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AMD Server Strategy Update - HSA and ARM Show Up in 2014

Marcus Pollice — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:01:38 GMT

Today AMD is announcing an updated server roadmap for 2014, which will introduce a number of new products.

Google X Lab Launches Project Loon, Balloon Powered Internet

Anshel Sag — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:48:51 GMT

There have been rumors that Google was working on a balloon powered method of delivering internet to rural areas, and it looks like those rumors were true with Google's Project Loon.

The Internet and Our Freedoms Are in Danger

Anshel Sag — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:16:51 GMT

Some developments in the past few days have shone some light on the true freedom and privacy that exist within the internet.

The 'Start-up Nation' Boldly Moves Forward

Eli Glovinsky — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:40:06 GMT

The 5th Israel Conference was held last week at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles. It is an annual showcase for Israeli start-ups and innovation. Israel continues to be a major source of technological innovation.

Cloudpaging Startup Numecent Closes $13.6M Round of Funding

Anshel Sag — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:22:51 GMT

The company that brought us cloudpaging technologies has entered their second phase by securing a $13.6 million series of funding to help spread their technology.

AMD launches Opteron X-Series, Moving Jaguar into Servers

Marcus Pollice — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:00:35 GMT

With the Opteron X-Series family, formerly codenamed Kyoto, AMD enters the market for microserver processors, which is aimed at scaleout workloads.

WD Launches WD SE Enterprise Low-Cost High-Capacity Drives

Anshel Sag — Tue, 28 May 2013 23:37:56 GMT

Western Digital has launched a new enterprise hard drive specifically targeted for those that need lots of storage, but don't necessarily need it to be incredibly fast.

Yahoo Buys Tumblr, Gives Flickr Facelift and 1TB Free to Users

Anshel Sag — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:18 GMT

Yahoo has announced the new facelift for Flickr as well as 1TB of free storage to all of it's users. And yesterday, they bought Tumblr.

How Saudi Arabia (And Most Governments) Want to Monitor You

Anshel Sag — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:54 GMT

A hacker was recently contacted by a Saudi Arabian Telecom to implement some monitoring techniques that are mandated by the Saudi Government, their openness was shocking and detailed.

Bitcoin Exchange Mt.Gox Has Funds Seized by DHS

Anshel Sag — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:26:37 GMT

The Department of Homeland Security has seized and frozen funds intended to go to and from the popular Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox via the Dwolla payment system.

Google Unifies Gmail, Drive and Google+ Storage to 15GB

Anshel Sag — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:56:02 GMT

Google has taken to unifying the storage between three of their most popular services and has combined them together to enable people to use more of their free space as they see fit.

Memories in the Cloud

Darleen Hartley — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:22:08 GMT

What does a drug store have to do with your memories? No, it is not a new mind enhancing pharmaceutical. It is the ability to transfer your home movies to the cloud at Walgreens.

Children in Russia Protected from YouTube Dangers

Darleen Hartley — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:10:06 GMT

The Russian authorities have taken a stand in their country against pornography, suicide, and drug related content on YouTube stating that it is harmful to the health and development of their little ones.

Look to the Cloud for Adobe

Darleen Hartley — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:52:53 GMT

Photoshop and Illustrator will soon be pie in the sky.

Who's Got Your Back on Privacy? AT&T, Verizon, Apple and Yahoo Don't

Anshel Sag — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:12:25 GMT

In the EFF's 2013 summary, they go around and rank different tech companies and how they protect their users' privacy and data.

Altia Systems Launches PanaCast Panoramic Video Camera

Anshel Sag — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:44:55 GMT

Altia Systems’ PanaCast camera enables a 200 degree viewing angle for extremely wide angle video conferencing.

Facebook Prepares a New "Android Home" App, Facebook UI Phones

Denis Jelec — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:48:03 GMT

Facebook and their own smartphone. Yes, there is yet another new story in the sea about that unusual pair, and this time we might not have to wait that long to find out whether the 'real' device is coming from Facebook or not.

Whether you Felt it or Not, Largest DDoS Attack in History is still Happening

Denis Jelec — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:29:03 GMT

In case you noticed your internet connection was wavering in the recent days, you should not (necessarily) put blame to your provider. It might just be due to the immense distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Gaming is AMD's Future; Launch and Previews of New Gaming Tech

Theo Valich — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:16:40 GMT

After years of having mixed communication, the company is finally coming together and pushing for a single message going forward. That message is a $120 billion TAM which represents a new focus for the company.

Windows 8 Doesn't Suck, Windows 8 RT Does

Anshel Sag — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:01:42 GMT

There has been a lot of hatred for Windows 8 online from some poorly informed websites. This hatred is seated in the fact that Microsoft has made some major mistakes in their release of Windows 8 on both the hardware and software front.