Datamation Staff

PCWorld: Amazon Web Services has added two new capabilities to its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) that could attract more enterprises to the service. First, it has added support for static routing. Organizations must connect to VPC via an encrypted virtual private network (VPN). In the past, Amazon required companies to use BGP routing protocol for […]

Wired: On Wednesday evening, the FBI arrested Anonymous spokesperson Barrett Brown. At the time of the raid, Brown was participating in an online chat, and the recorded chat session captured audio from the arrest. The arrest came shortly after Brown posted a YouTube video threatening FBI agent Robert Smith. “So that’s why Robert Smith’s life […]

ZDNet: HGST (formerly Hitachi’s disk unit) has announced that it has developed a helium-filled disk drive. The helium units use 23 percent less power than air-filled drives. In addition, they run 4°C (7°F) cooler, which reduces the power necessary for cooling in a data centers and results in a total 45 percent reduction in watts-per-TB. […]

Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Justice Department is requesting that the courts impose a $1 billion fine on Taiwan-based AU Optronics, as well as 10-year prison sentences and additional $1 million fines on two company executives. In March, AU Optronics was convicted of participating in a price fixing scheme related to LCD panels. “These defendants […]

AP via Huffington Post: Court records in a case brought by Microsoft against a Chinese-owned domain reveal that many PC customers are opening brand new laptops only to find them already infected with malware. Specifically, a virus called Nitol has been found on many PCs in China, the United States, Russia, Australia and Germany. Most […]

The New York Times: On Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5. The new smartphone is 8 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than the iPhone 4. It also boasts faster Internet speeds and a more powerful processor. Also, for the first time, Apple changed the dimensions on the iPhone screen–it’s now longer, although the width […]

Reuters: The University of California and Eolas Technologies, a company that helps the university commercialize its patents, have sued three of America’s largest companies–Facebook, Wal-mart and the Walt Disney Company. UC says Facebook and Wal-mart have violated four of its patents on interactive technology, including those covering hypermedia display and interaction. UC and Eolas also […]

Computerworld: Amazon Web Services has unveiled a new online marketplace that will allow its customers to resell reserved server instances. Customers who reserve Amazon’s cloud computing services receive discounts in exchange for longer-term commitments. For example, you can buy a standard Linux instance for $.08 cents per hour, or you can sign up for a […]

Bloomberg: On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his first interview since the company’s IPO in May, and it had an immediate impact on the company’s stock price. The company’s share price had fallen 49 percent since its debut; however, after Zuckerberg’s appearance at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco it climbed back up […]

eWeek: OnForce has published the results of a new survey of 400 IT professionals who were asked about their smartphone preferences. The survey found that 35 percent of those surveyed carried an iPhone; 20 percent used Samsung phones. “IT field techs tend to be on the leading edge and often prefer open systems like Linux […]