Monthly Archives: August 2009
Microsoft Xbox 360 Fans in Asia Get Price Cut in September
Although consumers will be able to pick up Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console for a lower price come this weekend, gamers in the Asia-Pacific...
VMware Free Service Simplifies ESXi Hypervisor Use
SAN FRANCISCO-Because VMware only three months ago released the latest version of its bread-and-butter product-vSphere 4.0, the so-called Cloud Operating System-the world's largest virtualization...
Google Apps’ Rishi Chandra Hypes HTML 5, Google Wave
In case you've been living under a rock for the last year or so, Google is really, really excited about HTML 5. Why wouldn't...
Discovery Overcomes Launch Woes, Blasts Off for ISS
The space shuttle Discovery finally got under way late Aug. 28 for a resupply mission to the International Space Station. After two postponements-one for...
OpSource Offers Enterprise-Level Security in Public Cloud
OpSource wants to give enterprises the chance to run private cloud computing environments on a public cloud platform.At the upcoming VMworld 2009 show in...
Is the N900 the Final Element of a Nokia Comeback?
Nokia introduced its first Linux-based phone on Aug. 27, the robust N900 smartphone. It features a 600MHz ARM processor, an iPhone-size high-definition touch-screen, up...
Citrix to Take On VMware in the Cloud
Citrix Systems and Xen.org are going to use the first day of VMware's VMworld 2009 show to announce a plan to take on the...
Microsoft Will Launch Windows 7 in New York City
Microsoft plans on launching Windows 7 in New York City on Oct. 22, with an event hosted by CEO Steve Ballmer. Although the company...
Burglars Using Social Networks to Target People, Report Says
Users of social networking sites are giving away vital information about themselves and their whereabouts that is being used by professional burglars to establish...
Bundling Won’t Help Microsoft Bing Versus Google
Chitika, which recently analyzed search engine traffic through open source, did another study this past week and confirmed again that Microsoft Bing is not...