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Submission + - IBM introduces new System z Linux solutions (infogrok.com)

Submitted by robbyyy
robbyyy writes: IBM has introduced a new Linux offerings for the System z mainframe to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce energy costs.

According to IBM, the new enterprise Linux server provides a full array of components to help organizations consolidate hundreds of Linux virtual servers on a single server using IBM's virtualization technology, known as z/Virtual Machine (z/VM). z/VM helps clients extend the value of mainframe technology across the enterprise by integrating applications and data while providing high levels of availability and security.

Submission + - Private clouds outshine public clouds (infogrok.com)

Submitted by robbyyy
robbyyy writes: Despite the economies of scale offered by public cloud providers, private cloud services will prevail for the foreseeable future while public cloud offerings mature, according to technology research firm Gartner.
Through 2012, IT organizations will spend more money on private cloud computing investments than on offerings from public cloud providers.
Private cloud services will be a stepping stone to future public cloud services and, over time, will span both private and public cloud resources in a hybrid manner. For many large enterprises, private cloud services will therefore be required for many years, perhaps decades, as public cloud offerings mature.
IBM

Submission + - IBM, Brown University Unveil New Supercomputer (infogrok.com)

Submitted by robbyyy
robbyyy writes: InfoGrok is reporting that IBM and Brown University have unveiled a new multimillion-dollar supercomputer at Brown's Center for Computation and Visualization.
IBM has said that the new supercomputer can perform more than 14 trillion calculations per second — nearly 50 times faster than what had been available at Brown — making it the most powerful computing system in Rhode Island. The system operates at a peak performance speed of more than 14 teraflops, widely considered to meet supercomputer standards.
Oracle

Submission + - EU objects to the Sun-Oracle deal (tomtomforums.com)

Submitted by robbyyy
robbyyy writes: It appears that the European Commission has issued statement of objections over Oracle's proposed take over of Sun Microsystems, citing that the deal would stiffle competition in the database market.
    Oracle meanwhile has hit back, stating it "plans to vigorously oppose the Commission's Statement of Objections". The Commission faces a January 19 deadline on whether to approve the deal.
Hardware

Submission + - Will processor shipments continue growth in Q4?

Submitted by robbyyy
robbyyy writes: Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the third calendar quarter of 2009 rose substantially and to all-time record levels for a single quarter, according to new data from research firm IDC.
Due to the market's excellent performance and signs early in the fourth quarter that demand for PCs, particularly mobile PC's is healthy, IDC has decided to raise its forecast for PC processor unit shipments in 2009 to well over 300 million units, with a unit growth rate of 1.5% compared to 2008.
The Internet

Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches 549

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the why-is-no-one-calling-for-his-head dept.
In another move sure to continue the certain doom looming over classic publications, Rupert Murdoch has elaborated on the direction he would take in an effort to monetize the content that his websites deliver by attempting to block much of Google's ability to scan and index his news sites. "Murdoch believes that search engines cannot legally use headlines and paragraphs of news stories as search results. 'There's a doctrine called "fair use," which we believe to be challenged in the courts and would bar it altogether,' Mr Murdoch told the TV channel. 'But we'll take that slowly.'"
Power

Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space 247

Posted by CmdrTaco from the they're-gonna-need-a-gundam-to-defend-it dept.
An anonymous reader writes "By 2030 [Japan] wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. The government has just picked a group of companies and a team of researchers tasked with turning the ambitious, multi-billion-dollar dream of unlimited clean energy into reality in coming decades."
Space

Submission + - The tech aboard the International Space Station (cnet.co.uk)

Submitted by CNETNate
CNETNate writes: With its own file server for uploaded Hollywood blockbusters, a 10Mbps Internet connection to Earth and a stock of IBM ThinkPad notebooks for sending emails, the amount of consumer technology aboard the $150 billion International Space Station is impressive. Yet it's the responsibility of just two guys to maintain the uptime of the Space Station's IT, and they have given an in-depth interview with CNET to explain what tech's aboard, how it works and whether Windows viruses are a threat to the astronauts. In a related feature, the Space Station's internal network (which operates over just bandwidth of just1Mbps) and its connected array of Lenovo notebooks is explained, along with the future tech we could see aboard the traveling colony as it traverses the future.
Cellphones

Will Google and Android Kill Standalone GPS? 439

Posted by kdawson from the wall-street-is-not-main-street dept.
xchg passes along a WiseAndroid piece on the drop in value of Garmin and TomTom shares following Google's announcement yesterday of Google Maps Navigation. "Shares of GPS device makers Garmin and TomTom plummeted... through a combination of their quarterly results and the launch of Google Maps Navigation. Following both low guidance for Garmin's next quarter as well as poor results from TomTom, shares for the two fell 16.4 percent and 20.8 percent respectively and remained low through the entire trading day after news of Google's free, turn-by-turn mapping service became public." Today Lauren Weinstein posted a number of reasons why standalone GPS won't go away any time soon.
Google

D&D On Google Wave 118

Posted by Soulskill from the i-failed-my-invite-throw dept.
Jon Stokes at the Opposable Thumbs blog relates his experience using Google Wave as a platform for Dungeons and Dragons — the true test of success for any new communications technology. A post at Spirits of Eden lists some of Wave's strengths for gaming. Quoting: "The few games I'm following typically have at least three waves: one for recruiting and general discussion, another for out-of-character interactions ('table talk'), and the main wave where the actual in-character gaming takes place. Individual players are also encouraged to start waves between themselves for any conversations that the GM shouldn't be privy to. Character sheets can be posted in a private wave between a player and the GM, and character biographies can go anywhere where the other players can get access to them. The waves are persistent, accessible to anyone who's added to them, and include the ability to track changes, so they ultimately work quite well as a medium for the non-tactical parts of an RPG. A newcomer can jump right in and get up-to-speed on past interactions, and a GM or industrious player can constantly maintain the official record of play by going back and fixing errors, formatting text, adding and deleting material, and reorganizing posts."
The Internet

The Internet Turns 40, For a Second Time 152

Posted by timothy from the but-you-were-conceived-9-months-earlier dept.
sean_nestor writes with this excerpt from The Register: "Some date the dawn of the net to September 12, 1969, when a team of engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) connected the first two machines on the first node of ARPAnet, the US Department of Defense-funded network that eventually morphed into the modern interwebs. But others — including Professor Leonard Kleinrock, who led that engineering team — peg the birthday to October 29, when the first message was sent between the remote nodes. 'That's the day,' Kleinrock tells The Reg, 'the internet uttered its first words.' ...A 50kbps AT&T pipe connected the UCLA and SRI nodes, and the first message sent was the word 'log' — or at least that was the idea. UCLA would send the 'log' and SRI would respond with 'in.' But after UCLA typed the 'l' and the 'o,' the 'g' caused a memory overflow on the SRI IMP. ... 'So the first message was "Lo," as in "Lo and Behold,"' Kleinrock says. 'We couldn't have asked for a better message — and we didn't plan it.'"
The Internet

Submission + - Internet is 40 today (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by blirp
blirp writes: The first message ever sent over the ARPANET (sent over the first host-to-host connection) occurred at 10:30 PM on October 29, 1969. It was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline and supervised by UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock. The message was sent from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer. The message itself was simply the word "login." The "l" and the "o" transmitted without problem but then the system crashed. Hence, the first message on the ARPANET was "lo". They were able to do the full login about an hour later.
Happy anniversary!
Idle

Submission + - "Dead" Facebook User Gets Better (thulbourn.com)

Submitted by Two9A
Two9A writes: With the recent introduction of memorial accounts on Facebook, the potential arises for hilarity and abuse. Simon Thulbourn's Facebook page has been marked as "in memorial", on the word of a report submitted by one of his friends; unfortunately, the closest the report gets to Simon is that the funeral service in question was officiated by "Revd Simon Thorburn", which seems to be enough for Facebook to mark an unrelated user's profile as dead. Questions have previously been raised about the standard of proof required by Facebook for this service; it seems that those questions were pertinent, if the lax attention paid to these reports by Facebook staff continues.

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