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Patent trolls caused a $22B drop in VC funding, claims new study
A new study claims to provide evidence that patent trolls are stifling innovation, particularly with startups. That’s because the last half-decade has seen almost $22 billion less venture funding capital raised, due to high levels of litigation. Catherine Tucker, professor of marketing at MIT’s Sloan School of Business, insists that VC investment “would have likely ...
Japan’s NTT Docomo develops one wearable SIM to rule them all
Japan’s NTT Docomo has hit upon an interesting idea: a wearable SIM card that can connect all of your devices to the net via a single account. According to Docomo, the wearable SIM isn’t ready to go to market yet. It’s prototype is described as a “pocketsize mini device”, thought it’s promising further downsizing in ...
HP goes for broke in audacious bid to reinvent the computer
Hewlett-Packard is going for broke with a superbly ambitious project that aims to do nothing less than reinvent computer architecture with non-volatile memory technology. The initial target of its project seems to be servers, but the ultimate plan is for the tech to trickle down into all computer devices, which could one day mean Android ...
Comcast’s WiFi sharing plan turns customer’s routers into hotspots
Would you be willing to let strangers access your WiFi signal? Well, if you happen to be a customer of Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service, that’s about to happen unless you specifically authorize it not to do so. Comcast is making an effort to create thousands of new WiFi hotspots in the Western Washington and Spokane ...
IBM lowers SoftLayer cloud prices but sticks to the plan
IBM is walking a fine line in the public cloud. While trying to remain special and distinct from its rivals, it also wants to stay competitive. At least, that’s what it’s trying to balance according to a statement made yesterday where Big Blue announced several price cuts for its cloud services. It actually slashed its ...
NFV will cause a paradigm shift for telcos | #HPdiscover
Hewlett-Packard is looking to help telecommunications vendors leverage network-function virtualization (NVF) technology as they advance into the new era of IT. The end goal is to help tlecos respond more quickly to changing demands, more rapidly spin out services for end users, and better compete against more agile competitors like Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Leading ...
Oracle in-memory option flies in the face of SAP
Oracle is jumping into the in-memory database market with new software that offers far greater backwards compatibility and massive performance boosts without the need to change any applications. The launch of Oracle Database In-Memory on Tuesday is a direct attack on rivals like IBM, SAP and Microsoft, throwing doubt upon the value of newever, younger ...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 goes live with Docker, XFS and Active Directory support
Red Hat has just announced the availability of its next-generation Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7) platform, which has been in the works since 2010. The software packs several new features, including support for Docker’s container virtualization technology and a new file system capable of scaling to 500 terabytes. RHEL 7 launches to the general ...
Intel bids to solve water shortages with Big Data
Much of the conversation around Big Data is focused on big business and how it can be used to make money, but that’s not the only opportunity it presents. On the contrary, the real promise of Big Data is solving global problems and making the world a better place for us all to live. Intel ...
HP’s Federated Catalyst aims to simplify backup silo management
Just before the HP Discover event kicks off in Las Vegas today, Hewlett-Packard has announced a number of new backup, recovery and archive solutions. But the real standout of these products is the addition of HP StoreOnce Federated Catalyst – which offers federated backup stores capabilities – to HP StoreOnce 6500. HP says its Federated ...