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Philippine school retails online learning
News CAL Philippines provides Web-based education via prepaid value cards, where students pay to access courses based on number of days.
Tags: IT training, Web sites, E-learning, Online Learning, Philippines, Training, Virginia Tech, training industry, University of Texas, U.S.
Apple's Xserve serves up more speed
News The company that put power consumption on the map is thinking of getting out of the expensive business of making chips.
Tags: Processors, Servers
Apple delivers Xserve G5
News The Mac maker finally ships its new single-processor server and plans to release the dual-processor version in April.
IBM makes the world its lab
News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy
Apple continues modest move into clusters
News Though Apple doesn't fancy itself a high-performance computing giant, the company says it's making some headway in regard to both supercomputers and smaller-scale clusters.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Mac OS
IBM claims fastest supercomputer title--for now
News A Big Blue machine reclaims the title of fastest supercomputer, overtaking a Japanese computer that had caused shock waves.
Tags: Supercomputing
Apple sells supercomputer sequel
News U.S. Army contractor snaps up US$5.8 million, 1,566-server supercomputer, as Mac maker angles for its share of the market.
Apple releases new machines, cuts prices
News The holiday season is bringing a smaller price tag for the lowest-end iBook, among other treats from the computer maker.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets
SGI claims lead in supercomputer race
Insight Computer maker evolves from its "Jurassic" era with a Linux-based machine which NASA gave a thumbs-up.
Tags: Supercomputing
Supercomputer makers becoming (Linux) boutique?
Insight Supercomputer vendors have never been big enough to challenge mainstream vendors. But with the growing popularity of Linux, which lowers the bar for entry into massively complex computing, they are shrinking even more in scale.
Tags: Servers, Open source
U.S. govt snubs open source for 'smart' radios
News New Federal Communication Commission rules say open-source code for next-generation mobile tech has high burden to show it's secure.
Tags: RFID, Authentication and encryption, Applications and tools
Apple's Xsan falls behind schedule
News Deadline for storage management software booted into 2005; no specific date or reason given.
Tags: Storage, Storage area networks (SAN)
