Amazon said Friday morning that it expected that the majority of sites affected by its unexpected cloud services outage would be back up by the end of Friday, with some exceptions. (See PCMag’s analysis on why the Amazon cloud outage […]
iPad 2 Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
While some might argue that it can almost replace a full-fledged computer, the iPad was designed to be simple. Even if you have very little tech savvy, you can probably pick up Apple’s latest tablet and master most of the […]
How Context Awareness Makes LBS Meaningful!
Location based services (LBS) may be the rage around the world, but have not made their presence felt in India. Could context awareness hold the key to their success? In recent times, there has been a lot of talk about […]
Abstract Intelligent Agents And Agent-based Models
An intelligent agent can change your business. And no, we are not talking about espionage and subterfuge but about tech entities. Read on… a number of enterprises these days employ abstract intelligent agents (AIAs). These are ‘intelligent’ entities that can […]
Toshiba Unveils SmartNAND Family of 24nm Flash Memory
Toshiba America has announced that it is expanding its offering of NAND Flash memory by introducing SmartNAND, a new family of Flash based on a new 24nm production process that integrates a control chip with an error correction code (ECC). […]
Google could be headed for a Microsoft-size anti-trust headache
Accusations of monopolistic practices have been lobbed at Google for years, but now they are reaching a fever pitch, and investigations may be coming Google may soon face allegations of anti-competitive behavior in the United States similar to the way […]
8 radical ways to reduce data center power costs II
Radical energy savings method 7: Bury heat in the earth In warmer regions, free cooling may not be practical all year long. Iowa, for example, has moderate winters but blistering summers, with air temperatures in the 90- and 100-degree range, […]
8 radical ways to reduce data center power costs I
Radical energy savings method 5: Use SSDs for highly active read-only data sets SSDs have been popular in netbooks, tablets, and laptops due to their speedy access times, low power consumption, and very low heat emissions. They’re used in servers, […]
IBM’s New Software Platform To Help Create Intelligent Products
IBM’s new software platform and related services will help manufacturers create more intelligent products at low cost. To help manufacturers and designers create products that enable people to live and work in a smarter manner, IBM has launched a new […]
Facebook Launches Contest For UK Developers
Facebook would become the first social networking site to showcase apps in Hindi as it calls for entries in English and Hindi to showcase Web development skills in two categories of Facebook apps and Facebook Connect Integrations. Best Microsoft MCTS […]