14th March 2010 Archive

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• Football U goes to 3Leaf for HPC

  Hut one, hut two, MPI

  Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the Seminoles have ended up being one of the first customers of upstart server maker …

  HPC 14 Mar 07:02

• Is EMC looking away from STEC?

  Comment The silence is deafening

  Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they? It's now five months since STEC revealed this: One of our customers entered into a $120 million supply agreement with us for shipments covering the second half of 2009. We …

  Storage 14 Mar 10:02

• Google '99.9%' certain to pull China search plug

  At some unspecified point in the future

  Google is now "99.9 per cent" certain it will shut down its Chinese search engine, according to a report citing "a person familiar with the company's thinking". The Financial Times reports that the web giant has drawn up detailed plans for closing Google.cn, saying the company's discussions with Chinese authorities reached an …

  Security 14 Mar 21:05

• Shuttleworth heir opens up on Ubuntu biz

  Canonical kingdom spans 10 million machines

  When you have Mark Shuttleworth as your backer, as commercial Linux distributor Canonical does, it is a bit like having money in the bank when the bank also believes fervently in your cause. It is a rare combination, and one that has allowed the Ubuntu project to reach out from its Linux desktop beginnings into commercial …

  Operating Systems 14 Mar 21:24