Archives: Longhorn
What do you get when you cross a hard disk with a flash drive?
Posted April 27, 2005 12:10 PM
I spent 90 minutes in the Windows Hardware pavilion at WinHEC last night and saw some cool stuff. Most noteworthy was a hybrid disk drive that incorporates non-volatile flash memory into a conventional hard disk drive. The impact on performance is pretty huge, as you can imagine. This technology is still pretty early, but it...
WinHEC: What's the opposite of liveblogging?
Posted April 25, 2005 07:37 PM
I was really looking forward to liveblogging Bill Gates’ keynote address at WinHEC today. I’m sure a few other folks were as well. But a funny thing happened when I made it into the exhibit hall. Someone had decided to (1) Disable Wi-Fi in the exhibit hall (but not announce...
Reporting from WinHEC 2005
Posted April 25, 2005 03:46 PM
I’m here in Seattle at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, where Microsoft is laying out its vision of what sort of technology will be running your office and living room in the coming years. There’s lots of good stuff, including some nicely detailed looks at Longhorn. I’d be sharing all...