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Security Think Tank: What are the major security issues surrounding virtualisation? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:18AMVirtualisation and security: In what ways is virtualisation helping and hindering enterprise security? What are the security opportunities of virtualisation that should not be missed and what are the security pitfalls that are best avoided?
Arts agenda: Melbourne International Film Festival Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:51PMThe Melbourne International Film Festival, the world's largest showcase of new Australian cinema, runs July 21 through August 7. Featured at the festival's 60th edition will be an exhibition of graphic art retracing the MIFF's history.
Geek Bucket List No. 79 -- Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet With Project Arcade Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:20AMQuite a few years back I was shopping at Costco. As I was walking down an otherwise ordinary aisle, I stopped dead in my tracks. I could swear I heard the sounds of an arcade game.
South Sudan: South Sudan - Lifting Off With the Flag Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:20AMOn the eve of the declaration of South Sudan independence, namely on July 8th 2011, and as the nascent nation was preparing to receive its guests in its capital city, Juba; history was being made in the far away land of America.
Feature: How digital detectives deciphered Stuxnet, the most menacing malware in history Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:52AMIt was January 2010, and investigators with the International Atomic Energy Agency had just completed an inspection at the uranium enrichment plant outside Natanz in central Iran, when they realized that something was off within the cascade rooms where thousands of centrifuges were enriching uranium. Natanz technicians in white lab coats, gloves, and blue booties were scurrying in and out of the ...
Arts agenda: Galway Arts Festival and TED Global Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:06PMDuring this year's Galway Arts Festival, temporary galleries will pop up all over the city. The full program of arts events will include a museum-scale exhibition by one of Ireland's leading artists, Hughie O'Donoghue, as well as a 3D dance installation, two exhibitions in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland, live art and new technology works.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's SkillsTutor Partners With Intel To Provide Schools A Total Learning Technology Solution Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:14AMAt the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia, SkillsTutor, a division of global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), announced an innovative partnership with Intel and Equus Computer
Live by Google and Die By Google Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 6:44PMGoogle can be your best friend. It is still the biggest search engine out there and if you run a website or blog I can guess that a big portion of your traffic comes from Google. That is why we install the SEO plugins on our blogs and try to make everything SEO friendly.
City resident joins in-state IT company TAB Computer Systems Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:38AMPlacid Auguste has joined the server management and monitoring team of East Hartford-based TAB (Technologies Advancing Business) Computer Systems as an in-house technician.
Sony notebook taps Thunderbolt for external discrete graphics Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:24PMThe Thunderbolt technology created by Intel and Apple received a stamp of approval from Sony, whose svelte new Vaio Z notebook uses it to add discrete graphics externally. Meanwhile, Apple has begun selling a six-bay RAID system manufactured by Promise, along with a $49 Thunderbolt cable.
Last word on Lion and application compatibility Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:54AMAt the risk of beating a dead chestnut, I've received several inquiries regarding applications and their likely (or assured) compatibility with Lion. Rather than chew up precious email bits and forum threads, let's wrap up this "Will my applications run under Lion or not?" package with a colorful bow.
Mac 911: Last word on Lion and application compatibility Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:03PMIn which I wrap up the few remaining questions about what will and won't run under OS X Lion.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s SkillsTutor Partners with Intel to Provide Schools a Total Learning Technology Solution Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:00AMAt the International Society for Technology in Education conference in Philadelphia, SkillsTutor, a division of global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , announced an innovative partnership with Intel and Equus Computer.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Gulf Arab States: Hunker Down or Seize the Opportunity? Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:48AMBelow the surface, things may not be as quiet as these governments like to believe. In the Arab Gulf states, the core demands of their citizens who protested earlier in the year have so far not been met.
UAE ranks 24th in global information and communication technology use Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:46AMOther Arab countries that are featured in the ranking include Qatar (25), Bahrain (30), Saudi Arabia (33), Oman (41).
USB 3.0: Great Technology, But Hard to Find Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 6:31PMUSB 3.0 offers data transfer speeds that are five times faster than USB 2.0, so why hasn't it caught on?
Litchfield County Comprehensive: Local mayor seeking 5th term in office Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:35PMBARKHAMSTED
du attracts prominent business leaders at the latest Business Xchange Forum Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 4:45AMDubai, UAE, 25 June 2011: Continuing its journey in bringing together a group of pioneering industry leaders and following the astounding success of the last year's Business Xchange forum, du hosted the recent event as part of its innovative umbrella of leadership series.
NACHO 2011 at Neoseeker - Chance to Compete and Win Prizes Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 2:57PMOverclocking competitions always seem to bring out the best and brightest, and when one of our sister sites sponsors a contest, you know it is going to be good. Neoseeker will be holding an overclocking competition throughout the month of July and the sign up deadline is fast approaching. The Neoseeker Annual Computer Hardware Overclocking Contest , or NACHO for short, is about to get under way ...
Meetings Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:56PMDenison Municipal Utilities Board 4:30 p.m., Mon., Jun. 20 DMU Offices Agenda: housing contribution and agreement; resolution #695 authorizing use of certain real estate for new restroom and concession stand building; consider authorizing Sundquist Engineering to complete the facility plan; lime sludge disposal contract - amended agreement; Avenue C lift station conversion project quotes ...
Employees Become Front Line in Cybersecurity Fight Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 11:02AMIf your company gets hacked, it may very well be your fault, and if your bank account gets broken into by digital thieves, you might be to blame too.
NACHA Joins IFX Forum Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:28PMThe Interactive Financial eXchange IFX; http://www.ifxforum.org Forum announced today that NACHA The Electronic Payments Association http://www.nacha.org/ has become a Forum member. NACHA representatives will be active in the Forum's Liaison and Interoperability Working Group LIWG, which was launched this spring as a center of expertise ...
* Haiku Alpha 3 Released * Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 12:25PMHaiku Alpha 3 has been in development for more than 14 months. In that time more than 800 bugs have been identified and fixed, major sections have been updated, applications have been added and updated, and great progress has been made in supporting additional hardware. Here is a summary of updates, more details can be found here. Also inside, interviews with some core Haiku developers. Read ...
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Citi, IMF Hacks Help Attract Venture Capital to Silicon Valley Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:08AMSilicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on new technologies to protect computer networks, hoping they will profit from a spate of high-profile cyber attacks on corporate and government bodies.
Exclusive: Google's Web mapping can track your phone Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:11AMGoogle and Skyhook Wireless may have records of the physical location of your computers or mobile devices, CNET has learned.
Ericsson to Acquire Telcordia for $1.15 Billion Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:49AMDue to a reporting error, the third paragraph of the story, "Ericsson to acquire Telcordia for $1.15 billion," posted Tuesday, incorrectly explained how Telcordia will fit with the rest of Ericsson. That paragraph has been corrected on the wire and now reads:
Feature: Research@Intel: The cloud's future is many-core and GPU accelerated Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:37AMMore so than just about any event outside of the Intel Developer Forum, Intel's annual R&D day provides the clearest and most worthwhile look into the collective psyche of the world's largest chipmaker. Designed to showcase Intel's current thinking on the future of technology, the event kicks off with a keynote, and then press and analysts are free to wander about the main exhibition hall ...
Hackers Advised U.S. on Attacking Libya Oil Industry Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 11:48AMLeaked study shows companies advised Pentagon on cyber-sabotage.
Experts advised U.S. how to cyber attack Libya Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 10:27AMStudy called "Project Cyber Dawn" outlines ways to damage Libya's oil infrastructure and rob Qaddafi regime of revenue
APNewsBreak: Leaked study shows companies advised Pentagon on cyber-sabotage against Libya Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 10:22AMLONDON - Private computer experts advised U.S. officials on how cyberattacks could damage Libya's oil and gas infrastructure and rob Moammar Gadhafi's regime of crucial oil revenue, according to a study obtained by hackers. It remains unclear who commissioned "Project Cyber Dawn" and how much of a r
How Simple Photos Could Be Used as a Test for a Conscious Machine [Contest] Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:02AMThe mystery of human consciousness appears routinely as one of the greatest science problems of all time. One way to get a grip on this seemingly ineffable property would be to build a conscious machine. It may be many years before that happens. But the overriding question, when someone does try, will be: how will we know whether that machine is really conscious--and not merely faking it? [More]
Ricoh Presents Sustainable Development Award to Outstanding High School Students at Intel ISEF 2011 Special Awards ... Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 9:30AMRicoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions, presented two high school students with the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award.
Dual screen TV promises end to sofa warfare Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 4:06AMSony has unveiled a new screen that could let viewers watch two TV programmes at the same time. Alternatively, one person could follow a soap opera while the other plays a computer game.
Computer security: Is this the start of cyberwarfare? Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 12:24PMLast year's Stuxnet virus attack represented a new kind of threat to critical infrastructure.
Boston-Power Unveils Latest EV Battery Offering Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 1:00AMBoston-Power, Inc., the rapidly growing provider of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems, today announced its new Swing Key™ blocks. The company is showcasing the new products this week at AABC Europe in Germany, June 6-10, in Booth #39.
Oracle Fixes 17 Bugs in Java Security Update Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 8:54PMOracle has issued an update to Java SE that fixes a number of critical bugs in the widely used Internet software.
IFX Forum and BIAN Collaborate on Interoperability Proof-of-Concept Project Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 11:28PMThe Interactive Financial eXchange IFX; http://www.ifxforum.org Forum today announced a collaborative effort with BIAN the Banking Industry Architecture Network; http://www.bian.org/content/ . The locus for the effort within the IFX Forum is its recently launched Liaison and Interoperability Working Group LIWG, which...
Cadence Accelerates Development of Multiprocessor Mobile Devices With New ARM ACE Verification IP Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 10:00AMExtends VIP Catalog With ARM(R) AMBA(R) 4 AXI Coherency Extensions (ACE(TM)) Protocol Support
How She Leads: Kathryn Willson of Microsoft Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 8:25AMAn intrapreneur at the world's largest software company, Willson is responsible for creating and implementing a global partner strategy for Microsoft's environmental efforts.
InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner prices are dropping, down to $256 shipped from $399 previously Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 3:24PMWhether it's due to pressure from SiliconDust's HDHomeRun Prime or as a result of simplified hardware is unclear, but Ceton's InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner is now available for as little as $256 shipped. Forum posters at Missing Remote noticed a $282 fire sale for the HTPC cable TV adapters going on eBay Friday, before prices dropped precipitously at Buy.com ($264), and an Amazon third party ($265 ...
HP to launch webOS on PCs Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 2:14AMHewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computers and higher-end printers, putting it in competition with operating software from Apple, Google and Microsoft.
Hackers breach Sony security accessing info on over 1m customers, again Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 3:50AMHackers broke into Sony's computer networks accessing the information of more than 1 million customers to show the electronic giant's vulnerability in the latest of several security breaches undermining confidence in the company.
Quality Systems, Inc. to Present at the Goldman Sachs 32nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 5:41PMQuality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) announced today that its management plans to present its corporate story at the Goldman Sachs 32 nd ...
Ask Ars: Do solid-state drives cause problems with sleep mode? Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 12:23PMIn 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. Each week, we'll dig into our question bag, provide our own take, then tap the wisdom of our readers. To submit your own question, see our helpful tips page. Q: I've heard that solid-state drives have issues with sleep mode and/or hibernate mode, but ...
Rising to the Challenge: History of Great Plains Software before merger Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 11:02AMNearly three decades ago, before the rise of Great Plains Software as a powerhouse, before the billion-dollar deal that brought Microsoft to Fargo, a 26-year-old Doug Burgum got a glimpse of the future.
Part 1 of 7: Rising to the Challenge: History of Great Plains Software before merger Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 11:02AMNearly three decades ago, before the rise of Great Plains Software as a powerhouse, before the billion-dollar deal that brought Microsoft to Fargo, a 26-year-old Doug Burgum got a glimpse of the future.
Morrison School Board Holds May Meeting Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 7:20PMMORRISON - Members of the Morrison School Board met for a regular meeting in the High School Media Center on Tuesday May 24th 2011.
Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsHP sets sights on rivals with webOS software Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 6:36PMRANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computer and higher-end printers, putting it in competition with operating software from Apple, Google and Microsoft.