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1. Hackers steal confidential global warming data

   (Security/Security Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Norwich. 

 The hackers accessed 1,079 emails and over 3,800 documents which were subsequently posted on an anonymous FTP server in Russia along with the following note: "We feel that climate science ...

2. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... BIRTHDAY, FULLNAME, PSTN_BALANCE etc. The collected information is dumped into a file which is packed as a RAR archive and either emailed or uploaded to a remote server," Huq wrote in an official blog ...

3. T-Mobile starts selling Sidekick phones again

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   But price is somewhat cheaper The phone hit by a Microsoft server crash over a month ago is now back on the market - and it's cheaper. Sidekick is back up for sale on the T-Mobile web site but now it ...

4. Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Situation "actively" monitored Microsoft has confirmed that it is "investigating" reports of a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. However, the ...

5. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... multicore CPUs. NASA and SGI have servers containing 2,304 Xeon 5500 CPUs and that boosts the calculating power of the Pleiades supercomputer by 35 percent it claimed. Pleiades uses 14,080 Xeons right ...

6. Microsoft to ship Linux tools

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... using the Eclipse IDE or operating on multiple operating systems, including Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, to build applications with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. A Microsoft spokesman ...

7. How TG Daily is put together

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   Shocking truth of editorial chat revealed The good Dr Spinola is a godfearing tee totaller who loves his iPhone, his Macbook and the Linux operating system for servers. He eats sardines and beans on toast. ...

8. HP has $2.7 billion to buy 3COM

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... networks to servers. So, there you have it, IBM, HP, Cisco, and Dell are sitting at the edge of the arena, armed to the teeth and ready for battle. HP had previously bagged EDS; Cisco had recently picked ...

9. The cloud turns CIOs into services entrepreneurs

   (Networking/Networking Opinion)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... they should. Cloud computing is, in the parlance of the moment, "transformative." That is, just as networked PCs and client-server applications transformed the way corporate IT departments supported an ...

10. Infinity Ward deploys Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... is a big chunk (almost 3 percent) for a 12 billion dollar industry." Woo explained that the recent controversy over dedicated servers and graphic scenes involving terrorists will likely have little or ...

11. Apple update fixes critical Snow Leopard bugs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... when composing a new message. Address Book and/or Mail stop responding when opened. Some email messages received from an Exchange Server are not formatted correctly. Mail reports "Account exceeded bandwidth ...

12. Microsoft rolls out Exchange 2010

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Fair exchange is no robbery Software giant Microsoft said it has released Exchange 2010 with a slew of additional functions. Microsoft is claiming that Exchange Server 2010 customers can save up to 70 ...

13. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... the pack with sales of Intel's Atom increasing by 35.7 percent in Q3, compared to Q2 2009. But desktop PC CPUs also rose by 11.4 percent, and X86 server processor sales rose by 12.2 percent quarter on ...

14. NEC glasses translate different languages

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... computer and then on to a remote server.  The server provides a translation, which is then sent back and beamed onto the retina "using the afterimage effect", says the company. The text appears as ...

15. Microsoft preps critical security updates

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ...  Windows
 Win 2000 Service Pack 4 XP Vista Server 2003 and 2008 
 Office 

XP 2003 2007 MS Office System 2004 for the Mac 2008 for the Mac Open XML File Format Converter for the Mac Excel Viewer Word ...

16. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

17. Parallels takes on VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

18. IBM censured after massive server screw up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    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 ...

19. Apple's small-minded strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

20. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

21. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

22. Raindrops keep falling on Mozilla's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    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. ...

23. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

25. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

26. Managers admit they can't handle server utilization

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    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 ...

27. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... 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.”  ...

29. Microsoft recovers Danger data

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    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 ...

30. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

31. Atom microarchitecture buoys Intel revenue

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

32. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

34. Hadron Collider could test a hyperdrive

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    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 ...

36. Psystar screws Apple with virtualization licensing program

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... 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. ...

37. Win7 XP mode released to manufacturing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

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

38. Nvidia says Fermi speculation is "insane"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

39. Rocks fall like rain on exoplanet

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    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 ...

41. Filtering system fights DoS attacks more efficiently

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

42. Mental Image debuts iRay rendering technology

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

43. Nvidia showcases next-generation Fermi GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

44. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

45. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    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 ...

46. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    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. ...

47. Phone app makes GPS look vague

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 24 September 2009

    ... 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. ...

48. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

49. Intel debuts Nehalem mobile chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

50. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... 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 ...