Industry News

The PS3-powered super-computer

BBC - Technology - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:44am
Turning 16 games consoles into a number-crunching supercomputer

Making music from children's old toys

BBC - Technology - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:30am
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.

Practical Analysis: The Great Laboratory Of Departments

InformationWeek - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:00am
When there is no obvious right answer, don't shy away from experimentation.

9 Steps To Enabling Remote Access, Safely

InformationWeek - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:00am
Security goes beyond encryption, authentication, and monitoring employees. We also need to ensure privileged users aren't betraying trust. Here's how.

CIO Profiles: Girish Varma Of Qwest Communications

InformationWeek - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:00am
One big lesson he's learned: Don't get enamored of technology for its own sake.

End User 2.0: When Employees Have All The Answers

InformationWeek - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:00am
End users know what tech they want. IT must adapt to that reality--and know where to draw the line.

Nationwide Taps 'Citizen Developers' For Faster Apps

InformationWeek - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:00am
A team outside IT builds small apps that wouldn't be economical with a robust development process.

Pricing Could Determine Samsung Galaxy Tab's Fate

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 5:05pm
Samsung has not released official pricing for its new Android tablet, but its business partners are publishing prices that exceed $1,000 for the seven-inch Tab.

Motorola Takes Another Shot At Apple

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:21pm
Motorola has published another full-page ad for one of its Android devices, and takes a poke at the iPhone's inability to access Flash.

Dell's 3PAR Termination Fee Could Fuel Storage Acquisition

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:03pm
HP won the bidding war for 3PAR, but Dell will pocket a $72 million termination fee that could help fund purchase of another storage provider and bolster Dell's aggressive move into IT services.

Google Plans 'Wave in a Box'

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 1:55pm
Would-be Wave users will soon see the project's open source code packaged for easier deployment.

Virginia May Lose Data From Outage

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 1:12pm
Though state agencies have resumed IT operations, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and Northrop Grumman, which has apologized for a more than weeklong failure, are still working to recover data.

Feds Issue Smart Grid Cybersecurity Guidelines

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:49pm
Stuxnet served to catalyze concerns about smart grid security, which the 537-page "Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security" strives to address by providing security requirements and a risk assessment framework.

Reconsidering TPC Database Performance Benchmarks

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:42pm
Some say they are abstract if not downright misleading. But TPC benchmarks remain the only available standardized test of total-system performance and cost. Use them with caution.

Tackling technical troubles

BBC - Technology - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:32pm
Reporting on technology while battling with technology

Global CIO: Danger, Danger, Larry Ellison: The T-Shirts Are Coming!

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:25pm
Instead of campaigning to marshal support against Ellison's Java plans, Java creator Gosling has trivialized the issue with his insipid T-shirt "protest."

Sharp Demos 3D Camera Phone

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:13pm
Similar to the Apple iPhone 4 or Samsung Galaxy S in design, the prototype mobile device has a glasses-free 3D parallax screen and multiple 3D cameras.

Toshiba Recalls Laptops Due To Overheating Risk

InformationWeek - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:05pm
Updated BIOS released to detect faulty power harness in certain Satellite model notebooks.

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