July 15, 2013
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Cheap, low-end PCs — such as the Raspberry Pi and Parallella — have become quite popular with do-it-yourself fans. Now, CompuLab, an Israeli computer OEM, is throwing its hat into the ring with its $99 Utilite mini-PC, which might also serve businesses well.
July 15, 2013
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When it comes to security, Android 2013 is a lot like Windows in the 1990s and much of the 2000s: A mess. Still, Microsoft got one thing right with security early on. Starting with Windows 98, Microsoft released regular direct-to-user security updates with Patch Tuesday. It’s high time Google followed Microsoft’s lead and start implementing its own direct-to-user security patches.
Android should embrace a Windows-style security update model. More >
July 15, 2013
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Oracle has decided to stop development on its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Sun Ray Software and Hardware, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client product lines. Some Oracle partners, which received the news over the weekend, are not happy with this change.
Oracle to halt development of Sun virtualization technologies. More >
July 12, 2013
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The scary news was that Bluebox Security had worked out a way to break Android’s security model. In theory, this could be exploited with almost any Androids apps. The hopeful news was that Google quickly released a patch for the security hole to phone original equipment manufacturers (OEM)s . The annoying news is that almost none of the OEMs have released the patch.
Android OEMs slow to roll out Bluebox Security patch. More >
July 12, 2013
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Anyone who programs for high-performance computing (HPC) knows that what works for standard computing doesn’t work for supercomputers. Now, with exascale supercomputers, which will be able to do a quintillion (1018 or 1,000 quadrillion) floating point operations per second, in sight by decade’s end, it’s time for software to get ready to handle this new generation of speed.
PaRSEC: Designing software for the exascale supercomputer generation. More >
July 11, 2013
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It’s no secret that the PC market is awful. With tablets on one side and Windows 8’s failure to gain market success on the other, worldwide PC sales have dropped more than 10-percent in the last quarter alone. According to retail sales analysis firm NPD there is one bright spot though: low-priced notebooks with Linux-based, Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks.