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Microsoft’s Sidekick cloud outage gets worse

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:18:58 +0000

Microsoft’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.

A week or so ago, Microsoft’s Danger server farm, which holds [...]

IBM offers email for less than Google Apps

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:25:16 +0000

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.

In general [...]

Samsung set to surpass Intel

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:41:51 +0000

Samsung 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.

Samsung, the giant of the Korean electronics industry, surged [...]

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

Mike Ferro — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:15:34 +0000

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 [...]

Zune HD shows off next generation Nvidia Tegra processor

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:57:18 +0000

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 [...]

Quantum computers come a few steps closer

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:04:56 +0000

Researchers 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.

A quantum [...]

Intel breakthrough could remove last barrier for solid state drive success

John Lister — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:51:04 +0000

Intel 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.

Back in November, [...]

Hacking soon to move to the cloud

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:05:21 +0000

As 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.

Matthew Parrella, chief of [...]

DVD sales plunge while Blu-ray sales fester

Dave Parrack — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:39:54 +0000

There 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 [...]

New SDXC memory cards promise 64GB of memory at launch

Sean P. Aune — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:43:44 +0000

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.

Earlier this year [...]