We see these commercials all the time for blade servers, and I get the question all the time: What are blade servers? This is a quick run down on this very interesting technology:
Blade server basics:
Definition: blade servers are part of a computer configuration where power, cooling, storage and connectivity are largely provided by an outer housing or chassis. The chassis contains and services a number of specialised, stripped down motherboard units - the blade servers - each one a complete computer or service device containing only vital processing and storage elements.
Blade server technology was initially developed in the early millennium through a partnership between IBM and Intel. Later, a number of major companies, led by IBM, formed an “industry community” in February 2006, with a website base at blade.org. The mission of the community is to “accelerate the growth and adoption of [blade] technologies in the market.”

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Now this is a must-have tool, maybe a toy, no, a tool. It is called the iCache. It combines all of your credit cards into one safe and secure device. It handles credit cards, debit bank cards, loyalty cards. It looks like it will work with anything that has a magnetic strip on it. You go to the iCache website and upload the information on all your cards. When you’re out and about, you can just pull out the iCache and scan your fingerprint on the device to activate it, from the built-in screen, choose from your list of cards. iCache then will spit out a single-use card with that card’s information on it for you to swipe at the checkout. When you are done, slide the card back into the iCache. The card is erased completely and made available for it’s next use. At only $99 it is worth waiting for it to come out next year.