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Neverfail has launched Neverfail vAppHA, a new tool which integrates the company's Application Management Framework with VMware's vSphere High Availability and Vmotion, to protect against application... More >
Alaska-based gScreen Computers plans to launch a laptop with two screens before the end of 2009. Dubbed Spacebook, the dual-screen notebook features a pair of 15.4-inch LED displays, is powered by an... More >
AMD is expected to complete the rollout of its six-core family of Opteron processors. The company has already shipped its high-performing SE line and its hybrid HE line. Today, AMD will address the r... More >
According to a new report from Infonetics Research, the overall WiMax market grew 12 percent in the second quarter to $255 million. Alvarion led the way, followed by Motorola, FierceWireless report... More >
HSL (Hay Systems Ltd.) announced its HSL 2.75G Femtocell will be made directly available to home users. Unlike femtocell offerings from telecommunication carriers, the HSL product will be network neu... More >
Pillar Data Systems became the first manufacturer to incorporate 2TB SATA drives into its arrays, reports The Register . Pillar, which was also the first to use 1TB drives, has chosen Western Digita... More >
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6 for sale to the general public. The operating system, also known as Snow Leopard, can be purchased at Apple stores, authorized Apple resellers and select online retai... More >
Vodafone mobile broadband customers are in line for a massive broadband speed upgrade. Vodafone will roll out 14.4Mb across the UK. The faster service is already available in major city centers, says... More >
Microsoft has begun pushing Internet Explorer 8 to enterprises. The new browser is now available via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Organizations that manage their updates using the WSUS plat... More >
According to a Kauffman Foundation study, 2008 saw an increase in entrepreneurship as the recession was taking hold. On average, 320 out of 100,000 adults started a business each month. The Kauffma... More >
Opera rolled out the release candidate of its Opera 10 Web broswer and announced that the final version will be available next week on September 1. A number of fixes have been made along with sever... More >
Back in May, IT Business Edge blogger Carl Weinschenk questioned whether enough was being done in making progress toward IPv6 . Weinschenk isn't alone in his thinking. The Internet Society , a non-... More >
At a press conference today, Samsung said the world's data centers are generating more carbon emissions than some countries and must be more energy efficient. Jim Elliot, Samsung's vice president of ... More >
In a story that seems to be unchanging, the average Internet download speed in the U.S. trails 27 other countries. The 5.1 megabits per seconds in the U.S. is far behind world-leading South Korea's a... More >
Microsoft confirmed that upgrade versions of Windows 7 will be available in Europe on October 22 , the same day the new operating system is scheduled to launch in the U.S. The company recently backt... More >
Acer has officially rolled out its Veriton Z280G-EA271CP all-in-one PC. The company's Veriton line is targeting U.S. enterprises looking for reasonably priced desktops for basic computing needs. Th... More >
Elecom has announced have announced two solid-state drives that are designed to slot directly into a SATA motherboard. Measuring 25 x 39 x 6.5 milimeters, the nanoSSD ESD-IDSAA series is available i... More >
Parallels is targeting PC users with its new virtualization package, which is intended to make it easier for users to switch from Windows to the Mac OS. The Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition b... More >
Motorola announced that it will be helping Japan's KDDI develop and roll out its LTE network, including RAN/base stations. KDDI plans to roll out the LTE network on 1.5GHz and 800MHz bands with a com... More >
Google says it has begun working on a 64-bit version of its Chrome Web browser for Linux users. The 64-bit version under development is a port of Chromium , the open-source code on which Chrome is b... More >
Telstra, a global provider of managed network services, is extending its offerings to appeal to global enterprises. The company's Global Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Ethernet Virtual Privat... More >
Apple confirmed the rumored August 28 launch date of Mac OS X 10.6, also known as Snow Leopard. The confirmation comes from the Apple Store online which shows a ship date of August 28 for the ope... More >
Nokia, the world's top cell phone manufacturer, is entering the competitive netbook market with the unveiling of its Nokia Booklet 3G. The company's netbook will run on Microsoft's Windows software, ... More >
Engineers say they have created a new process to develop large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus and remain transparent enough for the passengers of th... More >
VoIP provider Vonage is now offering a new flat-rate plan that covers 60 countries, SlashGear reports. The new $25 plan includes unlimited international calls and readable voicemail and replaces a ... More >
Duracell has unveiled the myGrid charging pad. The product, part of the company's line of smartpower devices, is set to ship in October. The myGrid allows users to charge multiple devices, includin... More >
Aircell 's Gogo in-flight Internet service celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday. Over the past year, Gogo has been launched fleet-wide on AirTran Airways and Virgin America. The service is a... More >
The U.S. Apple store lists the Mac OS X Leopard upgrade as coming in September, but the company's UK store listing indicates the the operating system refresh for an August 28 shipping date, SoftSail... More >
Twitter is developing a new application programming interface (API) that will allow its users to display their latitude and longitude. The soon-to-be-available API will provide a location-based servi... More >
Android is not just for smartphones and MIDs anymore. Cloud Telecomputers next-generation deskphone brings the Android platform to the desktop business smartphone sector. The company's Glas... More >
Sony has developed a new type of lithium battery that promises to extend the life of rechargable batteries by more than four times.The battery can be charged to 99 percent of its full capacity in 30 ... More >
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture study, rural counties with broadband have stronger economic and employment growth than unserved rural areas. The study adds further evidence to the criti... More >
Getac Technology has unveiled a new RFID tracking and management system. The new system is designed to help reduce labor time and costs by allowing users to accurately track assets, equipment, goods... More >
Earlier this month, an undisclosed Barron's analyst claimed to have had a hands-on look at Apple's rumored tablet. According to reports, the mystery analyst only saw one of Apple's forthcoming tabl... More >
Today is the last day to try out Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system for free. Tomorrow Microsoft will no longer allow Windows 7 Release Candidate downloads. Users that download Windows 7 RC... More >
Microsoft, part of the White Spaces Coalition, detailed new approaches that would enable white space communication to function like traditional Wi-Fi devices. Dubbed WhiteFi, the Microsoft technology... More >
Google launched its Caffeine update earlier this month, and the company is now testing a new storage system, its second in the last 10 years. Search Engine Roundtable reports that Google's Caffei... More >
China Telecom has deployed ships to repair damaged undersea fiber-optic cables near Taiwan that were damaged by typhoon Morakot and a recent earthquake, says Dan Nystedt of PC World . Both natural ... More >
The European Union plans to invest more than $25 million in next-generation Long Term Evolution research. The EU, which has been investing in LTE research since 2004, has already spent more than $35 ... More >
BT Openzone's wireless broadband service is now available to 500,000 sites throughout the UK and Ireland. That number puts the company halfway toward its goal of creating a million-strong Wi-Fi hotsp... More >
Washington D.C. transit riders will be able to use their cell phones in underground Metro stations, The Washington Post reports. Yesterday crews began work installing equipment that will enable car... More >
Acer has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP, an ultra-compact nettop targeted at the U.S. business market. Beginning at $399, the Acer Veriton N260G nettop offers a convenient, low-maintenance, ... More >
The Wireless Power Consortium is nearing a spec for wireless power. While not finalized, the soon to be finished spec has a name: Qi. Pronounced Ch'i, the universal wireless standard has achieved 0.9... More >
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have created software that they hope will enable data centers to function as single, plug-and-play networks while being able to scale to the mass... More >
A day after making Windows Server 2008 R2 fully available to developers, Microsoft has made the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate available to TechNet subscribers. According to Micro... More >
Today IBM announced WebSphere Sensor Events, software that extracts actionable business information from the millions of interconnected sensors that link items in the physical world. The software con... More >
Marc Andreessen, the man behind Netscape, is back in the Web browser business. Details are short, but Andreessen is backing a new browser named RockMelt. The browser has also been co-founded by Eric ... More >
The United States government has made Ethernet a priority as part of its $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The U.S. Department of Energy was awarded $62 million to build out a 10G... More >
Microsoft has made Windows Server 2008 R2 fully available to developers. The company had previously released a majority of the code when it released the product to manufacturing along with Windows 7... More >
According to the latest comScore survey results, Gmail usage has climbed and the Web mail service has surpassed AOL to become the third largest e-mail service in the United States. It's estimated tha... More >
Verizon announced it has completed initial testing of its 4G wireless service in Boston and Seattle. The company utilized long-term evolution to place calls from the two cities using the 700MHz spec... More >
New Zealand company Maxitweet has developed a way for Twitterers to expand their tweets from 140 characters to 200 characters, TG Daily reports. The company works around the 140 character limitat... More >
The U.S. Department of Energy is on the receiving end of $62 million in federal stimulus to build out a 100GbE (gigabit Ethernet) network. The aim of the network is to provide a 100 GbE transport bet... More >
Microsoft announced that it will include Outlook in its next version of its Office suite for Apple's Mac computers. Currently the Mac version of Microsoft Office features Entourage, a program for sen... More >
Verizon is planning to test its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Boston and Seattle with the goal of a full commercial launch in 2010. At a recent investment analyst meeting, Verizon COO Denny St... More >
Developers will have to suffer a bit of Caffeine withdrawal today as Google has pulled its Caffeine sandbox while it makes data center repairs. The developer sandbox for Google's next-generation ... More >
BenQ is looking to gain some "green" street cred with a pair of V-Series eco-friendly monitors. The company unveiled the 21.5-inch V2200 Eco and 24-inch V2400 Eco, which both feature LED-backlit 1080... More >
Apple's upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system could be arriving sooner than expected. The OS, already available for pre-order on Amazon.com , reportedly has been designated "Gold Master" s... More >
Intel is expected to introduce its Capella platform in late September. Based on the upcoming Nehalem-class mobile quad-core Clarksfield processors, the platform is anticipated to introduce a new era ... More >
AMD is looking to close the gap on Intel with a new Phenom II model dubbed the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. The newest version of AMD's Phenom II browser costs $245 and is rated at 3.4 GHz, the hi... More >
A cut in the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea cable between China and Taiwan debilitated connection speeds for users in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the Philippines and Singa... More >
Business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn surpassed the 45 million user mark today, according to a Twitter message from LinkedIn Marketing Project Manager Florina Xhabija. According to comS... More >
Sony says some of its VAIO laptops are equipped with faulty Nvidia graphics chips. Affected users can count on Sony to cover their repair costs and have their graphics warranty extended three years, ... More >
Dell began targeting SMBs with its revamped Vostro all-in-one desktops earlier this summer. Initially, the new lineup was available in China, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Today, ... More >
Clearwire announced that it has added Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications gear provider, to its list of suppliers for the build-out of its national wireless broadband network. Terms of the infrastru... More >
Nokia appears to be making headway with its entry into the mobile Internet services business. According to Nokia, more than 1 million people have registered for its Ovi Mail service. Unwired View ... More >
HP has announced that it has added a liquid cooling option to its Z400 and Z800 workstations. While liquid cooling reduces heat in data centers, HP is expanding its use of the technology to reduce th... More >
Google is giving developers a peek at its next-generation search technology as a means to garner feedback. According to Google, the new infrastructure will produce faster and more accurate searches. ... More >
It can be argued that 2009 is the year for SSDs . For all the positive exploits of SSDs , they do have their disadvantages. The prices of SSDs are still relatively high when compared with tradition... More >
According to FierceWireless , Clearwire says it will launch its Clear mobile WiMax service in San Francisco next year. The company did not give a specific release date. Om Malik says the B... More >
By all accounts, Microsoft has put forth its best shot in righting the wrongs of Windows Vista with Windows 7. However, as the operating system's October 22 release date nears, more problems seem to ... More >
Mozilla has released an alpha version of Firefox 3.6 a little more than a month after dropping Firefox 3.5 . Firefox 3.6 is not expected to face the same delays as Firefox 3.5 did. The next iteratio... More >
Microsoft has made available the official Window 7 upgrade chart, which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can ... More >
Japan's EMobile announced it would upgrade its network to HSPA+, making it the first carrier in the country to do so. The move will bring the country's fourth largest carrier's download speeds to 2... More >
Microsoft's Bing search engine is gaining in popularity and notoriety -- and perhaps a little infamy. In a move that may not even surprise Gomer Pyle, Microsoft has tinkered with its Bing ... More >
Duke Energy recently applied for $200 million in federal funds to develop a smart grid in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. The energy provider also has requested $14 million in federal funds for smart g... More >
Comcast is upping the ante on its DOCSIS 3.0 deployment this year. Previously, the company stated it expected to have DOCSIS 3.0 in 65 percent of homes in its service area. Now Comcast plans for its ... More >
NTT is prepared to launch an Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Network (VPN) service that supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols for business customers. The telco has deployed Alcatel-Lucent's 77... More >
Analyst group Frost & Sullivan predicts the telepresence market is poised to reach $4.7 billion in revenues worldwide by 2014 in a recently released research report. The study was done in conjunc... More >
AMD has announced the industry's first OpenCL SDK for x86 processors at this week's Siggraph conference. The SDK is still in beta, but gives developers the opportunity to write to the graphics API ... More >
Microsoft will kick off the public roll-out of the release-to-manufacturing build of Windows 7 when it posts the final code of the operating system for its subscribers on Microsoft Developer Network ... More >
Apple has released the latest update to its Mac OS X Leopard, version 10.5.8. The update enhances security, stability and the reliability of AirPort wireless networks. The update is available through... More >
Google software engineer Christopher Semturs created a new Gmail Labs feature that improves the Gmail experience for netbook users. The smaller size of netbook displays can make it difficult to rea... More >
Google released a new beta of its Chrome Web browser for Windows PCs that the company claims is 30 percent faster than the current version. The new version of Chrome supports HTML5, reports TechCrun... More >
Sprint introduced two new 4G routers today. The Cradlepoint MBR1000 retails for $250, can handle 32 users simultaneously, and supports Sprint's 3G and 4G USB dongles. The smaller PHS300S Personal Hot... More >
MIPS Technologies is looking to push Google's Android beyond smartphones and into home electronic devices. The microprocessor design firm is making the computer code available to the public for peopl... More >
Sony announced specs for its new series of 2TB memory sticks. The Memory Stick XC keeps the current form factor for memory sticks, meaning that they will more than likely be backward-compatible. Acco... More >
Microsoft has released the Release Candidate build of Windows XP Mode. Windows XP mode allows users to run older applications that may not be compatible with Windows 7 within the forthcoming Windows ... More >
Toshiba announced today that it plans to release faster SD cards in the first half of next year. Based on the SD Memory 3.0, Toshiba plans to ship samples of the cards to original equipment manufactu... More >
OCZ is planning to launch the Colussus 1TB SSD in mid August for $2,200. The OCZ Colussus uses the 3.5-inch format, weighs 400g, and features read speeds of up to 250 Mbps and write speeds of up to ... More >
Intel has teamed with GridRepublic to launch a Facebook application that allows users to donate their spare processing power toward research efforts that require a great deal of computing power. Acco... More >
Mozilla has released the Firefox 3.5.2 beta . The latest version of the software fixes several security and stability issues. The update also clears up an issue with images with ICC profiles, which ... More >
According to The Washington Post , Clearwire has announced it will launch its Clear WiMax service in 10 markets on September 1. The areas encompass Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and eight Texas c... More >
Smartbooks are due to start hitting the streets during the fourth quarter of 2009. The devices look a lot like netbooks, but are powered by ARM-based processors. Smartbooks usually come equipped with... More >
Google is introducing more data synchronization to its Chrome Web browser. Initially, the browser will support bookmark synchronization, but additional user data synchronization is planned for the fu... More >
Apple's OS X Snow Leopard is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The software will arrive in September and is priced at $29 for an individual upgrade and $49 for a five-user family pack upgrad... More >
An anonymous veteran analyst from Barron's has reportedly seen and touched Apple's rumored tablet PC and says it will be unveiled in September, launched in November and be priced between $699 and $79... More >
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