Industry consortium to tackle open spec for software use across multicore devices
Companies including AMD and ARM have formed a consortium to provide an open specification for software to be written and deployed in a cost-effective manner across multiple hardware configurations, it was announced Tuesday.
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'Oatmeal' exposes serious business of online silliness
In the business-technology world of frivolous lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit, it's refreshing to see someone other than IP ambulance chasers and their wolf-crying clients cashing
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Dell announces 'storage blades,' converged data center strategy
At its annual storage conference, Dell today announced a storage array in a server blade form factor that can be combined with networking and server blades in a single chassis. Each Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array comes in four models and can hold up to 14 drives for up to 14TB of data per array, up to 28TB per group (two blades) inside a blade chassis, and up to 56TB with two groups inside one blade chassis. The drives come with a native encryption option.
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Amazon pitches MySQL in the cloud for $19 a month
Amazon Web Services has introduced a micro version of its cloud-based database service RDS running MySQL and priced from $19 a month, the company said on Monday. Just like Amazon's other cloud services, RDS (Relational Database Service) takes care of set-up, operations and scaling. For example, the service automatically patches the database software and backs up data.
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Verizon launching shared data plans June 28
After years of study, Verizon Wireless Tuesday unveiled a shared data plan that works across 10 Verizon devices. The data plan is folded into Verizon's new Share Everything Plans that's slated to roll out on June 28 for new and existing customers.
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Linaro boasts up to 100-percent speed boost for Android
Developers at open-source nonprofit organization Linaro have posted a set of code tweaks for Android, enabling up to 100 percent increases in performance, compared to a vanilla version of Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich."
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Apple's MacBook Air price cuts make it tougher on Windows Ultrabooks
Apple did something very unusual Monday: It cut prices. As part of its long-awaited notebook refresh, Apple dropped the price of three of the four models in its signature MacBook Air line by $100, representing cuts of between 6 percent and 8 percent.
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Hortonworks tools extend Hadoop data analysis platform
For the first production release of what will be its flagship Apache Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks has focused on providing a set of tools to help deploy, manage, and extend the data analysis platform. "Hortonworks' goal is to make Hadoop easy to use and consume," said John Kreisa, Hortonworks vice president of marketing.
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ITC rejects Google patents in HTC's legal dispute aganist Apple
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has tossed out five Google patents assigned to High Tech Computer in support of its legal complaint against Apple, dealing a blow to the Taiwanese smartphone maker's court dispute to stop the import of the iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products into the country for alleged patent infringement. The ITC rejected an investigation of the five former Google patents, said HTC spokeswoman Jessica Pan on Tuesday.
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Fusion-IO on-server flash coming to Cisco's UCS blade systems
Cisco Systems will get on board with Fusion-IO's flash storage modules later this year, becoming the latest server maker to offer the technology that is already available in servers from IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. On Monday, Fusion-IO announced its first OEM (original equipment manufacturer) partnership with Cisco. The company will supply its ioMemory modules and software for use in Cisco's B-Series Unified Computing System (UCS) blade servers. It will provide demonstrations at the Cisco Live user conference, which is taking place this week in San Diego.
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