomputers which could fit in the palm of the hand.
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This supercomputer deal is about more than speed.
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Silicon Graphics Inc and Nasa can claim to have created the world&#39;s most powerful supercomputer with the installation of the new Linux and Intel Corp Itanium 2-based &#39;Columbia&#39; supercomputer.
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While Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are the recognized leaders of the X86 server market, one player has surprisingly begun to gain ground.
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Technology company GigaBeam has come up with an alternative to the bottleneck that bedevils businesses everywhere.
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For decades, PC performance has jumped and prices have dropped, owing largely to the ability to squeeze increasing numbers of transistors into the computers&#39; silicon brains - but they can&#39;t shrink forever.
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New program called Tycoon lets groups jockeying for needed computing power bid for the resources.
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The growth of supercomputing as an enterprise IT option is one of the highlights of this week's SC2004 Supercomputing Conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Pittsburgh.
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Massively parallel processor to 'change the world', apparently
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Big Blue puts a new twist on an older technology. But will it steal thunder from the computing giant's other big machines?
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Resistance to Vista was expected among the large companies that have leverage with large PC vendors, but even in the consumer and SMB ranks, the clamor for XP is significant. The beneficiaries? Possibly, "white-box" system builders and direct-sales channels.
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Our colleagues over at PC World gathered up a list of products that each of them simply couldn't imagine going through daily life without. Some are relatively obvious, such as Windows 2003,  TiVO and Skype, and others a bit more odd, such as Cyber Systems' RoboForm. Heh?
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Computers are some of the most sophisticated and powerful tools available today -- yet these marvels of modern life are no more than looms on steroids, according to James Essinger's fascinating new book
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With new rankings due soon, SGI, IBM and others jostle for bragging rights. Also: Speedy Mac system gets speedier.