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Why you should never say never

Here's an ad from Apple slamming the Pentium II for being slower than the PowerPC. Ooooh, what a difference a couple of years make. by John Sheesley

Tags: Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium, IBM PowerPC, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-07-14

QuickSearch64 (zip)

Search for a word, sentence or binary code fragment in files/folders/disks.Easy and powerful interface using "target" tool to save search parameters between sessions.The search engine was written in highly optimized assembler for very high performance.Written for 64 bits CPU (PowerPC or x86 Intel, and XMM/Altivec)French and English localisation.OS 10.5 or...

Tags: Intel X86, CPU, IBM PowerPC, Birtz Alain, 64-Bit, Processors, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking

Software downloads 2008-06-16

Songbird (PowerPC) (dmg)

Songbird is a media browser and Web player built from Firefox, VLC Player, and SQLite. Songbird is open source and supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions. Version 0.6 adds better support for large libraries, smoothing scrolling through libraries, faster filtering, speedier search, improvement memory managment, and new features like metadata writing,...

Tags: Software, Web, Library, IBM PowerPC, Songbird, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Management, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2008-06-13

FileZilla (PowerPC) (bz2)

FileZilla is an FTP program for file uploading and downloading to and from your FTP site, server, or host. The program lets you transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer. This software enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously. Version 3.0.10 may include unspecified updates,...

Tags: FTP, IBM PowerPC, FileZilla

Software downloads 2008-05-28

Blender (PowerPC) (dmg)

Blender is the open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It is available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. Version 2.44 offers numerous bug fixes. Version 2.46 includes cloth and fur simulation, physics caching and baking, shading, glossy reflection and...

Tags: IBM PowerPC, Blender, Open Source

Software downloads 2008-05-20

Virus Definitions for Norton AntiVirus 9.0/10.0/11.0 (PowerPC/Intel) (zip)

This download will automatically update Norton AntiVirus for Mac virus definitions and engine files to detect and repair the most recently discovered Macintosh and PC viruses. Once downloaded and expanded on your hard drive, simply double-click on the Installer and the appropriate files will be installed on your computer. These...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Virus Definition, Norton Co., Antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, IBM PowerPC, Virus, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Software downloads 2008-02-07

Audacity (PowerPC) (dmg)

This editor can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OGG files. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features with unlimited undo functionality, mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode,...

Tags: Editor, IBM PowerPC, Plug-in, Audacity Developer Team

Software downloads 2006-11-17

Will Apple's switch to Intel processors mean less secure Macs?

Last year, Apple Computer shocked the industry by announcing plans to switch to Intel processors. The move has yielded much talk and plenty debate over what it would mean for future Macs—particularly what it could mean for security. Jonathan Yarden weighs in on whether Intel-based Macs will be more or...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., PowerPC Architecture, Jonathan Yarden, Cyberthreats, Processors, Spyware, adware & malware, malware author, malware, alliance, processor, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Security, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Technical articles 2006-02-24

PowerPC support on tap for Red Hat Linux

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Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core 4, IBM PowerPC, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Linux

Technical articles 2005-02-15

Xbox 360 demos running on Macs

Steve Jobs happy with IBM CPUsInteresting comment at the end of this article about Steve jobs beng happy with th PowerPC chips. Now they're moving to Intel.Price versus performanceI don't think Apple's decision was around performance. The PowerPC chips generally outpeform Pentiums especially in graphics processing. But the gap has...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, chip, IBM PowerPC, Intel Pentium, jusdownunder, Microsoft Xbox, programming, Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2005-06-26

Apple throws the switch, aligns with Intel

Apple throws the switch, aligns with Intelarticle rootApple throws the switch, aligns with IntelAfter years of trying to get people to switch to Macs from Intel-based computers, Apple Computer itself has switched. CEO Steve Jobs revealed that Apple has been developing all versions of OS X since its inception to...

Tags: apple, Apple Computer Inc., Apple Macintosh, hardware, IBM PowerPC, intel, Intel Corp., mac, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2005-06-07

Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

Desperation or Illumination?Friends and colleagues and I have discussed this many times over the years. The use of the PowerPC and a dedicated operating system have been, along with a certain image, what have seperated and marked Apple as distinct in the personal/micro computer marketplace. Apple appeals to a relatively...

Tags: apple, Apple Computer Inc., chip, hardware, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, intel, Intel Corp., marketing, operating system, surviveability, WDMilner

Discussion threads 2005-06-06

IBM launches Power chip alliance

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Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, partnership, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, chip

Technical articles 2004-12-02

Mac Corner: Your Mac OS, part 2

In this second installment in our series on selecting an OS to run on your Mac machine, Ilene Hoffman examines Mac OS 7.6.In our previous Daily Drill Down, "Mac Corner: Your Mac OS, part 1, ” we examined Mac OS 7.5.5 and reviewed its enhancements, installation requirements, and known issues....

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Ilene Hoffman, Apple Macintosh, operating system, OS 7.6, Apple Mac OS, System 7.6, IBM PowerPC, Apple Inc.

Technical articles 2000-12-14

Mac Corner: Your Mac OS--"Go fish," part 2

In this second installment of our four-part series on selecting an OS to run on your Mac machine, Ilene Hoffman examines Mac OS 7.6.In our previous article, ”Mac Corner: Your Mac OS–-“Go fish,” part 1 ,” we examined Mac OS 7.5.5 and reviewed its enhancements, installation requirements, and known issues....

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Ilene Hoffman, Apple Macintosh, operating system, OS 7.6, Apple Mac OS, System 7.6, IBM PowerPC, Apple Inc.

Technical articles 1999-11-05

Additional Resources

Advanced Virtualization Capabilities of POWER5 Systems

IBM POWER5 systems combine enhancements in the IBM PowerPC processor architecture with greatly enhanced firmware to significantly increase the virtualization capabilities of IBM POWER servers. The POWER hypervisor, the basis of the IBM Virtualization Engine technologies on POWER5 systems, delivers leading-edge mainframe virtualization technologies to the UNIX marketplace. The technology...

Tags: IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2005-07-01

Medical College of Wisconsin Uses Cutting-Edge Technologies to Speed Results From Proteomics Research

Researchers at Milwaukee's private Medical College of Wisconsin dared to ask the hard questions when they applied for a highly competitive proteomics research grant from the National Institutes of Health NIH in 2002. Conducting proteomics research on a mixed hardware platform and 32-bit operating system was slowing the pace of...

Tags: Researcher, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Open Source, Hardware

Case studies

Xcode (getSoftware)

Xcode is Apple Computer's integrated development environment. The full Xcode package is free to ADC members and includes all the tools you need to create, debug, and optimize your own Universal applications, targeting both Intel and PowerPC platforms. At the heart of Xcode 2.4.1 is a graphical workbench that tightly...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Xcode, Development Tools, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-05-16

IBM (widget)

The IBM widget gives you access to various IBM functions and information. For example: IBM news, the latest special offers from IBM, contact information for IBM employees (and for customers we recognize, their account rep. information as well). In addition, you can search IBM's Web site and also get IBM...

Tags: IBM Corp., Web Site Development, Investment, Financial Accounting, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-03-29

Memory glitch delays IBM Power blade

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Tags: Linux, Servers, Blade servers, Processors, Utility computing, memory problem, IBM Corp., JS20, server, blade

Technical articles 2004-05-25