- Mon Nov 2 5:45 AM PST 2009 Tilera's balancing act: 100 cores vs. market realities
A new family of CPUs from Tilera with 16 to 100 cores per chip will set new complexity records for general-purpose microprocessors. It will also teach a lesson about what "general purpose" means.
- Fri Oct 30 4:00 AM PDT 2009 Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl
We asked readers to send in their spookiest tech tales in advance of Halloween, and they delivered the gore. Get ready to be scared.
- Mon Oct 26 12:43 PM PDT 2009 Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers.
- Thu Oct 22 11:55 AM PDT 2009 BOL 1090: Screw Windows 7, time to hype Windows 8
OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest, but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutralit
- Tue Oct 20 9:49 AM PDT 2009 HP's Hurd dings cloud computing, IBM
Cloud computing is real and has potential, but Mark Hurd wouldn't trust HP's important computing infrastructure to it yet.
- Tue Oct 20 9:01 AM PDT 2009 IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7
The companies are bringing their low-cost cloud and Linux desktop platform to the U.S. Even if customers don't bite immediately, Microsoft needs to be concerned.
- Mon Oct 19 4:00 AM PDT 2009 Part 2: Q&A with Jeff Moss on computer hacking
Defcon founder and Homeland Security adviser Jeff Moss reflects on how he got into hacking, says the Internet's "age of innocence" is over, and has a message for Google and other big Web sites.
- Mon Oct 12 6:45 AM PDT 2009 The factor factor, part 1
Ever wonder why new chip designs fail in the market, even though they offer real advantages? Or why others succeed in spite of serious disadvantages? It's apparently a secret. Part one of three.
- Fri Oct 9 8:00 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Android has arrived
Google's operating system is gaining momentum, while Adobe pushes Flash on mobile devices. Also: New e-book readers.
- Wed Sep 23 10:05 AM PDT 2009 IBM launches new Netbook software in Africa
IBM partners with Canonical to unveil new Netbook software package that uses a Linux-based operating system and cloud computing.




