Google adds multitenancy to App Engine SDK
The latest version of the SDK (Software Development Kit) for Google's cloud platform App Engine comes with multitenancy capability, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.
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Startup's probability chip dramatically increases computer performance
Lyric Semiconductor, a startup company founded by an MIT scientist and a veteran semiconductor executive, is working on a processor designed to calculate probabilities that could dramatically increase computer performance in certain applications.
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Canadian PC maker offers six-core laptop with 4TB of storage
A Canadian PC maker is offering a laptop with a massive 4TB of storage and Intel's fastest six-core processor, a rare combination of such high-end parts for a portable computer.
The Panther 2.0 is designed to be a workstation replacement for running high-end graphics and CAD (computer-aided design) programs, PC maker Eurocom said on its website, where it has started taking preorders for the machine.
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Adobe to patch Reader zero-day bug Thursday
Adobe Systems said today that it would patch a critical Reader vulnerability on Thursday.
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Toshiba claims data storage breakthrough
Toshiba will detail a breakthrough in data storage later Wednesday that it says paves the way for hard drives with vastly higher capacity than today.
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3Par buyout puts Dell against IBM, HP, and partner EMC
With the acquisition of 3Par, Dell is positioning itself against top data center storage providers, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi and even Dell-partner EMC.
But Brad Anderson, senior vice president of Dell 's Enterprise Product Group, said the 3Par acquisition won't affect its reseller agreement with EMC.
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Cross-browser fonts come to the Web
Although Web publishing continues to challenge the printed page as the primary means of sharing text, in one aspect it still lags way behind Johannes Gutenberg's 500-year-old technology: Web developers have a relatively measly choice of fonts. Now the standards body for the Web is hoping to bring online the rich variety of type styles long available to print.
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Fusion Apps questions Oracle still needs to answer
Oracle appears set to deliver more information than ever before about its long-awaited Fusion Applications at the OpenWorld conference in September, with more than 30 sessions listed as of Tuesday.
Fusion Applications are supposed to combine the best attributes of Oracle's various application lines into a next-generation suite. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has said they will make their initial debut sometime this year, and many observers are expecting a release announcement at OpenWorld.
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Will Apple change the antenna for a Verizon iPhone?
If an iPhone does appear on Verizon, don't expect Apple to change its antenna design, an expert said today.
"The antenna could care less what the modulation technique is," said Spencer Webb, an antenna engineer with nearly a dozen patents to his credit, and the president of AntennaSys , a mobile device antenna design and consulting firm.
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Citrix beefs up VMworld presence
Citrix has made amends with VMware and will double its presence at next month's VMworld conference, one year after a controversy involving VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft.
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Work visa fee hike may not comply with WTO rules
The U.S. is reviewing whether a law that increases some visa fees is compliant with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, the U.S. Department of State said on Monday. The move follows strong criticism of the law from outsourcers and the Indian government.
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Testing shows most antivirus suites fail against exploits
A majority of security software suites still fail to detect attacks on PCs even after the style of attack has been known for some time, underscoring how cyber criminals still have the upper hand.
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Amazon introduces reservation system for databases in its cloud
Amazon Web Services has introduced Reserved Database Instances, a new way to pay for its cloud-based Relational Database Service (RDS), the company said on Monday.
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