Dell to acquire Compellent
Dell is to acquire storage company Compellent.On Monday Dell announced that it will acquire storage company Compellent, following the Thursday announcement by the two companies that they were in link-up talks.
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Dell and Compellent start link-up talks
Dell and storage company Compellent are in talks regarding a merger.On Thursday, both companies issued statements that they have entered into an exclusive deal with one another to negotiate the acquisition of Compellent by Dell.
Intel hits out against IBM terabit chip claims
IBM's just-announced manufacturing process for making chips with terabit transfer speeds is not the only one around, nor is it the most advanced, Intel has argued.Both Intel and IBM are in the process of developing technology for making chips that can use pulses of light, rather than electricity, to transfer data.
Privacy groups invited into interception law consultation
The Home Office will meet with privacy and data protection campaigners during its consultation on Ripa, after complaints that those groups were being left out of the process.In a turnaround on Monday afternoon, the Home Office which had previously said it did not have time to meet with such groups will now meet with representatives next week to discuss the consultation, according to a post on the Open Rights Group website.
Wikileaks: China's Politburo directed Google hack
China's Politburo directed hacks against Google and the US government, according to an informant quoted in US diplomatic cables.On Sunday, The New York Times reported that it, via whistleblower site Wikileaks, had seen US Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) cables containing information pointing to Chinese involvement in hacks against companies, including Google, and US government infrastructure.
Researchers advance methane-powered cells for laptops
A methane-powered laptop battery could be a reality soon, due to advances in fuel cell technology made by Harvard University researchers.On Tuesday, researchers announced they had made a miniature methane-powered solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with an operating temperature of less than 500°C.
Toshiba completes experimental datacentre facility
Toshiba has completed an experimental datacentre demonstration facility in Japan as an overture for worldwide expansion.On Monday the company announced that if the modular datacentre push is successful in the Japanese market, then it will expand the products worldwide.
Communications minister gets behind cloud computing
The government's communications minister Ed Vaizey has come out in support of the economic benefits of cloud computing.In a speech given on Monday at the UK-China Internet Forum, Vaizey said cloud computing would open the door to more business opportunities for companies.
Turing papers fail to make reserve price
A set of Alan Turing's papers failed to sell at auction at Christie's on Tuesday, meaning there is still a chance they could be snapped up by Bletchley Park campaigners.Bids failed to make the reserve price for the lot, Christie's said.
Experimental Intel chip could scale to 1,000 cores
Intel has an experimental 48-core chip that can be scaled up to 1,000 cores.At the Supercomputing 2010 conference in New Orleans, Intel researcher Timothy Mattson told the audience that the chipmaker's 48-core Single Chip Cloud Computer (SCC) processor could be scaled up more than 20 times.
LSE Group boosts technology headcount with new hires
The London Stock Exchange Group has hired 81 staff for its trading technology wing.On Thursday the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) made its interim results announcement.
Qualcomm details 28nm dual-core Snapdragon chip
Qualcomm is preparing a 28nm dual-core Snapdragon processor for 2011.On Wednesday the chipmaker said the new MSM8960 chip will be "based on a new micro-architecture that delivers approximately five times the performance of the original Snapdragon chip at 75 percent less power", according to EETimes.
Datacentre chief: Carbon reduction cost will not affect us
The costs of conforming to the Carbon Reduction Commitment should not significantly affect UK datacentre companies, a datacentre chief has said.The scheme, now called the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, adds costs to businesses that consume large amounts of electricity, such as datacentres.
Yahoo to develop site optimisation service
Yahoo wants to use its back-end infrastructure to provide web analytics and content optimisation services to businesses, chief executive Carol Bartz said at a conference on Tuesday.Speaking at the Web 2.
Hacker uses cloud computing to crack passwords
A German hacker claims to have used cloud computing to crack passwords stored in an algorithm that was developed by the NSA.Hacker Thomas Roth announced on Tuesday that he has used one of Amazon Web Service's Cluster GPU Instances to crack the passwords encrypted in a Secure Hashing Algorithm (SHA1) hash.