Archive for March, 2010

Intel vs. AMD: Does the CPU really matter?

Posted by David Chernicoff With the knowledge in hand that AMD was announcing their Opteron 6000 series of CPUs this week in response to last week’s release of Intel’s 5600 Xeon, I started talking to the folks responsible for actually making the purchasing decisions for a few large SMB customers as well as consultants to Fortune 500-size datacenter customers. I asked them one simple question; does the processor in the box affect the purchase decision? The answer was a mixed bag, but...

Microsoft Demos Xbox Live game on Windows Phone 7 Series

So at this point we’ve seen the Gamer Tag features and other bits and pieces of what you can do with Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 Series devices, but the party line on what to expect with real gaming has been consistent; stay tuned for MIX. At the TechEd Middle East event, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder had the opportunity to demonstrate what we can expect of games that have a foot in multiple worlds; console, PC, and mobile. Rudder’s demo showed the same game (Indiana Jones) being played on...