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  • Yahoo and Open Source Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:23PMYahoo is a well-known user of, and contributor to, open source projects. The company is most closely associated with Hadoop, and rightly so, as it is this open source project's biggest contributor. Last month, it sponsored the Hadoop Summit 2011, in which its internal Hadoop experts, and others, ran a collection of workshops on the distributed workload operating system. It even announced that ...
  • Intel Buying Ethernet Chip Maker Fulcrum Systems Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:57PMChip giant Intel is expanding its networking product portfolio with the acquisition of Fulcrum, which makes silicon for 10GbE and 40GbE switches.
  • IDEs Not Flashy Enough? Genuitec Releases New MyEclipse “Bling” Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:30AMNew offering is a best-of-breed IDE that combines the power of Spring code automation with WebSphere® tooling (PRWeb July 13, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8630981.htm
  • IPHost Network Monitor Can Now Support Up to 5,000 Monitored Items, Fit for Larger Enterprises and MSPs Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:11AMThe update of IPHost Network Monitor, a popular network and server monitoring tool, brings a substantial increase in overall software performance. Now one copy of the software running on an average office computer can monitor some 2,000 network resources. With more recent hardware IPHost Network Monitor can support up to 5,000 monitored items depending on a monitoring system configuration. With ...
  • IBM`s New Entry-Level` Mainframe Targets Mid-sized IT Shops Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:57PMIBM announces a new $75,000 mainframe aimed at mid-sized organizations. Big Blue also announced Linux x86 blade support for its zEnterprise Systems, with Windows support coming later in the year.
  • SBC trio builds on QorIQ SoCs Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:39PMExtreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is shipping three 6U single board computers that run Linux on Freescale's dual-core, 1.2GHz QorIQ P2020 processor.
  • Embedded PCs leverage proven motherboards Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:24PMEmerson Network Power announced two embedded computers targeting applications such as digital signage, intelligent kiosks, and slot machines.
  • Build your own OpenVPN home server in 7 easy steps! Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:56PMLinuxBsdos.com: "Thanks to the free and Open Source OpenVPN you can actually setup your very own VPN server at home and then be able to securely access resources inside your home LAN from wherever you happen to be, no matter how you got online."
  • Android mini-tablet integrates pico projector Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:09PMNionCom is preparing an Android 2.3 mini-tablet reference design that includes an embedded pico projector, capable of displaying content on a wall or screen sized up to 100 inches diagonal.
  • IBM rolls-out new mainframe server for mid-market Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:30AMBANGALORE, INDIA: IBM announced the launch of new zEnterprise system mainframe server for emerging markets such as Asia and Africa. The new IBM zEnterprise 114 mainframe server follows the introduction of the zEnterprise System.
  • IBM upgrades zEnterprise mainframe server Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:00AMBANGALORE, INDIA: IBM on Tuesday announced the launch of a new version of its zEnterprise System to extend the mainframe's qualities to more organizations, especially companies and governments in emerging markets in Asia , Africa and elsewhere.
  • CommVault Recognized as 2011 Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:30AMToday, CommVault announced it has won the 2011 Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
  • Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Cloud Services? Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 5:33AMWebopedia: "Services made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider's servers as opposed to being provided from a company's own on-premises servers. Cloud services are designed to provide easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully managed by a cloud services provider."
  • IBM chases Itanium shops with 'Breakfree' deals Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:07PMBig Sam's big 'Thank You' to Larry When you live in a glass house – like IBM does, both metaphorically and literally – you don't throw stones. So when Oracle suddenly pulled the plug on future software development for the Itanium processor back in March, Big Blue didn't say squat about the situation. But the company's top brass have been taking pot-shots at the Itanium chip in recent weeks, and ...
  • Genstor Systems Taps Fusion-IO Memory Technology for its GS-F High-Performance Server Platform Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 2:53AMThe GS-F server line, in combination with the iODrive product line, provides a scalable and high-performance architecture. 10G or Infiniband interconnect options enhance versatility.Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) July 02, 2011 Genstor Systems, a leader in Server and Storage cluster architectures for virtualization and HPC environments, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Fusion-io, the ...
  • MOSIX: Linux Clusters without the Pain Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:24PMIt seems that everyone today is either running a cluster or wants to run a cluster. One of the more popular operating systems for implementing clusters is Linux. Linux offers the performance and cost benefits that other operating systems such as Solaris and UnixWare can not compete with.
  • Linux-based networked DVR can record from 64 cameras Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:39PMIndigoVision announced a doubling of capacity to 2TB disks on its NVR-AS 3000 of Linux-based, surveillance-oriented network video recorders (NVRs).
  • HPC -- Solarflare Server Adapters Cut Through I/O Bottlenecks Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:26PMHigh frequency trading, oil and gas modeling, pharmaceutical research and engineering often make great demands on their computing environments. They are among the businesses that have deployed Solarflare server adapters to improve performance.
  • Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78 Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:42AMNew York Times: Robert Morris, a cryptographer who helped develop the Unix computer operating system, which controls an increasing number of the world's computers and touches almost every aspect of modern life, died on Sunday
  • IBM gets fat on Oracle-HP Itanium spat Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 7:00PMLarry's Unix enemy is Big Sam's too With Oracle pulling the rug out from underneath Intel's Itanium processor in an effort to undermine rival HP's Unix-server business, two obvious questions arise: What makes Itanium so special that it has roused the disaffections of the software giant? And why hasn't Big Blue's Power Systems platform been tarred with the same brush?…
  • How To Migrate From Trac To Redmine Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:27PMHowtoForge: "This tutorial describes how to migrate from trac to redmine."
  • Half million Android activations a day pave way for Google Nexus Prime Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:09PMGoogle's Andy Rubin says Android is now being activated on 500,000 smartphones and tablets each day, with 4.4 percent week-to-week growth. Meanwhile, new rumors claim Google's next Samsung-built Nexus device will run "Ice Cream Sandwich" on a TI OMAP4 processor and be called Google Nexus Prime.
  • AMD touts 'TDP Power Cap' for forthcoming chips Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 3:39PMIn its upcoming "Interlagos" and "Valencia" Opteron chips for servers, AMD will offer a feature called TDP Power Cap. The technology, designed to let users reduce power usage while minimizing the performance consequences, could find a home in future AMD-powered embedded devices too.
  • Sony notebook taps Thunderbolt for external discrete graphics Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:24PMThe Thunderbolt technology created by Intel and Apple received a stamp of approval from Sony, whose svelte new Vaio Z notebook uses it to add discrete graphics externally. Meanwhile, Apple has begun selling a six-bay RAID system manufactured by Promise, along with a $49 Thunderbolt cable.
  • Acer Chromebook goes on sale for $350 Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:24PMAcer began accepting pre-orders for its Wi-Fi only AC700 Chromebook for $350 on Amazon.com.
  • Oracle targets 'Exastack' program at ISVs Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 12:10PMOracle is hoping to convince independent software vendors to certify and run their products on its high-end Exadata and Exalogic appliances through a program called Exastack, the company announced Tuesday.
  • Microsoft's Office 365 cloud suite in pictures Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:51AMMicrosoft's overhauled and refreshed cloud productivity suite lets users edit and share documents and calendar appointments, as well as develop websites ( ZDNet UK - Web Apps )
  • App uses smartphone cameras for intelligent task transfers Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 5:24PMMIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Google have devised a method of transferring tasks between your smartphone and your computer by merely pointing the cellphone camera at your PC's screen.
  • Atom-powered network appliance offers PCI and PCIe expansion Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 4:09PMNorco announced a barebone, 1U rackmount network security appliance that supports Intel's "Pineview" generation of Atom processors. The FW-7874 offers up to 2GB DDR3 memory, PCI and mini-PCIe expansion, CompactFlash and SATA storage, and four gigabit Ethernet ports with LAN bypass, among other I/O.
  • LaCie's CloudBox 'hybrid HDD' doubles your backups in the cloud (video) Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 7:14AMTempted by the allure of the cloud ? Still not quite ready to give up that local backup at home? Fret not, as LaCie's new CloudBox gives you a pinch of both. The gizmo pictured above may look similar to the company's Wireless Space NAS , but it's actually a 100GB "hybrid HDD." The device connects to a router exclusively via its single Ethernet port, enabling it to handle local backups while also ...
  • Motorola unveils first Linux smart phone Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:12PMThe cell phone maker unveils its first Linux-powered handset, part of an ambitious plan to use the open-source operating system to power all of its phone products.
  • CloudPassage Delivers Elastic Cloud Server Security Within the Rackspace Cloud Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:58AMCloudPassage Announces Entry into the Rackspace Cloud Tools Program
  • McAfee launches Android security suite Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:18AMThe company has released a pair of security products for Android as it moves into the battle against mobile malware ( ZDNet UK - Security Management )
  • WebGL 3D API 'harmful', says Microsoft Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:39PMMicrosoft has attacked the Khronos Group's WebGL, a cross-platform 3D graphics API for the web found in Firefox and Chrome, as being "harmful" and "not a technology ... (we) ... can endorse from a security perspective."
  • Powertop energy-consumption tool nears version 2.0 Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:24PMThe Linux-based Powertop energy monitoring tool is nearing a final version 2.0 release, rewritten using the Linux 2.6.36 kernel's "perf" event subsystem to offer more granular power-consumption diagnostic options.
  • Oracle demands 'billions' in damages from Google Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 2:24PMOracle disclosed that it's asking for damages running in the billions of dollars in its patent lawsuit against Google regarding the use of Java patents in Android. The damage figure is based in part on Oracle's estimation that Google makes $3.35 a year per Android device via mobile ads.
  • iPad Buzz Player Streams and Converts Movies From Network Storage Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 2:19PMBuzz Player is an iPad (and iPhone and Android) app that lets you stream video from pretty much any device on your network. That means you can watch movies stored on a network-attached hard drive without switching on a computer. It’s pretty amazing.
  • Pakistani hacker claims HP systems attack Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 12:16PMComputerworld - Hewlett-Packard Co. has become the latest to add its name to the rapidly growing list of high-profile corporate hacking victims.
  • LG mystery phone embeds second display in keypad Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 12:09PMT-Mobile and LG are reportedly prepping a novel Android phone that offers a secondary display -- apparently dedicated to app shortcuts -- embedded in the middle of a split-QWERTY keypad.
  • T-Mobile launches Groupon-like aggregation service, expands HSPA+ 42 network Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 11:09AMT-Mobile launched a "More for Me" local deals aggregation service on Android Market, letting Android users on any carrier pick and choose from Groupon and Living Social deals.
  • Calxeda is up in ARMs over Intel Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:52AMARM-based servers might be a key to datacenter energy savings.
  • Introducing AIMTools™ Mobile Imaging Toolkit for iOS and Android from Accusoft Pegasus Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 6:05AMDecompress and view 12-bit grayscale images on mobile devices (PRWeb June 08, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8535896.htm
  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 2 June 2011 Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 9:27PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
  • Industry group aims to promote embedded vision technology Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 3:24PMA new Embedded Vision Alliance (EVA) industry group announced its founding members and launched its website devoted to promoting embedded vision technology in applications ranging from digital signage to automotive vision systems.
  • AMD processors take on tablets Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 2:24PMAs expected, AMD used a morning press conference in Taipei to announce its tablet-specific Z-Series processors -- the first of which is the dual-core Z-01, with a 5.9-Watt TDP. The chipmaker also reviewed branding plans for its A-Series "Llano" processor for notebooks, shipping this month, and previewed downsized APUs (accelerated processing units) it plans to release later this year.
  • Fujitsu to offer IaaS service in North America Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 2:56PMFujitsu is launching its infrastructure-as-a-service offering in North America in a few months, and will start offering interested customers a free trial next week.
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  • Power company opts for DR in the Cloud Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 9:44PMEastern states gas and electricity supplier Australian Power & Gas has gone with a Cloud provider for disaster recovery as a service alleviating the need to built out its own infrastructure.
  • Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 8:12PMOpen Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.
  • Attachmate names new SUSE head, touts commitment to SUSE Linux Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 5:51PMAttachmate named Nils Brauckmann president of its new SUSE business unit -- and also affirmed its commitment to SUSE Linux, the OpenSUSE project, SUSE Studio, and SUSE Manager.