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Microsoft 'committed' to Hyper-V OpenStack support

Microsoft may try to revive support for Hyper-V in OpenStack as the community considers removing the code -- which one OpenStack developer called broken and unmaintained -- from the stack.
ISC looking for programmers to help complete BIND 10

"The goal is to move away from having BIND a heavily sponsored corporate product," said Shane Kerr, ISC's BIND 10 engineering manager. "ISC will always maintain ownership of the code, but we would like there to be more of a community around it."
Oracle adds cloud support to WebLogic application server

For the new release of its WebLogic, Oracle has tailored the enterprise Java application server so that it can be used more easily in cloud deployments.
HP announces B6200 StoreOnce Backup System deduplication appliance

HP have announced its first enterprise-class deduplication appliance - the B6200 StoreOnce Backup System - that is capable of storing up to 768TB in a single chassis.
Barcelona builds supercomputer using Nvidia chips and ARM processors

With an eye to bringing power efficiency to high-performance systems, a prototype supercomputer with quad-core ARM processors is being built at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Spain.
Vidyo virtualises video-call technology to save costs round the world

Like other applications that once required dedicated hardware platforms, videoconferencing is moving into the cloud.
AOL kills off LISTSERV mailing list service

Ending a service it has offered for well over a decade, AOL is shutting down its free LISTSERV-based mailing-list hosting operations, the company told mailing list administrators.
HTML5 WebSocket speeds up Web app comms

Thanks to its chattiness, the traditional communications protocol for shuttling data around the World Wide Web is not very efficient. Now an HTML5-related standard called WebSocket could cut some of this networking overhead, speeding responsiveness in Web applications, argued a Web app expert.
HP Redstone server design using ARM chips

HP is developing servers based on a low-power microprocessor design from ARM Holdings, and claims it can slash power and space requirements by as much as 90 percent for companies running certain web-based applications.
RIM BlackBerry tablet OS delayed until February 2012

A week after promising the PlayBook OS 2.0 to developers in October, RIM cites quality issues and says it will drop a key feature

Latest Features

After Stuxnet, a rush to find bugs in industrial systems

Kevin Finisterre isn't the type of person you expect to see in a nuclear power plant. With a beach ball-sized Afro, aviator sunglasses and a self-described "swagger," he looks more like Clarence Williams from the '70s TV show "The Mod Squad" than an electrical engineer.
Red Hat - The virtualisation path less travelled

To update an old IT saying about IBM and job security, few IT managers may get fired for choosing VMware to virtualise their infrastructure. VMware, after all, is the safe bet: the company currently enjoys 80% of the server-side virtualisation market, according to IDC.
Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses

For all its success as the world's biggest maker of PC operating systems and office programs, Microsoft's position as the dominant provider of software to consumers is at risk. Here are five reasons why.
Open source Facebook alternatives

Facebook claims to have more than 400 million active users. In fact, according to web analytics firm Alexa, only Google is a more popular site. So, with all that going for it, why are so many users unhappy, with one poll showing that more than half of Facebook users are thinking about leaving?
Windows 7 won't spur rush to virtual desktops

Microsoft is pushing desktop virtualisation as a way of making Windows 7 play nicely with old applications, especially those written for Windows XP. So now that the technology has been "blessed" by Microsoft, should we expect a desktop virtualisation boom?
Overlooked online threats

There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't know.
Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline.
Will Windows 7 spread desktop virtualisation?

Microsoft is pushing desktop virtualisation as a way of making Windows 7 play nicely with old applications, especially those written for Windows XP. So now that the technology has been "blessed" by Microsoft, can the industry brace for a desktop virtualisation boom? Probably not, most experts agree.
Unified communications won't displace insecure IM

Business-grade unified communications software offers security, but dealing with external clients often means leaving the light on for AIM, Skype and the like.
The network manager's (free) toolkit

10 great free downloads for your network.

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