Dell diversifies with pre-configured server bundles

From InfoWorld: Dell on Wednesday said it would offer pre-configured systems for enterprise customers looking to get server environments up and running quickly.

The fixed configurations include servers, storage modules, and software that are pretested and can be deployed in hours...

The iPhone 3G S Wait Goes On--May Get Longer

From PC World: Apple appears to be playing games with shipments of its new iPhone 3G S to customers who ordered online. Earlier promises of "delivery by June 19" have been replaced by "delivery by June 22." Meanwhile, downloads of iPhone OS 3.0 updates, promised for today, have...

Adobe earnings, sales drop in second quarter

From CNET News.com: Income dropped 41 percent to $126.1 million, or 24 cents per share, from $214.9 million, or 40 cents per share, a year ago. Sales fell 21 percent to $704.7 million from $886.9 million in 2008's second quarter.

Results were actually in line with or slightly above...

iPhone OS 3.0 wide release coming Wednesday

From CNET News.com: Many of the iPhone's long-awaited features will finally become reality Wednesday when Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.0.

Current iPhone owners can download the software from iTunes for free, and iPod Touch users can get it as well, but for a fee of $9.95, just like...

Google considers request to boost privacy

From CNET News.com: You may not know this but you can set Gmail to encrypt your session data by default to protect it from being sniffed over the network.

However, Google doesn't offer the ability to encrypt potentially sensitive data created in other Google apps like Docs or...

Western Digital Introduces Solid State Drives

From DailyTech: Western Digital today launched its SiliconDrive III solid state drive storage products, with technology based from its acquisition of SiliconSystems in March.

WD will release 2.5-inch SATA and PATA and a 1.8" Micro SATA that have read speeds up to 100MB/s and write...

Articles Roundup June 16, 2009

It's been a long time since the APHiliates News section has been updated. But now I'm back to the job. Only the latest are posted, since, well, you can find out the details by searching for how long I have -- or haven't, for that matter -- updated this section.

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Samsung's Android smartphone gets first outing

From InfoWorld: Samsung Electronics showed off its upcoming Galaxy smartphone, which runs Google's Android operating system, at the CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore on Tuesday.

First announced in April as the i7500, the Galaxy has a 3.2-inch AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light...

Microsoft's looming Windows 7 licensing 'disaster' for XP users

From InfoWorld: Windows 7, due to ship on Oct. 22, has gotten good reviews as the OS that Vista should have been. And the large percentage of businesses that have held onto XP rather than go to Vista -- about half, according to Gartner -- are no doubt planning to migrate to Windows 7...

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