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Robert Cringely

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The pseudonymous author Robert X. Cringely® has been covering the foibles and follies of Silicon Valley since 1986, and writes InfoWorld's Notes from the Field blog. With a fedora on his head and a keyboard in his hands, he wrangles rumors, gathers gossip, and reports the stories the world's high-tech honchos don't want you to hear.

Articles by Robert Cringely

HP support: Cross-eyed and brainless

I have to admit, HP has kind of fallen off my radar lately. It hasn't had a spy scandal in months. (Though it is getting sued by four of the reporters who got snooped on.) It continues to sell PCs at a feverish pace, while Dell sinks further int...

By Robert Cringely

Aug 22, 2007 4 mins

Technology Industry Computers and Peripherals Data Center

Opinion: Eat packets, VoIP boy

By Robert Cringely

Aug 15, 2007 3 mins

Telecommunications Industry VoIP Networking

Welcome to Googlian’s Island

By Robert Cringely

Aug 08, 2007 3 mins

Government Cellular Networks Wi-Fi

Opinion: Social networking without the staples

By Robert Cringely

Jul 31, 2007 2 mins

Facebook Social Networking Apps Security

Microsoft’s patent medicine

By Robert Cringely

May 22, 2007 2 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Open Source

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Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue

By Elizabeth Montalbano

Nov 29, 20234 mins

DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline

By Sam Reynolds

Nov 29, 20233 mins

Flash StorageTechnology Industry

Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products

By Michael Cooney

Nov 28, 20234 mins

Network Management SoftwareCloud Computing

Episode 1: Understanding Cisco’s Converged SDN Transport

Sep 24, 202120 mins

Cisco SystemsInternetNetworking

Episode 2: Pluggable Optics and the Internet for the Future

Sep 23, 202117 mins

Optical DrivesCisco SystemsInternet

Episode 3: Looking Forward: 5G, Digital Transformation, and the Network of the Future

Sep 22, 202114 mins

5GCisco SystemsInternet

How to calculate factorials in Linux

Nov 02, 20232 mins

How to use the nohup command

Oct 31, 20232 mins

How to use date command options

Oct 26, 20232 mins