IT management software and appliance vendors used the downturn to show how they could help companies reduce manual labor, cut costs, streamline processes and optimize IT services during the economic downturn.
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Microsoft today confirmed that it is looking into reports that November's security updates have triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs.
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IBM retained its narrow lead over Hewlett-Packard in the worldwide server market as sales began to stabilize during the third quarter, Gartner said Monday.
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A software analytics program has detected evidence that Apple may be testing a new iPhone model, identified as ‘iPhone 3,1,’ in the San Francisco area. But there’s very little hard evidence of what the newness might be.
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Download Free eBook:[share_ebook] Advanced Operating Systems and Kernel Applications: Techniques and Technologies - Free chm, pdf ebooks rapidshare download, ebook torrents bittorrent download.
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Mark Russinovich, the Windows NT Kernel Guru, has been explaining how the Windows 7 kernel.
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Reduce Linux power consumption, Part 1: The CPUfreq subsystem This three-part series is your starting point for tuning your system for power efficiency. In Part 1, get up to speed on the components and concepts you need to fine-tune a Linux-based System x server for power efficiency. Learn how to enable the Linux CPUfreq subsystem, get instruction on C and P states, and determine which of the five in-kernel governors you need to boost power efficiency on your system. 15 Sep 2009

Reduce Linux power consumption, Part 2: General and governor-specific settings This three-part series is your starting point for tuning your system for power efficiency. In Part 2, follow a step-by-step guide on the general settings of the Linux CPUfreq subsystem and get more details on the five in-kernel governors -- performance, powersave, userspace, ondemand, and conservative -- and their settings. 23 Sep 2009


Reduce Linux power consumption, Part 3: Tuning results This three-part series is your starting point for tuning your system for power efficiency. In Part 3, the author compares the performance of the five in-kernel governors in both tuned and untuned states to show you how to optimize a Linux-based System x server. 07 Oct 2009

Linux continues to innovate in the area of file systems. It supports the largest variety of file systems of any operating system. It also provides cutting-edge file system technology. Two new file systems that are making their way into Linux include the NiLFS(2) log-structured file system and the exofs object-based storage system. Discover the purpose behind these two new file systems and the advantages that they bring.
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This is Part 7 in the ongoing Windows 7 review series.

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