The Bitstream

New product discoveries at MacWorld Expo 2011 in San Francisco

Posted on January 31st, 2011 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy readers, Yesterday, I attended a HP session on changes to data center design and management. There have been some interesting changes since I last looked at the problem at the Uptime Institute. This morning, IDF started the first keynote with Deborah Conrad. She debuted a new 15 sec. TV spot, part of the [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by OMas
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Hello again happy reader, This is your afternoon installment from IDF09. Specifically, the keynote from Sean Maloney and friends. The topic: Intel Architecture Innovates And Integrates

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, It’s Tuesday and that means I’ve taken a bat turn to the left and landed at Moscone for another Intel Developer Forum. This first installment concern’s the show’s opening keynote, from Paul Otellini and associates. Paul’ theme: A Continuum of Computing

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, A quick Bitstream post, not quite live from NAB as they were packet filtering on the show floor. In brief, all the wankers have left the building. This NAB was focused on essentials. Only those with budgets and pain points were in attendance, while tire kickers couldn’t justify the time and expense.

Posted on April 26th, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, Once again, it’s Thursday and I’m at the Web 2.0 show listening to keynotes.

Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader; Here at The Bitstream, it’s time for more stuff from MacWorld 2009 that I found interesting or useful…

Posted on January 12th, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader, This time around, I’m writing about some of the stuff I found interesting at the show; storage, IT infrastructure, tools to aid creatives, and just plain fun stuff. Here we go… First up, The Omni Group had current versions of their apps at show special prices. I use their OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader, Just a quick reminder to head over to the MacWorld expo site if you want a free pass to the show here at Moscone. They only give you a few weeks to get a free pass, then the US$25 price kicks in…If you’ll be in town for the show, lemme know, we [...]

Posted on September 12th, 2008 by OMas
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Hello happy reader, Well, after that nondescript lunch thang, a turkey sammy, cardboard–tainted sweet and pasta salad, I headed over to meet w/the PCI folks. I sat down with Al Yanes, president and chair of the 918 member PCI-SIG, who met w/me to discuss v3 of PCIe, the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express bus. Here’s what I came away with… The spec [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by OMas
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