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Host servers get disk performance boost

If you thought measuring and maximising disk performance for a single server was complex, wait until you start to... Read more

28 June, 2011

Apple launches Safari 5 for Mac and Windows

...to achieve a 30-percent improvement in speed over Safari 4. This performance boost makes Safari 5 twice as fast as Mozilla's Firefox 3... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Adrian Bridgwater

AMD's Trinity processors take on Intel's Ivy Bridge

...suit, using Radeon HD 7000-series GPUs for a 56-percent graphics performance boost over Llano. Trinity supports the AMD HD Media Accelerator, a bundle... Read more

15 May, 2012 by David Meyer
Dell PowerEdge R720

Dell PowerEdge R720

With its Xeon E5-2600 processors, extra memory, extra storage and enhanced management options, the PowerEdge R720 is a real powerhouse that hits the sweet spot when it comes to the 2P2U server market. Read more

19 April, 2012 by Alan Stevens
SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 supports everything from departmental servers to large-scale enterprise clouds. With Hadoop integration imminent there's much to be said for upgrading — if only to prepare your datacentre for big-data private clouds. Just keep an eye out for the effect of per-core licensing on your costs. Read more

16 April, 2012 by Simon Bisson
Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

...starting to gel. But what is best about this partnership is the performance boost 11.10 enjoys. Running the compositor will no longer cause the... Read more

8 January, 2012 by Jack Wallen

EMC courts service providers with Atmos update

...in the same vein, with broadened SDK support, enhanced APIs and a performance boost in the underlying software. With today's announcements, EMC demonstrates that... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Jack Clark

Oracle unveils Java development kits for Mac OS X

...also offers several performance enhancements, which Oracle said "can also deliver a performance boost to Oracle Fusion Middleware products". "With the release of Java SE... Read more

27 April, 2012
Benchmarks: high-end Android smartphones

Benchmarks: high-end Android smartphones

...score over 5,000 in the CPU benchmark — a 600-700 percent performance boost. The Desire with the original HTC ROM scores 4,250 points... Read more

15 September, 2010 by Christoph H Hochstätter
Lenovo ThinkPad W701

Lenovo ThinkPad W701

The ThinkPad W701 is an extremely well-specified mobile workstation. Bulky, heavy and very expensive, it's a system for specialist power users with a big budget. Read more

1 June, 2010 by Charles McLellan
RivaTuner 2.24c

RivaTuner 2.24c

...lot of undocumented registry entries. In general, they cannot give you big performance boost but they can improve image quality and solve some compatibility problems... Read more

9 May, 2012
How Amazon is raising mega-proxy spectre

How Amazon is raising mega-proxy spectre

...and Google's Page Speed Services are clearly designed to provide a performance boost for the consumer, which in turn has definite benefits for website... Read more

19 November, 2011 by Lori MacVittie

Fusion-io updates flagship ioDrive flash cards

...Monday, are being made on a different production process to provide a performance boost over the original ioDrive and ioDrive Duo. Fusion-io has stepped... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Photos: 12 dual-core smartphones - not an iPhone in sight

...is a question mark about whether dual-core chips bring a significant performance boost to the current crop of Android smartphones - running Gingerbread or earlier... Read more

27 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Colossus Mk 2

Colossus Mk 2

...500 in Mk 1 to 2,400, resulting in a five-fold performance boost With 2,400 valves, mostly Mullard EF36 pentodes but including 6J5... Read more

1 April, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

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