How SSDs work
From reading the advertising copy, you could be forgiven for thinking that SSDs have no downsides. Much faster than traditional spinning hard drives, far more resilient to being dropped, ultra quiet,...
View ArticleFlash Memory Summit 2012 to Showcase How Enterprise SSDs – Today's...
Mobie Computing Mania, Cloud Adoption, and Explosion of Big Data Trigger Rapid Rise of Super-Fast Flash Memory in the Enterpise Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2012 Flash Memory Summit, Santa Clara,...
View Article>Nvidia Responds To F-Bomb From Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds -- just before he dropped the F-bomb on Nvidia. Image: Screengrab/YouTube Linux creator Linus Torvalds may call Nvidia “” the Linux community had ever dealt with. But the chipmaker...
View Article>Linus Torvalds: Windows 8 Secure Boot Doesn’t Destroy Linux
(/Flickr) Many Linux lovers are that Microsoft’s new Secure Boot technology will make it more difficult to get the open source operating system onto machines that originally ship with Windows 8. But...
View ArticleToshiba Announces Hybrid Drive Combining NAND Flash and Hard Drive Expertise
Hybrid Drive Transforms User Experience with Extreme Speed and Capacity, Giving a “Best-of-Both-Worlds” Approach to Personal Computing IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba’s Storage Products...
View ArticleToshiba Expands Product Portfolio with 3.5-Inch Client Hard Disk Drives for...
6Gb/s SATA Drives Feature 1 Terabyte-Per-Platter Design for High Capacity and Performance IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba’s Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic...
View ArticleToshiba High Performance, Energy Efficient Drives for Tiered Storage...
Toshiba Enterprise Drives Combined with Supermicro Server and Storage Platforms Provide Customers Maximized Performance with Green Power Efficiency IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba’s Storage...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds is livid -- directs middle digit at Nvidia
Linus Torvalds gets graphic about his feelings toward Nvidia. Uses a few choice words to vent his anger about Nvidia's lack of Linux support. by Brooke Crothers June 17, 2012 12:51 PM PDT Follow...
View ArticleWill the titans of storage decide to flash their bits?
The fundamental decision facing most of the online storage industry is whether to use spinning or flashing bits or both. Flashing bit growth, solid state NAND...
View ArticleFlash Memory Comes of Age
Flash memory is the digital storage used in most mobile consumer devices. It is also being used in data centers and in some computers. Flash memory is usually faster than hard disk drives but slower...
View ArticleTorvalds Drops F-Bomb on Nvidia
It's not often the "F-word" figures prominently in any major debate here in the Linux blogosphere, however frequently it may pop up on the sidelines. Recently, however, it was catapulted into a...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds picks up award in 1.2m euro Finnish tech prize
By Liam Tung | June 13, 2012, 6:20am PDT Summary: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize alongside stem cell researcher, Dr Shinya Yamanaka Linus Torvalds has...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds crowned joint winner of 1.2m euro tech prize
By Liam Tung | June 13, 2012, 6:20am PDT Summary: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize alongside stem cell researcher, Dr Shinya Yamanaka Linus Torvalds has...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium...
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | April 19, 2012, 8:47am PDT Summary: Linux Creator’s Linus Torvalds has won the Millennium Technology Prize. This is close as technology has to a Nobel Prize. Linus...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds scoops share of 1.2m euro Finnish tech prize
By Liam Tung | June 13, 2012, 6:20am PDT Summary: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize alongside stem cell researcher, Dr Shinya Yamanaka Linus Torvalds was...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds scoops share of €1.2m Finnish tech prize
By Liam Tung | June 13, 2012, 6:20am PDT Summary: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize alongside stem cell researcher, Dr Shinya Yamanaka Linus Torvalds was...
View ArticleWhy Do Traditional Storage 'Solutions' Consistently Fall Short?
NEVEX says a new and innovative approach is required Download image...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds LOVES His MacBook Air
And you are...? In an interview with Linux creator Linus Torvalds, TechCrunch's Scott Merrill asks about Torvalds's taste in computer hardware. Here's what Torvalds had to say: "I have to admit being...
View ArticleOpenSUSE, Linus' Daughter, and a Question of Security
There's nothing like a rant to get the conversational ball rolling here in the Linux blogosphere, and if it can be a rant from Linus Torvalds himself, well, it doesn't get much better than that. That,...
View ArticleWhat Would Linus Do About GNOME 3? Why, Use Xfce
Debates are always plentiful here in the Linux blogosphere, and the topic of desktop environments is no exception. That may be more true now than ever before, in fact, thanks to GNOME 3, which has...
View ArticleThe new flavour and power of laptops
Tweet By And you thought hybrid was exclusively an automotive thing! Now laptop computers are getting hybrid too. Theres even better news. The innovation is only one of the many good changes the...
View ArticleCould You Do Linus Torvalds' Job?
Linus Torvalds leads the largest software development project in the world. Thousands of people across the globe contribute to what started out as his little research project. Individuals and...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Linus Torvalds: Linux, Git, and One Giant Flamethrower | Wired...
Linus Torvalds created Linux, which now runs vast...
View Article20 Years of Linux Video Competition To Be Judged By Linus Torvalds
Linux, first released to the public in 1991, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The history of Linux is an interesting thing in its own right, and even more interesting when taken in context...
View ArticleHow to store your digital data efficiently and cheaply?
There is only so much space in your desktop or laptop's trusty hard drive to store the data, movies, songs, videos and photographs that are so important to you. If you try to stuff all of it on the...
View ArticleBiwin Announces Elite Series SATA III SSDs Based on the LSI® SandForce®...
2.5” SATA III 6Gbps SSDs Dramatically Accelerate Laptop and Desktop Performance SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) March 21, 2012 The vast majority of laptop and desktop computers sold today are equipped with...
View ArticleEngadget Primed: SSDs and you
Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a...
View ArticleLinus, Linux and the Millennium Technology Prize
It doesn't happen often here in the Linux blogosphere that FOSS fans agree unanimously on -- well, on pretty much anything. Truth be told, there's generally good reason for the dissension. Take...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds recklessly put the Linux reputation at risk
Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, made verbal attacks against NVIDIA during a speech to a group of students at the Aalto University Center for Entrepreneurship in Finland. "NVIDIA, f**k you." Linus...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds finds GNOME 3.4 to be a "total user experience design failure"
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | June 4, 2012, 6:35pm PDT Summary: I only dislike the latest version of the GNOME Linux desktop, Linus Torvalds, Linux’s primary inventor, hates it. Linus Torvalds still...
View ArticleLinux 3.0 Released; Linus Torvalds Explains Why You Shouldn't Care
The Linux 3.0 kernel was officially pushed out Thursday night, a milestone that even Linus Torvalds says you shouldn't care about. Torvalds made the announcement , after the release was delayed four...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds F-bombs Nvidia over lack of Linux support
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | June 18, 2012, 7:36am PDT Summary: Torvalds identifies Nvidia as “the single worst company we’ve ever dealt with”. Linus Torvalds, the software engineer who became the...
View ArticleOpen source Linux creator Linus Torvalds wins 2012 Millennium Technology prize
Linus Torvalds, the creator of open source operating system Linux, is one of two winners of the 2012 Millennium Technology prize, the tech equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The Technology Acadamy Finland...
View ArticleLinux creator Linus Torvalds wins Millennium Tech Prize
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been named as the joint winner of the Millennium Tech...
View ArticleLinux creator Linus Torvalds shares Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, has been named joint winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize. He shares the honour with Dr Shinya Yamanaka, a stem cell scientist. Technology Academy Finland...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds likes the Google Chrome OS Linux desktop
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | May 4, 2012, 9:38am PDT Summary: Torvalds, still annoyed at the direction that GNOME 3 has taken, has some nice things to say about Google’s new Chrome Aura Linux...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds snarls at openSUSE desktop Linux's security
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | March 1, 2012, 9:19am PST Summary: Even Linus “Linux” Torvalds can have desktop Linux headaches. Even Linus Torvalds can have have a bad Linux desktop day. Linus...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds, Linux Creator, Talks Storage Technology, Compares Hard...
The creator of the Linux open source operating system loathes hard drives so much that he has compared the data storage device to the supreme master of evil -- Satan. On Thursday, Linus Torvalds...
View ArticleLinux creator and stem cell pioneer share tech's $1.5 million 'Nobel'
Shinya Yamanaka (left) and Linus Torvalds (right) shared this year's Millennium Technology Prize.Technology Academy Finland Two leading international innovators, Linus Torvalds and Shinya...
View Article>Linus Torvalds Splits Tech’s ‘Nobel’ With Stem Cell Pioneer
Linus Torvalds. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired Question: What do Linux and stem-cell research have in common? Answer: They’re both considered “life-enhancing technical innovations” by the Technology Acadamy...
View ArticleLinus, GNOME 3, and Much Ado About Desktop Interfaces
If ever there was a week to make a person believe in the cosmic forces of fate, this might be it. To wit: Linus Torvalds -- always a topic of interest here in the Linux blogosphere -- has been a...
View ArticleLinux's Torvalds wins Millennium Technology Prize
Erik Siemers Business Journal staff writer- Portland Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google Linus Torvalds, the Lake Oswego resident and creator of the Linux computer operating system, on Wednesday...
View ArticleLinux creator Linus Torvalds slams Nvidia
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has unleashed a scathing attack on chip maker Nvidia over its lack of support for the kernel. Speaking at a forum hosted by Aalto Centre for Entrepreneurship in his native...
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