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APAC HPC users eye solid-state drives
News update Some supercomputing users in the region are trialing flash memory for added boost, says a vendor, but an analyst notes SSDs won't be common "anytime soon".
Tags: Supercomputing, Memory, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Computing, e-mail, I/O, hard drive, high-performance, flash memory
Google open sources XML alternative Protocol Buffers
News Software company releases software for encode data in multiple formats in a single binary format for network communications or storage.
Tags: Open source, XML, Google Inc., software, I/O, hard drive, network, disk, software engineering, Java
Google denies report of Android phone delay
News Internet giant says phones with its Android software are still on track to ship this year, contrary to a report Monday.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Software engineering/development, Operating systems, Open source, Google Inc., Android, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, telephony, software
Windows Server 2008 iSCSI multiple connected session modes
Techguide For administrators using Windows Server 2008's iSCSI initiator, selecting the right connection policy is critical. Rick Vanover explains the options for the ease-of-entry storage protocol.
Tags: Storage software, Microsoft Windows, Configuration Policy, Information Technology, network, Windows Server 2008 R2, Path, Policy, Storage, Rick Vanover
Reduce hardware needs and ease administration with Exchange 2010
Techguide Exchange 2007 was widely considered to be a revolutionary change in the Exchange line. Exchange 2010 builds on many of the good aspects of Exchange 2007, and organizations migrating to Exchange 2010 will be able to do so with less hardware.
Tags: E-mail servers, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Database, Exchange 2010, Microsoft Corp., Scott Lowe, Storage, clustering, high availability
Google Wave ready for wider testing
News Google's Internet communications concept project is ready for wider use, which will test the stability and scalability of one of the company's most important projects.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Web Application, Environment, I/O, IM, collaboration, Google Apps, Web Developer
Exchange 2010's new server-side features
Techguide New platform builds on many of Exchange 2007's good aspects, and those migrating to it will be able to do so with less hardware. Scott Lowe discusses some of the new server-side features in Exchange 2010.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, E-mail servers, Storage, clustering, high availability, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, I/O
Stable version of Chrome 3.0 released
News Google has completed work on a stable version of its Chrome browser, officially adding support for new Web video technologies and tweaking a few key features.
Tags: Web browsers, Sergey Brin, Plug-in, Web Browser, Video, Apple Macintosh, I/O, co-founder, Netbook, Web browsers
Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array
News F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage, says Sun Microsystems.
Tags: Components, Memory, Intel Corp., F5100, Archiving, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., performance, I/O
100,000 users to get Google Wave in September
News Wave, Google's real-time collaboration service, opens up to large group of everyday users on Sep. 30. Until then, it's limited to a small number of developers.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Conference, Google Inc., API, e-mail, I/O, blogging, blog, Google Gmail
Apple puts Nehalem chip in its servers
News Apple's Xserve servers have been updated with Intel's latest quad-core Xeon processors, making it the latest in a series of hardware makers use the chip.
Tags: Components, Servers, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Chip, System Memory, server processor, Server, processor
Intel previews next-gen Atom, updates Moblin
News Chip architecture changes in "Pineview" promise to boost performance, while beta update to Moblin should let developers customize Linux-based netbook platform's look and feel.
Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Linux, Intel Corp., Open-source Software, Chip, Graphics, nettop, graphics chip, performance
Google shows Native Client built into HTML 5
News Google shows a version of its technology for putting Web applications on steroids that's built into its Chrome browser. Also: expect Web Worker support in Chrome soon.
Tags: Web browsers, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, Video, Web Application, photograph, I/O, desktop, Web
Dell racks up Microsoft as data center customer
News After finding itself on the losing end of a number of deals, Dell creates a special unit aimed at getting its gear inside the world's largest data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Server platforms, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Environment, Server, I/O, Baidu.com Inc., Facebook
Google touts Android Market for phone apps
News Android Market will let people find, buy, download and rate applications and other content for mobile phones equipped with the open source operating system.
Tags: Mobile applications, Open source, Smart phones, Mobile, Google Inc., operating system, Environment, phone, software, analytics
