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Ready for the iProd?
Fri, 16 May 2008 09:19:54 -0700
I felt certain this was an April Fool's joke, but apparently there's a real patent application behind it. (Picture from New Scientist.) Call it the iProd. The idea is you load it with answers to health-related questions, which the device uses to create a...
Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:15 -0700
Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today.  Although RIM hasn't said...
Photo of rumored Palm Treo 800w appears
Fri, 16 May 2008 07:40:13 -0700
Back in the day when I had a Palm OS Treo I used to load up the custom ROMs created by Shadowmite since they took out a bunch of junk that was included by default and helped me recover some available memory. It seems he scored the first photos of...
Video game hardware and software sales up 47% in April 2008
Fri, 16 May 2008 04:46:07 -0700
Americans spent $1.23 bln on video games, hardware and accessories in April 2008, up 47% from April 2007. Total hardware sales grew 26% to $426.2 mln, with the Wii selling 714,200 units, followed by the handheld Nintendo DS at 414,800. Software sales surged to $654.7 mln from $389.4 mln in...
Introduction to BIT
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:30 -0700
This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:06:49 -0700
Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....

 

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Advanced Horizons - Article called SCSI Explained includes: why it came about, bus width and speed, types and other benefits of SCSI.
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Common SCSI Bus Connectors - Visual guide to SCSI connectors, from the STA.
Meta Description: [ Visual guide to major SCSI connectors. Presented by the SCSI Trade Association--industry leaders promoting the development of SCSI technology in storage, peripherals, and connectors. ]

Expanding the SCSI Bus - SCSI interface is projected by most industry analysts to maintain its hold on the mass storage market through the year 2005. Reprinted article from Computer Technology Review.
Meta Description: [ Information on SCSI bus interface, SCSI standards, SCSI manufacturers and distributors, SCSI technical information, SCSI books and SCSI test equipment from the WWW Virtual Library of SCSI ]

IDE Vs. SCSI - Article detailing the differences by David Risley.
Meta Description: [ PC Mechanic is the home for PC do-it-yourself'ers. Tutorials, reviews, and a large tech forum to answer your questions. ]

IP-Over-SCSI - The purpose of IP Over SCSI is to connect two or more computers with SCSI interfaces using the IP protocol.

iSCSI - Internet SCSI. New Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities, developed by the IETF. Definition from Whatis.
Meta Description: [ iSCSI is Internet SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities, developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF. ]

Let's Talk About SCSI - SCSI basics including features, history, differentiators and applications.
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Linux - High performance SCSI and RAID: What is SCSI?

On-Line Extraction of SCSI Disk Drive Parameters - This report describes a suite of general-purpose techniques and algorithms for acquiring the necessary data from SCSI disks via the ANSI-standard interface. (choose a download format)

Reference Charts - Tables with: SCSI bus width/maximum data rates, maximum bus length with device addressing, cable lengths meters/feet and SCSI technologies comparison of maximums. From SCSI Masters.com.
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SCSI - From Wolfgang Schulte's SCSI information guide.

SCSI Common Codes and Values - Informative summaries for several of the more commonly used codes and coded values are included as annex information in the SCSI Primary Commands - 2 (SPC-2) draft standard.

SCSI Positioning Paper - SCSI is seen as the total solution and will maintain its position as the I/O technology of choice for future enterprise computing, Internet computing and desktop applications, interesting article from the STA.

SCSI Supplier List - Supplier list at the STA of STA members and non-members.
Meta Description: [ Membership roster for the SCSI Trade Association--computing industry leaders promoting the use and development of SCSI technology in storage, peripherals and connectors. ]

SCSI Takes On USB At High-End - Facing public challenges from other I/O technologies, the STA released its technology road map at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles Thursday. Article from CMP's TechWeb by Mark Hachman.

SCSI Termination Tutorial - Written to help users understand common field issues that one might run into when connecting a SCSI drive (or drives) to various kinds of SCSI buses, whether cable or backplane.

SCSI Terms and Terminology - STA-endorsed terms and terminology for SCSI parallel interface technology.
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SCSI-3 Standards Architecture - Chart reflects the currently approved SCSI-3 project family. All projects are in T10, except Fibre Channel is in T11 and 1394 is in IEEE.

STA - The SCSI Trade Association - Small Computer System Interface, an official industry standard for 12 years. Helps educate OEM's, resellers and IT professionals about SCSI, one of the industry's most widely adopted I/O interfaces. Also helps shape the future of SCSI to ensure performance and compatibility.
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T10 Home Page - The technical committee of the National Committee on Information Technology Standards. NCITS is accredited by, and operates under rules that are approved by, the American National Standards Institute.
Meta Description: [ T10 Technical Committee, which standardizes SCSI Storage Interfaces ]

The Linux SCSI (sg) Generic HOWTO - Describes the SCSI Generic driver (sg) found in the Linux 2.4 production series of kernels, focusing on the interface and characteristics of the driver for application writers.

Webopedia - SCSI Information - An online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology.
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What is SCSI? from Storage Search - Written by Performance Technologies.

WWW Virtual Library for SCSI - Information on SCSI bus interface, standards, manufacturers and distributors, technical information, books and test equipment, a part of the Virtual Libraries system.
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