Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Hits Second Beta

From Tom's Hardware: Microsoft is pushing itself into the High Performance Computing. This week the company reached a milestone with its release of a second beta of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

In the TechNet blog, Ryan Waite, Product Unit Manager, Microsoft High Performance...

Intel to Ship 48-Core Microprocessors Later This Quarter

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. said on Wednesday that it would begin shipments of its experimental 48-core microprocessors dubbed single-chip cloud computer (SSC) late in the second quarter of the year. The systems-based on the central processing units (CPUs) will be sent to academic...

Lenovo Group May Acquire Palm – Rumours

From X-bit Labs: As Palm is becoming a likely target for an acquisition, Lenovo Group, a company that recently re-entered the market of mobile phones, is named a potential buyer.

Palm is the inventor of personal digital assistant (PDA), the father of today’s smartphone. However, the...

Using Google's Digital Switchboard

From PC World: Having already conquered a large portion of online communication, Google decided to branch out and try its magic on good old-fashioned telephone calls. Google Voice is a free service that acts as a convenient hub for all of your existing phone numbers, giving you...

Photographer groups sue Google over Book Search

From CNET News.com: As a judge debates the final outcome of Google's settlement with book publishers and authors, photographers are ready to prolong the debate.

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit Wednesday against Google...

Parallels unveils Windows 7 upgrade tool

From CNET News.com: Parallels is indeed coming out with a product that uses virtualization to help ease the transition to Windows 7.

The software, the existence of which was first reported by CNET on Wednesday, takes one's files and programs from a Windows XP or Vista PC and...

Google's Android OS: Rise of the Apps

From DailyTech: Android is booming. It more than doubled its market share last quarter, knocking off Palm for the fourth place spot in the smartphone market. It stands about one good quarter away from jumping Microsoft and seizing third place, nipping at the heels of second place...

Intel: Itanium Will Survive Even Without Microsoft’s Support

From InfoWorld: In spite of rapid increase of performance and feature-set of x86 server microprocessors, Intel Corp. believes that IA64 micro-architecture and Itanium central processing units (CPUs) has long and bright future.

Intel recently launched its new Xeon EX platform that...

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