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Trying to stretch your battery? Check that your device drivers are installed
A new blog post on Microsoft's ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) Building Windows 8 blog did a great job of detailing the work being done to better manage power in Windows 8. Pat Stemen, a program manager on the
A lesson in virtualization from eBay
The input/output performance of enterprise storage is important for many enterprises, but for online auction site eBay it's a critical business driver. So, when eBay's business units needed more
Fanless design heralds faster, quieter laptops, massive reduction in power consumption
A researcher has developed a new heat sink that does away with the need for a separate fan, like those found in active-cooled heat sink designs today. Jeff Koplow, of the U.S. government's Sandia
Researchers develop low power memory for improved battery life
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed digital memory technology that uses 100 times less power, which is a boon given the number of tablets, smartphones and portable consumer
SeaMicro goes 64-bit; packs 256 Intel dual-core Atoms into one server
Server specialist SeaMicro has announced a version of its Atom-based server system based on Intel's ( NASDAQ: INTC ) new 64-bit Atom N570 dual-core processor. The SeaMicro SM10000-64 server crams 256
Windows 8 will be available in ARM
The next version of Windows will be able to run on ARM processors, said Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) mid-week at CES 2011. Any effort to port the Windows operating system to the ARM architecture would be
Methane powered laptops could be coming soon
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) say that they are one step closer to developing commercially viable methane fuel cells, which work by converting chemical
Cow power and other ideas for reducing IT's energy costs
CIOs are facing twin stresses in the data center these days: Usage is growing and so is the pressure to reduce energy consumption and costs. These imperatives, along with increasing environmental
Time to move on from Moore's Law, says Nvidia's chief scientist
In a column published on Forbes.com, chief scientist and senior vice president of research at Nvidia, Bill Dally, has suggested that it might be time for the world to move on from the venerable
IT chief loses job, SETI@home cited as reason
A report on Network World talked about how the IT director at Arizona's Higley Unified School District lost his job following an investigation of "suspicious activities" across the 5,000-plus
