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Dell Talks Fourth Wave of Supercomputing at SC08

DELL-Bruce Eric — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:45:00 GMT

Michael Dell this morning addressed attendees of the SC08 conference and spoke of the 'fourth wave' of supercomputing where powerful HPC-based clusters will be used by organizations of all sizes to solve complex compute problems. SC08 is taking...(read more)

Michael Dell To Keynote SC08

DELL-Bruce Eric — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:38:00 GMT

Michael Dell will deliver the keynote address at SC08 tomorrow at 9am central time and a live webcast of the address will be available here . SC08 is billed as THE international conference for high-performance computing , networking, storage and analysis...(read more)

Two Major Energy-Efficiency Milestones

DELL-Todd D — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:24:00 GMT

If you're a frequent visitor to Dell Earth , you've probably noticed a little ticker at the bottom of the screen calculating cost and carbon savings enabled through power management on Dell OptiPlex desktops . A few minutes ago, we announced that...(read more)

Community Update: Fixes and Enhancements

DELL-Sean M — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:39:00 GMT

First and most importantly, I would like to thank you for your patience and ideas. You have provided feedback and suggestions since we went live with our new community site, last Friday. You have always been helpful in creating a better community with...(read more)

TechKnowledge: A Conversation with Umesh Ramakrishnan

DELL-Bob P — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Today is my inaugural post for a new series called “TechKnowledge”. In each post, I’ll take a moment to talk with a business/technology leader to share insights that we can all benefit from. In the first post, I thought it made sense...(read more)

Inspiron Mini 12 is Here

Lionel_Menchaca — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:30:00 GMT

A bit earlier today, Jay Pinkert blogged about the Mini 12 being available online. It's available in either black or white for a starting price point of $549. More details about the Mini 12 on Dell.com here ... and you can take a look at more pictures...(read more)

Dell and Staples Launch Computer Recycling Program

Mike_Watson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:00 GMT

We made an exciting announcement this morning that expands recycling options for our customers. Beginning today, any Dell-branded equipment can be dropped off for recycling at any of 1500 Staples stores in the United States for free recycling. Staples...(read more)

More (PRODUCT) RED Options from Dell

Lionel_Menchaca — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:50:00 GMT

Since we introduced our first Dell (PRODUCT) RED systems back in January, many of our customers have asked us to do more. As Jay hinted recently , today we’re unveiling three new global designs for both the Studio 15 or Studio 17 laptops. These...(read more)

Switched On: HDTV Learning Event Happens Tomorrow 8pm EST

Lionel_Menchaca — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:30:00 GMT

I saw that Chris Byrd had already blogged about this last week, but wanted to remind folks that tomorrow we are kicking off the inaugural edition of a series called Switched On, which is a live webcast devoted to helping you make sense of different technology...(read more)

Zing and More

Lionel_Menchaca — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:20:00 GMT

If you're reading things in the blogosphere today, you've probably seen some speculation about Dell and our plans for Zing at sites like Gizmodo , Ars Technica , and Engadget . In his recent post on Your Blog, Jay Pinkert discusses the recent...(read more)