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Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 3:13pm

Microsoft aims to make a much different first impression with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, its oft-maligned predecessor.



 

Welch takes shot at Immelt over GE miss

CNN Money  Wed, 04/16/2008 - 9:36am

General Electric chief Jeff Immelt is under attack from a surprising source - his predecessor Jack Welch.



 

Sun's Vic Falls: Two is better than one

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:16pm

Niagara 2 (formally the UltraSparc T2) was a big step forward for Sun Microsystems' chip multithreading (CMT) efforts.

It's not that there was anything really wrong with its Niagara 1 predecessor, but 90-nanometer process technology imposed some fairly severe restrictions on what could be crammed into each of the ...



 

IBM uses plumbing, watercoolers to chill supercomputer

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 11:00pm

IBM's latest supercomputer is hooked up to the watercooler.

Big Blue has come out with a new version of its high-end supercomputer, the Power 575, which can provide five times the performance of its predecessor on 40 percent of the power.

A fully stocked Power 575 rack contains 448 ...



 

Despite online gameplay, 'Smash' doesn't disappoint

Daily Texan  Sun, 03/23/2008 - 11:00pm

"Smash Bros. Brawl" is a guaranteed success. Its predecessor was one of the biggest selling titles for Nintendo's Gamecube, and as sales data pours in from across the globe, it's becoming more apparent that the company has another hit on its hands.