General technology information from around the world.
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27/09/12
Congratulations! – Winners of the Trade Exhibition Prize Draws
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)Congratulations to Emily Hunt of Travail Recruitment Group and Karl Seeley of Willowbridge Labels, prize draw winners of the 2TB Hitachi Touro Desktop drives from the Menta and Bury Free Press Trade Fairs held recently.
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10/09/12
Microsoft: As of October, 1024-Bit Certs Are the New Minimum
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)Microsoft reminds Windows administrators that an update scheduled for October 9th will require a higher standard for digital certificates. “That warning comes as Microsoft prepares to release an automatic security update for Windows on Oct. 9, 2012, that will make longer key lengths mandatory for all digital certificates that touch Windows systems. … Read more…
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05/09/12
Intel Embraces Oil Immersion Cooling For Servers
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)Intel has just concluded a year-long test in which it immersed servers in an oil bath, and has affirmed that the technology is highly efficient and safe for servers. The chipmaker is now working on reference designs, heat sinks and boards that are optimized for immersion cooling. ‘We’re evaluating how (immersion cooling) can change the way data Read more…
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05/09/12
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)Microsoft has released Windows Server 2012, letting businesses test it for 90 days on the Azure cloud platform for free. There are two versions of the main edition of Windows Server 2012: one with virtualization support and one without. The former, the Data Center version, costs $4,809, while the Standard edition will cost $882 (UK pricing at the date of this post was not available). There’s also an Essentials Read more…
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19/06/12
Young Listeners Opt For Streaming Over Owning
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)“CNN reports that younger listeners are increasingly opting to stream music rather than own it. If their music is constantly available anywhere on any device, then ‘what’s the difference?,’ ponders the article. The distinction between streaming music and owning music is starting to blur. From the article: ‘But Van Buskirk also suggests another reason Read more…
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19/06/12
Microsoft Announces ‘Surface’ Tablet
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)“At its much-discussed ‘big unveil’ this evening, Microsoft did indeed launch a tablet — but rumors that the device would showcase a Barnes & Noble partnership were misplaced. Instead, Microsoft showed a … device that integrates a better keyboard option than typing on the screen without adding size or weight. That’s where the new keyboard — which Read more…
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19/06/12
Intel To Ship Xeon Phi For “Exascale” Computing This Year
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)“At the International Supercomputing Conference today, Intel announced that Knights corner, the company’s first commercial Many Integrated Core product will ship commercially in 2012. The descendent of the processor formerly known as Larrabee also gets a new brand name — Xeon Phi. The idea behind Intel’s new push is that the highly efficient Read more…
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19/06/12
IBM Deploys Hot-Water Cooled Supercomputer
Posted in General Technology by DragonMicro | Comments (0)“With the ISC (International Supercomputer Conference) kicking off this week, there’s been a flurry of announcements around new supercomputer buildouts. One of the more interesting systems debuting this week is SuperMUC — IBM’s new supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center in Germany IBM is billing SuperMUC as the Read more…
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“Skype will be introducing a new ‘feature’ into calls for users don’t have subscriptions or credit. Giant ads. They are actually calling them ‘Conversation ads’ because they hope the ads (as large as the picture of the person to whom you are speaking) will ‘spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight Read more…
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“Late yesterday, Apple released a next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. It has a 2880×1800 220 PPI display. The normal 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs have also been updated, but the 17-inch MBP has been retired, in effect replaced by the new Retina display MBP. Without a doubt, this new laptop is an engineering Read more…
