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Bitcoin Market Correction Shows No Signs Of Letting Up Or Down
Just what the hell has been going on with Bitcoin these last 24 hours? Less than a day after it reached a record-breaking high of $260, the bubble appeared to have burst as the cryptocurrency’s value tumbled all the way back down to a low of just $130 overnight, according to Mt Gox, the largest ...
Big Data Says Always Trust an Ex-Con in your Call Center
When it comes to scouting out workforce talent, some employers these days do a lot more than just rustling through a bunch of resumes looking for the right person. Instead of doing things the old-fashioned way, smarter companies these days are resorting to collecting massive amounts of data to vet potential employees first. This practice ...
Intel Talks Up Quad Core “Bay Trail” Windows 8 Tablets To Take On Android
Sales of Microsoft’s much-derided Windows 8 could be about to get a boost thanks to the upcoming launch of Intel’s new “Bay Trail” Atom processor, which promises to transform low-end notebooks and convertible PCs into powerful workhorses with an all-day battery life. Speaking at Intel’s annual IDF event in Beijing earlier today, Intel’s Kirk Skaugen, ...
Google Takes on Human Traffickers with Big Data Hotline
The UN says that there are an estimated 21 million people across the globe that fall victim to human trafficking and forced labor, creating widespread misery not only for them, but also for their families and friends. That number is undoubtedly rather large, but it can be difficult to visualize – pot into perspective, it’s ...
Microsoft Takes Issue with Google AGAIN, This Time It’s All About Android
Google has previously been accused of abusing its dominant position in web search, and now with the popularity of its Android operating system at an all-time high, it’s facing new accusations that it’s using similar tactics in the mobile market. As always, the accusations have come from arch rival Microsoft. The Redmond-based firm, along with ...
Icahn Threatens “Proxy Fight” as Dell Buyout Drags On
There’s been another twist in the Dell buyout saga, with hawkish activist investor Carl Icahn making it quite clear that the company’s board doesn’t have a chance in hell of ‘buying him off’ for a few million dollars in order to play by their rules. Icahn wants what Icahn wants, and that’s the end of ...
Rackspace Courts App Developers with Mobile Cloud Stacks
Rackspace is making a move to mine a rich vein of developer services, teaming up with mobile-focused enterprises in a new scheme that sees it offer free “mobile cloud stacks” service for developers. Essentially, the scheme involves a package of open-source technologies commonly used with mobile applications, run on top of one of Rackspace’s OpenStack ...
Intel Unveils Blazing Fast Thunderbolt 2.0 With 4K Support
It won’t be long until we get our first look at Intel’s next-generation Haswell chips, but this is far from being the only technology that it has under wraps. During a presentation at yesterday’s National Association of Broadcasters show, Intel finally lifted the lid on the planned evolution of its high-speed Thunderbolt interface. The report ...
Bitcoin Mining Malware Stalks Skype, Turning Computers into Virtual Slaves
Increasingly desperate to cash in on the sky-rocketing price of Bitcoin these days, gangs of cybercriminals have designed a new malware that’s infecting computers via Skype in an attempt to build a botnet massive enough to start mining the virtual currency. The malware was unearthed late last week by researchers at Kaspersky Labs, who discovered ...
Avere Launches “Industry-First” Hybrid Storage Appliance to Take on NetApp, EMC
Flash storage provider Avere Systems has just rolled out a new hybrid filer storage appliance that allows enterprises to shift large files through their server architecture quickly and efficiently. This might sound like a pretty basic application, but Avere insists that with its new breed of FXT edge filer appliances, it becomes the “first vendor” ...