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Users seen flocking to cloud computing

February 13, 2010

Users seen flocking to cloud computingGoldman Sachs has released an investor report that confirms what many in the IT field have been saying for quite some time: business users are increasingly moving in the direction of cloud computing.

Samsung leapfrogs Hewlett-Packard

January 31, 2010

Samsung leapfrogs Hewlett-PackardSamsung Electronics now has sales that exceed those of Hewlett-Packard. The South Korean electronics giant is therefore the world’s largest technology company when measured by sales.

USB 3.0 premiers at CES

January 10, 2010

USB 3.0 premiers at CESUSB 3.0 is ready for prime time, as witness a demonstration of the new version of the protocol at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, running on a Hewlett-Packard. And it is indeed fast.

Amazon’s EC2 blasted by botnet

December 12, 2009

Amazon's EC2 blasted by botnetMultiple problems (an internal service gone awry and a botnet attack) have troubled Amazon’s cloud-based EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) service over the past week, leading to a raft of user problems.

Apple finalizes Lala purchase

December 5, 2009

Apple finalizes Lala purchaseIt turns out that the rumors were both short-lived and true. Apple has completed a deal to purchase music-in-the-cloud pioneer Lala, almost surely to update the iTunes business model.

Struggling Time Inc seeks redemption with tablet concept

December 3, 2009

Struggling Time Inc seeks redemption with tablet concept Time Inc has been plagued by declining subscription revenue and layoffs, so it’s taking a new tact with its magazine content by testing a tablet-friendly version of Sports Illustrated. While the concept is promising, it won’t solve Time’s immediate problems.

Microsoft’s Sidekick cloud outage gets worse

October 11, 2009

Microsoft's Sidekick cloud outage gets worseMicrosoft’s cleverly named “software plus services” strategy would probably work better with users if their cloud computing centers would stop turning into smoke and mirrors.

IBM offers email for less than Google Apps

October 2, 2009

IBM offers email for less than Google Apps IBM has announced the launch of LotusLive iNotes Web-based email for businesses aimed at competing directly with Google’s low-cost business solution. And the kicker is that it’s cheaper to go with Big Blue.

Samsung set to surpass Intel

September 6, 2009

Samsung set to surpass IntelSamsung Electronics has been steadily growing into a major industry power since it surpassed Sony’s market value in 2002 and now finds itself within reach of industry leader Intel.

Blu-ray being adopted faster than DVD but price will remain the same

August 17, 2009

Blu-ray being adopted faster than DVD but price will remain the same The Blu-ray adoption rate has been climbing quickly. However, the price of the medium won’t be dropping as fast. The new HD format has grown tremendously over the past year and it is clear that Blu-ray is the new format, but the question remains if it will ever cost the same as the DVD.

Zune HD shows off next generation Nvidia Tegra processor

August 13, 2009

Zune HD shows off next generation Nvidia Tegra processor The next generation of Zune portable media device gets its HD processing punch from the Nvidia Tegra chip with graphics processing built in. Could high-definition video be the move that leapfrogs the Zune past the iPod?

Quantum computers come a few steps closer

August 9, 2009

Quantum computers come a few steps closerResearchers are nearing the point of actualizing the dream of quantum computing, and thus speeding up the rate at which we can solve some problems by at least several orders of magnitude.

Intel breakthrough could remove last barrier for solid state drive success

July 22, 2009

Intel breakthrough could remove last barrier for solid state drive successIntel says it has found a way to produce solid state drives at less than half the existing price. It could be the last step to making the technology a serious mass-market alternative to traditional hard drives.

Hacking soon to move to the cloud

July 11, 2009

Hacking to move to the cloudAs more and more software packages, clients, and businesses move their data into the cloud, more and more cyber-attacks and fraud will be done in the cloud, says a cyber-crime federal prosecutor.

DVD sales plunge while Blu-ray sales fester

July 6, 2009

DVD sales plunge while Blu-ray sales festerThere is increasing evidence that consumers are slowly but surely moving away from buying DVDs in the numbers they once did. A victory for Blu-ray perhaps? No, not really, as even though sales are up by a substantial percentage, there’s a huge gap between the drop in the DVD market and the gain in the Blu-ray market.

New SDXC memory cards promise 64GB of memory at launch

June 14, 2009

New SDXC memory cards promise 64GB of memory at launch

One can never have too much memory capacity at the ready, and the SD Association is saying that come next year, you can expect at least double what SD cards already offer.

Intel builds flash memory tech into chipsets

June 7, 2009

Intel builds flash memory tech into chipsetsIntel is once again betting on flash memory to boost performance, this time planning to build the technology into it’s first chipset-on-a-chip architecture as well as new multi-chip configurations.


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