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SeaMicro Introduces More Eco-friendly Servers with Latest Launch
SeaMicro, a four year old start-up that develops servers designed for web companies that need to perform smaller loads for reduced power costs, released the third generation of its offering. The update comes just a few months after the previous version was debuted. This time, SeaMicro managed to increase computing power by 50 percent while ...
This Week in the Cloud: From vSphere 5.0 to Dropbox
This week featured several major developments from the enterprise to the consumer cloud, first and foremost the announcement that VMware vSphere 5.0 will be available in late August. The cloud OS features several improvements to existing APIs, and the addition of a new one dedicated for array management, among other things. SiliconANGLE covered the vSphere ...
Android is Good Business for Google, and Oracle Too
Android has grown from being the underdog of the smartphone industry to the number one mobile platform in terms of market share, and it seems Google has managed to maintain this momentum. This week several examples of that surfaced, starting with the debut of two new Gingerbread-powered LG devices: the Optimus Pro and the LG ...
NordicANGLE: How a Wider Market Influences Game Developers
The Nordic region, and in particular Finland, has spurred several major game development studios that are responsible for some of the most popular titles on the globe. This is apparently because the local companies are designing their offerings for the international consumer rather than the local one due to the sheer size of the market, ...
Dell Thanks Enterprise Services for Improved Earnings
Electronics giant Dell reported results for its fourth quarter 2010 today. Revenue was $15.7 billion, up 5 percent year-over-year and 2 percent compared to the previous quarter. Brian Gladden, Dell’s CFO, said that this growth is thanks mainly to the growth the company’s enterprise business has seen. Enterprise Solutions and Services grew 7 percent to ...
Adobe SiteCatalyst Tops Week’s Best Business Tablet Apps for iPad, Android
This week we’ve rounded up five of the best business tablet apps for the iPad and Android devices. There are countless apps targeting about every single audience imaginable, and with tablets being used more and more often both on the consumer and enterprise end, this trend is beginning to sink in. iPad Adobe SiteCatalyst Visualize ...
Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy will Involve Retail, Price Slashing
Microsoft is looking at a number of ways to maintain and grow its share of the personal cloud, one option being a second attempt to establish a retail front similar to that of Apple. The software giant set up a shop in San Francisco 11 years ago, a small-scale experiment that got axed a couple ...
Larry Page Appearance During Q2 Earnings Call Restores Faith in Google, Shares Soar
Google had its earnings call today for the second quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, and it surpassed Wall Street expectations. The search giant reported $6.92 billion in net revenue with on-GAAP earnings per share of $8.74. That exceeds analysts’ predictions of $6.54 billion in revenue and $7.87 earnings per share. Their net income was ...
Voicemail Hacking Scanadal Leads to U.K Title Shutdown
News Corp. has been struck with a wave of legal allegations ever since it became public that employees of News International, itsU.S.newspaper unit, are suspected to have carried out multiple voicemail hackings of public figures and even murder victims. Specifically, members of the News of the World tabloid staff were accused of these wrongdoings. Today, ...
User Privacy may be Fading Away as Facial Recognition Evolves
Facial recognition has been a growing trend in social media for quite some time, and now dozens law enforcement agencies in several states are finding a better use for the technology. As of September hundreds of police officers will be carrying a device developed by BI2 Technologies that attaches itself to their iPhone and will let them ...