- Fri Nov 20 11:53 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1111: Facebook is depressing
Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured.
- Fri Nov 20 11:01 AM PST 2009 Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it
Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.
- Thu Nov 19 9:23 AM PST 2009 The new optimizations for capability computing
The new Top500 list of the world's largest supercomputers suggests that "commodity clusters" for high-performance computing aren't so commodity after all.
- Wed Nov 18 9:07 AM PST 2009 Is IBM's Blue Insight a model for your private BI cloud?
IBM has developed and private cloud for its own Business Intelligence consumers. Is it one you want to copy?
- Wed Nov 18 4:00 AM PST 2009 Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds
In an interview with CNET, Microsoft's software chief talks about Windows Azure, lessons learned from the Sidekick fiasco, and a future in which devices record everything imaginable.
- Tue Nov 17 4:30 PM PST 2009 Observations from an EMC analyst day
EMC has made VMware an integral part of its story in a dramatic departure from years past.
- Tue Nov 17 4:24 PM PST 2009 Moving to the virtual layer (and taking advantage of the cloud)
A new start-up advocates an agentless approach that allows virtual infrastructure to be managed seamlessly.
- Wed Nov 11 4:51 PM PST 2009 Rename a virtual machine in VMware Fusion
If you upgrade a virtual machine, it might need a new name. Here's how to rechristen it.
- Wed Nov 11 1:54 PM PST 2009 Security considerations for virtual environments
Virtual environments have as many security risks as their physical counterparts. Users need to take security into consideration throughout their design process.
- Tue Nov 10 4:09 PM PST 2009 New York hospital revives ailing computer network
St. Vincent's Medical Center switches to desktop virtualization and sees big savings in both staff time and electric bills.




