ServicesAngle News Briefs for April 16, 2013
HP Releases List of Supply Chain Smelters to Encourage Suppliers to become Conflict-Free HP has published a list of 195 smelters that have been identified within its supply chain in an effort to have…
Google Launches MyGlass for Android, SoftBank Still Gunning for Sprint
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Google Glass tech specs and API out; Softbank still confident in Sprint deal; China has most malware on mobile devices; Twitter to launch TV Online soon; and YouTube…
Tops Dogs Team Up for Project Savana : Hadoop Simplified for OpenStack
Project Savana, the OpenStack project originally developed by Mirantis, is getting support from some of the industry’s top players to provide an integration point for third party Hadoop provisioning and management frameworks, such as…
Explosion of Boston Bombing Scams: Beware The Fake Domains
Despicable, shameless behavior. There can be no other words to describe those looking to quickly cash in on yesterday’s tragic Boston marathon bombing. Within minutes of the two explosions taking place, dozens of new…
LIVE: Some 200 Senior IBM Executives Head to Washington to Ensure CISPA Passes
By Ryan Cox
Nearly 200 senior IBM executives will pound the pavement on Capitol Hill today to press lawmakers to pass the controversial cybersecurity bill that will come up for a vote in the House this week.…
LIVE: Google Glass API Not So Open? Privacy vs. Revenue
By Ryan Cox
Google has officially announced the tech specs of the infamous Google Glass, and developers aren’t exactly given a lot to work with. Let’s start with the good news for developers wanting a crack at…
Pica8 Pulls the Covers Off New SDN Framework
Pica8 just announced a new software-defined networking solution for cloud service providers, the Pica8 Open Data Center Framework. The Palo Alto-based startup pegs its latest offering as a suite of “essential building blocks” for…
Google Reveals Glass Specs + API : Has a Ton of Developer Restrictions
Google has officially announced the tech specs of the infamous Google Glass, giving consumers and developers plenty to mull over before the new wearable device hits the market. For users . According to its…
OpenStack’s Other Worldly Origins + AWS Rivalry : A Brief History
OpenStack Summit is in full swing in Portland, Oregon this week. Launched in 2010 by Rackspace and NASA, OpenStack is all about providing cloud computing to everyone, but how it has become one of the…
Reddit Becomes News Corkboard for Aftermath of Boston, Massachusetts Marathon Explosions
By Kyt Dotson
Often self-dubbed “the front page of the Internet,” social media news aggregator is making its bones today for that subtitle as users are using the service as a news corkboard for updates, information and…