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+ - Web 2.0 Goes Green: IBM Pioneers New Server Design->

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Kelly Sims
Kelly Sims writes "Today at Web 2.0 Expo, IBM introduced a new category of server designed to address the technology needs of companies that operate massive data centers with tens of thousands of servers, like online gaming, social networks and Search and Internet companies. The system uses 40 percent less power while increasing the amount of computing that can be done by five times, and can be outfitted with a liquid cooling wall that enables it to run at "room temperature" — no air conditioning required. The exponential growth of Web-based applications, streaming video, online gaming and social networks spike Internet traffic, requiring companies to build ever vaster pools of computers to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This system allows companies to continue to innovate and build on Web 2.0 with a smaller impact on the environment. http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=847371"
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Unix

+ - Getting out of tech support

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "For the last year or so I've been working in 1st line tech support at a small call centre that's part of a much larger outsourcing company and to be honest it's sucking the life out of me, I want change but I don't know what direction to take in order to get out and I really need some advice from others who have made the jump.

I'm in my mid-twenties and I've taken a number of college-level courses, a couple of those being computer engineering courses, some math and a few others that I found interesting, in the process I also managed to procure a fairly large amount of debt in the form of student loans, nothing I can't handle but I don't really want more debt although going back to get a degree is one possibility. I'm not entirely sure what I want to do except that I want to do something a bit more "real", to actually fix problems instead of just talking to customer after customer and then submitting tickets for someone else to fix the problem. From what I've understood from older acquaintances moving from tech support to other positions was actually a good way to go back when a lot of companies handled their own tech support, but for me there isn't much of a career path at this company as we only handle 1st line support, 2nd line and all above is done by the client companies themselves.

I'd really like to get more into sysadmin type work, or at least something where you spend more time solving problems and managing systems than you do arguing with irrate customers over how they have to call customer service for billing questions as technical support can't handle those problems. I suppose what I'd like to know is what kind of jobs one should be looking for coming from technical support with decent knowledge of UNIX, networking, scripting and "light coding". Is there any hope for me or will I have to go back to school in order to even have employers look at my resume?"
PlayStation (Games)

+ - UK gamers charged more for inferior PS3

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Jagdeep Poonian
Jagdeep Poonian writes "It appears as though Sony is laying the smack down on it's European launch: "British gamers wanting to get their hands on the new Playstation 3 will have to pay £100 more than their American counterparts for an inferior machine. Sony today announced that the European version of its games console will only play a "limited number" of old Playstation 2 titles when it goes to sale next month.The American model, in contrast, has much better "backwards compatibility" and plays almost all the old Playstation games.The revelation has infuriated British computer games enthusiasts who say they are repeatedly treated like second class citizens by Sony." URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ws/2007/02/23/nplaystation123.xml Go Sony, Go? I don't think this will vibe well with the gamers of Europe. Hmm."
Music

+ - Ozzfest goes free

Submitted by supabeast!
supabeast! writes "Tickets for Ozzfest, the summer music festival that has remained profitable for a decade, are going to be free this year. Sharon Osbourne explained "We're reaching the same point we did years ago when kids no longer wanted to pay for overpriced CDs, as a result, they found alternative ways of getting music. That's what's happening with summer touring in this country, it's out-pricing itself." This is an interesting twist — it's old news that musicians who make their money touring don't mind giving music away, but what will happen when tickets go free?"

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