Windows VS Ubuntu Memory

I thought I'd post a link to this article on InfoWorld primarily because I love comparisons.

Over on that blog, they make a brief comparison, Windows 7 vs Vista vs Ubuntu.

On a computer with 8GB of RAM and on startup...

Windows 7 on x64 memory = 1.24 GB

Windows Vista on x64 memory = 1.34 BG

Ubuntu 8.10 = 349 MG

And the winner is...

Here's a link to the article:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2009/03/ubuntu_vs_windo.html

by Martin Heller on InfoWorld

As a side note, the article also talks about using for backups....

At my former employer and current client, I had set up an Ubuntu system on an older PC, put in better HDs.. and every night it automatically backs up data from 3 different servers...

Ubuntu has always done the job for me.

Microsoft testing their new search engine

Looks like Microsoft is working on a new search engine which they hope will help them grab a much larger chunk of the search engine market.

I personally use search engines extensively every day.... when I'm not actively looking for information to help solve a problem or any subject that may interest me.... then I'm likely not @ the computer.

This should be interesting.... I've looked at other types of search engines that came out the last couple of years... and personally, I'm still using Google and the occasional Yahoo!

Read the article here:
Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo

on Yahoo!

Blogger tag cloud

I just now added a tag cloud to this blog and I wanted to post the link to the author's post where he shows how to create it in blogger.

http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.html

It was very easy to do.

PS3 super computer

The "IT Dojo" over @ techrepublic.com has a new post on a super computer cluster built on Sony PS3s done over at North Carolina State University.

They apparently clustered 16 PS3s together..

Pretty neat.

;-)

Read it here:

PS3 supercomputer illustrates innovative IT cost savings
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=359
By IT Dojo

Microsoft wants their money back

Seems as though when Microsoft recently laid off 1400 workers... they (say they) overpaid some of them in their severances packages.

Microsoft has written a letter to their former employees requesting their money back.

Check out this post which shows a scanned copy of a letter.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10169119-75.html 

Mac users should use antivirus

I found this on Macs and Anti-Virus programs....

I've mentioned this before (at least, I'm sure I have)...

Macs are computers, and computers have vulnerabilities.... that's essentially one of the reasons there are patches and updates as well.

I read this blog post that points to a page on Apple's support site, where they "encourage" the use of anti-virus programs on Macs.


Here's a link to an article by PC Blogs:
Apple Says You Need Anti-Virus For Your Mac

And here is a link to Apple's support page:
Mac OS: Antivirus utilities