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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
The first release candidate for PostgreSQL 9.0 is out, bringing a host of new features, including binary replication. - The first release candidate for PostgreSQL 9.0 has arrived with built-in binary
replication technology.
Expected to be ready for final release sometime in September, the RC
represents a significant overhaul
for the database, said PostgreSQL core team member Josh Berkus. New
features include pe...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
Twitter CEO Evan Williams said Sept. 2 use of Twitter from mobile applications has grown 62 percent since April, with Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for BlackBerry proving popular. Twitter for Android is apparently not a big hit. - Twitter has more than 145 million registered users, with mobile users jumping 62 percent since April after the company began offering its own mobile applications for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android.
Twitter CEO Evan Williams published a rare state-of-the-company stats blog post Sept. 2, highlighting...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
Nvidia's GeForce 400M GPU series allows users to take advantage of the latest 3D entertainment technology, and boasts the company's Optimus technology. - Chip maker Nvidia is calling its GeForce 400M Series of graphics processing
units the building blocks for the next generation of Nvidia Optimus and 3D
Vision notebooks which will come from vendors including Acer, Asus, Dell,
Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba.
The new series of GeForce 400M GPUs, whic...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
IDC analysts say consumer purchases of PCs will slow in the second half of the year, but strong commercial sales will offset some of the weakness. - IDC analysts are predicting what others
have also: Consumer sales of PCs will slow in the second half of 2010 after a
strong first two quarters.
However, IDC pointed out in
a report Sept. 2 that the softening in the PC market in the second half was not
unexpected, and that worldwide a large num...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
A new Vlingo feature lets users check in to Foursquare by speaking into a smartphone running Android 2.0 or later. - Vlingo
is finding new ways to differentiate its software for smartphones based on
Google's voice search application.
The company Sept. 2 released a new feature for its Vlingo for Android application
that lets users check in to Foursquare simply by speaking into their smartphone
running Androi...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
Security pros are talking about the challenges educational institutions face when it comes to protecting user data. - The University of Virginia reportedly fell victim to a cyber-attack the week
of Aug. 23 that resulted in the theft of nearly $1 million. Unfortunately for
administrators at colleges and universities, their institutions are just as
vulnerable to data breaches as enterprises.
According to KrebsOnS...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
To help drive home its point that IBM is serious about cloud computing, Big Blue hosted an event at the US Open to show its cloud prowess in action. Cloud computing is a key IBM growth initiative through 2015. -
NEW
YORK – To help drive home its point that IBM is serious about cloud computing,
Big Blue hosted an event at the US
Open to show its cloud prowess in action.
IBM
has long been a partner of the US Tennis
Association (USTA) in handling all the IT operations behind the US Open and
other Gran...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
Motorola is undoubtedly the most important smartphone maker in the Android market. In fact, the company has proven that time and again, it has what it takes to appeal to customers who dont want Apples iPhone. Currently, it has both the Droid X and the Droid 2 available to Verizon Wireless customers. Both devices offer outstanding functionality that has helped the company become a major contributor to Verizons recent success.
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But just one of Motorolas devices can be crowned the best phone available on Verizons service. And although its a tough call, and both the Droid X and the Droid 2 are nice devices, its the Droid 2 that delivers the best experience to Verizon customers.
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Read on to find out why: - ...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
The total disk storage systems market grew to $6.8 billion in revenues, representing 20.7 percent growth from 2009's second quarter. - Worldwide sales of disk-based storage arrays, which leveled off only briefly
during the last two years of a difficult macroeconomy, climbed a healthy 21
percent in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period a year ago, industry
researcher IDC reported Sept. 3.
For the quarter, the total d...
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Posted in E-Week on September 3rd, 2010 by E-Week
Researchers at Sophos say Apple Ping has been hit by scams familiar to users of other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. - Spammers jumped out the gate quickly with survey scams aimed at users of Ping, Apple's new iTunes social network.
Ping launched Sept. 1 with the goal of creating a social network for the more than 160 million users of iTunes. However according to Sophos,
the service has been hit with a barrage of...
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