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- 08 May 2013
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News: New boot firmware a step toward 64-bit Windows RT
A standards organization has created a boot environment for tablets and PCs that could potentially run a 64-bit version of Windows RT.
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News: More support for Windows RT, this time from Nvidia
Nvidia will stay on board with making Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same commitment that Qualcomm has made, an Nvidia executive said
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News: More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver
Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.
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News: Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison
Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.
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News: Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law becoming a challenge
Intel will advance Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but keeping up with it is becoming more challenging as chip geometries shrink, according to a company executive.
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News: Malwarebytes adds antivirus scanning to cloud backup software
Left-field antivirus firm Malwarebytes has launched the first ex-beta version of Secure Backup, a cloud security system designed to scan users’ files for infection before storing them in the cloud.
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News: Isilon OneFS software to expand scope of EMC's scale-out NAS
EMC will continue extending its Isilon OneFS network-attached storage operating system to new use cases later this year, adding deduplication, compliance auditing and object storage features.
- 07 May 2013
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News: EMC's Syncplicity to gain hybrid-cloud storage capability
Only a year after acquiring Syncplicity, EMC is getting ready to make the company's enterprise file management system work with hybrid clouds.
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News: The pixel is all but dead--no thanks to the PC
Be sad, fellow geeks, for we are witnessing the slow death of a staunch companion.
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News: Altech adds PQI range to its portfolio
Australian IT distributor, Altech Computers, has signed storage and memory products manufacturer, Power Quotient International (PQI) Group, as its newest vendor.
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News: Panasonic creates multi-band M2M chip with 20-year lifespan
Panasonic has developed a tiny, low-power chip for sensor networks and Internet-connected appliances, which it says is the first to support a broad range of frequency bands.
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News: Intel releases key details of its Atom redesign
Intel revealed key details of its redesigned Atom microprocessor product line this morning. Code-named Silvermont, this all-new microarchitecture marks the first time that Intel will use its 22nm manufacturing process and 3D Tri-gate transistor technology to build a system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform for devices ranging from smartphones and tablets to microservers.
- 06 May 2013
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News: Intel's new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption
Intel's upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than their predecessors and break the "myth" that ARM processors are more power efficient, Intel said.
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News: Disk and Cloud adoption leaving tape in the dust: CloudRecover
Businesses are more open to using the Cloud for outsourcing tech components of their infrastructure than ever before, according to CloudRecover CEO, Mac Thompson.
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News: Distribution deal a matter of time, likely mid-2014: Nimble
Nimble Storage currently does not use a local distributor in Australia, but APAC VP, Peter O’Connor expects that tol change in "due course."
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News: Siva Cycle's Atom looks to harness pedal power
Energy seems to be pouring in from a multitude of sources. We're continuously seeking practical and easy methods of generating the quantities of electricity our mobile gadgets crave. Served up this week is a human-driven device from San Francisco duo Aaron Latzke and David Delcourt, front men for Siva Cycle. The bike-friendly city has engendered a wheel-mounted generator the team dubbed the Atom (funding through May 23).
- 03 May 2013
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News: Supersize your free cloud storage to 100GB or more
Just a few short years ago, cloud storage services that synced files and folders across multiple PCs and mobile devices were just a dream. But thanks to the rapid rise of entities like Dropbox, SugarSync, and Google Drive, cloud storage and syncing services are nearly ubiquitous today, acting as hard drives in the sky that help you do all kinds of things--such as creating a bulletproof (almost) backup system or turbocharging your productivity to blistering new levels--no matter where you are.
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News: Intel's next-gen CEO must get inside next-gen devices
Let's do the boring stuff first: Intel has found its new head honcho in current chief operating officer Brian Krzanich (pronounced Krah-ZAN-itch), who will take over the CEO reins when Paul Otellini steps down at the annual stockholder's meeting on May 16.
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News: Digital repository allows pathologists to share images
Pathologists working in different parts of Australia will be able to share gigabyte-sized image files and perform a diagnosis together following the rollout of a networked digital repository.
- 02 May 2013
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News: Apple expands flash storage options across iMac line
If you're in the market for a new iMac, you may be happy to hear that Apple has added a few more options to its line of desktop computers, allowing customers to opt for pure flash storage in addition to conventional hard drives or its hybrid, Fusion Drive.
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