Archives for December, 2009

Novell stacks Linux and Mono for mainframes


Enterprise Consolidation Suite
When IBM announced its Linux-only Enterprise Linux Server variants of the System z mainframe two weeks ago, what the company did not say is that software partner Novell had cooked up software bundles specifically for these boxes.…

Exanet back from the grave


Company now free to be sold
Exanet is coming back from the grave, just two weeks after its founder and board chairman, Dr. Giora Yaron, said it was closing down. This comes after a Tel Aviv court ordered the injection of extra funds.…

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Exanet back from the grave


Company now free to be sold
Exanet is coming back from the grave, just two weeks after its founder and board chairman, Dr. Giora Yaron, said it was closing down. This comes after a Tel Aviv court ordered the injection of extra funds.…

AMD revs up Stream SDK


GPUs get OpenCL 1.0 support
With Nvidia getting most of the attention when it comes to the use of graphics cards and GPU co-processors to boost the number-crunching capability of workstations and servers, it’s hard for Advanced Micro Devices to get a word in edgewise. Perhaps that’s why AMD waited until the holiday news dead zone [...]

Italian project examines data centre energy use


Energ-IT goes down, you better be ready
A Milan-based project, Energ-IT, has been set up by Milan Polytechnic and Neptuny to develop ways of reducing data centre power consumption.…

iPhone worms can create mobile botnets


Paranoid, and not just about Android
A detailed analysis of the most malign in a recent spate of iPhone worms points to future mobile botnet risks.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

Italian project examines data centre energy use


Energ-IT goes down, you better be ready
A Milan-based project, Energ-IT, has been set up by Milan Polytechnic and Neptuny to develop ways of reducing data centre power consumption.…

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iPhone worms can create mobile botnets


Paranoid, and not just about Android
A detailed analysis of the most malign in a recent spate of iPhone worms points to future mobile botnet risks.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

Closeted lesbian sues Netflix for privacy invasion


‘Brokeback Mountain factor’
An in-the-closet lesbian mother has sued Netflix for publishing data that she believes could be used to out her.…

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The Avatar storage effect


Aspera feeds 3D flick
Comment  Avatar – James Cameron’s 3D-enhanced sci-fi CGI space-western movie – is set to be a stunning success, and the storage industry is jumping on the bandwagon carrying its 10 feet tall, blue-skinned aliens.…