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The Brainyard: Since 2006, rumors have been suggesting that Google would unveil a cloud-based storage service, and now the company has done just that. Very similar to Dropbox, Google Drive will offer users 5GB of cloud storage for free. For those who need more space, 25GB costs $2.49 per month, 100GB costs $4.99 per month, […]

eWeek: Intel is purchasing Cray’s high-performance computing (HPC) networking assets for $140 million. “Delivering continued advancement in high-performance computing, including breaking the Exascale barrier, requires tremendous innovation in interconnect technology,” said Intel’s Diane Bryant. “The acquisition of Cray’s industry-leading interconnect technology and expertise provides exceptional strategic assets that further enhance Intel’s HPC portfolio.” As part […]

Computerworld: Google has raised the top payout for its Vulnerability Reward Program (VNP) from $3,133 to $20,000. The company will pay the bounties to security researchers who discover bugs that allow remote code execution against google.com, youtube.com and other core domains or against “highly sensitive services” such as Google Wallet, Gmail and Google Play. The […]

BloombergBusinessWeek: Two years ago, Google’s attempt to sell mobile phones directly to end users failed to catch on, but the company wants to try again. It has announced that it will sell “unlocked” Galaxy Nexus handsets for $399 each through Google Play. “We’ve come a long way since then; this is a different world now,” […]

Reuters: Facebook is buying 650 patents from Microsoft and licensing 275 more in a deal worth $550 million. Microsoft had recently purchased the patents, along with many others, from AOL for $1 billion. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel, said the deal allows Microsoft “to recoup over half of our costs while achieving our goals from […]

Wired: Thirty years after its official birth, the Internet is getting a hall of fame. The Internet Society announced on Monday that they will induct 33 people into the Internet Hall of Fame. They include the following: Pioneers: Vinton Cerf, Danny Cohen, Steve Crocker, Donald W. Davies, Elizabeth “Jake” Feinler, Charles Herzfeld, Robert E. Kahn, […]

FOX News: At a Japanese developer event, Microsoft announced that it would release a second preview of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system this summer. “Announce…Windows 8 Release Preview first week of June. Here’s the announce from Japan’s Windows 8 Dev Days #thankyou,” the company tweeted. Microsoft released a Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 […]

InformationWeek: A new survey of 1,900 IT and information security personnel by endpoint security firm Bit9 finds a disparity between the types of attacks staffers expect and the type of attacks they are spending to prevent. A majority of those surveyed (61 percent) said that the groups most likely to attack their companies in the […]

Reuters: Unnamed sources tell Reuters that RIM has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to help with restructuring plans. The beleaguered BlackBerry maker may try to sell some of its assets, set up a joint venture with another company or sell licenses to some of its patents. In its most recent quarter, […]

BBC: Intel is launching 13 new “Ivy Bridge” quad-core processors featuring 3D transistors. “This is the world’s first 22 nanometer product and we’ll be delivering about 20 percent more processor performance using 20 percent less average power,” said Intel’s Kirk Skaugen. According to Skaugen, the company is already experiencing high demand for the new product. […]

Cnet: The Technology Academy of Finland has announced that it will award a 2012 Millennium Technology Prize to Linux creator Linus Torvalds. It awards the prize, one of the technology industry’s most prestigious honors, every two years in order to highlight “technological innovation that significantly improves the quality of human life, today and in the […]

Time: The FBI is warning computer users that they need to check their systems for the DNSChanger malware before July. This particular brand of malware hijacked users’ systems and routed them to DNS servers controlled by a criminal gang, earning millions of dollars for the group from fraudulent Web ads. With help from Estonian officials, […]