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Otoy introduces ORBX.js, brings cloud-based graphics processing to any browser
LA-based graphics company Otoy has teamed up with software giants Mozilla and Autodesk to deliver state-of-the-art graphics and gaming applications running on AWS that can be accessed from any web browser. According to Otoy’s press release: “By deploying a high-performance, pre-configured ‘OctaneCloud Workstation’ AMI [Amazon Machine Image], design and engineering professionals can access Autodesk 3DS ...
Intel wants inside the Internet of Things
In a few years time, you won’t be able to walk from the bedroom to the living room without falling over half a dozen devices that are connected to the web. For some, that might already be the case – if not, just give it some time. Smartphones, watches (Galaxy Gear) and glasses (Google Glass) ...
Twitter IPO: 3 things investors might not know
Twitter has finally announced how much it plans to sell its shares for, with stock going on sale at $26 a pop on the New York Stock Exchange from the start of today’s trading. In what’s billed as the biggest tech IPO since Facebook’s dismal debut on NASDAQ around 18 months ago, Twitter said it ...
Canada’s government said ‘no way’ to Lenovo’s BlackBerry takeover
BlackBerry’s troubled businesses might be on life support these days, but that hasn’t stopped a flurry of reports covering its ongoing troubles this week. First up was the news that Fairfax Financial Holdings, the company set to takeover BlackBerry for $4.7 billion, failed to raise the necessary cash, causing the deal to collapse. As a ...
Report claims Bitcoin is broken, at risk from ‘selfish miners’
Bitcoin isn’t nearly as safe as most users believe, being vulnerable to an attack that could allow a small group of “selfish Bitcoin miners” to effectively wrest control of the virtual currency – all it would take is a group of determined cheaters. This vulnerability theory is the discussion of a new research paper published ...
Cisco drives OpenStack on UCS at OpenStack Summit Hong Kong
Cisco unveiled a new batch of accelerator packs at the OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong earlier today, designed to help organizations deploy their OpenStack cloud infrastructures on Cisco’s UCS more easily, giving them all of the benefits of Cisco server and networking technology with virtualisation and storage capabilities from partners like EMC and VMware. The ...
Google finally boosts Chrome security with password manager protection
Those who use Google Chrome as their preferred web browser are probably familiar with its basic password manager, which allows users to store authentication data and log into various websites hassle-free. It’s all very convenient of course, allowing you to access your favorite websites without needing to login every single time you visit them, but ...
The patent war rumbles on, just don’t go thinking Google is innocent
Steve Jobs may not have lived to make good on his promise of a “thermonuclear” war against Google, but the company he left behind is determined to keep up the fight. In one of the biggest stories from the weekend, Rockstar Consortium, of which Apple and Microsoft are key members, caused a stir when it ...
Anonymous hacks The Straits Times, threatens war against Singapore government
Singapore’s leading newspaper, The Straits Times, became the latest victim of hacktivist group Anonymous this morning, after the collective hacked its website to announce the start of an all-out war against the country’s government. A member of Anonymous posted the following message onto The Straits Times’ blog, in retaliation for a ‘misleading’ article written by ...
Salesforce’s still chasing Oracle, but it needs Oracle’s help to do it
With Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference set to kick off later this month, the spotlight once again falls on its ongoing love/hate relationship with Oracle, and what each company is doing to wrongfoot the other. Dreamforce will take place from November 18-21, with more than 120,000 attendees set to turn up for the annual event, making ...