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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, February 20, 2012
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Dell's Reinvention Efforts Hold Promise: Adversity spurs invention. For Dell, investors have to hope it will be a catalyst for reinvention." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:19 PM
  • "Dell, H-P to report as PC outlook brightens" MarketWatch 9:43 AM
  • "Challenges Face H-P, Dell" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:09 PM
  • "HP ARM-based servers expected to be available for testing in 2Q12" DigiTimes 10:31 AM
  • "HP's ProLiant Gen8 control freakery/Look out system administrators: Hewlett-Packard wants to give you more time to play video games or polish up your resumes – or both – with the forthcoming launch of its ProLiant Gen8 servers." The Register 11:45 AM
  • "Microsoft holds peace talks after Hyper-V booted from OpenStack: Microsoft is in talks for its Windows hypervisor to be readmitted to the Linux-for-the-cloud project OpenStack." The Register 11:44 AM
  • "How Microsoft SkyDrive will morph from a Web site to cloud service with Windows 8" ZDNet 11:55 AM
  • "Brazilians unveil Microsoft SkyDrive's secret – revealing pics: Brazilian website Gemind has revealed screenshots claimed to show a desktop version for MAC OS and Windows of Microsoft's SkyDrive." The Register 11:44 AM
  • "Move over iCloud: Microsoft details extensive SkyDrive integration with Windows 8" VentureBeat 4:25 PM
  • "Microsoft quietly extends consumer support for Windows 7, Vista" ZDNet 11:55 AM
  • "Microsoft follows Vista extension by pushing back Windows 7's expiration date" The Next Web 4:22 PM
  • "Microsoft Extends Operator Billing Platform for Windows Phones Apps" IDG News Service 11:11 AM
  • "Microsoft leaves privacy hole in browser, Google uses it" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 7:15 PM
  • "Another Google privacy violation, this time IE gets targeted" VentureBeat 4:23 PM
  • "Microsoft Adds Former Symantec CEO And IBM Exec John Thompson To Board" TechCrunch 11:33 AM
  • "The Post-Office Generation: A recent post on MinimalMac posits an interesting case for the slow, growing sense of the irrelevance of Microsoft, at least in the applications space." TechCrunch 11:33 AM
  • "IBM, Actifio to help wannabe providers take on cloud giants" Channel Register 11:46 AM
  • "Cisco thinking out of the set-top box biz: After six years, Cisco is looking to switch off its Scientific-Atlanta cable set-top box business, The Post has learned." New York Post 11:06 AM
  • "Cisco, Deloitte: Multi-Vendor Networks A Roll Of The Dice For Customers" CRN 10:20 AM
  • "The Industrial Robot Revolution: Stand-alone and embedded industrial robots are taking their place alongside humans" Network World 11:14 AM
  • "Scientists Create A One-Atom Transistor" Forbes 10:43 AM
  • "Tiny transistor stays where it's put: The team that earlier this year characterized a four-atom wire that obeys Ohm's Law has now demonstrated a repeatable single-atom transistor." The Register 11:46 AM
  • "Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computer: Sydney scientists have built the world's tiniest transistor by precisely positioning a single phosphorus atom in a silicon crystal." Sydney Morning Herald 11:27 AM
  • "Future quantum computers begin to take shape: Researchers have turned 'an insanely difficult problem' into 'merely very, very hard'" DiscoveryNews 11:03 AM
  • "High-tech industry pushing bill to limit employees' OT: Companies claim changes needed to keep jobs in the U.S." McClatchy Newspapers 10:30 AM