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  • FIRST LOOK: HP takes giant leap in server design

    Moonshot hyperscale server brings high density and low power consumption to the data center When it comes to data center servers, the goal is to pack the most power into the smallest, most efficient package. HP has leapfrogged past traditional blade servers with its new Moonshot line that delivers high […]

  • Microsoft to offer free 8GB of OneDrive storage if you refer friends

    Microsoft has rebranded Office Web Apps as Office Online and SkyDrive as OneDrive, with upcoming refer-a-friend free cloud storage bonuses. By Ms. Smith on Mon, 02/10/14 – 2:30pm. Rumors circulated about Microsoft’s plan to rebrand Office Web Apps as Office Online, but it’s no longer a rumor since Microsoft has […]

  • Did Microsoft reach into your PC to stomp a botnet?

    Report claims the company turned off botnet software on user’s PCs. Is that their right? Microsoft took down yet another botnet, but its method for doing so many not sit well with a lot of people, as the company removed software from their computers without their knowledge. In October 2013, […]

  • 10 Chrome offline apps for business

    10 Chrome offline apps for business With the latest release of Chrome for Windows (and Chrome OS on Chromebooks), you can install apps that will work even if your computer is not online. These apps work essentially like native desktop OS applications: Their code is installed locally on your computer. […]

  • How time is spent on web development

    How time is spent on web development Dear reader, Ok, the image above is pretty… and pretty hilarious as well. I must say that some of these time lines are true though. No, I don’t hate 100% IE, I still think it was the first browser that introduced the XmlHttpRequest […]

  • Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars

    Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars These days, just showing up to work as a data scientist will get you attention. The evolution of the data scientist role is making even those who are successful in IT wish they could go back. In an interview with Network World last month, […]

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    App dev 2013: The winners and losers

    JavaScript, APIs, and PaaS advance; Samsung tries to stand out; and Java and .Net become legacy platforms The software development landscape in 2013 saw technologies like JavaScript rise to new heights while others — Java, for example — maintained their prominence out of sheer inertia. For software developers this year, […]

  • Attackers could match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts

    A legitimate feature for finding friends on Snapchat lacks rate limiting and can be abused, a security research group claims A security hole in popular photo messaging service Snapchat could allow attackers to find the phone numbers of many users in a short period of time, according to Gibson Security, […]

  • Balky browsers tick off tablet owners

    Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya Browser problems are the most common complaints of iPad Air and Fire HDX tablet owners, an online community of troubleshooters said Friday. San Mateo, Calif.-based Fixya mined 10,000 user-generated reports related […]

  • As Unix fades away from data centers, it’s unclear what’s next

    Linux is gaining ground today, but a cloud OS or some other new technology may become more important in time LAS VEGAS – Gartner says that its clients have started planning to migrate from Unix. For some of them, it may take two or three years, and for others, five […]