Saturday, April 10, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 10/04/2010



Frustrations with cloud computing mount

From ComputerWorld

Lack of standards, industry agreements get more attention as industry expands

Cloud computing users are shifting their focus from what the cloud offers to what it lacks. What it offers is clear, such as the ability to rapidly scale and provision, but the list of what it's missing seems to be growing by the day.


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Netflix Delays Universal and Fox New Releases, including Avatar

From PC World

If you're hoping to rent a copy of "Avatar" through Netflix when the hit movie comes to DVD this month, keep waiting.

Netflix has signed deals with Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox that will delay the arrival of new releases by 28 days. The mail-order rental service already has a similar agreement with Warner Bros.


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Apple reveals new iPhone features

From the BBC:

Apple has shown off some of the 100 new features to be included in the iPhone operating system later this year.


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Blu-ray Disc Association Unveils 128GB Specification

From Daily Tech

Enhancements include larger capacity discs

Blu-ray discs have been around for a long time now, and really took off in adoption thanks to the PlayStation 3. When the format first came out it was mostly for HD movies and killed off HD DVD. Today the format is still big for movies and it is used for storing large amounts of data on optical discs with a Blu-ray burner. Blu-ray players have only recently dropped to sub-$100 prices. The lower price should push adoption of the format.


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