Super Micro Computer Inc., the Taiwanese computer manufacturer will be setting up a cloud computing center in northern Taiwan. The Taiwanese government is working on a technology park that is intended to host the development of high-end server equipment and cloud computing for both the country and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. Definitely, it is a positive private public initiative which should foster in many other countries as well! Read the full news item - http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/01/07/2003522602
Qualcomm's (a world leader in mobile technologies) last year acquisition of HaloIPT (provider of wireless charging technology for electric cars) seemed slightly unusual! But Qualcomm's investment and interest is not the automobile industry but the wireless technology in mobile devices and the added value wireless charging would bring to their existing wireless devices. Read more about Wireless energy transfer technology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer
Netwrix Corporation, a well-established provider of change auditing software solutions, has released a full-featured edition of its Bulk Password Reset tool for free! The free tool includes: • Reset passwords on all local accounts. • Enable or disable local accounts. • Re-processing of password reset attempts both automatic and manual if for example, the host system were powered off during the first or previous attempts. • Scheduled processing of password resets including multiple retries. • Ability to specify alternate account credentials for network access. • Support for workgroup environments (non-domain) via alternate account access. • Specify systems individually, by Domain, or select the entire organization. • Specify systems by text file. Read more and download NetWrix tool from - http://blog.netwrix.com/2011/12/15/netwrix-announces-the-bulk-password-reset-full-featured-edition-is-now-available-for-free/
Gaea, Mother Earth supercomputer is being upgraded to a 1,100 trillion calculations per second beast. The climate research supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory simulates complex climate conditions and performs intensive research. Gaea is a high-performance supercomputer which produces massive heat however, the technology behind its cooling mechanism compensates well for this. Read more - http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/dec/29/huge-mother-earth-research-computer-loaded-with/
According to Microsoft, Windows 8 will be easier to use and faster to install! Windows 8 has a revamped install process and will install in only 21 minutes on a clean system. Until we are able to verify such statements (second half of 2012) Microsoft will continue to improve reliability while also improving the installation experience and raw performance. PCs capable of running Windows 7 should be able to handle Windows 8 flawlessly. Microsoft states that there are currently more than 450 million PCs that will be able to run Windows 8, but we expect that many systems running Windows Vista and even Windows XP will also be eligible. Read MS blog post here - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/21/improving-the-setup-experience.aspx