Government: NSA

Can off-the-shelf smartphones be trusted in the highly confdential environment of the National Security Agency? Not yet, but agency researchers are working on the necessary technologies.

Intel Xeon E5: Server Chips With Virtualization Secrets – InformationWeek

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But Intel's newest chips for data center servers are all about networking, I/O, and data movement, in the age of virtualization. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Intel on Tuesday launched the E5-2600, a server chip that is designed to improve …
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Nokia details history of 41-megapixel 808 PureView, image sensor inspired by satellites

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Nokia’s 41-megapixel 808 PureView was one of the highlights of Mobile World Congress 2012, and we managed to get a few details about the device’s development from Nokia’s head of imaging Damian Dinning at the event. But in a post on Nokia’s Conversations blog, Dinning has written a more in-depth account of how the PureView technology went from concept to reality. It actually started back in 2006, when Nokia began experimenting with including optical zoom on its devices. With the constantly evolving expectations for screen size and image quality, the company went through a number of concepts that never actually made it to market.

The breakthrough moment came when one of the engineers stumbled across an article about how satellites use…

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VDI vs. Web-Based Desktops: 5 Reasons Why VDI Falls Short on Delivering the … – Virtual-Strategy Magazine

VDI vs. Web-Based Desktops: 5 Reasons Why VDI Falls Short on Delivering the …
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VDI will help you move your current IT to the cloud via the virtualization of your current desktop. Yes, it works, but finding a more-comprehensive solution that truly delivers on all of your cloud computing objectives should be an even more important …
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Spotify wants to become ‘the OS of music’ and help artists earn more along the way

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Spotify’s US launch has helped reignite the conversation on how musicians should be compensated for their works in the digital age — streaming services say they’re helping to create more revenue for artists, while some of the bigger bands refuse to make their new music available on Rdio or Spotify. It’s a complicated situation, but Spotify is hoping that its recently-launched apps platform will be a difference maker going forward. Sten Garmark, Spotify’s director of platform, believes that his company’s apps will help increase engagement with users, help them discover and play more music, and ultimately make those users more valuable to artists. In a discussion on Spotify’s apps at last night’s Music Apps: Beyond the Hype conference in…

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With New Sophos DLP, OEM Partners Ensure Enterprises Remain Compliant – MarketWatch (press release)

With New Sophos DLP, OEM Partners Ensure Enterprises Remain Compliant
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BOSTON, MA, Mar 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced the availability of a new Software Development Kit for OEM partners to integrate Sophos Data Loss Prevention (DLP) into their solutions.

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