NSA plans massive, 65mw, $2bn data center in Utah Jul 03, 2009 | Source: The Register Yes, Utah
The ultra-secretive National Security Agency plans to build a 1-million-square-foot data center in Utah as it seeks to decentralize its computing resources and tap regions with ample supplies of lower-cost electricity.…
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LaCie gets comfy on the rack Jul 03, 2009 | Source: The Register 12big product triple
External storage supplier LaCie has entered the rack world with a trio of products.…
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Ricoh eyes up visual file search Jul 01, 2009 | Source: The Register Disclosure-style sniff-around to make backup fun again
Printer company Ricoh reckons you should be able to search visually for photos and files much like flipping through a photo album. It has started up a beta test in the USA for its snazzy quanp online storage service with 3D views of uploaded files.…
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EMC preps FCoE I/O module Jul 01, 2009 | Source: The Register Hot-swap UltraFlex
EMC has confirmed industry suspicious that is developing a hot-swap Ultraflex FCoE module for its storage arrays.…
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Google boasts of melting data center antidote Jul 01, 2009 | Source: The Register No chillers? No problem
Structure 09 Google is developing some sort of back-end technology that automatically - and nearly instantly - redistributes live compute loads when a data center is in danger of overheating. Or maybe this is just talk. Google prefers to at least maintain the illusion of data-center nirvana.…
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Micron move heralds Intel 320GB SSD Jun 30, 2009 | Source: The Register Waves around own 34nm process NAND
With Intel rumoured to be set to raise its SSD capacity up to 320GB through a shrink to a 34nm process, its Flash partner Micron has introduced - guess what - NAND chips using a 34nm process.…
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Mimosa unifies NearPoint archive operations Jun 30, 2009 | Source: The Register Now lawyers can divorce techies
Mimosa has overhauled NearPoint, its archiving and eDiscovery software platform product, so that lawyers and compliance officers can analyse data without having to call on techies.…
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Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era? Jul 03, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert.
The pace at which airlines can update the selection of film, music, games and technology offered to passengers is being outstripped by constant advances in storage and functionality on media players, according to professor John Hansman, director of the International Technology Center for Air Transport at MIT. 
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Orange launches managed videoconferencing Jul 03, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Orange Business Services (OBS) has launched the pilot of a managed videoconferencing service that connects companies regardless of the vendor of their equipment or the type of network they are using.
Open Videopresence, which will be available on a monthly subscription, was unveiled at an event in Paris on Wednesday. The service can be used within and between companies, with meetings set up using an online portal or Microsoft Outlook. Orange can supply compatible equipment, although interoperability with other and older devices is part of the service. 
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Windows 7 to come in Family Pack option? Jul 03, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com It is likely Microsoft will offer a "Family Pack" version of Windows 7, according to language in a leaked test version of the operating system.
This week enthusiasts started buzzing over wording in the licence agreement in the test build that suggests Microsoft will have an option to buy a licence for Windows 7 that covers up to three PCs in the same household. 
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Hard disk or solid-state? Think again Jul 02, 2009 | Source: CNET.com Although solid-state drives are in vogue, market forces and technical issues are making them a little less appealing than before.
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Netbooks and touch screens: A good marriage? Jul 02, 2009 | Source: CNET.com Pared-down, Internet-optimized notebooks are positioned to be outfitted with touch screens, according to some reports. Are consumers going to bite?
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Ad Groups Move to Regulate Web Tracking Jul 02, 2009 | Source: InternetNews.com Moves come ahead of potential legislation designed to clamp down on the collection of behavioral data for advertising.
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Microsoft takes down vomit ad Jul 02, 2009 | Source: CNET.com The rather colorful ad in which a wife vomits after seeing what her husband has been looking at online has been removed from the Microsoft IE 8 "Browse Better' campaign.
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Microsoft mega datacentre heads to Dublin Jul 02, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new datacentre in Dublin, describing it as the largest it has built outside the US.
The site is what Microsoft calls a "mega datacentre", a class the company has constructed previously only in the US. The company plans to open another mega datacentre in Chicago on 20 July, it said in a blog post on Monday. 
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Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era? Jul 03, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert.
The pace at which airlines can update the selection of film, music, games and technology offered to passengers is being outstripped by constant advances in storage and functionality on media players, according to professor John Hansman, director of the International Technology Center for Air Transport at MIT. 
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Orange launches managed videoconferencing Jul 03, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Orange Business Services (OBS) has launched the pilot of a managed videoconferencing service that connects companies regardless of the vendor of their equipment or the type of network they are using.
Open Videopresence, which will be available on a monthly subscription, was unveiled at an event in Paris on Wednesday. The service can be used within and between companies, with meetings set up using an online portal or Microsoft Outlook. Orange can supply compatible equipment, although interoperability with other and older devices is part of the service. 
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AT&T breaks sales records with iPhone 3GS launch Jul 02, 2009 | Source: CNET.com Carrier sells more phones the first day the iPhone 3GS went on sale than it ever has, even on the two previous iPhone launch days, according to an internal memo. 
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Germans and Swiss snub DAB Jul 02, 2009 | Source: The Register Still too costly, reckon broadcasters
The commercial radio industries in Germany and Switzerland have both rejected proposals that they should invest in developing the DAB digital radio system in their countries to replace existing FM/AM transmissions.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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TalkTalk gets its very first CIO Jun 30, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com TalkTalk has hired a CIO for the first time.
The company announced today that it has appointed David Cooper to the newly created post in April, after previously splitting responsibility for IT across a number of individuals within the company. 
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Skype 3.0 sheds beta tag on Windows Mobile Jun 30, 2009 | Source: Silicon.com Skype shed the beta tag on Monday to reveal version 3.0 of its VoIP application for Windows Mobile phones. Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile is nearly identical to the beta build that preceded it but mobile Skype users graduating to it from version 2.5 will notice some major feature additions - notably the capability to transfer files and to send SMS messages.
File transferring and SMS are carryover features from desktop Skype and are initiated via relatively small buttons on the mobile interface that you can access from the contact list. Click the dark, round icon to send an SMS using Skype Credit, and select the grey drop-down arrow to select "send file". 
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Kentucky payroll phishing scam nets small fortune Jul 03, 2009 | Source: The Register Blue grass county hit by Trojan-fueled cybercrime
A gang of cybercrooks has made off with $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky following the conclusion of an elaborate phishing scam, The Washington Post reports.…
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A practical guide to disaster recovery planning Jul 03, 2009 | Source: The Register Two papers for smaller businesses
Typically, vendor white papers are written with the ITDM or senior ITDM at a large company, in mind. [ITDM is industry jargon for "IT decision makers", since you ask.] People working at smaller companies are rather less well served, in quantity and quality. So today we focus our Reg Library selection on a couple of good papers aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Hackers crack ColdFusion Jul 03, 2009 | Source: The Register Drive-by download attack hits multiple hosts
Hackers are running a mass compromise against sites running vulnerable ColdFusion application server installations.…
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Apple fixing iPhone SMS security hole Jul 02, 2009 | Source: CNET.com Researcher says attacker could exploit vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages to do things like use GPS to track the location of the phone, turn on the microphone or turn the phone into a botnet zombie.
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Spam levels bounce back after botnet takedown Jul 02, 2009 | Source: The Register Even botnets have backup now
Spam levels are returning to normal following the recent takedown of crime-friendly ISP 3FN, which temporarily interrupted the operation of a significant spam spewing botnet.…
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