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Twitter takes on spammers

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:44:29 +0000

Twitter has changed the way third party applications are allowed to tweet. Starting 31 August, applications must use “OAuth” to access twitter accounts. OAuth is an open standard authentication system (IETF RFC 5849) that enables applications to access Twitter on behalf of account holders with without asking directly for the account holder’s password. The move [...] Related articles:

Facebook holiday weekend hangover

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:39:10 +0000

Facebook users today reported problems connecting to the popular social networking site. We recieved reports from several people in the UK, and readers have responded to this article saying the problems are still affecting users in Slovenia and Portugal. The problem is probably affecting Facebook users worldwide. One Facebook user posted this as her status [...] Related articles:

New tool for Linux VMs

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:52:54 +0000

Virtualization tool specialist Vizioncore this week announced the latest version of its vOptimizer Pro suite. The update enables the suite to work with Linux-based and VMware Thin Provisioned virtual machines (VMs). Previously vOptimizer Pro could only be used to manage Windows-based VMs. In a long term lab evaluation of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), The Hypervisor [...] Related articles:

Facebook to take over web

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:28 +0000

Over the last year social networking giant Facebook released new application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow web developers to easily embed Facebook functions in third party sites. The new APIs may prove to be more popular than anyone could have predicted. A range of commercial and non-profit web sites have added functions such as Facebook [...] Related articles:

Review: SYNCING.NET 2.8

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:15:10 +0000

SYNCING.NET enables data from multiple Windows PCs to be kept in perfect sync. As well as handling normal data files, it’s also an excellent option for sharing Outlook calendars and folders. It works over LAN and internet, and automatically connects with your other PCs without needing an IT expert to configure firewalls or VPN links. [...] Related articles:

Dell sets sights on Itanium

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:02:36 +0000

In an exclusive interview Dell spokesman David Ard told The Hypervisor that Dell’s new Xeon 7500 based PowerEdge R910 server was powerful enough and reliable enough to compete head on with RISC server architectures such as the Itanium. “The Xeon 7500 is driving core counts and efficiencies to the highest levels we’ve ever seen. Is [...] Related articles:

Dell delivers Nehalem EX

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:01:49 +0000

Dell today announced a range of new servers built using the latest Intel Nehalem EX processors. The new Intel chips, called the Xeon 7500, add a range of features that boost performance and reliability. Dell’s David Ard told The Hypervisor the new chips are at the heart of a new range of PowerEdge servers that [...] Related articles:

Intel’s biggest advance since 1996

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:00:42 +0000

In an interview with The Hypervisor, Alan Priestley, Intel Enterprise Marketing Manager, said, “The Xeon 7500 is the biggest impact we’ve made to the server platform since we launched the Xeon in 1996. It’s a huge step forward.” It’s the first time Intel’s multi processor (MP) server chips have used the NUMA architecture. This one [...] Related articles:

New tool verifies backups

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:00:42 +0000

It doesn’t take long to realize it’s one thing to schedule automatic backups, but quite another to verify those backups actually work when you need them. All sorts of things could go wrong, from simple things like running out of backup storage space, to more tricky problems such as data corruption. When it comes to [...] Related articles:

Windows 7 upgrade problem

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:27 +0000

Hypervisor Lab tests show upgrading PCs from Vista to Windows 7 could cause sound cards, DVD writers and other hardware to fail. In our test we set out to upgrade a Dell XPS 420 desktop PC from Windows Vista to Windows 7. The XPS 420 is about two years old, has a quad core Intel [...] Related articles: