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Sony drops Amazon Web Services for OpenStack
The division of Sony that suffered a cyberattack last year, which led to a major PlayStation network outage and sensitive customer data being compromised, has dropped Amazon Web Services for at least a portion of its cloud hosting and computing in favour of an OpenStack platform hosted by Rackspace.
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eBay's Arizona data centre gets Green Grid stamp of approval
Online auction site eBay has slashed costs and maximised energy efficiency at its enormous new Arizona data centre, after employing best practices from The Green Grid.
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Carrier IQ executive plays down 2010 content analysis patent request
Carrier IQ has played down the significance of the controversial location tracking company's effort to patent a technology it said can help wireless carriers undertake "advertising audience segmentation analysis and content copyright analytics".
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Google: 100 million Android devices now active
The Android mobile powerhouse is cruising to new heights with 100 million activated devices, 4.5 billion applications downloaded from the Android Market, and 450,000 developers building tools for Android phones and tablets, Google said Tuesday as it kicked off the fourth annual Google I/O developers conference.
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Microsoft to manage VMware, Xen and Hyper-V virtual machines
At Microsoft Management Summit 2010 in Las Vegas, company executives detail how management software will play a critical role in delivering on Microsoft's cloud vision.
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Intel creates cyborg mind control chip
Intel researchers, along with partners from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, are developing technology that can be implanted in peoples brains to operate computers, cell phones and television sets.
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Intel refreshes 80 core super chip
Nearly two years after unveiling its experimental 80 core chip, Intel is getting ready to show off its next incarnation of a high powered, energy efficient many-core research chip.
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Risk assessment guides launched
Two free risk-management guides provide directions on how to establish corporate security metrics. The guides, aimed at security professionals, will also offer tips on organizing risk-assessment and presenting findings.
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Intel's new Itanium put on ice
Intel has delayed the release of the quad-core Tukwila chip, its next-generation 64-bit Itanium processor designed for use in enterprise servers.
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Intel to shut British research lab
Intel is to close its facility at Cambridge University, its only non-US research lab in December.
