Archive for August, 2008


The Truth about Linux and Windows – BusinessWeek
I ve got a bone to pick with the never-ending stream of studies by tech research outfits comparing Linux to Windows. For starters, it seems like about half of them are paid for by one camp or another. Even when analysts aren t on the payroll

Between the Lines – ZDNet Blogs
Get BTL via: Exxon Mobil got brand-jacked. About two weeks ago, someone named Janet, believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter . There was no reason to doubt the

Dual-CPU desktop comes of age – The Inquirer
AMD WAS the first to push the idea of dual-socket high-end PCs using optimised flavours of its workstation/server platforms, with the 4×4 QuadFather units late in 2006. An answer to Intel’s quad-core rollout then, 4×4 – two times dual-core setup

NetQoS Announces End-to-End Support for Cisco Application Delivery – WebitPR
NetQoS Performance Center Enables Network Engineers to Quantify the End-to-End Application Performance Improvements Delivered by Cisco Application Network Services (ANS) Offerings BARCELONA, Spain Jan. 22, 2007 NetQoS Inc. has teamed with



The Truth about Linux and Windows – BusinessWeek
I ve got a bone to pick with the never-ending stream of studies by tech research outfits comparing Linux to Windows. For starters, it seems like about half of them are paid for by one camp or another. Even when analysts aren t on the payroll

F2Q09 Earnings Call – Seekingalpha.com
Good afternoon and welcome to the Dell Incorporated second quarter fiscal year 2009 earnings conference call and strategy update. (Operator Instructions) I d like to turn the call over to Miss Lynn A. Tyson, Vice President of Investor Relations

New Cisco IPS Isn’t All About Speed – InternetNews.com
Enterprise IT buyers have long been wary of the gap between the performance promised on a networking vendor’s data sheet and a device’s real-world effectiveness. Networking giant Cisco thinks that it has the answer, at least when it comes to

Microsoft unveils free enterprise search – ZDNet UK
DEL ABACO A LA TARJETA PERFORADA. EL ABACO; quiz fue tiempo, la compatibilidad IBM, fue una necesidad para que otra aplicaci n de microsoft Word que nos sirve para

Dual-CPU desktop comes of age – The Inquirer
AMD WAS the first to push the idea of dual-socket high-end PCs using optimised flavours of its workstation/server platforms, with the 4×4 QuadFather units late in 2006. An answer to Intel’s quad-core rollout then, 4×4 – two times dual-core setup

Employment Opportunities With FOX News – FOX News
Working as an integral part of the Fox News Digital Operations team, our DBAs will be responsible for database administration and design tasks to support the back end infrastructure of Fox News digital properties. Responsibilities include

The Judgment. – Pakistan News Service
Following a nerve-shattering legal battle, Pakistan s Supreme Court has allowed the country s military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf to contest the presidential election in uniform, which is scheduled to be held on October 6. “The

Between the Lines – ZDNet Blogs
Get BTL via: Exxon Mobil got brand-jacked. About two weeks ago, someone named Janet, believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter . There was no reason to doubt the

NetQoS Announces End-to-End Support for Cisco Application Delivery – WebitPR
NetQoS Performance Center Enables Network Engineers to Quantify the End-to-End Application Performance Improvements Delivered by Cisco Application Network Services (ANS) Offerings BARCELONA, Spain Jan. 22, 2007 NetQoS Inc. has teamed with



FastServers.Net to video stream HostingCon 2006 Event – PRWeb
FastServers.Net announced today that it will host “near” real-time broadcast of the full production game show being held at HostingCon 2006. As part of the full production a video crew will be onsite recording the show for live br. Minutes after the

SCO Targets Two in Linux End-User Lawsuits – InternetNews.com
The Republic of Nauru is a parliamentary democracy with a unicameral parliament. The country has no military force, and the 129 member police force is responsible for



Stocks open lower after personal income data – Miami Herald
NEW YORK Stocks fell in early trading after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. Investors are also charting the path of Tropical Storm Gustav as it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico and its oil rigs and

Thousands On Gulf Coast Flee Cat. 4 Gustav – CBS News
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Gustav to a Category Four storm this afternoon, with maximum sustained winds near 150 mph – and it is still strengthing as it impacts western Cuba, making it the strongest Atlantic storm of 2008. At 5:00 p.m., Gustav was centered about 120 miles east-northeast

No. 2 Buckeyes Win 43-0, but RB Wells Injured – ABC News
No. 2 Ohio State opened the season with a 43-0 rout of overmatched Youngstown State on Saturday, but the victory was tempered by a leg injury to Heisman Trophy prospect Chris “Beanie” Wells. Ohio State running back Chris Wells falls to the turf as Youngstown State’s De’Angelo Wilson (4) Ohio

Bush: Gulf Coast Govs to Have Full Federal Support – ABC News
High winds from nearby Hurricane Gustav kick up waves before dawn, in George Town, Grand Cayman High winds from nearby Hurricane Gustav kick up waves before dawn, in George Town, Grand Cayman Island, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph


Aug 30

F2Q09 Earnings Call – Seekingalpha.com
Good afternoon and welcome to the Dell Incorporated second quarter fiscal year 2009 earnings conference call and strategy update. (Operator Instructions) I d like to turn the call over to Miss Lynn A. Tyson, Vice President of Investor Relations



Private eye Anthony Pellicano, attorney Christensen convicted of wiretap plot – Chicago Tribune
Private investigator Anthony Pellicano and attorney Terry Christensen were convicted today of conspiring to illegally wiretap the ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian. Christensen, who was an attorney for investor and casino mogul Kerkorian, was accused of hiring Pellicano to listen in on the phone

David Duchovny’s sex addiction, Tea Leoni – Chicago Tribune
Tea Leoni ’s husband, actor David Duchovny , has entered rehab for his sex addiction. Duchovny, 48, said he did it voluntarily, in a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein. He added: “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family



The Planet Announces Celeron, Xeon Pricing From $59 – Forbes
The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced new low pricing on select servers from its broad portfolio. The Celeron 2.0+ is now the company’s most affordable option for outsourced IT, priced at $59 per month, a 34 percent savings

Databarracks offers refunds to all users that have paid for – Earthtimes
Today Databarracks announced that it is offering refunds to all Buddybackup users who have paid for the full version of its popular Buddybackup software. The decision comes as Databarracks removes all of the limitations within the free version of



Data Centers: Focusing on Sustainability – Dr. Dobb’s Portal News
Q&A with Dallas Thornton, Director of Cyberinfrastructure Services for the San Diego Supercomputer Center Dallas Thornton is the Division Director, Cyberinfrastructure Services for the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California

Second Quarter Server Market Continues to Accelerate, Future Growth – Forbes
According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew 6.4% year over year to $13.9 billion in the second quarter of 2008 (2Q08). This is the ninth consecutive quarter of positive revenue growth and

Computing from the bottom up – CNET News
Time was when most enterprise software came in the front door as part of a formal, signed-off-at-the-highest levels procurement process. Or it got written in-house as part of an equally formal, multi-year development plan. Or some combination of the

OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report for Wednesday – Transworld News
OTCPicks.com s Daily Small Cap and Microcap Newsletter presents a range of the hottest small cap stocks on trading on the OTC and OTCBB markets. In addition to our Newsletters, OTCPicks.com is quickly becoming the premier community destination for

SupplyCore Expands Core Products Stocked in Mid-East – TMCnet
With the growth of DoD installations in the Middle East, SupplyCore is expanding its core products stocked in its Kuwait City, Kuwait and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia warehouses to include Corning ( News – Alert ) fiber-optic network infrastructure solutions



Canada company takes blame for bacteria outbreak – Philadelphia Inquirer
TORONTO – The president of a Canadian food company is taking responsibility for tainted meat products from a Toronto processing plant reaching the marketplace and causing a national outbreak of a deadly bacteria linked to the deaths of 15 people. Michael McCain says Maple Leaf Foods failed to

Gustav kills 22; Gulf Coast prepares – Detroit Free Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gustav swirled toward Cuba today after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 22 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisiana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago. Oil prices jumped above $119 a

Durable goods post strong increases in July, June – Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods turned in a second consecutive strong monthly performance in July, a far bigger-than-expected gain led by a huge jump in demand for commercial aircraft. The Commerce Department said today that orders for durable goods rose 1.3% last month, far



Durable goods post strong increases in July, June – Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods turned in a second consecutive strong monthly performance in July, a far bigger-than-expected gain led by a huge jump in demand for commercial aircraft. The Commerce Department said today that orders for durable goods rose 1.3% last month, far

Rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight arrested in Vegas – Baltimore Sun
LAS VEGAS – Police say rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife. The 43-year-old Knight was arrested Wednesday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a

Obama, Clinton placed in nomination for president – Guardian Unlimited
DENVER (AP) – Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been placed into nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention. Labor activist Dolores Huerta of California put Clinton’s name into nomination. She said, “I love and respect Hillary Clinton.” Barack Obama, standing where

Venice Film Festival opens with Hollywood flash – International Herald Tribune
VENICE, Italy : The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers’ dark comedy “Burn After Reading,” giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel. The 21 films competing for the coveted Golden Lion at the festival, which

Red Sox pick up Kotsay from Braves – Miami Herald
The Boston Red Sox bolstered their outfield on Wednesday by landing veteran Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league outfielder Luis Sumoza. Just a day after sending outfielder J.D. Drew to the disabled list with a back strain, the Red Sox picked up another left-handed bat

Moscow s plan is to redraw the map of Europe – Financial Times
Any doubts about why Russia invaded Georgia have now been erased. By illegally recog nising the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia s president, made clear that Moscow s goal is to redraw the map of Europe using force. This war was never about South

12 deaths linked to tainted meat in Canada – Miami Herald
TORONTO Meat tainted with a deadly bacteria in a Toronto processing plant is likely to sicken more people in the coming months, a Canadian health expert said Tuesday, a day after the government announced the death toll from the outbreak had risen to 12. Test results announced over the weekend linked

Gallery | Gustav gains power – Miami Herald
Two men push a truck in a flooded street in Havana Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Cuba is under heavy rains as Hurricane Gustav is headed toward it and Jamaica after slamming Haiti Tuesday. Cuban authorities issued a hurricane watch, urging residents to take “protective measures.” Cuba’s Institute of



Servers Made Simple for UK Small Businesses with Launch of – WebitPR
New one stop shop for everything servers promises to empower and protect UK small businesses with the best server and network technology to suit their business needs with significant savings and benefits

MailPronto Gives iPhone Users a Fresh, More Affordable Alternative to – TMCnet
MIAMI, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — There’s no doubt as to the enormous power of the Apple brand and the excellence behind its technologies. Yet Apple’s iPhone users are warming up to a fresh, more affordable alternative to MobileMe. MailPronto (http

Nanotech: The Circuits Blog – CNET News
Brooke Crothers is a former editor at large at CNET News.com, and has been an editor for the Asian weekly Wall Street Journal and an analyst at IDC. He writes for the CNET Blog Network , and is not a current employee of CNET. Contact him at brooke

United Technology Group Expands Into Augusta Market – MSN MoneyCentral
AUGUSTA, Ga. , Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — United Technology Group, LLC (UTG) announced the opening of their first branch office in Augusta, GA and have named Eric J. Bradley as Regional Vice President. UTG has served the Augusta – Aiken markets from

Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0) – MSDN Online Deutschland
IIS 7.0 offers new capabilities that dramatically improve the way Web solutions are developed, deployed, and managed. Enhancements available in IIS 7.0 include: Modular Architecture. IIS 7.0 provides administrators with an unprecedented degree of

The Planet Announces Celeron, Xeon Pricing From $59 – Forbes
The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced new low pricing on select servers from its broad portfolio. The Celeron 2.0+ is now the company’s most affordable option for outsourced IT, priced at $59 per month, a 34 percent savings

Databarracks offers refunds to all users that have paid for – Earthtimes
Today Databarracks announced that it is offering refunds to all Buddybackup users who have paid for the full version of its popular Buddybackup software. The decision comes as Databarracks removes all of the limitations within the free version of

The Planet Lowers List Pricing for Backup by 50 Percent – Forbes
The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that it has reduced list pricing on its two server backup products. Effective today, EVault Backup is now priced at $1 per GB, down from $2. Its Network Backup product is now priced at 50

Licensing FAQ – MSDN Online Deutschland
As part of the continuing Microsoft effort to make software licensing more predictable and flexible for our customers, Windows Server 2008 licensing remains consistent with Windows Server 2003 R2, with a few enhancements which will be covered below

Review: Apple Xserve (2008) server – Mac Central
Apple has upgraded the Xserve , its rackmount server. Now outfitted with Intel s latest quad-core Xeon processors, today s Xserve packs a lot more power into the same slim 1U package. Apple s server has the unenviable task of pleasing two



Limelight Networks Chief Financial Officer Matthew Hale to Present at – MSN MoneyCentral
On September 4th at 10am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Mr. Hale will present at the Kaufman Bros. 11th Annual Fall Conference in New York City . On September 11th at 11:45 am EDT , Mr. Hale will present at the Jefferies 2nd Annual Technology

HostingPanama Named Parallels Gold Service Partner – WebHosting.Info
Partnership to increase the scale and scope of the company’s virtualization services. HostingPanama , a provider of offshore web hosting, dedicated servers, and colocation, today announced that it has been named a Gold partner by Parallels, a

Browse Mac IT Reviews – Mac Central
Curious what s going on with your system s CPU, disk drives, network activity, or memory usage? MenuMeters presents tons of detail in a well-designed an minimally-intrusive interface. iStat menus 1.3 iStat menus adds a series of menus to your OS

RemitDATA and Oncology Metrics Partner to Provide Enhanced – Forbes
RemitDATA, Inc., a leading provider of web-based productivity tools and benchmarking to the outpatient healthcare market, today announced that Oncology Metrics, a business dedicated to developing products and services to help accelerate advancements

The Planet Announces Celeron, Xeon Pricing From $59 – Forbes
The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced new low pricing on select servers from its broad portfolio. The Celeron 2.0+ is now the company’s most affordable option for outsourced IT, priced at $59 per month, a 34 percent savings

CommVault Joins The Green Grid Consortium – MSN MoneyCentral
CommVault today announced its membership in The Green Grid , a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. The Green Grid is chartered to develop industry-wide standards, measuring

Read all posts by Dawn Kawamoto in News – Business Tech – CNET News
Sakar International announced Monday it snapped up the Vivitar brand name and intellectual property from Syntax-Brillian, in a move to expand its camera line into the mid-range digital camera market and gain greater visibility. Sakar, a consumer

Virtualization, Real or Not? – IT World
There’s a renewed push toward virtualization. And with good reason. IT departments can cut server headcount dramatically, reduce electrical consumption and air conditioning loads, simplify administration, deploy new services quickly, and greatly

Q9 Networks Inc. Agrees to be Acquired by ABRY Partners at $17.05 Per – CNW Group
TORONTO, Aug. 24 /CNW/ – Q9 Networks Inc. (TSX:Q) (“Q9″) announced today that it has entered into a definitive acquisition agreement (the “Agreement”) with CDC Acquisition Corp. (“ABRY”), an affiliate of ABRY Partners, LLC (“ABRY Partners”) to



Storage Solutions – Computerworld Australia
IBM’s first XIV product lacks some high-end features and comes in only one configuration. IBM has quietly released the first technology from its acquisition of XIV, the Israeli grid storage start-up headed by a former EMC guru, but the product

Nanotech: The Circuits Blog – CNET News
Solid-state drives, if not yet ubiquitous, have arrived. You can find them in laptops big and small and as a high-octane storage option for gaming PCs. Alienware 128GB SSD option adds $550 but on the Dell XPS M1530 this option adds only $450. (Credit

NetQoS Announces End-to-End Support for Cisco Application Delivery – WebitPR
NetQoS Performance Center Enables Network Engineers to Quantify the End-to-End Application Performance Improvements Delivered by Cisco Application Network Services (ANS) Offerings BARCELONA, Spain Jan. 22, 2007 NetQoS Inc. has teamed with

Dual-CPU desktop comes of age – The Inquirer
AMD WAS the first to push the idea of dual-socket high-end PCs using optimised flavours of its workstation/server platforms, with the 4×4 QuadFather units late in 2006. An answer to Intel’s quad-core rollout then, 4×4 – two times dual-core setup

Between the Lines – ZDNet Blogs
Get BTL via: Exxon Mobil got brand-jacked. About two weeks ago, someone named Janet, believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter . There was no reason to doubt the



The Green Enterprise: Sun Microsystems – ZDNet
Episcopal Retirement Communities offers quality compassionate care for older persons at competitively priced retirement facilities in the Pacific Northwest.

ABRY Partners pays $361M for Q9 – Mass High Tech
Local private equity firm ABRY Partners LLC plans to acquire Canadian data center provider Q9 Networks Inc. in a deal worth about $361 million. ABRY Partners affiliate CDC Acquisition Corp. will pay Q9 shareholders $17.05 per common share, for a 38

Category: Novell – ZDNet Blogs
Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday that the software giant will invest more into the companies SUSE Linux partnership. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will buy up to an additional $100 million in SUSE Linux support certificates. The

Cloakware Joins Intel Business Builder – PR Inside
- Cloakware Inc. Heather MacIntosh, +1 866-465-4517 x227 heather.macintosh@cloakware.com or Schwartz Communications Avi Dines or Caitlin Hunt, 781-684-0770 cloakware@schwartz-pr.com Cloakware Inc., the security solutions provider that makes security

Splunk 3.0 GA Release Expands IT Search Capabilities – PR Newswire
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Splunk, creators of the original IT Search engine for logs and IT data, today announced general availability of Splunk 3.0. More than 2500 users downloaded Splunk 3.0 beta, applying IT Search to problems beyond



SCO Targets Two in Linux End-User Lawsuits – InternetNews.com
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FastServers.Net to video stream HostingCon 2006 Event – PRWeb
FastServers.Net announced today that it will host “near” real-time broadcast of the full production game show being held at HostingCon 2006. As part of the full production a video crew will be onsite recording the show for live br. Minutes after the


Aug 25

Latest News – dBusinessNews.com
Silicon Valley Professional Earns Accreditation in Public Relations SAN JOSE – Lisa Bellavance English, PhD, has successfully completed MobileDiscoveries E-Commerce Site Launches FREMONT – Innovative Communication Solutions, Inc. today announced



Russian lawmakers urge recognition of 2 Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia – Chicago Sun-Times
TBILISI, Georgia Russian lawmakers on Monday urged the Kremlin to recognize the independence of two separatist Georgian regions, heightening tensions with Georgia where the government said hundreds of Russian soldiers remained at checkpoints. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did not immediately

Kyrgyzstan plane crash victims’ relatives begin identifying bodies at morgue – Chicago Tribune
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) _ The relatives of 65 people killed in a plane crash near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport began the process of identifying the bodies in the capital Monday. Many of the nearly 100 weeping relatives who gathered at the main Bishkek morgue clutched dental records because most of the

Attack on Pakistani lawmaker’s home kills 8 – Washington Post
In this Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, a Pakistani police officer examines a ruined police station in Charbagh near Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swatt Valley, after a suicide car bombing taht killed at least six officers. It was the latest in a string of attacks claimed by Taliban militants



We are looking for voluntary translators from Arabic into English. – Uruk Net
La XX Assemblea Generale dell ONU (1965) dichiara “la legittimit della lotta da parte dei popoli sotto oppressione coloniale, per esercitare il loro diritto all’ autodeter- minazione e all’indipendenza”. Inoltre, l’Assemblea invita “tutti gli

Telegenisys Inc. Augments Security At Its Offshore Outsourcing Center – 24-7PressRelease.com
One of the leading providers of business process outsourcing services, Telegenisys Inc. recently initiated an organization-wide drive to augment security at its offshore development facility. /24-7PressRelease/ – FAIRFIELD, CA, August 25, 2008 – One

Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processor Sets New Benchmark for – PR Inside
www.amd.com – AMD Phil Hughes, 512-602-4797 (PR) Phil.hughes@amd.com or Ruth Cotter, 408-749-3887 (IR) ruth.cotter@amd.com AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has achieved the top spot on the VMware(R) VMmark(TM) virtualization benchmark for x86

Penrith council plugs server sprawl, beefs-up DR – Computerworld Australia
When it comes to cleaning up their act, many CIOs are recognizing data centres as among the lowest hanging fruit. IDC estimates companies spent $US26.1 billion to power and cool servers worldwide in 2005, with a monstrous $14 billion of that being

Nanotech: The Circuits Blog – CNET News
Update with Dunnington and Core i7 photos, text. The latest and greatest silicon and derivative products is what the Intel Developer Forum is all about. Moorestown, Tolapai, and Canmore are just a few of the chips detailed at IDF this week, while

Farm Progress Show opens Tuesday – Globe Gazette
CEDAR FALLS The nation s largest outdoor farm show will be held near Boone this week, and North Iowa companies will be well represented. Exhibitors say the 55th annual Farm Progress Show is one of the best ways to connect with existing

Gamertrainer.com, LLC – PR.com
Gamertrainer.com, LLC Launches Service to Provide Private, Online Training Sessions to Console and PC Gamers of Any Skill Level Gamertrainer.com, a portal dedicated to helping players learn gaming skills training, announced the launch of its website



65 killed in Kyrgyzstan plane crash, officials say – CNN
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school basketball team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near Kyrgyzstan’s capital, killing at least 65, government officials said. The Boeing 737 crashed near the Bishkek airport in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday. The

Mixed legacy likely as Beijing Olympics conclude – Houston Chronicle
BEIJING The Beijing Olympics of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, of the Water Cube and the Bird s Nest, of allegedly underage gymnasts and empty protest zones, of Great Walls and firewalls, ended Sunday night (early Sunday CDT) amid proclamations of a changed China and the more likely reality of

Giants lose Umenyiora for season – CNN Sports Illustrated
Osi Umenyiora will miss the season with a knee injury The defensive end is one of the top defensive players for the Super Bowl champs Umenyiora was hurt in the Giants preseason game against the Jets EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has ligament damage in his

Madonna kicks off world tour in Cardiff – In the News
Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium played host to the first night of Madonna’s 51-date world tour yesterday evening. After the show eventually got started Madge kept the crowd waiting by being an hour late it quickly became clear the Queen of Pop’s reign is far from over. A few reworked versions

Harden, homers lead Cubs past Nationals – Chicago Tribune
Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa homered in the second inning and that was more than Rich Harden would need as the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Harden (4-1) gave up one run on two hits and no walks while striking out 12 in seven innings. The Cubs attained

Clinton expected to release delegates Wednesday – Miami Herald
DENVER Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will gather her hard-won primary delegates Wednesday at a reception where she is expected to formally release them to vote for Barack Obama. Clinton has invited her pledged delegates to a reception at the Colorado Convention Center, not far from the main Democratic

Bush declares major disaster areas in Florida – Houston Chronicle
DEBARY, Fla. Rescue teams are evacuating people from 180 homes in a Florida town about 25 miles north of Orlando due to flooding from Tropical Storm Fay. Officials say they’re using boats to evacuate people from DeBary, where some streets are under four feet of water. Fay made landfall a record

Gas prices nationally drop 15 cents a gallon in 2 weeks; regular down to $3.70 per gallon – Minneapolis Star Tribune
CAMARILLO, Calif. – A national survey shows gas prices have dropped 15 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at self-serve stations was $3.70 Friday. Mid-grade was at $3.83 and premium was at $3.95. That’s according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000



Microsoft’s Yahoo bid is really about business apps – Mac Central
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RFID’s new utility in the datacenter – Computerworld Australia
The man in charge of keeping store shelves across the US stocked with Kleenex and Huggies reveals the company s best practice for making RFID work As one of Wal-Mart’s top suppliers, Kimberly-Clark got onboard the RFID revolution early and has been

Tuning into Jim – Chip Design Magazine
How many engineers think of their career as being spent on a treadmill? It is a larger portion than most SUPERCOMPUTING 2007 RENO, NEVADA NOVEMBER 23, 2007 Popular Science has announced that the NVIDIA CUDA C-compiler and software

Nyquist Capital: Google s Secret 10GbE Switch – Converge Network Digest
Google has designed, built and deployed its own 10 GigE switches in its datacenters rather than using any of the commercially available switches, according to a report posted by Andrew Schmitt on his blog at Nyquist Capital. Google is also known to

Latest News – dBusinessNews.com
Silicon Valley Professional Earns Accreditation in Public Relations SAN JOSE – Lisa Bellavance English, PhD, has successfully completed MobileDiscoveries E-Commerce Site Launches FREMONT – Innovative Communication Solutions, Inc. today announced

Windows CCS Partner Quote Sheet – Microsoft PressPass
AMD64 technology is at the core of many of the world’s most powerful computers including HPC clusters running Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 at the University of Stuttgart/HLRS, CASPUR and AREVA-Challenge. AMD64-based clusters running Windows

Avnet Technology Solutions Extends OneTech Managed Services – TradingMarkets.com
As part of Avnet’s OneTech Managed Services, the new services features availability monitoring, preventative monitoring and remote management. “Remote monitoring and management offerings are a great way for partners to enter the fast growing managed