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Windows Server 2008 One Year On — Hit Or Miss? 386

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 28, 2009 @01:19PM from the depends-what-you're-aiming-at dept.

magacious writes "Friday marked a year to the day since Microsoft launched Windows Server 2008, but did it have quite the impact the so-called software giant expected, or did it make more of a little squeak than a big bang? Before its arrival on 27 February 2008, it had been five long years since the release of the last major version of Windows Server. In a world that was moving on from simple client/server applications, and with server clouds on the horizon, Windows Server 2003 was looking long in the tooth. After a year of 'Vista' bashing, Microsoft needed its server project to be well received, just to relieve some pressure. After all, this time last year, the panacea of a well-received Windows 7 was still a long way off. So came the new approach: Windows Server 2008."

Synchrotron Gets Sci-Fi Writer In Residence 80

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:46AM from the no-facility-is-complete-otherwise dept.

kandela writes "CBC News is reporting that Nebula and Hugo award winning author Robert J. Sawyer is to become the first-ever writer in residence at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron facility (see also their media release). Sawyer will spend two months at the facility, where he is hoping to be inspired by the everyday grind of scientists, 'I spent a lot of time visiting science labs over the years, but it's always the VIP tour,' he said in an interview Wednesday. 'You are in and you are out in a couple of hours, and everyone has shown you all the things they want you to see but none of the day-to-day grind of the work as well. I want to get the flavour of that.' As a scientist who has worked at synchrotron facilities (and occasional sci-fi writer myself (page 4)), I'm excited to see what a professional can do with that environment for inspiration."

PS2 the Most Played Console In 2008 172

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 05, 2009 @07:33AM from the helps-that-they-sold-140-million-of-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In terms of console usage, the aging PS2 still leads the competition, according to data from US research firm Nielsen. Data the company compiled between January and October 2008 shows that the PS2 commanded 31.7 percent of the total number of minutes spent playing consoles. Only 37.9 percent of play time took place on current-gen systems, with the Xbox 360 (17.2 percent) leading the Wii (13.4 percent) and the PS3 (7.3 percent). Users even spent more time playing on the original Xbox (9.7 percent) than the PS3, while Nintendo's GameCube (4.6 percent) wasn't far behind Sony's new console either." World of Warcraft once again topped the most-played PC game list by a large margin. Tetris was the top mobile game, followed by Bejeweled and Guitar Hero III.

Comment Re:Might be too late... (Score 1) 104

by jheen on Saturday April 29, 2000 @05:13PM (#1102142) Attached to: Slashback: Books, Spooks, Violence, Recovery

*shudder* Not even to keep the case in the courts, will I vote for Al Gore. He's a total moron who thinks he's helping people but is actually doing the very opposite. He wants to protect us from ourselves and that in my book is the making of a bad president. Not that George W. Bush may be much better, but at least he hasn't come out and said it.

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