Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Intel may have a fight unseating ARM chips - Computerworld

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT


Reuters

Intel may have a fight unseating ARM chips
Computerworld
Computerworld - With the world's biggest chip maker focusing in on the mobile market, there's a lot more pressure on the ARM chip community. But fear not. Industry analysts say ARM is in a great position to withstand any Intel ...
Intel: Windows-On-ARM A Compatibility MessInformationWeek
Intel rewrites 'inadequate' roadmap, 'reinvents' PCRegister
ARM-based Windows will not support legacy appsmsnbc.com
International Business Times -CNNMoney -Datamation
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 offers flirty features - USA Today

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT


DailyTech

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 offers flirty features
USA Today
ThinkPad notebooks have long been staples in the business world, first under IBM and in recent years under Lenovo of China. So you take notice when a ThinkPad promises flirty features that would typically appeal to a ...
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 reviewEngadget
Lenovo ThinkPad X1PC Magazine
Lenovo ThinkPad X1CNET
Wired News -Washington Post -eWeek
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Netflix streaming makes up 22 percent of Internet traffic - Christian Science Monitor

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT


Daily Mail

Netflix streaming makes up 22 percent of Internet traffic
Christian Science Monitor
Netflix streaming accounts for more than a fifth of all North American Internet traffic during prime times. Netflix offers DVDs by mail, streaming TV shows and movies, and soon will be offering its first exclusive original series. ...
Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North AmericaTechCrunch
Netflix Grabbing Greater Share of BandwidthPCWorld
Netflix chews up more bandwidth than any other websiteSydney Morning Herald
CNET -Washington Post -PC Magazine
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Alien Planets Outnumber Stars, Study Says - National Geographic

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT


The Guardian

Alien Planets Outnumber Stars, Study Says
National Geographic
The Milky Way, shown arcing over Madagascar, may have more planets than stars, a new study says. Free-floating planet with roughly the mass of Jupiter (artist's conception). Illustration courtesy NASA/Caltech/R. Hurt. If you look to the stars tonight, ...
Researchers Uncovers Free-Floating, Starless PlanetsInternational Business Times
Free Worlds: Billions of Extra-Stellar Planetary Bodies May Be Adrift in the ...Scientific American
Rogue Planets: Billions of Jupiters on the Loose in the Milky WayTIME
Popular Mechanics -Bloomberg -New York Times
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Google chairman: Internet blacklists make us more like China - Ars Technica

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT


The Guardian

Google chairman: Internet blacklists make us more like China
Ars Technica
Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, has strong views on legislation setting up government Internet blacklists. "I would be very, very careful if I were a government about arbitrarily [passing] simple ...
Google warns against 'foolish' legislationFinancial Times
Google boss: anti-piracy laws would be disaster for free speechThe Guardian
Google: Schmidt warns Europe against "foolish" legislationThe Business Insider
CNET -Politico -Register
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Microsoft and SAP Enhance .NET Development, Promise Cloud Integration - eWeek

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:19 AM PDT


SYS-CON Media (press release)

Microsoft and SAP Enhance .NET Development, Promise Cloud Integration
eWeek
At SAP's SAPPHIRE conference, SAP and Microsoft announced enhanced support for .NET development of SAP apps, and plans to deliver tighter integration of SAP apps with the Windows Azure cloud. SAP AG and Microsoft have announced plans to better enable . ...
Cloud Failures Aren't The Problem; IT IsInformationWeek (blog)
SAP to sit enterprise offering on Amazon cloudsRegister
Microsoft chases Amazon in taking SAP to the cloudZDNet (blog)
GigaOm -Forbes (blog) -Information Management
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