EMC subsidiary VMware released version 5.5 of its workstation product Tuesday, bringing better 64-bit and dual-processor abilities to a product that lets customers run multiple operating systems on one computer.
The new version can run 64-bit versions of operating systems in partitions called virtual machines; the earlier version could only run virtual machines with 32-bit operating systems. The 64-bit feature is supported on Advanced Micro Devices' processors but only experimentally supported on Intel's rival chips so far. Also with Workstation 5.5, a single virtual machine can span two processors or processor cores, a useful feature now that dual-core chips are becoming more common.
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
The Silicon Valley online payments startup grew by 1,000 percent last year and is hopeful it can repeat that level of growth this year. To do that, it's had to move away from its early friends-and-family roots and embrace small businesses.
Chamtech's spray-on antenna uses a nano material to provide a low-power boost to antenna range. The wireless-in-a-can product may some day bring an end to unsightly cell towers.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
