Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop — 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second — twice as fast as the world's previous fastest computer, IBM's Blue Gene.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a back-up device called Time Capsule at Macworld in San Francisco on Tuesday, which automates the Time Machine backup application in Mac OS X Leopard.
Aruba Networks has released in the UK its first products that utilise the latest generation of Wi-Fi technology, 802.11n.
The University of New England has chosen NEC as the key vendor in its new campus network rollout.
With the expected launch of its new UltraSparc T2 chip Sun will once again sell microprocessors, but this time round it has plans to expand beyond the server market.
Cisco has launched a switching platform, which it claims is designed to cope with interactive multimedia Web applications.
Law firm Middletons has replaced its Melbourne network switching infrastructure with Nortel hardware as part of a move to a new office.
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has flagged plans to refresh its mid-range server fleet, replacing up to 34 machines over the next three years.
Victoria's rural ambulance service has outlined plans to install at least 25 new mid-range servers in locations throughout the state, with the project to commence as early as January next year.
All the major business PC manufacturers in Australia -- except Apple -- announced products based on Intel’s vPro chipset this week; vPro is designed to improve desktop management facilities for administrators.
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ILM is the future of storage (or so we're told). But what is it? How do you get it? The details may still be a bit sketchy but that doesn't necessarily mean you can afford to put considerations to the side.
Dell has belatedly joined its competitors in offering own-design blade servers with the launch in Paris of the PowerEdge 1855.
The ReadyNAS range is a perfect addition to a household that needs not just storage, but control over that storage. Now if only Netgear could do something about the price.
Toshiba, who built one of the world’s first notebooks, clearly has a head start in the race to put a laptop on every desk. The AU$1,210 Satellite M300 is a step in the right direction, being a modest, yet high quality desktop replacement at a reasonable price.
While a solid machine and a capable media centre, we're still trying to work out who the target market for the highly expensive LT VAIO is. Design-crazed multimillionaires, perhaps.
What a difference a year can make. Toshiba's R400 made quite the impression when it was launched — a small, lightweight, brilliantly sensitive tablet that packed in features with some serious style. Now, it's boxy and large for what's offered inside, and is seriously out of style and overpriced.
With a mass of storage and a large breadth of features, the M70SA from ASUS is a solid performer and a decent media centre/desktop replacement to boot.
Apple's AirPort Express Base Station has always been remarkable in that it is networking hardware that people actually seem to get excited about. Thanks to an update to the 802.11n wireless networking standard, this compact, easy-to-use device can now add increased wireless networking performance to its list of pros.
The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.
Apple's new Time Capsule incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. In its niche, the Time Capsule is the most advanced product on the market -- its price is also fair compared with a separate router and network-attached hard drive.
The Konica Minolta Magicolor 4650DN goes a long way to reducing the gap between inkjet and laser colour handling. Overall the Magicolor was very easy to use, and the basic unit is great value for money.
The Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Gigabit a router that supports Gigabit Ethernet wired networking along with Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n wireless standard. In our testing, the WNR854T proved itself to be a solid performer.
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