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Expert Needed: Adobe ColdFusion

I need someone who is familiar with Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise. If you are in the East Tennessee area and have ColdFusion Enterprise knowledge, please email me your resume about a consulting position. Thank You! Tags: Adobe, Coldfusion, Consulting, Job, Programmer, Programming

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Let’s stop the junk mail and the viruses.

Most of us know this already but this also gives the reason, Merry Christmas. This is really important information regarding “forwarding emails.” For you who already comply, please disregard this insult email, for those do not already comply, please read and then comply. Just remember to click the “forward” option, else you’ll lose the whole [...]

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Inside One of The Google Data Centers

Tags: Data Center, Google, Servers, Youtube

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Another iPod Dying Story – iPods Headed for the Grave

This week, Apple announced that iPods are in a nosedive. Meanwhile, we are seeing evidence that the Nano is about to get a camera. My response is “Why?” The old clickwheel iPod isn’t dead yet, but it’s definitely dying. I have a 160GB Classic, as I thought I needed it. But with a 32GB iPhone, [...]

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Computer Hardware Chart

Whether you’re a first-time computer builder or a seasoned pro, deviantART user Sonic480′s computer hardware poster, which helps you identify countless different types of hard drives, RAM, ports, CPU sockets, power connectors, and more, is a great reference. Chances are you don’t know the ins and outs of every single connector or piece of computer [...]

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Coca-Cola’s 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future

Tags: Coca-Cola, Coke, Future, Vending Machine

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Microsoft: Windows 7 is Done, On Its Way to Manufacturers

Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have hit the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The software giant still has a lot of work to do, but the bigger responsibility now falls to OEMs that must get PCs ready, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that are testing their new apps, and Independent [...]

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How Powerful Was The Apollo 11 Computer?

With all the buzz about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing I got to thinking, how powerful were the computers that “took us to the Moon?” It turns out, they were nothing short of amazing. If you’ve never had a nerdy bone in your body, feel free to skip this post. But, [...]

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Google Promises ‘The End of Viruses’

Google’s Engineering Director has promised that its forthcoming Chrome OS will see ‘the end of malware’. Google is promising what the latest issue of New Scientist magazine refers to as “a carefree antivirus nirvana” with its forthcoming Google Chrome OS. Linus Upson, Google’s Engineering Director, has promised the company is: “Completely redesigning the underlying security [...]

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DRM is Dead, RIAA Says

For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who actually paid for their music. Now, in a shocking turnaround, the outfit seems to have come to the realization that DRM does more harm than good and has officially declared its death. Read the story: [...]

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From Sand to Silicon: The Making of a Chip

View this graphic presentation offering a high-level demonstration of the process for manufacturing a central processing unit (CPU), which operates in every PC today. Here you can catch a glimpse of some of the amazingly sophisticated work going on daily inside Intel’s cutting-edge silicon manufacturing fabs. Read More: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/chipmaking/index.htm?iid=pr1_marqmain_chipmaking Tags: Chip, CPU, Intel, Production, Silicon

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New Router Concepts Possibly Coming in Near Future

Tags: Concepts, Internet, Networking, Router

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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released

The Fastest Firefox Yet Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2. As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite [...]

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Intel launching cheaper SSDs with up to 320GB capacity in two weeks?

I have been wanting one of these for a while. If the price gets down low enough, I may jump on it. Rumor has it that Intel is prepped to launch its new SSDs in the next two weeks. According to sources speaking to the The Inquirer, the new solid state disks will feature that [...]

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The New Firefox Logo

This is the new Firefox Logo. Very nice. Tags: Browsers, Firefox, Internet, News

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