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As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud 23 May, 2013 15:33
The CloudEthernet Forum is launching at an event marking Ethernet's 40th birthdayAs Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the Cloud. - +
IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics 23 May, 2013 20:34
IBM is updating SmartCloud with the new version of DB2, which offers new data analytics-friendly featuresDeploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. - +
Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs 23 May, 2013 18:30
Dell and HP announce new desk-side thin clients, make throughput improvementsThin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud. - +
New Kinect for Windows to improve human interaction with computers 23 May, 2013 19:58
Kinect for Windows hardware will be released next year; the SDK is due in late JuneHuman interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice. - +
Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says 23 May, 2013 20:32
Internet social interactions create stronger bonds of trust, the star and venture investor saysInternet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday. - +
IT weather forecast: Hurricanes with a chance of dead satellites 23 May, 2013 20:12
NOAA satellite over the East Coast is having problems and is offline right nowNOAA is working to fix a broken weather satellite -- the one that watches the Atlantic Ocean -- even as it gears up for what's expected to be an above-normal year for hurricanes.
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Hybrid public-private Cloud usage more widespread than you think 23 May, 2013 20:33
Hybrid Cloud is already here, whether you know it or not.Many times in discussions about Cloud computing, the hybrid Cloud – meaning a service that combines both off-site public Cloud and on-premises private Cloud computing resources – is thought of as being some nirvana state that will be the dominant architecture at some point in the future. - +
IT weather forecast: Hurricanes with a chance of dead satellites 23 May, 2013 20:12
NOAA satellite over the East Coast is having problems and is offline right nowNOAA is working to fix a broken weather satellite -- the one that watches the Atlantic Ocean -- even as it gears up for what's expected to be an above-normal year for hurricanes.
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DHS warns employees that years-old database hole puts their privacy at risk 23 May, 2013 22:28
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday said it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process personally identifiable information (PII) for background investigations. The software hole in had been there since July 2009. - +
IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics 23 May, 2013 20:34
IBM is updating SmartCloud with the new version of DB2, which offers new data analytics-friendly featuresDeploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.
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Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days 23 May, 2013 14:39
The suite is meant to eventually compete with Google Docs, its developer saidA freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. - +
What's next for Ethernet? 20 May, 2013 13:49
The number of Internet users will be a quarter billion greater this year than last and almost three times that of 2005Internet traffic will quadruple in five years and the number of mobile Internet connections will exceed the world's population by 2017, according to Cisco research.
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DHS warns employees that years-old database hole puts their privacy at risk 23 May, 2013 22:28
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday said it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process personally identifiable information (PII) for background investigations. The software hole in had been there since July 2009. - +
U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves 23 May, 2013 19:29
Best defense against American IP theft may be legalizing cyber offense, U.S. commission saysU.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.
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Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life 23 May, 2013 22:17
The new processor design is important for PC makers as they try to battle tablets and smartphonesIntel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. - +
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops 23 May, 2013 22:06
The new processor design is important for PC makers as they try to battle tablets and smartphonesIntel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops than did their Ivy Bridge predecessors, according to the company.
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Ethernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob Metcalfe's Reddit Q&A 23 May, 2013 12:36
Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn. - +
Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery 22 May, 2013 17:12
The companies are making hardware and software to deliver more virtual machine per GPUImprovements to Nvidia's virtualization technology are aimed at turning graphics processors into a more important resource in data centers and could speed deployment of virtual desktops and delivery of data over the cloud.
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Box buys iOS app to improve its own 23 May, 2013 16:40
The cloud storage and file sharing vendor bought an unreleased application called FoldersBox has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox. - +
As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud 23 May, 2013 15:33
The CloudEthernet Forum is launching at an event marking Ethernet's 40th birthdayAs Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the Cloud.
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DAS Keyboard gets quieter; portable speaker lets you groove on the road 16 May, 2013 20:07
Shaw reviews Das Keyboard's latest high-performance mechanical keyboard and AccessoryPower.com's GOgroove BlueSYNC SRC Portable Bluetooth Speaker and Receiver. - +
Brisbane Grammar School prepares for Lync 13 May, 2013 11:26
UC system will be used to link school with Australian, international classesStudents at Brisbane Grammar School in Queensland will be able to connect with classrooms in Australia and overseas in about six weeks’ time when the School rolls out Microsoft’s unified communications suite Lync.
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Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life 23 May, 2013 22:17
The new processor design is important for PC makers as they try to battle tablets and smartphonesIntel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. - +
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops 23 May, 2013 22:06
The new processor design is important for PC makers as they try to battle tablets and smartphonesIntel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops than did their Ivy Bridge predecessors, according to the company.
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NBN Co to launch 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service in December 19 April, 2013 10:23
Consumers and businesses with access to the NBN fibre network will get serviceNBN Co has announced that it will be launching a 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service by December 2013 to areas that can access the National Broadband Network (NBN). - +
Turnbull's NBN could 'cost the same' in the long-run 15 April, 2013 13:31
Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull said at a doorstop interview today that a fibre to the node (FTTN) policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could possibly end up costing around the same as the current fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) policy. - +
AARNet, NBN connect primary school students 26 March, 2013 12:03
Junior newsreaders in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria will be broadcasting their sustainability stories via Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) video conferencing service and the National Broadband Network (NBN) today.
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Wednesday Grok: Google dismisses wider war talk after court verdict 29 August, 2012 10:51
Conflating Apple v Samsung to Apple v AndroidIt’s hard to imagine a court verdict resulting in a billion dollar damages ruling could be considered a warm up act, but that is the prism through which Apple’s pwnage of Samsung over the weekend is being viewed. The San Hose Mercury lead the pack yesterday with the argument that the legal victory is just the first phase of a wider war. - +
Monday Grok: Apple pwns Samsung 27 August, 2012 11:20
Apple’s lawyers totally pwned Samsung’s lawyers. Over the weekend, it was decided by a jury that Samsung basically stole a lot of Apple’s smartphone ideas, giving the world’s biggest company a billion dollars’ worth of bragging rights. It is a trifling amount that will get lost in Cupertino’s vast mountain of cash, but that’s not the point. - +
Nokia cuts Lumia 900 price in half to $US50 16 July, 2012 20:29
Nokia cut the price of the Lumia 900 smartphone in half, to $US49.99, less than four months after the device went on sale at AT&T.
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