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Yankees <endeca_term>Retired</endeca_term> Numbers 1.1

Yankees Retired Numbers 1.1

This app shows a list of all the numbers that have been retired by the Yankees, and the players that wore those numbers.There is... Read more

15 February, 2011

Itanium's not dead, say parents Intel and HP

...have strongly rejected Oracle's claim that the Itanium platform is being retired. Oracle, which announced its abandonment of the platform on Tuesday, said Intel... Read more

24 March, 2011

Silicon gets stay of execution from IBM

...to share the spotlight with graphene, but it won’t be totally retired. So say researchers at IBM, who have found that their graphene transistors... Read more

25 January, 2011

Google suspends Wave development

...never saw "the user adoption we would have liked", and is being retired, wrote Urs Holzle, senior vice president of operations and a Google Fellow... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

HP drops support for future Windows Home Server

...support the next generation of Microsoft's Windows Home Server and has retired its MediaSmart Server line in the wake of a feature cut by... Read more

1 December, 2010 by Jack Clark
Top-secret spy planes patrol the skies

Top-secret spy planes patrol the skies

...materials, which bounce off or absorb radar signals. The US Air Force retired the fleet in 2008. Photo credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt Aaron... Read more

26 February, 2011 by Staff
SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012

...2012 release. The low-end Workgroup and Small Business Editions have been retired, along with the high-end Datacenter Edition. That leaves the Enterprise and... Read more

16 April, 2012 by Simon Bisson
BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

...nicknamed the radio detection agents that tracked them down 'Buzbies'. Buzby was retired in 1985, but is set to be re-employed in 2012 by... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
Ten most valuable certifications for IT pros

Ten most valuable certifications for IT pros

...appeal, as will Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010, as older Exchange servers are retired in favour of the newer platform. 2. MCTSWith operating systems such as... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Erik Eckel
Sci-fi tech that came true

Sci-fi tech that came true

...the year before. After Kasparov accused IBM of cheating, Deep Blue was retired.Photo credit: Warner BrosThis story originally appeared as Sci-fi tech as... Read more

3 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn
Ten ways to tidy up the Linux desktop mess

Ten ways to tidy up the Linux desktop mess

...should be forkedInitially, I thought Classic Gnome, like KDE 3, should be retired. But doing so could cause problems with low-powered machines or ones... Read more

2 September, 2011 by Jack Wallen
The space shuttle's history in pictures

The space shuttle's history in pictures

...the Soviet Union put paid to the Buran project. The orbiter was retired to a hangar in Kazakhstan, where it was destroyed by a roof... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Jon Yeomans
Nasa's test planes in pictures

Nasa's test planes in pictures

...Pontiac convertible". The space agency elaborates: "Walter 'Whitey' Whiteside, who was a retired Air Force maintenance officer working in the [Flight Research Center's] Flight... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings

Android shoots past iPhone OS in market share

...capture Symbian's market share in the mid-tier". Symbian is being retired due to Nokia's tie-in with Microsoft over the Windows Phone... Read more

19 May, 2011 by David Meyer
Inside Nasa's astronaut training centre

Inside Nasa's astronaut training centre

...the Orion craft that will carry Nasa astronauts after the shuttle is retired. Nasa uses the facility to train crew to navigate the spacecraft, carry... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Jack Schofield

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

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

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....

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

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

20 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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