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Texas Instruments has unveiled a new mobile processor called the WiLink 7.0, which packs four different technologies -- Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS and an FM transmitter and receiver -- onto a single chip. TI is rolling out the WiLink 7.0 in time for this month’s Mobile World Congress 2010 and this chip is geared toward handset markers, mobile Internet devices and personal navigation systems.
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As expected, Rajiv Goel, an ex-Intel treasury department executive, pleaded guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with the massive Wall Street insider trading scandal. Goel faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in May. Prosecutors say he is cooperating with investigators.
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Endeavour's payload includes the Tranquility node -- the last U.S. portion of the International Space Station -- which will provide additional room for crew members and many of the space station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility mode will be a a cupola, which houses a robotic control station and has seven windows to provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft.
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Websense is pushing a unified architecture that combines data loss prevention, secure Web gateway and e-mail security and allows businesses to manage security tasks whether the solutions or on-premise or in the cloud.
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When Oracle acquired Sun, the database giant also acquired the Java technology that was Sun's lifeblood. Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison called Java the most important technology Oracle has ever acquired. With ownership and leadership come responsibility. Java's future is now in Oracle's hands. This eWEEK slide show presents 15 ways Oracle can improve Java and boost its position in the Java community.
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IBM launched a set of new Power7 systems that deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance of the previous generation of Power systems and some of the current crop of competing systems. The new Power7 systems are designed to manage the most demanding emerging applications, ranging from smart electrical grids to real-time analytics for financial markets. The new systems incorporate a number of unique technologies for the specialized demands of new applications and services that rely on processing an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data while analyzing that information in real-time.
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Managing the boundaries, practices, policies and technology associated with a shift to Internet applications raises questions around the growing overlap between personal and corporate identity.
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Ericsson and Netgear together introduced the Netgear 3G Mobile Broadband Router for bringing Internet access to unwired locations, from remote offices to in cars and on trains.
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In partnership with the state of Montana, tech vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, NextIO and Nice have created the "Big Sky" system, the cornerstone of the new Rocky Mountain Supercomputer Centers. The 3.8-teraflop system, powered by IBM's System p and System x servers and running Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008, is designed to fulfill Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's vision of using technology to be the economic engine that revitalizes the region, which some until now have called "The Great American Supercomputing Desert." The goal is to grow the system to 20 to 25 teraflops, and should demand exceed the RMSC's capacity, workloads can be spilled over to IBM's Computing on Demand cloud computing center.
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Microsoft has delivered the release candidate version of the company's Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 application development suite.
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Verizon Business reaches out to cost-conscious businesses in need of a security upgrade with two integrated solutions from security firm McAfee.
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Hewlett-Packard introduces Total Records Information Management 7, which enables an enterprise to manage all of its Microsoft SharePoint Server records within a single environment regardless of the source of each document.
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IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance of the previous generation of Power systems and some of the current crop of competing systems.
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It may be two years late, but Intel's Itanium processor code-named Tukwila offers twice the number of cores as the current version code-named Montecito, with significant upgrades in memory and network bandwidth, features it shares with Intel's high-end Xeon server chip, and greater virtualization capabilities. The Itanium 9300 series comes as IBM is rolling out four new Power7-based servers and Oracle is integrating Sun into its business.
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Montana’s “Big Sky” supercomputer, powered by technology from IBM, Microsoft, NextIO and Nice, is aimed at revitalizing the Rocky Mountain region by attracting business and jobs to the area. Officials with the Rocky Mountain Supercomputer Centers wanted to create an environment where any business can get access to HPC capabilities, regardless of their size.
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Hitachi announces IT Operations Analyzer software.
Monitor and diagnoses issues in multivendor network environments. Web-based interface, agent-less, multiple network views and automated root cause analysis help maximize network availability and reduce expenses. Good for businesses with 50-250 nodes.
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If the vendors and projects pushing Linux are really serious about knocking Windows off its OS perch, they can't just wait around for it to happen. They need to grab hold of opportunities to reduce the barriers to Linux adoption.
eWEEK Labs' exclusive hands-on tests show that Cisco's UCS (Unified Computing System) combines high-end hardware with integrated management software to create a data center computing platform capable of hosting high-value applications, despite some Version 1.0 flaws.
Windows 7 DirectAccess is being billed by Microsoft as the "great extender"--a next-generation access technology designed to connect remote clients in the age of the vanishing network perimeter. One of the primary deliverables borne of Microsoft’s “better together” development strategy--which leverages the simultaneous release of the new Windows 7 client OS and the new Windows 2008 Server R2 server OS--DirectAccess worked well in eWEEK Labs' tests. However, system and security requirements may make DirectAccess just a pipe dream for many organizations right now.
The Panda MOP SAAS server and workstation anti-malware solution allows systems to be managed and protected from a central location, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the company network. This saves on the upfront cost of buying and installing a central management server and the ongoing cost of maintaining that server. Panda MOP also leverages true cloud-based functionality for analysis of suspicious files. In tests, malware detection worked well, at least when it came to viruses and Trojans.
Parallels Desktop 4.0 Switch to Mac edition makes it simple to convert a physical PC--including applications and data--to a Windows virtual machine running on a Mac. Parallels further eases the transition by including several hours of helpful instructional demonstrations that show step-by-step how to perform tasks in the Mac world.
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