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Comment Re:Nice and Easy (Score 3, Insightful) 175

by barryp on Sunday December 19, 2010 @10:25PM (#34612026) Attached to: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Released

Doesn't Forefront also require you have a Windows Server 2003 or later with Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 server and System Center Configuration Manager 2007? That'd end up being $$$$

Comment Re:Minor quibble... (Score 1) 160

by barryp on Monday November 15, 2010 @09:24PM (#34237922) Attached to: Oracle Solaris 11 Express Released

What does a Premium Support contract cost? I browsed the Oracle website for a bit but didn't see anything other than a phone number to call. Is it one of those "if you have to ask you can't afford it deals"?

Comment Another one from Tom's (Score 1) 165

by barryp on Saturday February 27, 2010 @12:41PM (#31297264) Attached to: Exploring Advanced Format Hard Drive Technology

Tom's Hardware has tackled this too. Just mentioning it for the sake of completeness.

Journal Journal: Netflix is keeping the Profiles feature

Journal by rubeng on Monday June 30, 2008 @05:02PM

Netflix has reversed its earlier decision to remove profiles. They just sent out an e-mail that said:

You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are.
We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, you.

Comment Re:We are going to have two layers of storage (Score 1) 113

by barryp on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:35PM (#23660535) Attached to: Sun Adding Flash Storage to Most of Its Servers

Umm, reliability and convenience. If you smoke a harddisk holding your data, you can still boot the OS and have access to all your tools, networking, etc.. and can easily restore your data drives.

Also, with the OS and programs, any limited number of write to the device is a non-issue.

Journal Journal: HP Develops "Memristor"

Journal by rubeng on Wednesday April 30, 2008 @06:08PM

HP has come up with a practical implementation of a device called a "memristor", according to the New York Times, that provides a non-volatile memory element possibly down to 4nm in size. At 1/10th the speed of DRAM, it won't be suitable for main memory, but could certainly give

Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 739

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 13, 2007 @10:27AM from the start-the-clock-ticking dept.

tetrahedrassface writes "According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August to spend more time with his family. Few if any prior senior political advisors to presidents have been the lightning rods for controversy that Mr. Rove has. Accused of running smear campaigns and celebrated for pioneering district level up campaigns that rely heavily on databases and fake grassroots origins, Mr Rove is one of the chief architects of the Republican Revolution."

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