Dell releases Ubuntu-powered cloud servers

From InfoWorld: Dell has released two servers for the U.S. market that have been customized to run Ubuntu-based cloud services, the company announced Wednesday.

Dell has outfitted its PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers with Canonical's Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), an implementation...

Verizon iPhone Preorders Begin Tomorrow

From PC World: Apple has announced that current Verizon Wireless customers can preorder the CDMA iPhone 4 starting tomorrow, a week before anyone can pick one up from Apple and Verizon online and brick-and-mortar stores.

Verizon, the largest wireless carries in the United States...

Microsoft tries undoing Chrome's H.264 omission

From CNET News.com: Weeks after Google announced it would drop support for H.264-encoded video from Chrome, Microsoft announced it's adding support back in through a browser extension for Windows 7 users.

"Today, as part of the interoperability bridges work we do on this team, we...

AOL earnings: Still not good

From CNET News.com: AOL's advertising revenues have dropped yet again, according to the company's 2010 fourth-quarter earnings report, issued today. But the good news? Wall Street had been anticipating that things would be even worse.

Revenue for the quarter was $596 million, down...

T-Mobile Announces Galaxy S 4G, Expands Network

From DailyTech: T-Mobile this morning officially announced the February launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, and the expansion of its "4G" HSPA+ network into more than 100 major metropolitan areas.

In a T-Mobile press release, called the Galaxy S 4G -- exclusive to the carrier -- "the...

Microsoft Kills Disastrous KIN Phone's Data Service

From DailyTech: It’s been almost half a year since Microsoft's KIN handsets were yanked off the market only weeks after launch. Microsoft is now in the midst of a relatively successful Windows Phone 7 campaign. What Windows Phone 7 lacks in sales, it at least makes up for in...

TSMC Reaffirms Plans to Ship 28nm Chips Commercially in Q4

From X-bit Labs: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company recently reaffirmed its plans to start commercial production of chips using 28nm high-K metal gate process technology this calendar year. Apparently, the company expects revenue for 28nm wafers to account for up to 3% of its...

Amazon to offer Oracle's database in the cloud

From InfoWorld: Oracle's database will be available in the second quarter as part of Amazon Web Services' Relational Database Service, the companies announced Tuesday.

The move comes shortly after Salesforce.com announced Database.com, a pay-as-you-go product that is also powered in...

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