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Submission + - Did Microsoft secretly buy Parallels? (businessinsider.com)

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Julie188

on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @03:57PM

Julie188 writes: "If you think that Stephen Elop was a Trojan plant from Microsoft into Nokia, you should see what Microsoft is doing with Parallels. Looks like the reason for Microsoft minions to take over Parallels has to do with its hosting software — as a way to squeeze Office 365 onto people already using cloud versions of Exchange. BUT Microsoft probably doesn't mind getting its fingers on Parallels popular desktop virtualization app, unbeknownst to all those Linux users of it."

Submission + - Paul Allen to Build Spaceships (reuters.com)

Submitted by smitty777 on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:43PM

smitty777 writes: "Where do you want to go today?" takes on a whole new meaning as Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and the world's 57th richest man in the world, looks to create a new spaceship company. Stratolaunch Systems plans to bring "airport like operations" to the world of private space travel. Partnering with Burt Rutan, the plan is to field a test within 5 years and commercially available flights within 10. Spacecraft will be air-launched from a giant six engined aircraft. There is more information available on the Stratolaunch homepage.

Submission + - Cap for 2012 H-1B visas already hit (businessinsider.com)

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Julie188

on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @07:07PM

Julie188 writes: "The jobless numbers don't reflect it, but there's a shortage of skilled workers available to fill high paying tech jobs. So it would seem by the rush to hire H-1B talent from overseas. It only took six months for U.S. companies to hit the 65,000 cap for visas (and this doesn't include 20,000 additional petitions for those who are exempt from the cap — or anyone already in the U.S. on a visa). And guess who leads the pack in overseas hiring?"

Submission + - US military pays SETI to check Kepler-22b for alie (theregister.co.uk)

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iComp

on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @06:20PM

iComp writes: "The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has announced that it is back in business checking out the new habitable exoplanets recently discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope to see if they might be home to alien civilisations. The cash needed to restart SETI's efforts has come in part from the US Air Force Space Command, who are interested in using the organisation's detection instruments for "space situational awareness"."

Submission + - Quantum Effects Fueling Photosynthesis (wired.com)

Submitted by boley1 on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @06:02PM

boley1 writes: "Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fueling photosynthesis.

Multiple experiments in recent years have suggested as much, but it’s been hard to be sure. Quantum effects were clearly present in the light-harvesting antenna proteins of plant cells, but their precise role in processing incoming photons remained unclear."

The idea of photosynthesis being straightforward chemistry is pretty much dashed.

Submission + - How much of your mobile data is yours? (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @03:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: Concerned about the security of your mobile data? It's being logged, processed, and possibly sold. This article explains how it works with Android devices and what you can do abou it. From the article, "Data is sent, stored, and used by these companies at every level of your user experience. The carriers, manufacturers, ad companies, law enforcement, all have access to this information. You do not have the ability to turn it off, and once they have the information they store it for as long as they determine it is relevant, which is likely forever."

Submission + - Top 10 Supercomputers: U.S. Still Dominates (informationweek.com)

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gManZboy

on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @02:28PM

gManZboy writes: "Four supercomputers run by the Department of Energy (DOE) and one by NASA helped the U.S. federal government maintain its leadership in supercomputing--with five of the top 10 of the world's most powerful machines under its management, according to a biannual list of the top supercomputers.

However, a Japanese supercomputer called K computer--run by the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science and developed by Fujitsu--remained No. 1 on the list for the second straight time, a position the feds are vying for with the development of a new supercomputer called Titan."

Submission + - Barnes & Noble names Microsoft's disputed Andr (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @12:35PM

Julie188 writes: "B&N is really blowing the lid off of what Microsoft is doing and how they are forcing money from Android. It has accused Microsoft of requiring overly restricted NDA agreements from those even entering into patent license talks. Because it is disputing Microsoft's claims, and the restrictions of its own NDA signed with Redmond, B&N has gone public. It has named in detail six patents that it says Microsoft is using to get Android device makers to pay up. Plus B&N is also trying to force open Microsoft's other plans for stomping out Android, including the agreement Redmond made with Nokia, and Nokia's patent-troll MOSAID."

Submission + - Survey shows IT certs are not a rip off (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Monday November 14, 2011 @01:27PM

Julie188 writes: "Debate rages among IT professionals over the value of certifications, but a survey of 700 network professionals by Network World indicates that certs do improve IT careers. There's some caveats ... some certs are more valuable than others, for instance. The timing of when to get a cert is also important. Still, all told, the impact of certs on IT careers is impressive. Some 60% said a certification led to a new job; 50% said they earned more pay, with 40% saying their pay increased by more than 10% directly because of a certification; and 29% said a cert led to a promotion. Interestingly, respondents also named Cisco certifications as both the most, and the least, valuable."

Submission + - Test: Windows 8 on an old Asus Eee netbook (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Monday November 07, 2011 @01:17PM

Julie188 writes: "Among the plethora of information regarding Windows 8 that Microsoft has so far disseminated is talk about a handful of optimizations meant to streamline, speed-up, or otherwise reduce Windows 8's footprint in comparison to Windows 7. So, blogger Marco Chiappetta set out to put these claims to a real world test on his old Asus Eee PC 900 netbook. The netbook didn't even meet Microsoft's minimum requirements for its W8 developer preview version. Yet Chiappetta was able to get W8 installed and running well. He logged some surprisingly good results verifying at least some of Microsoft's claims."

Submission + - Bing HTML5 app only for iPhone, Android (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @08:20PM

Julie188 writes: "Microsoft has rolled out a new mobile app for Bing built with HTML5 and available first only to iPhone and Android users. Guess even Microsoft isn't all that interested in developing for Windows Phone. It's also another indicator that Microsoft is turning away from its home-baked development platforms, .Net and Silverlight, and toward the industry-standard HTML5."

Submission + - 3D Printed bones cut cost of surgery operations (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Tasha26 on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @07:11PM

Tasha26 writes: A trainee surgeon, Mark Frame, has figured out how to save UK's NHS thousands of pounds by taking advantage of 3D-printer technology. Success in orthopaedic operations relies on surgeons having an accurate 3D model of the area where the operation will take place. Such models take time to produce and cost upto £1200 ($1915). Mark, a self-confessed "technology geek," used open source OsiriX software to convert CT scans into files which are readable by the 3D printers at Shapeways, a company in the Netherlands. Within a week they produced & delivered the first plastic 3D model of a child's forearm at a cost of £77 ($123). Mark has written a free guide so that other surgeons can make their own bones which is being considered for publication by the World Journal of Science and Technology. He's also contactable via twitter: @3Dbones

Submission + - Amazon, watch out, OpenStack is coming (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Friday October 28, 2011 @04:22PM

Julie188 writes: "The open source cloud platform, OpenStack, promises to end cloud-vendor lock-in by making it easier to move workloads between cloud providers. Only problem was, there were no OpenStack cloud providers. Until now. Internap has launched the first OpenStack public cloud, and it chose the open source Xen as the base hypervisor. Rackspace, the official corporate champion of OpenStack, is in beta with its cloud as is HP. A stew of other OpenStack projects are ready to bubble over soon, too."

Submission + - Can Hyper-V finally best VMware? (networkworld.com)

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Julie188

on Thursday October 27, 2011 @04:00PM

Julie188 writes: "Hyper-V will get an overhaul as part of the release of Microsoft's Windows Server 8. At that time, it will offer features Microsoft claims that no one else in the market is doing — such as Share Nothing Live Migration, where virtual machines can be transfered from one server to another over just a network connection, no NAS or SAN required. Not surprisingly, VMware disagrees, saying there is nothing in the new version of Hyper-V that isn't available from VMware today. But it'll cost you, as these new Hyper-V features are not part of vSphere, but are only available as expensive add-ons from VMware."

Submission + - The Case of the Haunted Golf Club (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Thursday October 27, 2011 @03:41PM

sciencehabit writes: How can you make people better at sports? Tell them they're using equipment that previously belonged to a professional athlete. A new study finds that golfers significantly improved their putting ability when they believed the putter they were using belonged to a celebrity golfer.

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