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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. The Xbox project was a money sink on both the hardware and software sides, with Fries estimating it lost $1 billion per year for Microsoft until he left the company. Power On: The Story of Xbox is planned to debut on IMDB TV, YouTube, and other streaming networks on Dec.

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Network Virtualization as I understand it

Virtualized Greek

For some reason, I had a difficult time with the basic concept of Network Virtualization. VMware equates network virtualization to Server Virtualization. It streamlines server deployments because you can now deploy servers based on templates with almost no regard to the underlying hardware. It seems natural to this point.

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This could be the next big game for Microsoft’s Xbox platform

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which became part of the Xbox network when Microsoft acquired its parent company ZeniMax Media in 2020. Bethesda Game Studios has primarily worked on games in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series since it was spun off into its own division in 2001; its first project as Bethesda Game Studios was 2003’s Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. This approach to providing software for hardware partners to sell their own machines created a huge platform for Microsoft. Windows XP (2001). With Windows 1.0, Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.5

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What Can You Get from an IP Address and Why is it Important?

Galido

Along with Transmission Control Protocol, a person’s IP address is what lets their computer communicate with their Wi-Fi network. First of all, your Internet network is composed of four distinct parts, including something called a data link layer. Then, select the network panel button. Want to know a secret?

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NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan

GeekWire

The grant for the TitanAir flying-boat proposal is the second NIAC award for Quinn Morley, who founded Planet Enterprises back in 2001 when he was in high school. Morley’s TitanAir proposal calls for building a winged craft with a network of sample-collection capillary tubes built into the leading edge of each wing.

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Fountainhead: Egenera PAN now available on Dell blades

Fountainhead

Since about 2001, Egenera has been selling its high-end hardware/software combination that unified re-purposing of physical and virtual servers. PAN stood for Processing Area Network, akin to a SAN in its ability to logically re-allocate CPUs, and its ability to provide ultra-high reliability. Ken Oestreich.

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