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Fusion-io touts high-performance, lower-cost SSD for businesses

Fusion Multisystems Inc. today said it will offer a new solid state disk drive product for businesses that will have the performance of higher-end SLC NAND flash memory but with a cost closer to lower-end MLC memory.

By Lucas Mearian | 08 July, 2009 06:35

Tags: SSD, storage, data centres, Fusion-io

Judges consolidate 12 iPhone 3G cases against Apple, AT&T

Apple may have moved on to the iPhone 3GS this year, but the wheels of justice, which turn slower, are still focused on 2008's older smartphone.

By Gregg Keizer | 08 July, 2009 06:47

Tags: Apple, at&t, iPhone

Symantec de-duplication strategy targets data growth, virtual machines

Symantec is expanding its de-duplication capabilities across several backup products slated to be released this year and in 2010, the company announced Tuesday.

By Jon Brodkin | 08 July, 2009 06:56

Tags: symantec, virtualisation

Vendor links firewalls to VMware hypervisor

Altor Networks has rewritten its firewall for virtual machines so the software plugs directly into VMware hypervisors, boosting the performance of the firewall by a factor of 10, the company says.

By Tim Greene | 08 July, 2009 06:56

Tags: firewalls, altor networks

McAfee announces redesigned ePolicy Orchestrator

McAfee Tuesday announced a redesigned version of its management console ePolicy Orchestrator (ePo) used for a wide variety of security tasks, including endpoint and server protection updates.

By Ellen Messmer | 08 July, 2009 07:50

Tags: mcafee

Clearwire to launch WiMax in Las Vegas on July 21

Clearwire will start offering its mobile WiMax wireless data service commercially in Las Vegas on July 21, building on its still-sparse coverage area with a fourth major city.

By Stephen Lawson | 08 July, 2009 07:04

Tags: WiMax, lte, Las Vegas, Clearwire

Software developer pleads guilty to spam charge

A Virginia software developer has pleaded guilty to charges related to creating and marketing software designed to send bulk commercial e-mail messages, in violation of the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

By Grant Gross | 08 July, 2009 05:41

Tags: USA government, spam, legal, cybercrime

Broadband growth seen slowing, shifting to Asia

Nearly 650 million households will have broadband Internet service by 2013, but the growth rate of high-speed access will slow between now and then, research company Parks Associates predicted on Tuesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 08 July, 2009 05:55

Tags: Asia, broadband

China's grip on Web prevents dissent on deadly riots

Beijing's Internet clampdown appears to have succeeded in shutting out dissenting views over deadly riots in western China that claimed at least 156 lives.

By Owen Fletcher | 08 July, 2009 05:12

Tags: China, internet filtering, internet

Sony takes first step into the netbook market

Sony will begin selling its first netbook computer next month and in doing so enter the only sector of the PC market showing significant growth.

By Martyn Williams | 08 July, 2009 05:11

Tags: vaio, sony, netbooks

Quick-boot laptops ready for a facelift

After being hampered by slow adoption, laptops with quick-boot capabilities may soon be upgraded with new features that could make them attractive to users.

By Agam Shah | 08 July, 2009 05:50

Tags: notebooks, laptops, Boot time

VMware offering 'safe passage' to Virtual Iron users

VMware is trying to exploit uncertainty among customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization vendor recently acquired by Oracle, with a new "safe passage" plan that offers Virtual Iron users steep discounts on certain VMware products if they switch.

By Chris Kanaracus | 08 July, 2009 04:28

Tags: virtual iron, VMware, virtualisation, Oracle

Google scrubs Apps clean of beta labels

Google will drop the "beta" label from Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Talk in one fell swoop on Tuesday to rid its Apps communication and collaboration suite of this problematic tag that spooks many IT managers and CIOs.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 July, 2009 04:35

Tags: Google, Google Apps

World's oldest Christian Bible goes digital

Time is never kind to paper manuscripts, particular those written more than 1600 years ago. Some 800 pages remain of the Codex Sinaiticus, a version of the Christian Bible written in the fourth century, and the original text is thought to be nearly twice as long. Historians believe the book may be world's oldest Christian Bible.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 07 July, 2009 09:45

Tags: history

Visy enters cloud computing with Telstra services

Cardboard manufacturer Visy has awarded Telstra a $50 million contract to support their business applications in the cloud.

By Computerworld Staff | 07 July, 2009 14:24

Tags: SAP, cloud computing, virtualisation, visy, Telstra

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