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Intel targets data center with new Xeon E5-2600 chips – Computerworld

IDG News Service – Intel on Tuesday announced the Xeon E5-2600 processors for 2- and 4-socket servers, which is the company’s first major chip upgrade for industry standard x86 servers in close to two years. The processors include up to 8 cores and are up to 80 percent faster than predecessors, said Diane Bryant, vice [...]

Dispelling the Cloud’s Myths – Computerworld

CFOworld – The pace of cloud computing will only accelerate in 2012. The increasing development of information technology, and the intense focus on cost reduction, are highlighting the benefits of moving IT administration off-site. And one cloud computing expert wants CFOs to be aware of the short-term challenges and long-term benefits to organizations. “Large enterprises [...]

Cyber attack against Israeli websites used local computers, security expert says

A recent string of cyber attacks against Israeli credit card companies, banks, and government websites was aided by thousands of Israeli computers operated by remote assailants, a top Israeli software security expert on Tuesday. Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a [...]

Aussie wunderkind gets $US250k for technology that could revolutionize web

Nick D’Aloisio, a former Perth and Melbourne boy making it big online. Photo: Supplied He is 16, an Australian living in London and recently scored $US250,000 in investment from a billionaire for a technology that could change the way we read emails, news articles or any other text on our computers. Meet Nick D’Aloisio, the [...]

Tablet computers take wait out of waiting tables – San Francisco Chronicle

Who needs service with a smile? Not 26-year-old Ivan Tsurikov. “I actually dread human interaction of any kind,” he said. That’s why Tsurikov, who works for a small investment firm on the Peninsula, prefers to order his lunch from a computer rather than a server. This week he and two friends tried the Presto tablet, [...]

Verizon Wireless and In Motion Technology Deliver 4G LTE Vehicle Area Network – MarketWatch

    LAS VEGAS, BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – From the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon Wireless and In Motion Technology announce the first wireless mobile router system available for securely extending the enterprise network to the vehicle over the world’s largest 4G LTE [...]

Your Computing Devices Come and Go, Your Data is Forever: Ten Tips for Using …

You may be one of the millions of people who purchased a new tablet or upgraded your smart phone or computer recently. Now you need to migrate all your data to your new device. You also want to make sure you have access to all the same information – your most recent versions – regardless [...]