Obama Appoints Google “Video Secretary”, Blackberry Misses Out

Obama shows some love to Google, but regretfully cannot continue to show love to Blackberry
Whether you are overjoyed or a bit concerned at President-elect Barack Obama’s healthy victory, it’s hard to deny that he’s taking the presidency in a decidedly new direction when it comes to tech.  From new privacy legislation, which may make it harder [...]

Upcoming Budget, Mainstream Intel Processors for Desktop Market Leaked

Intel details plans for mainstream and budget processor, plus we learn about Intel’s plans for SSDs

Intel just recently released its new Nehalem-based Core i7 processors which are just about the fastest processors available on the consumer market. While the new Core i7 processors sit at the top of the food chain, Intel hasn’t forgotten about its value [...]

MySQL and the power of Intel SSDs

More and more of the database vendors are talking about the wonders that SSD can do for transactional (OLTP) databases. So I read Anand’s latest SSD article with more than usual interest. If many of the cheaper MLC SSD’s write small blocks 20 times slower than a decent harddrive, these SSD’s are an absolute nightmare [...]