Has anybody wondered how reliable so-called “independent research” is these days?You may not have noticed, but there were many occasions where research on the same topic by different research firms yields different results. That is to be expected, one may argue, because of the differences in the research methodoloy adopted and the sampling size used.… Read More »
Key message to customers: Whatever floats your boat. Not content to be left behind by the vision bandwagon, Dell has started to push its own agenda in the enterprise space. At a media briefing in Singapore in late October, Bruce Kornfeld, director of worldwide product marketing in Dell’s Product Group, touted the company’s Scalable Enterprise… Read More »
Which is worse? A marriage of convenience or a marriage of necessity? If pundits can have it their way, they would probably bet against both.Just for the purpose of illustration, let’s take a closer look at the tussle between The SCO Group and the Linux camp. To SCO, the open-source movement is probably a marriage… Read More »
The job of a cybersecurity administrator is unrewarding, to say the least. You get absolutely no credit for your successes (who’d know anyway?), whereas the slightest slip-up often gets magnified to epic proportion.In the aftermath of September 11, the tech industry jumped at the chance to marshal its strongest ideas in the war against terrorism.… Read More »
Shaping up more and more like a bread toaster, the new Canon xnu i255 can easily take its place on a kitchen table without looking out of place. But do not underestimate this bubble jet printer from Canon. With its non-optimised 4,800-dpi resolution, fast printing speed (12ppm monochrome/9ppm colour), and space-saving design, the xnu i255… Read More »
Expanding NEC’s line-up of wireless mobile solutions, the new NEC VERSA E680 notebook combines wireless technology with unrivalled portability in a trendy two-tone chassis. The notebook, powered by Intel’s Centrino-based Pentium M processor, boasts 802.11b wireless connectivity and an extended battery life of up to 4.5 hours (based on the 14-inch model). For easy file… Read More »