Monthly Archives: September 2010
Online Gaming Event Seeks to Spur Search for Cures to Intractable Diseases
Nonprofit medical research foundation The Myelin Repair Foundation will host a real-time online gaming event Oct. 7 and 8 and Nov. 9 and 10...
IBM Launches Effort to Woo Students to the Mainframe
IBM has announced its sixth annual "Master the Mainframe" competition, which is aimed at helping to familiarize students with large systems and other concepts...
Microsoft Patent-Infringement Petition Supported by Google, Apple
Microsoft has drawn allies from some of its biggest rivals, including Google and Apple, in its long-running patent-infringement battle against Canadian firm i4i. Those...
Intel Labs: Building Better Robot Butlers, Digital Homes, Cloud Systems
Intel Labs: Building Better Robot Butlers, Digital Homes, Cloud Systems
by Jeffrey Burt
Intel Labs Pittsburgh
Intel's nine-year-old Pittsburgh lab is located on the campus of Carnegie...
How to Securely Exchange Massive, Business-Critical Files
Today, organizations are grappling with how to move huge files between business units, geographically dispersed locations and external business partners. What once was a...
Apple iPad Stealing Netbook Market Shares: Report
Sales of Apple iPads significantly impacted mobile PC shipment figures during the second quarter of 2010, DisplaySearch, an arm of the research firm NPD...
Stuxnet Worm: Nine Facts Every IT Security Pro Should Know
Stuxnet Worm: Nine Facts Every IT Security Pro Should Know
by Brian Prince
The Target
Security researchers have traced Stuxnet worm to as far back as June...
ClearPractice Launches Electronic Medical Records App on iPad
Electronic medical records software producer ClearPractice has developed a SAAS (software-as-a-service application) for the Apple iPad to help doctors manage their workflow, from scheduling...
FalconStor CEO Resigns Under Mysterious Circumstances
Storage OEM-er FalconStor Software, which provides storage software to EMC, Oracle, Nexsan, SGI, Acer and Data Direct, among other companies, revealed in a very...
Critical Testing Criteria: Mobile Apps for Systems Management
Systems management is exploring a new frontier-your pocket. Although the idea of using mobile devices for remote management isn't new, the choices available to...