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Laptop features that fell by the wayside

Laptop features that fell by the wayside

...our old MacBook Pros actually came with both FireWire 400 and 800 ports. The original FireWire was a mainstay for iMacs, hard drives and iPods... Read more

8 May, 2011 by Dan Ackerman and Scott Stein
Thunderbolt speeds on new MacBook Pro

Thunderbolt speeds on new MacBook Pro

...The new MacBook Pro comes with only one Thunderbolt port. This one port, however, can be used to connect to multiple devices... Read more

25 February, 2011 by Dong Ngo
Samsung's Google Chromebook hands-on

Samsung's Google Chromebook hands-on

...There is one USB port on the right side of the laptop.Photo credit: James Martin/CNET... Read more

12 May, 2011 by James Martin

Google uses remote-kill functionality on Android apps

...in the process of porting Froyo to its x86 platform. Although x86 ports of Android have already been made to some degree of success, the... Read more

25 June, 2010 by David Meyer
Toshiba preps Thrive Honeycomb tablet

Toshiba preps Thrive Honeycomb tablet

...Toshiba will ship two different docks. This one includes power, two USB ports and HDMI. Photo credit: Erica Ogg/CNET NewsThis story originally appeared as... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Eric Franklin

Mono team ports Android to C

...the open-source Mono implementation of the .NET framework has released a port of Android to the C# language. Xamarin, the development-platform company that... Read more

2 May, 2012
Reverse <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Forwarding Wizard 3.2

Reverse Port Forwarding Wizard 3.2

Reverse Port Forwarding Wizard as the best reverse tunnel software, it can let you... Read more

10 May, 2012
<endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Forwarding Wizard 4.7

Port Forwarding Wizard 4.7

Using Port Forwarding Wizard, it will let you infinitely port forwarding until the destination... Read more

10 May, 2012
Managed Switch <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Mapping Tool 1.99.9.5

Managed Switch Port Mapping Tool 1.99.9.5

The Managed Switch Port Mapping tool communicates with a managed ethernet switch using SNMPv1/v2c and... Read more

18 April, 2012
COM <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Stress Test 1.4.3.907

COM Port Stress Test 1.4.3.907

If you are puzzled by having to stress-test COM/RS232 ports and see no easy way to do that, make sure you don... Read more

7 September, 2011
NetMos 9805 PCI Parallel <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> 2.0.0.18

NetMos 9805 PCI Parallel Port 2.0.0.18

NetMos 9805 PCI Parallel Port: The Nm9805 is a 1284 parallel port controller with PCI bus interface... Read more

2 May, 2011
Simple <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Tester 2.1.5

Simple Port Tester 2.1.5

Simple Port Tester helps users test if their ports are open with just a... Read more

2 May, 2011

Brocade increases blade port density

...D series blade for the datacentre. Brocade has also released a 64-port, 8Gbps Fibre Channel blade for the DCX Backbone, called the FC8-64... Read more

7 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
The Four Steps to Virtual <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> Channel

The Four Steps to Virtual Port Channel

Virtual port channel (VPC) takes redundancy to a new level in the data center... Read more

9 August, 2011
...Part 6) Bonus: Opening Firewall <endeca_term>Port</endeca_term> for SCOM DB Server (SQL Server

...Part 6) Bonus: Opening Firewall Port for SCOM DB Server (SQL Server

Step by step instructions for opening firewall ports for the SCOM DB Server. This podcast will give more information including... Read more

1 August, 2011

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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