Stories by Joab Jackson

Red Hat acquires Makara

Enterprise open-source software vendor Red Hat has acquired cloud software provider Makara, Red Hat announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

By Joab Jackson | 01 December, 2010 03:30

Tags: open source, paas, mergers & acquisitions, middleware, software, Red Hat, cloud computing

Ticketmaster unfazed by odd band names

If you can't quite spell Hannah Montana or Boyz II Men you're not alone. But Ticketmaster found it doesn't pay to be too strict about spelling and modified its search engine to accommodate creative alternatives. Managers of enterprise and website search services could do well to follow Ticketmaster's lead.

By Joab Jackson | 30 November, 2010 11:06

Tags: open source, applications, web services, software, cloud computing, Apache Software Foundation, internet, search engines, Data management, Ticketmaster, databases

Microsoft pioneers tactile display technology

Possibly leapfrogging today's touch-screen technologies, Microsoft has figured out a way to make the computer displays themselves change in shape under a person's touch.

By Joab Jackson | 30 November, 2010 03:02

Tags: popular science, Microsoft, intellectual property, patent, legal, Components, displays

Google Wave may become an Apache project

Some of the developers behind Google Wave have submitted their software to the Apache Software Foundation for inclusion.

By Joab Jackson | 25 November, 2010 04:45

Tags: open source, Internet-based applications and services, applications, software, social networking, collaboration, Apache Software Foundation, internet, social media, novell, Google

Microsoft nabs OpenStreetMap founder

As part of an initiative to leverage the OpenStreetMap project for its own Bing Maps, Microsoft has hired OSM founder Steve Coast, the company announced Tuesday.

By Joab Jackson | 25 November, 2010 06:04

Tags: business issues, Internet-based applications and services, personnel, Maps, Microsoft, social media, internet

Open-source social network Diaspora goes live

Diaspora, a widely anticipated social network site built on open-source code, has cracked open its doors for business today, at least for a handful of invited participants.

By Joab Jackson | 24 November, 2010 08:46

Tags: open source, Internet-based applications and services, Diaspora, software, social networking, social media, internet, Facebook

Acer unveils tablets to run Windows, Android

Acer executives on Tuesday previewed tablet computers planned for release next year, including three Android-based devices and one that runs Windows. They also detailed plans to introduce a portable computer that has the form factor of a laptop but replaces the keyboard with a second touchscreen, allowing users to use a virtual keyboard or some other form of touch-based interface.

By Joab Jackson | 24 November, 2010 07:08

Tags: ultraportable, Ultramobile, hardware systems, tablet PCs, laptops, acer, netbooks

Attachmate to feast on Novell technologies

With its pending US$2.2 billion purchase of Novell, Attachmate is acquiring a rich portfolio of technologies. The next step will be actually putting these riches to work, analysts said Monday.

By Joab Jackson | 23 November, 2010 13:39

Tags: business issues, Linux, applications, attachmate, Access control and authentication, software, Office suites, collaboration, OpenSUSE, novell, Microsoft, security

Intel: 1,000-core processor possible

An experimental Intel chip shows the feasibility of building processors with 1,000 cores, an Intel researcher has asserted.

By Joab Jackson | 20 November, 2010 09:04

Tags: popular science, pc components, servers, hardware systems, Components, processors, intel

IBM tops Green500 list

While China can take pride in topping the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, IBM has been given another recognition: building the world's most energy-efficient supercomputer.

By Joab Jackson | 19 November, 2010 11:16

Tags: Clusters, supercomputers, Green data center, High performance, IBM, hardware systems, environment

Supercomputing Top500 brews discontent

Like Hollywood's Academy Awards, the Top500 list of supercomputers is dutifully watched by high-performance computing (HPC) participants and observers, even as they vocally doubt its fidelity to excellence.

By Joab Jackson | 19 November, 2010 06:06

Tags: Clusters, supercomputers, High performance, IBM, Networking, hardware systems, intel

Nvidia chief scientist: CPUs slowed by legacy design

When it comes to power-efficient computing, CPUs are weighed down by too many legacy features to outperform GPUs (graphics processing units) in executing common tasks in parallel, said the chief scientist for the GPU vendor Nvidia.

By Joab Jackson | 18 November, 2010 07:27

Tags: supercomputers, Clusters, High performance, servers, hardware systems, Components, nvidia, processors, Blades, Graphics boards

Oracle responds to Apache Java defiance

Seemingly anxious to get the next version of the Java programming language ratified, Oracle has asked the Apache Software Foundation to reconsider its stance on the proposed Java Standard Edition 7.

By Joab Jackson | 16 November, 2010 07:35

Tags: open source, application development, Languages and standards, intellectual property, legal, java, Apache Foundation, software, Oracle

China rocks Top 500 supercomputer list

A new supercomputer installation in China has rocketed to the top of the twice-annual ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

By Joab Jackson | 15 November, 2010 05:05

Tags: Clusters, supercomputers, High performance, IBM, Microsoft, hardware systems, Tianjin National Supercomputer Center

Google releases data cleanser

Google has updated and re-released open-source software for cleaning, analyzing and transforming data sets, now called Google Refine.

By Joab Jackson | 12 November, 2010 04:25

Tags: open source, applications, Google, data mining, software, Data management

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