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Nvidia’s Tegra 2 Dual Core Mobile Chips Boost Brand
(Reuters) – Nvidia shares soared 15 percent on Wednesday, their biggest one-day rise in over two years, as investors bet the company’s new chips would win it a major stake in future tablets and smartphones. The rise in Nvidia’s stock brought its gain since the company’s debut last week of its new Tegra 2 dual-core…
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IBM, Samsung to Partner on Smartphone Chips
Jan 12 (Reuters) – IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Samsung Electronics Co (KS:005930) will jointly develop new semiconductor technology to be used in smartphones and other new gadgets, the companies said on Wednesday. International Business Machines Corp and Samsung plan to research new chip materials and improvements in process technology, to develop smaller and more energy efficient…
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WatchGuard Unveils Top Security Predictions for 2011
Security analysts at WatchGuard Technologies released their top security predictions for 2011, placing threats from voice over IP (VOIP) technologies, social media security breaches and advanced persistent threats (APTs) as the top concerns for businesses. APTs are designed to stay hidden within a victim network or host for a long period of time – typically…
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Your IT Infrastructure: Shining Example or Picture of Neglect?
I spent a good portion of last week shouting “Cobbler’s Kids” down the hall to my staff. We’re knee deep in an infrastructure refresh for Evolve, retiring several older virtual machines from the network to replace them with new Windows Server 2008 R2 systems. Our SQL Server is moving from SQL Server 2005 to SQL…
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Storage Growth Spurs Demand for IT Pros, Certifications
Nine out of 10 organizations expect their data storage capacity to increase by at least 10 percent in the next two years, according to a September 2010 CompTIA survey. And one-third of organizations expect their data storage capacity to double in that same timeframe. The number of people needed to manage that growing storage is…