Storage

Dan Budiac paid $2,600 last month for a brand-new Apple IIc. That's a story in and of itself -- but it doesn't end there. Now that he has a vintage computer, what does he do with it?

Dell now has all the ingredients to enter DR services market with gusto.

Toshiba conceded the HD video disc battle this week and announced its HD-DVD formatted products were no longer going to be manufactured. It had little choice after a string of defeats started by Warner choosing to go with Blu Ray exclusively and concluding when the US's biggest retailer, Wal Mart, backed out of the HD DVD format.

So Blu Ray is the winner right?

Not so fast.

A month ago, a new format popped up that in a year, might make the Blu Ray look like the Betamax.

Apple today discontinued its line of XServe RAID storage systems and is replacing them with Promise RAID Boxes. The new boxes can be configured with up to sixteen 750GB SATA hard drives or 16 SAS 300GB drives for up to 12 TB of storage. The former Xserve RAID was 14x750Gb.

Promise's RAID box is also certified to work with Apple's XSAN Disk Management suite.

Remote user calls about a Windows problem, and this help-desk pilot fish begins by telling him, "Press Control-Escape." User: I don't have a Control key. Fish: Sure you do. User: No, I pried them off.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which it looks like the HD disc format wars are over, with Blu-ray the victor. Not to mention more souvenir potpourri...

Franklin Paul reports the final nail in the coffin:

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided to exclusively sell high-definition DVDs in the Blu-ray format, dealing what could be a crippling blow to the rival HD-DVD technology backed by Toshiba Corp ...

Lots of discussion on e-mail once again, and how to effectively manage it, but it all comes down to sound RIM policies and practices

If you're not already a storage wizard, here's software that may turn you into one

Both Mac OS X and the MacBook Pro have some great safety features — but if they don't apply to your daily use, you're more likely to benefit from reclaiming the resources these features consume. Here's a look at two problems that were resolved with one patch.

LAN admin has just returned to his desk in the "geek area" when this desktop support pilot fish notices that a monitor on the wall is flashing red -- and that's a problem. ...

Six hours. Yes, six hours to install FiOS in my home, but the service opened up my Internet bandwidth significantly, and I liked the cable television features.

Today is Tuesday, this is IT Blogwatch and Cisco would rather switch than fight. Not to mention the shelf life of a condiment ...

The MacBook Pro updates are right around the corner. Some reliable sources indicate that they may be as close as two weeks away while others put the delivery date as far out as mid-March. That doesn't mean you have to wait to have an SSD powered MacBook Pro.

Pilot fish at this big distribution center is called in to investigate a PC in the shipping area that, according to the trouble ticket, is "making a loud noise." Turns out it's an ancient PC -- and that's a problem.

Finally it's Friday here at IT Blogwatch, wherein we learn what to love and what to loath about the newest Mac phenom. Not to mention Tino or Devastatin' Dave ...