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World's hot alternative energy projects
"Image by REUTERS/Benoit TessierSolar energy projects may get the most hype but there are many other alternative energy projects being developed across the globe. Here we take a look at some of the more interesting ventures.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WHITE PAPER: Ixia
Overcoming Visibility Deficits in Virtualized Environments
With up to 80% of data center traffic traveling between virtualized servers, end-to-end visibility is a major concern. This paper provides an overview of virtualized data center blind spots and offers a solution to overcome them. View now
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Magic Quadrant for Data Masking Technology
IBM is a leader in Gartner Inc's Magic Quadrant for Data Masking Technology. Gartner reports that data masking should be mandatory for enterprises using copies of sensitive production data for application development, analytics or training. Read the full report to learn about IBM. Learn more!
Samsung's first open-source conference kicks off, with Tizen on its mind
The inaugural Samsung Open-Source Conference opens Tuesday morning in Seoul, with keynotes from well-known figures in the open source world and a hackathon focused on Tizen, the company's in-house mobile operating system. The event kicks off with a speech from Jono Bacon, the former community manager for Ubuntu, who recently moved to the XPrize Foundation, and also includes talks from Linux kernel developer Tejun Heo and Carsten Heitzler, the principal creator of the Enlightenment desktop environment for Linux. Tizen 2.2 beta, wikimedia commons, amarantine84 Samsung's primary direct interest in the open-source world revolves around Tizen, a Linux-based mobile operating system that has functioned more as a bargaining chip in the OEM's sometimes-fractious relationship with Google – which provides the Android OS used by almost all Samsung's mobile devices – than as an operational mobile platform.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
FTC warns of using big data to exclude consumers
The collection and analysis of big data holds great promise, but may also lead some companies to create profiles of consumers leading to discrimination, the chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.The FTC is "committed to rigorous enforcement" of current law related to data privacy and discriminatory practices, but companies, U.S. policymakers and other groups need to have a deeper discussion about fair big data practices, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said during an agency workshop on big data and discrimination.Monday's workshop could "help foster a discussion about industry's ethical obligations as stewards of information detailing nearly every facet of consumers' lives," she said. Ramirez said she hoped the workshop would also identify gaps in existing U.S. law related to the collection and use of big data.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
How Google is helping me live a cellphone-free life
It's been quite a while since I've had an actual "cellphone"; instead I rely on the combination of Google Voice and Skype – a setup that I've detailed in the past – to provide all my phone-on-the-go functionality.Overall, I've been quite happy with that setup. But, truth be told, it is a bit...MacGyver-y. When someone calls my Google Voice phone number, they get auto-forwarded to my Skype phone number... which then rings Skype and allows me to talk on the phone like a normal person.But, on occasion, Skype screws up and causes the call to get lost in what I (affectionately) refer to as "The Skype Phone-call Pit of Death." Then there's the problem where, when a voicemail gets left in Google Voice, Skype gets all confused and leaves me a long, empty voicemail.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IBM cuts pay by 10% for workers picked for training
IBM has initiated a new training program that will cut the pay of participating employees by 10%.A copy of the Sept. 12 memo, seen by Computerworld, was sent to IBM employees in its Global Technology Services strategic outsourcing group. The memo sent to affected employees begins by telling the worker that an assessment has revealed "that some managers and employees have not kept pace with acquiring the skills and expertise needed to address changing client needs, technology and market requirements."It then tells the recipient that "you have been identified as one of these employees," and says that from mid-October through the end of March, "you will dedicate up to one day per week," or up to 23 working days total, "to focus on learning and development."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Facebook's TODO project is a big push to evolve the world of open source
Facebook has partnered with several large companies to kick off a new project called TODO that aims to improve the way open source software is developed and consumed.Facebook, Google and many other big businesses have come to rely on open source projects, such as the MySQL database, to run their businesses, and particularly their online operations.But they apparently feel there's room to improve how open source projects are managed and organized, and even room to improve the software itself. The TODO project—which stands for Talk Openly, Develop Openly—addresses those goals."We want to figure out how we can raise the bar on the quality of open-source software projects in the world," Jay Parikh, the head of Facebook's infrastructure group, said at a conference in San Francisco Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Windows 9 leak shows Storage Sense and Wi-Fi Sense coming over from Windows Phone
The next version of Windows could make it easier to get online and clear up storage space. Read More
iPhone 6 pre-orders set all-time record at 4 million
It's funny, really. The tech pundits like to proclaim that Apple is doomed, that it's best days are behind it, and like clockwork, Apple proves them wrong time and time again.Earlier today, Apple announced that pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus topped 4 million units in a 24 hour period, setting a new pre-order sales record in the process."iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are better in every way, and we are thrilled customers love them as much as we do," Tim Cook said in a press release issued by Apple. "Pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus set a new record for Apple, and we can't wait to get our best iPhones yet into the hands of customers starting this Friday."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Google wants to fly drones above New Mexico
The company is planning a six-month trial of Internet delivery via drone Read More
Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Executive Director on the group's achievements, goals
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is the public face of the Software Defined Networking movement, spelling out requirements and defining standards. The group's board includes Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs on the data center side, and Verizon, Deutsche Telekom and NTT Communications on the service provider side. Additionally, there are close to 150 members, from global telcos to startups. To get a sense of where the movement stands, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix tracked down ONF Executive Director Dan Pitt, who spent 20 years developing network architecture, technology, standards, and products at IBM Networking Systems, Hewlett Packard and Bay Networks.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
OpenDaylight executive director spells out where this open source SDN efforts stand
OpenDaylight is a Linux Foundation Collaborative project that is building an Open Source SDN controller. To find out how the effort is going Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Neela Jacques, who joined the OpenDaylight project last November as Executive Director.Where does OpenDaylight stand today?When I was considering taking this job people gave me all these reasons why OpenDaylight couldn't succeed. And I think to a large extent that's been proven wrong. It's not that the challenges aren't there. It's that with enough smart people working really hard to overcome them, they can be overcome. Let me start by describing the elephant in the room. There have been a lot of questions about the project's governance, and specifically around Cisco's involvement. You could consider them one of the two co-founders of the project, the other being IBM, which actually drove the creation of the group. But Cisco is the leading vendor in the industry and, because they haven't been very involved in open source in the past, there are naturally questions around their involvement. "Who would collaborate with Cisco? They'll dominate every build, and everything is going to go Cisco's way." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Clippy saw this one coming
The image above is making the rounds on Twitter this morning. And while it would seem to be commentary on the official announcement that Microsoft is buying the maker of Minecraft for $2.5 billion, it was actually published on a site called Dorkly two years ago.Author unknown but prescient. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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