All Blog Posts Tagged 'ibm' (7)

Last week I was listening to Windows Weekly and I thought that they brought up a good point about Google and Microsoft. That was Microsoft really has never had a computer like Google. If you go back and look when Netscape wanted to be the new Microsoft, Microsoft crushed them with IE 3. Why is that? Well Netscape just didn’t have the money to compete with them. Google on the other hand dose have the money. I really think this is what Microsftys have nightmares about at night. A company that has… Continue

It's a 5 MB Hard Disk!!

The Volume and Size of 5 MB memory storage in 1956. In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data. Now you can start appreciating your 16 GB flash drive! Snopes.com: Computer Storage (1956):
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This is a series of posts concern the historic background of personal computer related events. I must confess that I'm not much of an internet social networking person. I don't really have a myspace account or facebook. I rarely write updates upon twitter. For instant messaging, I only use gTalk and only have a small amount of my friends on my buddies list. In all honesty, I'm terrible about being social online. However, I have found a few networks that I've grown to use quite often. One… Continue

In this article, we intend to clarify the questions; What is Linux and should I use it? Let me start off by saying, Linux is free, linux is open, and linux is about making your own choices. When the word “linux” or “unix” is spoken, you could get a couple of eyebrow raises, maybe even you’re the one with the confusion. Linux is a fairly young operating system, first released in 1991, but has become one of the most advanced in the world. However, it is no match for the big-dogs, Mac and Windows.… Continue

HI other day i brought are laptop IBM ThinkPad T42 it works great it got xp pro 512 of ram firefox loads really fast here are. photo

-B-rad Continue

BM has filed suit against Papermaster for violating the 1-year “no compete” clause in his contract which legally bars him from accepting a job with a competing company, and a NY judge has ordered that PaperMaster “immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc. until further order of this court“. Papermaster claims that in his 25 years at IBM, he never heard the company describe Apple as a competitor, an argument which sounds a little lame to us, but we suppose one could make the argument that… Continue

Are there any DataStage admins out there? Continue