While many people are still trying to figure out what “cloud computing” really means, various businesses specializing in cloud services are going after the U.S. government’s business. Companies like Box and Amazon Web Services are looking to pick up federal government business by providing extra security and specialized “cloud areas”.
Data centers give off heat, a lot of it. At least half the cost of a data center is the cost to cool the servers. With all of that heat going to waste, researchers at the University of Virginia and Microsoft Research wrote a paper suggesting that data centers broken down into data furnaces would make great whole house heaters and still save corporations money.
Researchers at the University of Southampton have come up with a new form of memory made from silica glass and using lasers to read and write on it. The researchers say that this will reduce the cost of medical imaging. Anything that reduces medical costs is wonderful.
Almost four years ago online health records were the next big thing in health care. People could record all of their health information online. They could share their records with hospitals and physicians offices to create some consistency between family doctors and specialists, and easy access to patient history if they wound up in the hospital. Both Google and Microsoft created online programs. Google has just declared the end of its program in January 1, 2012. Does this mean the end of Microsoft’s HealthVault?
The number of companies that actually build hard drives has dwindled down even further as Seagate has agreed to buy Samsung’s hard drive business, leaving just Seagate, Western Digital, and Toshiba standing.
Not many father’s would challenge their 11 year old make a better iPad stand AND website for it. The reward of a cell phone was enough incentive that Dino Zaharakis did just that. He created an anodized aluminum stand that not only works with the iPad, but with iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nook, other eBook readers andmost Smartphones whether Android, Windows 7 Phone or iOS. He also created an excellent website for his product.
University of Cincinnati professor of electrical engineering, Andrew Steckl has shown that a paper based display technology is possible. If Steckl can perfect it, expect low cost disposable eReaders to hit the shelves.
Giant chipmaker Intel had made more moves which show their commitment to the idea and practice of flash memory devices, this time in the context of use of the technology by major corporate systems.
Toshiba, maker of the cutting edge solid state drives used in the MacBook Air computers by Apple, have introduced a line of similar drives, some of which have more capacity than those used in the Air.
Google has decided that it has had enough of the US government’s bias towards Microsoft. When Google recently tried to bid on a contract to provide office software for the government, the company was told not to bother. Fed up with that response, the company is now suing the Government.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are studying fulvalene diruthenium molecules to figure out how they store the sun’s heat. The molecules are able to store heat indefinitely and then release the energy when heated or a catalyst is applied. Unfortunately, part of that molecule, ruthenium, is expensive and rare. By studying the molecule, MIT scientists have been able to determine how the molecule works.
Researchers in different departments at Rice University have shown that graphene will make better circuits while silicon will make better batteries. In something of a rock/paper/scissors competition, one carbon based substance covers silicon while silicon cuts another carbon based compound. Both findings have been published in different magazines.
One of the things that could be slowing down your computer is one or more problems with your hard disk. It’s always a good idea to run a disk check on your drives once in a while to check their health.
The quickest way to free up disk space on your Windows 7 PC is to run the disk cleanup utility that comes with Windows. If you have become short on hard disk space, here’s the best place to start to free some up.
It looks like it is finally over this time, with Hewlett-Packard declaring victory over Dell in the acquisition bidding war for 3PAR, maker of systems and software for data storage and information management.
Its been about two years since Google first made its foray into the browser market. The company is celebrating Chrome browser’s two year anniversary by officially launching version six for Windows, Mac and Linux.
One of the things that can slow down your PC is a fragmented hard disk, something that just happens over time. Fortunately, Windows ships with software to fix that problem and here’s how to use it.
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