To my surprise, I have been seeing storage performance results reported using server benchmarks and their associated server metrics. Server benchmarks are specifically designed to measure the maximum performance of the server — NOT the storage. Even if external storage is used in the benchmarked system, server benchmarks entail maximizing …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission engaged in the worst kind of “partisan politics” by working closely with net neutrality advocates to ensure their comments were filed with the agency, but not extending the same courtesy to the other side, a coalition of groups opposed to the regulations said in a …
A supercomputer upgrade is paying off for the U.S. National Weather Service, with new high-resolution models that will offer better insight into severe weather. The improvement is easy to see in the depiction (below) showing the difference between the older and newer model. In a six-hour forecast on a moving …
While Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison hyped up the company's burgeoning aspirations in cloud computing during OpenWorld this week, many customers in attendance had their minds focused more on life in the trenches, where matters such as upgrading aging ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) systems remain crucial but risky affairs. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission engaged in the worst kind of "partisan politics" by working closely with net neutrality advocates to ensure their comments were filed with the agency, but not extending the same courtesy to the other side, a coalition of groups opposed to the regulations said in a …
The new Windows is the old Windows, improved Image by Microsoft Although Microsoft is skipping a whole version number for the next Windows version, which will ship some time next year, the early version of Windows 10 it showed off Tuesday was mostly composed of commonsense fixes to Windows 8, …
Booksellers have met with European Commission officials to discuss their concerns that Amazon holds a monopoly in the online book market. The booksellers urged the commission to make sure that consumers will have a rich and diversified online book offering, said Françoise Dubruille, director of the European and International Booksellers …
Matchstick, a startup out of San Jose, is planning to release an HDMI dongle that will compete with Google’s Chromecast but uses the Firefox OS and costs $25 instead of $35. In June, news of the device’s impending announcement leaked when a Mozilla evangelist tweeted a photo of a prototype. …
A conservative group that sent 2.4 million letters to Congress opposed to net neutrality regulations didn’t collect signatures from 2.4 million people, although the group’s news release says the letters added millions of new voices to the debate. Instead, American Commitment, an advocacy group with ties to the Republican billionaire …
Dear Google: It sounds like you might have a new, larger Nexus phone and tablet on the way sometime soon. That’s pretty darn exciting. But you know what’d be really cool? If you were to keep selling the current Nexus 5 phone and Nexus 7 tablet alongside those new products. …
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Workers who may be tempted to sell confidential corporate data should think twice about what they write in an email — an AI-based monitoring system could be watching. Tokyo-based data analysis company UBIC has developed an artificial intelligence system that scans messages for signs of potential plans to purloin data. …
We gaze into our coding crystal ball to find the sure bets and intriguing developments developers should target in the next five years “Image by Nemo via Pixabay To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
Китайские разработчики Chuwi подготовили новый планшетный компьютер под управлением ОС Windows, который может стать реальной заменой компактным ноутбукам и нетбукам. Модель Chuwi V10HD 3G работает на Windows 8.1 и имеет поддержку сетей 3G. Chuwi V10HD 3G обладает 10.1-дюймовым дисплеем Full HD IPS (1920 х 1080 точек), процессором Intel Atom Z3735F. Также упоминается наличие 2 …
If you’re looking to buy a used iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device, Apple is now offering an online tool to let you first check if it’s been locked down by the previous owner, which could indicate that it was actually stolen or lost. The service is available on the …
NEW YORK — Cisco is fortifying its ISR branch routers to give users more options when accessing cloud services and backing up primary links. Cisco is expanding its ISR 4000 series devices with four more modular platforms that support hybrid WAN capabilities – the ability to turn up Internet and …
Walgreens, the US retail and pharmacy giant, which in August acquired the UK’s Boots chain, is harnessing consumer data insights to transform its stores and improve its customer experience across online and mobileens e channels. “We are moving to a personal relationship with our customers, which in retail has never …
Researchers have discovered hackers trying to exploit the Shellshock Bash vulnerability to compromise network attached storage devices in universities in the U.S., Japan and Korea. The attackers were taking advantage of a publicly disclosed security weakness in which the Web servers embedded in the devices manufactured by QNAP have administrative …
Earlier this week, an indictment was unsealed outlining a long list of charges against a group of men accused of running a three-year hacking spree that stole intellectual property from gaming companies. Dylan Wheeler, 19, of Perth said in an interview Thursday he was a member of the group, and …
The White House has identified cyber-physical system research and development as a “national priority” that could boost U.S. productivity. But federal spending is telling a different story. One of the government’s strongest roles in economic development is funding basic research. This is research that can takes years, and is so …
Twitter is investing US$10 million in a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to build platforms for online collaboration by people on civic and political issues. The Laboratory for Social Machines (LSM) set up by MIT Media Lab will have access to Twitter’s real-time, public stream of tweets as …
AppliedMicro has announced a new family of 64-bit ARM chips that could disrupt the stodgy but sizeable market for components used in network routers, printers and other “embedded” equipment. Cisco Systems, Netgear and Hewlett-Packard were among the vendors at a press conference Wednesday that said they’re exploring the chips, which …
По данным Net Applications, операционная система Windows 7 продолжает набирать популярность, несмотря на желание Microsoft продвигать Windows 8.x. В сентябре доля Windows 7 составила 52,71% против 51,21% в августе. Актуальная ОС от софтверного гиганта, в свою очередь, теряет рынок: в последний месяц лета ее доля достигла 13,37%, в сентябре снизилась …
Крупнейший болгарский оператор Mobiltel (Mtel) объявил о начале продаж с 1 октября смартфонов iPhone 6. И все бы ничего, если бы компания не рекламировала несуществующую версию телефона в черном корпусе. …
Печально известная видеозапись со сгибанием iPhone 6 Plus уже набрала свыше 45 миллионов просмотров в YouTube, однако Apple развеяла миф о чрезмерной склонности своих смартфонов к деформации. …
Крупнейшая в мире соцсеть Facebook принесла публичные извинения за политику требования реальных имен, из-за которой несколько известных представителей ЛГБТ-сообщества лишились доступа к своим аккаунтам. Извинения на своей Facebook-странице от имени компании принес топ-менеджер Крис Кокс. …