Wikimedia hires up new CTO with open-source blood
Reuters have reported that the Wikimedia Foundation have hired a new Chief Technology officer - a veteran of the open-source world, Danese Cooper.
According to a company spokesperson, Cooper's role is to "will be responsible for developing and executing Wikimedia's technical strategy and leading its technology team. This includes ensuring the Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia, operate smoothly as readership continues to grow, as well as driving the continuing innovation of Wikimedia's software platform to service Wikimedia readers and editors."
Danese Cooper worked on open-source projects at Sun Microsystems from 1999 to 2005, then at Intel until late 2009, before finally moving to Revolution Computing for the past few months.
"In order to continue successfully serving hundreds of millions of readers in hundreds of countries and languages, Wikimedia depends on an active community of volunteers to develop and localize the software. I'm counting on Danese to grow and develop that network," said Wikimedia's executive director Sue Gardner, in a statement.
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Miranda IM 0.8.13 update released
Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still providing a rich feature set, Miranda includes support for AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu and more. Additionally, with the choice of hundreds of plugins, icons, sounds and other content, Miranda IM gives you the ability to modify, customise and extend functionality to make it your own.
Updates include:
Enhancements:
- ICQ: Improved AIM capabilities detection
- ICQ: Added ICQ 7 client detection
Bugfixes:
- Incompatible contact list plugins could load on startup
- ICQ: Fixed possible memory leak
- Jabber: Minor translation fixes
- MSN: Fixed issue with SOAP requests
- MSN: Fixed issue denying users
- Yahoo: Fixed nudges
- Yahoo: Support cancelling file transfer in progress
Website: Miranda IM
Download: Miranda IM 0.8.13
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WHS Add-in Manageability concept application
Intel's very own Ylian Saint-Hilaire has released his proof of concept network management add-in software for the Windows Home Server platform. At the moment he has been a bit boring with the name - simply calling it the 'Manageability Add-in' - but he describes the details of the application on his website, which says the following:
This is an experimental open source add-in for Windows Home Server helps perform remote computer monitoring and management. With this add-in you can discover and monitor the power state of all of the computers on a network along with performing many management operations. You also get added benefits if the computers on the network support Intel AMT, but this is not required to use this add-in. This add-in is built on top of the peer-to-peer mesh networking project that is also on this web site. So people that like this add-in will also like other tools that are part of the mesh networking tools.
Note that this is an experimental add-in since the mesh agent is not currently secure. So please donأ¢آ€آ™t try this on a public network until all of the security features of the mesh agent are completed. This add-in does require Microsoft Windows Home Server.
Check out the website for more details!
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Radeon HD 5450 specifications reported
Next month/week, when Nvidia still won't have a single DirectX 11 card out, AMD is going to introduce more cards supporting DX11, namely the Cedar GPU-powered Radeon HD 5500 series and HD 5450. The lowest end card in this low-end line, the Radeon HD 5450, is said to feature 80 Stream Processors, a GPU clock of 650 MHz, a 64-bit memory interface, and 1GB of GDDR3 memory set at 1600 MHz.
The Radeon HD 5450 will come as a low-profile card boasting a passive cooling solution and will have D-Sub, DVI and HDMI outputs. This card should be announced next week and cost under 50 Euro.
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Xilence to release two more XQ series power supplies
Xilence Technology has just announced that it will be expanding the XQ family of power supplies with two new, low-power models, the SPS-XP350.XQ (350W) and SPS-XP400.XQ (400W).
Both new PSUs have a white-painted chassis that will surely make them stand out, are 80Plus Bronze certified, with an efficiency of up to 86%, boast active PFC, five integrated safety circuits, and come with a five-year warranty.
The 350W and 400W XQ units are expected to debut around mid-February @ 59 Euro and 69 Euro, respectively.
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OCZ Vertex LE SSDs listed, coming next week
While the Vertex 2 Pro has been doing the rounds in and around the interweb recently, it seems that the first SandForce-based solid state drive from OCZ to become available is actually the Vertex LE (Limited Edition). Found listed with February 5th as its ETA (estimated time of arrival), the Vertex LE has a 2.5-inch form factor (6.4mm thick), 100GB and 200GB capacities, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chip, TRIM supports and and delivers maximum read and write speeds of 270 MB/s and 250 MB/s, respectively (235 MB/s sustained writing).
The 100GB and 200GB Vertex LE SSDs are backed by a three-year warranty and have prices tags starting at 339 Euro and 733 Euro, respectively.
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Antec introduces two new Mini-ITX PC cases
Antec has this week rolled out a couple of new ISK series cases which support Mini-ITX cases are are aimed to be used in space-constricted environments. The ISK 300-150 and ISK 310-150 have a 0.8mm cold rolled steel frame, they measure 96 (H) x 222 (W) x 328 (D) mm, weight 2.5kg, have a single exposed 5.25-inch bay, and front-placed audio, eSATA and USB ports for the easy connectivity of devices and peripherals.
Antec's cases also include two internal 2.5-inch bays, a 150W power supply, and an 80mm TriCool fan on their side panels. The only difference between the two products is the front bezel, the 300-150 featuring one with a black matte finish, while the 310-150's bezel is silver.
"Both the ISK 300-150 and ISK 310-150 deliver efficient cooling and versatility, all within a petite design that's perfect for Mini-ITX users," said Scott Richards, Senior Vice President at Antec. "With an included 150-watt power supply and a refreshed look, these cases give users a reliable, compact and convenient system with the flexibility to fit in either an office or home environment."
The ISK 300-150 and ISK 310-150 are backed by a three-year warranty and are priced at $99.95 / أ‚آ£69.
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Apple has to take on Fujitsu, others over iPad trademark
As much as it would like us to think so, Apple did not invent everything since the formation of this planet, and so, not even the iPad is 'that' special, at least not considering its name which, unsurprisingly, is taken, sort of. Fujitsu has been selling a mobile device called iPad since 2002 and has even filed for an iPad trademark seven years ago, although, to this date, no rights were granted since another company (not Apple) made a similar request.
Fujitsu's iPad doesn't have much in common with Apple's iPad as it is a device aimed to be used by store staff for inventory management, credit transactions, price verifications, phone calls, line busting, mobile POS, and gift registry. Despite the difference, the trademark claim is there and Apple has to either settle with Fujitsu or contest the company's request, the latter being possible until the end of February.
Even if it gets the US trademark, Apple will have other battles ahead as the iPad name is utilized in other countries for various products. The Cupertino company will likely have to shell out a lot of cash for the rights over the iPad brand but we hear it's doing well financially so this shouldn't be a major problem.
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Rambus reports $23.3 million loss for Q4
Memory and display technology company Rambus has yesterday reported its Q4 results which include a revenue of $30.8 million, up 10.6% sequentially, and down 18.1% on-year, and a net loss of $23.3 million, down from $27.5 million in Q3 but up from the $15.5 million of Q4 2008.
During the fourth quarter Rambus spent $26 million to acquire 84 lighting and optoelectronics patents from Global Lighting Technologies, and $10.6 million on lawsuits, managing to settle with the European Commission in a case regarding potential violations of European Union competition laws.
"We finished the year with good revenue momentum in the fourth quarter thanks to stronger patent and technology royalties from consumer electronics shipments," said Harold Hughes, president and chief executive officer at Rambus. "The agreement signed last week with Samsung Electronics is transformational for Rambus and will accelerate the market adoption of our patented innovations and leadership products."
Given the $900 million agreement reached with Samsung, Rambus is very likely to return to profit this quarter.
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Microsoft's profits jumped 60% in December quarter
Top software company Microsoft has managed to exceed some analyst expectations with its Q2 FY 2010 results which showed double-digit growth in both revenue and profits. The December quarter has meant for Microsoft sales of $19.02 billion, up 14% on-year, and a net income of $6.66 billion - up a massive 60%.
"Exceptional demand for Windows 7 led to the positive top-line growth for the company," said Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft. "Our continuing commitment to managing costs allowed us to drive earnings performance ahead of the revenue growth."
According to the Redmond-based company in Q2 FY 2010 over 60 million Windows 7 licenses were sold, making this latest Windows release the fastest-selling operating system in history.
Microsoft has not provided a forecast for the current quarter.
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