Wikibon Co-Founder David Floyer called DDN’s WOS 2.5 release a big step forward for object file systems. He discussed two major trends – data consolidation and application consolidation, which will be enabled by the continuing emergence of the flash technology. Flash is the ability to access data in microseconds, not milliseconds, which makes it 100 ...

An MIT researcher, Associate Professor Devavrat Shah, says he has developed an algorithm that can accurately predict what topics will trend on Twitter. Shah claims a 95 percent accuracy rate during testing of his model and has been predicting trends hours before they appear on Twitter’s list. Wikibon Analyst Jeff Kelly says that the new ...

LinkedIn’s fabulous third quarter results have everyone talking. According to LinkedIn’s CEO, Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn is growing by two new members per second and has reached a staggering 187 million members. SiliconANGLE Founder John Furrier praised LinkedIn on a job well done in executing on the business side, on both operations and revenue growth, by ...

How are start-up companies dealing with Hurricane Sandy?  SiliconANGLE Founding Editor, Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins gave some personal insight as to how tech start-ups today might be able to utilize the available cloud technology to survive natural disasters, as compared to what was available in 2005 after Hurricane Wilma hit.  Hopkins joined Kristin Feledy to discuss ...

The Halo 4 launch next week will be running on Microsoft’s Windows Azure to power the entire multi-player experience.  Microsoft is hoping this will give Windows Azure a boost in developer usage, claiming it’s the most complete platform to build on, regardless of developers’ preferred language, tools or framework.  Here to discuss the latest Azure ...

Zynga had a busy month for October, but it’s probably nothing they want to discuss.  Burdened by lawsuits, layoffs and a disappointing third quarter earnings report, Zynga is looking to pick itself up by focusing more on mobile.  Could this be the answer to their troubles?  Here to discuss Zynga’s woes is SiliconANGLE Founding Editor ...

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is planning to launch a new file-sharing and storage service in January. The new company, named Mega, promises the same services as its predecessor, along with a few new ones, plus better security. This could place Dotcom in a precarious position, as the Department of Justice has said if Dotcom forges ...

Apple is not slowing down any time soon, but neither is Google. The two companies continue to be fierce competitors in the Valley, driving each other to produce cutting edge gadgets faster than consumers can keep up. Here to discuss the latest Silicon Valley news is SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier, who joined Kristin Feledy for this morning’s ...

EMC has made yet another acquisition with the purchase of Silver Tail, a web fraud detection and security software provider.  EMC will be looking to use Silver Tail’s innovative technology to enhance RSA’s position in the web fraud market.  Here to discuss the latest with EMC and Rackspace is Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Miniman, who ...

Google and Apple are neck and neck in app volume, with both companies reporting 700,000 available apps for their respective devices.  It also looks like Google’s attempts to rival the iPad mini is working, as the Nexus 7 approaches the one million monthly sales mark.  Here to discuss what’s going on in the Google and Apple ...