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1. Microsoft preps critical security updates

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2. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... enthusiasm for our Tesla platform for parallel computing in the server and cloud-computing markets." Nvidia CFO David White explained that the company's GPU business - which includes desktop, notebook ...

3. Parallels takes on VMware

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   ... games and 3D applications - Direct X 9Ex Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 support. Utilization of full hardware resources - 8 virtual CPUs, 64 bit Windows and Snow Leopard Server 64 bit. Copy & Paste fidelity ...

4. IBM censured after massive server screw up

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   The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration from an IBM facilities management deal following a server crash. The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration ...

5. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... network server to another. But it is not that hard or costly for consumers to change their minds about the latest faddish toy. Businesses will whine about vendor lock-in by Microsoft or IBM, when it suits ...

6. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... over that platform seems even more complete. Microsoft's most popular products, in terms of volume and revenue are traditionally Windows, Windows Server, and Office. The closest thing to a product is ...

7. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... architecture. They have to ensure backwards compatibility for a number of server and consumer products," stated Doud. "But our view is that increasing performance is not just about driving up clock ...

8. Raindrops keep falling on Mozilla's head

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   The Mozilla Foundation has issued a call to arms to its developers to create a "mini Web server" that will filter out the desperate tropical storm of messages that we're all deluged with these days. ...

9. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

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   Nvidia has introduced an advanced cloud-based server that streams interactive, photorealistic 3D applications to any web connected device.Nvidia has introduced an advanced cloud-based server that streams ...

10. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... memory and a 320GB hard drive. Finally, Apple introduced a $1,000 Mac Mini that is specially configured with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and two 500GB hard drives. Mac Book The Mac Book received ...

11. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

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    ... Vegas, where he also talked up some of the new SharePoint Server 2010 capabilities for the first time. SharePoint will enter public beta at the same time as Office. The products have been available to ...

12. Managers admit they can't handle server utilization

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    As many as 4.7 million servers around the world are doing nothing useful at all, with the vast majority of server managers admitting they don't really grasp server utilization. As many as 4.7 million ...

13. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

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    ... maintain its own web of servers and wants to convince people and businesses that their data is safe in its hands. While Microsoft has made limited forays into cloud models for client applications, it ...

14. Oracle, Linux, Sun to blame for Sidekick Danger data loss

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    ... T informed us earlier today that: “Microsoft was running on Sun Solaris/Linux/Oracle-based Danger servers at the Verizon Business Center in San Jose as part of a contractual obligation to T-Mobile.”  ...

15. Microsoft recovers Danger data

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    A round of applause is in order for Microsoft support folks for apparently recovering the data feared lost in a bizarre and as-yet-unexplained server failure that threatened an unknown number of users ...

16. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... vulnerabilities in 13 updates, including two zero-day flaws in its Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and FTP Service. Eight of the 13 patches repaired ‘critical’ errors in every version of Windows and ...

17. Atom microarchitecture buoys Intel revenue

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for Intel's Nehalem-based servers. He said that companies have expressed interest in replacing 8 or 9 servers with a single Nehalem Xeon unit. He explained that Xeon servers would allow businesses to ...

18. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

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    ... 216,000 Sparc-based servers [currently] on the market and we have sold 7 million processors this decade," said McNealy. "So, we asked Oracle and Larry Ellison, what are your plans for SPARC? Well, Oracle ...

19. Sun: Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... servers [currently] on the market and we have sold 7 million processors this decade," said McNealy. "So, we asked Oracle and Larry Ellison, what are your plans for SPARC? Well, Oracle is committed to SPARC ...

20. Hadron Collider could test a hyperdrive

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... particle had a velocity greater than about half the speed of light, a stationary mass should repel it. At least, that's how it would appear to a distant observer. Franklin Felber, an independent physicist ...

21. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

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    Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger once predicted that Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers would act as "cash machines" for the IT industry. Although Pat recently left the company to pursue other opportunities ...

22. Psystar screws Apple with virtualization licensing program

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... pre loaded with our unique technology including the Darwin Universal Boot Loader (DUBL)," Psystar explained in an official statement. "Qualifying products must fall in desktop, server or mobile categories. ...

23. Win7 XP mode released to manufacturing

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... unfairly detested OS. They're more likely to be attracted by what most observers so far reckon to be a far better operating system.  ...

24. Nvidia says Fermi speculation is "insane"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... PCs, servers and cloud computing systems." Jen-Hsun also noted that Nvidia was focused on helping the industry advance with Fermi and had little interest in replacing the CPU. Nevertheless, chip expert ...

25. Rocks fall like rain on exoplanet

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    ... Earth-based telescopes. Observers have recently spotted sodium in the atmospheres of two other exoplanets. The work appears in The Astrophysical Journal. See Also:First rocky exoplanet is identified ...

26. Nvidia's Fermi flies out of the starting gate

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    We reported on the introduction of Nvidia's Fermi architecture earlier.We reported on the introduction of Nvidia's Fermi architecture earlier.But now a real chip expert, David Kanter, has taken a real ...

27. Filtering system fights DoS attacks more efficiently

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... Control Filter (IPACF) - blocks threats to the Authentication Servers, while allowing legitimate users with valid passwords to access private resources. The user's computer has to present a one-off filter ...

28. Mental Image debuts iRay rendering technology

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... illustrate his presentation, Kaplan demonstrated the company's RealityServer, which he described as a 3D web services (or cloud-based) application platform. Using just his laptop, Kaplan was able to lower ...

29. Nvidia showcases next-generation Fermi GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... a parallel computing model," said Jen-Hsun. "GPUs are everywhwere - in notebooks, PCs, servers and cloud computing systems." Jen-Hsun explained that Fermi's architecture was designed using a ground-up ...

30. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... customization choices. Downloading updates is pretty rapid considering the world and his dog will all be doing that right now, so it would appear that Microsoft has thrown adequate server capacity behind ...

31. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

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    Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs for high performance parallel computing using the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs ...

32. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    TSMC is to ramp monthly production at its 300mm Fab 14 in southern Taiwan to 6,000 wafers by the end of 2009, and 35,000 wafers in 2010, due to demand for Intel's Atom chips, say industry observers. ...

33. Phone app makes GPS look vague

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... records the movement patterns of the user. This information is sent to a server, which knits the disparate information together into a single fingerprint. As more people use the application, it gets smarter. ...

34. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... product spread that could encompass much of what we use that is moderately intelligent. This ranges from the very small, like phones, to the very large, like mainframe class enterprise servers. In ...

35. Intel debuts Nehalem mobile chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... that delivers Internet-server like speed, right in their laps for the most demanding tasks, from intense gaming to digital video editing and social media applications." Perlmutter explained that turbo ...

36. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... if people start building big servers with array after array of Atoms, what's  that going to do to the still very lucrative Xeon business?One thing that Chandrasekher does believe is that the industry ...

37. AMD bullish about server market

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... an alternative event just a block away from the Intel Developer Forum and wheeling in stray hacks off the street, briefing them about the stuff it makes. Everyone knows that sales of server chips have ...

38. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... up Jasper Forest and brief journalists on Intel's server sector, including the Nehalem-EX and a Xeon 3000 ultra-low voltage server chip.   ...

39. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is building a spectrum of computing devices from high end servers all the way down to handhelds. "Inside the spectrum we want to introduce the same personal computer experience across all devices," ...

40. AMD launches indigenous server platform

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    AMD has launched its first server platform with an indigenous chipset and six-core Opteron processor. The platform - code-named Fiorano - supports Hyper Transport 3.0 technology, PCI Express 2.0, IO-virtualization ...

41. IBM develops dense, fast, 32 nanometer DRAM

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and uses four times less standby power. IBM will offer the technology to foundry customers and will also use the technology in its own servers.  ARM is developing design libraries for the technology ...

42. Microsoft sues over "malvertising"

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... hit the New York Times over the weekend. Although Microsoft does not know the names of the code writers it is hoping that armed with a court order it can pull server records and hunt the hackers down ...

43. 2TB SSDs released

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... (SSDs) in the world. The new 2TB RAIDDrive SSDs will be aimed at gaming personal computers, servers and workstations however the price is likely to be so big that it will draw small moons into its orbit. ...

44. Super Talent uncorks storage bottleneck with RAID SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  RAIDDrive ES - Enterprise Servers performing compute intensive applications such as database transaction processing, business intelligence and virtualization. RAIDDrive ES - whcih can be configured as ...

45. Oracle and Sun showcase 'world's fastest' database machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... disks, but that is about it." The Exadata V2 was designed using standard hardware components and features Oracle Database 11g and Exadata Storage Server Software Release 11.2. Additional specs include: ...

46. Microprocessor diversity threatens X86 hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... desktops, notebooks and servers. However, only the notebook sector produced growth (13 percent) - compared to the second quarter of 2008. Similarly, both the desktop PC and entry-level server segments ...

47. Apple retires 40GB TV model, lowers 160GB version to $229

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... price of its 160GB Apple TV by $100. The unit - which stores up to 200 hours of video - is now available for $229. Jeff Gamet of the Mac Observer speculated that the price cut could indicate that Apple ...

48. To lose one Gelsinger is careless. To lose three is an Intel catastrophe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Analysis We'll probably never know why Kicking Pat Gelsinger decided to tidy up his desk and move his caravanserai to storage company EMC.Analysis We'll probably never know why Kicking Pat Gelsinger ...

49. Intel confirms top management shakeup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Data Center Group, focused on servers, cloud computing, networking and high-performance computing, will be headed by Kirk Skaugen. The Visual Computing Group will be managed by Jim Johnson. The Ultra ...

50. Intel's Pat Gelsinger leaves for EMC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of sales and marketing, Sean Maloney, will increase the size of his empire by taking server chips, graphics and other microprocessors under his wing.Gelsinger was the pioneer of several projects at Intel ...