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Microsoft to ship Windows 10 on USBs next month
Just as Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott predicted one month ago, Microsoft is set to distribute copies of its Windows 10 operating system on USB thumb drives. The USBs are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, Inc., and users can choose from both the Home and Pro editions of the OS. Those interested should note the ...
Mesosphere unveils first SDK for building distributed apps on DCOS
Mesosphere Inc., a startup that’s building a suite of open-source infrastructure tools based on the Apache Mesos project that enables data centers to be virtualized, has announced the availability of new programs and tools aimed at developers and possible partners. These include a new software development kit (SDK) and a Mesophere software developers program to ...
Microsoft adds limited support for Linux on Azure cloud
Microsoft has done the previously unthinkable and said it will now provide “limited support for major Linux distributions, third-party and open-source technologies” on its Azure cloud. The move is a big departure from Microsoft’s previous Windows-centric past, and comes as part of its ongoing efforts to provide a smoother experience for its cloud computing customers ...
Intel’s “tick-tock” strategy goes awry as 10nm Cannonlake is delayed
Intel Corp. has upset IT’s applecart by announcing a big change to its chip development plans. As it announced its second quarter results, the company confirmed it’s planning to build a third generation of 14nm chips, shelving plans to switch to a 10nm process until the second half of 2017. The move illustrates the difficulty ...
Intel profits slide even as it beats Wall St. estimates
Struggling Intel Corp. somehow managed to beat out analysts expectations in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, even though its results were worse than in the previous quarter. Intel’s Client Computing Group, the division responsible for selling processors for desktops, laptops and mobile devices (and by far and away its biggest business) saw revenues plunge ...
Google Cloud Platform cozies up to Windows Server
Google has just announced expanded support for Windows on its Google Cloud Platform, in a move the company hopes will help it to lure in more enterprise customers. Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 join a small but steadily growing family of operating systems already supported by Compute Engine, including Linxu distros ...
China’s Tsinghua Unigroup weighs up $23B takeover of Micron
Chinese government-backed Tsinghua Unigroup is said to be interested in acquiring U.S.-owned semiconductor firm Micron Technology Inc. in a $23 billion deal that would boost China’s efforts to become less dependent on foreign technology. The Wall Street Journal, which first grabbed wind of the rumors, says Tsinghua Unigroup is mulling a $21 per-share offer for ...
Rackspace gets fanatical about Microsoft Azure
Rackspace Inc. has jumped into bed with Microsoft in a new relationship that’ll see it provide managed support for Azure and also resell its cloud services. Announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, the arrangement means Azure customers will be able to draw on Rackspace’s “fanatical support”, a portfolio of managed services to control ...
It’s D-Day for Windows Server 2003 as Microsoft ends support
As of today, Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on support for Windows Server 2003, which means those businesses still running it must choose between upgrading their systems now or exposing themselves to the risks of running an unsupported OS. It’s a similar scenario to the end of support for Windows XP last year. It’s ...
HP and Intel bid to push HPC into the enterprise
Hewlett-Packard Co. has teamed up with Intel Corp. to launch an assault on the high-performance computing (HPC) niche, the companies said in an announcement at the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. The two firms are hoping to capture a sizeable share of the growing market for HPC in the enterprise, IDG News Service ...