I can't quite believe that the android platform is already four years old. (well I can, since the recent Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) announcement.) Google were expected to make an…
Will the Thailand floods prompt a move to SSDs?
With ASUS announcing that it will run out of hard disks at the end of the next month , since new ones are not being produced in enough numbers to…
On losing a diamond, and gaining a lion
I've not blogged about the events in Wootton Bassett over the past few years. I'm talking about the fallen members of our armed forces and their repatriations from RAF Lyneham.…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
Is the Eurostar geared for the UK business traveller?
The Eurostar is still one of the most efficient means of getting to and from Paris from the UK. However, it's not as good as it could be, especially for…
Dual Chipset Motherboards? It’s an expensive way of preparing for an upgrade.
Looking at the AnandTech article on Asus's Danshui Bay Concept motherboard, I'm impressed with the idea, but not sure that it's going to work in the execution. The idea is…
The value in taking both paths at once
Over time the use of multiple paths within the modern corporate network has increased. Using both paths of an active/backup pair adds bandwidth. We've gone through a whole series of…
State of the Network – a response
So Network Instruments have published their latest State of the Network report, and it makes for some worrying reading for network managers. The report is gathered from questionnaires answered by…