Google on Monday announced a significant ramp-up of its IaaS (infrastructure as a service) cloud offering, upping the number of virtual machine sizes available on its platform across the United States and Europe from four to 40.
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Google ramps up cloud computing options drops prices
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NEC data center units to cut power usage by 30 percent with convection
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NEC is working on a new type of small data center unit that uses convection to slash power usage by a third, even in Japan`s hot, sticky climate. The Japanese electronics giant said Tuesday it has designed a new type of portable data center that can use the temperature difference between hot air exhaled from servers and untreated air from outside to create air flow and lessen the need for dedicate
Digital watchdogs warn of spam privacy issues with Facebook changes
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Two digital rights group urged Facebook on Tuesday to halt changes to its governance and data use policies, warning the modifications could increase privacy risks. Facebook said last Wednesday it would no longer allow users to vote on proposed policy changes. The social networking site also changed its Data Use Policy, allowing third parties to access user data, and modified a setting that allows
Fedora 18 finally makes beta
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After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date had been extended six times over the past two months, mostly due to an underestimation of the amount of work required to rewrite the Anaconda software, which is used to install or upgrade Fedora.
Black Friday Becomes Black Week as Discounts Are Spread Out
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Although Cyber Monday is well under way, analysts are still talking about Black Friday results. IBM has issued a report called Black Friday 2012 that gets granular about consumer electronics, Internet and mobile shopping.
According to Big Blue`s research, 2012 marked a banner year for Black Friday on a number of fronts. Mobile traffic grew by more than 67 percent, for example, and Thanksgiving tu
Cybergangs Target Online Shoppers
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Bad guys are poised to plunder online holiday shoppers. On Cyber Monday and throughout the 2012 holiday shopping blitz, cybergangs are expected to unleash a variety of old and new Internet-based scams to steal identities and hijack online accounts.
"This is prime time for cybercriminals," says Brendan Ziolo, vice president at security firm Kindsight.
Crooks` incentive: Some 41% of consumers plan
Angel Sites Matchcom for Startups Investors
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Deena Varshavskaya had a hotter-than-hot idea for a start-up business, but she didn`t have the dough to do much about it.
So, she posted her idea on AngelList, a Web site that connects entrepreneurs with deep-pocketed angel investors willing to financially back folks like her. These investors -- who like to seed start-ups -- typically have more than $1 million in the bank or make more than $200,0
Tiny Tablets A Holiday Shopping MustHave
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The tablet computer is without a doubt the gift of the season -- just like it was last year. But if you resisted the urge in 2011, now is the time to give in. This season`s tablets are better all around. Intense competition has kept prices very low, making tablets incredible values compared to smartphones and PCs.
The first step in the buying process is to decide on the size of the tablet. They f
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