While competitors like the Apple iPhone and the budding Google Android platform have garnered a lot of attention lately, Research …
Mixing green flavor in high performance computing
The supercomputing world is one of giant government labs, big machines and speeds measured in hundreds of trillions of calculations …
Mac clone maker wins legal round against Apple
A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone …
Nortel still signing up customers
Nortel has signed up “hundreds” of new customers since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection three weeks ago, and is …
Economy could slow enterprise adoption of Windows 7
The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and …
IBM to build 20-petaflop computer for US Energy Dept.
The U.S. government has awarded IBM a contract to build a supercomputer capable of performing at 20 petaflops, which is …
Is virtualization adoption recession-proof?
Despite declining IT operating budgets, virtualization adoption will dramatically accelerate and continue to top the priority list CIOs in 2009, …
Amazon opens up payments Web service to all
Amazon continues to expand its set of web services. Flexible Payments Service (FPS), which allows developers to tap into Amazon's …
Four security updates due from Microsoft
Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software this week. In total, the …
eHosting DataFort partners with BCM
The partnership enables eHDF to provide regional clients with professional services on Business Continuity Management (BCM), a domain devoted to …
Microsoft reveals ‘My Phone’ backup, sync service
Just hours after Microsoft Corp. accidently launched, then yanked, a Web site promoting its new “My Phone” backup and sync …
MySQL co-founder quits Sun
Michael “Monty” Widenius, the original developer of the open-source MySQL database, has left Sun Microsystems Inc. and is starting his …
Citrix upgrades XenDesktop, Branch Repeater
Citrix is introducing new technology to improve the delivery of voice, video and 3D graphics to virtual desktops and to …
HP urges LaserJet users to patch printers
Hewlett-Packard Co. has warned owners of some of its laser printers to update their devices' firmware or risk having remote …