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VMworld Highlights 2012 : Looking Back to See Forward
VMworld 2013 will be kicking off on August 25, 2013 and will run through until the 29th. Before heading out to San Francisco to discover what VMware and its partners have to offer this year, let’s check out some of the highlights from last year’s conference. With theCUBE’s premier broadcast suite, hosting live interviews from ...
IBM’s New Take on Renewable Energy, and a Surgical Knife that Sniffs Out Cancer Cells
In this week’s SmartDevice roundup, we’ll be featuring IBM’s new take on renewable energy, a cancer-sniffing knife, and smart street lamps that lights up when needed. IBM’ HyRef IBM has announced a new solution that would enable utilities to rely more on renewable energy resources in the hopes of reducing carbon emissions while significantly ...
Join Us Live @ 7PM : CrowdChat Debate for AWS API on #OpenStack
OpenStack is on the right track to becoming the most important open source project in the industry. Created in 2010 by Rackspace and NASA, OpenStack is now in its third year and its future is looking brighter every day. Rackspace recently upgraded its Android app with OpenStack support, and its contributors are also being backed ...
Cisco to Cut 4,000 Jobs Despite Positive Previous Quarter
Cisco, the largest maker of networking equipment, has just announced another huge round of job cuts even though it recently reported an 18 percent jump in profits for the fourth fiscal quarter. Cisco chief executive John Chambers stated that the company is planning to cut five percent of its workforce – which amounts to about ...
Google Privacy? Sorry, It’s Non-Existent
Will using an online service mean that you’re willingly surrendering your privacy? It shouldn’t, but if the Consumer Watchdog’s evidence against Google is to be believed, then we shouldn’t expect our privacy to be honored. The Consumer Watchdog has just published a 39-page motion filed by Google, in which the search giant was hoping that ...
Nimbus All-Flash Arrays Flash in the Pan for Big Data
Monday was quite an eventful day for flash arrays. Aside from Violin Memory announcing its new flash array on Monday, Nimbus Data Systems, Inc., the leading provider of unified all-flash storage systems for enterprise and cloud infrastructure, also announced its fourth-generation all-flash arrays: the Gemini F400 and F600. The two new systems are the first ...
Smart Cars Take the Scenic Route : Benz’s Smart Glass + Highways that Charge
In this week’s SmartCar edition, we’ll be featuring a luxury car amped up with magic glass, smarter highways and parking lots, and ways developers are coping up with the huge wave of smarter cars being produced. Magic Sky Control By this time next year, Mercedes Benz will be unveiling an upgraded version of its ...
How Hackers Use App Ads to Get Your Information
We’ve all been warned: DO NOT DOWNLOAD APPS FROM UNOFFICIAL APP STORES. The Experts said that that is the best way to prevent malicious apps from getting in your device and wreaking havoc by remotely controlling your phone, getting personal information, or even subscribing to paid services without your knowledge. But what if the threat ...
Jobs The Movie: Can It Help Apple Get Out of its Rut?
The eagerly awaited biopic of the late Steve Jobs, known simply as “Jobs”, will be hitting the theaters this Friday, August 16, 2013. But before that, a lucky few were already able to catch the movie when it premiered at the Regal Cinemas L.A. on August 13, 2013. So what do the critics have to ...
iPhone Biometrics Rumors Hint at iWatch & Apple TV Launch
Fanboy or not, you’ve probably heard that Apple is holding a press event on September 10, 2013 and the company is expected to unveil a new iPhone, or iPhones, if rumors are to be believed. But aside from the iPhone 5S and/or the iPhone mini, sources claimed that Apple will also be unveiling a thinner ...