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Converting Desktops to Thin Clients? 110

Posted by Cliff on Friday February 23, 2007 @07:45PM from the cyclic-nature-of-IT dept.

tfiedler asks: "I manage about 3500 desktop computers and was recently asked by my CIO to begin looking into thin client computing, something like WYSE terminals. I'd like to know, what are some good functional, and more importantly, manageable options to convert existing desktop computers into what would essentially be a Citrix terminal? I was thinking some brand of Linux that starts up an X11 session, starts the Citrix client and connects to our server farm. The user would see a Windows logon, our apps would function as normal and I'd get the benefit of performing a LOT LESS client-side maintenance. Any suggestions?"

Does the Internet Need a Major Capacity Upgrade? 357

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 23, 2007 @07:17PM from the eternal-september dept.

wiggles writes "According to the Chicago Tribune, the recent surge of video sites such as Youtube and Google video are pushing the limits of the Internet's bandwidth, or soon will be. Pieter Poll, chief technology officer at Qwest Communications, says that traffic volumes are growing faster than computing power, meaning that engineers can no longer count on newer, faster computers to keep ahead of their capacity demands. Further, a recent report from Deloitte Consulting raised the possibility that 2007 would see Internet demand exceed capacity. Admittedly, this seems a bit sensationalist, but are we headed for a massive slowdown of the whole internet?"

Feed Hacking My Child's Brain, Part 4 (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 23, 2007 @07:12PM

A Colorado program may help with the balance and posture problems encountered by people suffering from Sensory Processing Disorder. In Bodyhack.

Submission + - Opera CTO hits back at Microsoft's standards push

Submitted by

Michael

on Friday February 23, 2007 @07:11PM

Michael writes: "Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie hit back today at Microsoft's push to fast track Office Open XML into an ISO standard in a blistering article on CNET. He also took a swipe at Open Document Format: "I'm no fan of either specification. Both are basically memory dumps with angle brackets around them. If forced to choose one, I'd pick the 700-page specification (ODF) over the 6,000-page specification (OOXML). But I think there is a better way.". The better way being the existing universally understood standards of HTML and CSS. Putting this to the test, Håkon has published a book using HTML and CSS."

Journal Journal: Microsoft Loses case Over Patents

Journal by nevillethedevil on Friday February 23, 2007 @06:45PM

The New York times has an article titled: MP3 Patents in Upheaval After Verdict. From the article:
Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury yesterday to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 format, the technology at the heart of the digital music boom. If upheld on appeal, it would be the largest patent judgment on record. The ruling, in Federal District Court in Sa

Journal Journal: Ron Paul on YouTube, about running for President 2

Journal by jdavidb on Friday February 23, 2007 @06:42PM

Ron Paul is running for President, and has a video on YouTube explaining his views and why he is running: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlPT4bncq8

Feed Oscar's Overlooked Stars: Geeks (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 23, 2007 @06:12PM

Hollywood is rolling out the red carpet for Oscar on Saturday, but what about the real talent in Tinseltown: the geeks? Jason Silverman celebrates the scientific and technical awards.

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