FCC chairman OK with expanded airwave auction plan
He backs public-private partnerships under which emergency workers could use commercial network equipment and capacity.
Australia may lose grand prix - report
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is in danger of losing its grand prix unless it moves the event to the evening, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone told an Australian newspaper on Sunday. (Read on Source)
Building Better Biofuels
Startup LS9 is developing microbes that produce hydrocarbons.
Apple's CEO unveils the operating system's new look
At the WWDC conference at San Francisco's Moscone West Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage for his keynote address and touts new features in Leopard, including a new desktop and revamped Finder.
Don't get burned by RAID Zero
Blog: RAID level zero increases the chances that a hard disk failure will wipe out your data. You may be using it and not be aware.
Boeing Forecasts $70 Billion Market for Russia and the CIS
Boeing Forecasts $70 Billion Market for Russia and the CIS.
Alex the Parrot, R.I.P.
More information here and here. (AP Photo/Brandeis University, Mike Lovett) (Read on Source)
AT&T Web Hosting Solutions Firm, Extends New Data Center Facilities
London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - November 2, 2007 - Web hosting and network solutions provider, AT and T Inc., has expanded its data centers in Europe, including a new facility in Amsterdam, as well as adding over one-third more space to its London facility.
Tom Regent AT and T's head of EMEA remarked, ''We continue to invest in growing our business to support customers and to meet the high demands of businesses large and small for managed hosting and application services. The expansions of AT and T's data centers in Europe and around the world are needed to support all the businesses that turn to AT and T for integrated hosting and network solutions allowing them to focus on running their business.''
The expansion is part of a worldwide initiative by AT and T to expand its hosting operations which will see the extension of three other centers around the world and the addition of two new AT and T facilities in New Jersey, U.S. and Toronto, Canada. The investment is hoped to help meet the growing global demand for application services, fully managed hosting, advanced monitoring, hosted storage, colocation and other services.
Globally, AT and T has added to its data center in Singapore, Mesa, Ariz., Irvine, Calif., and Ashburn, Va.; The Piscataway, N.J. data center, which officially opened this month, became the third AT and T data center serving customers in the metropolitan New York City market, joining centers in Manhattan and Secaucus, N.J. AT and T also announced it will offer hosting services at its new Toronto facility by the end of 2007.
Part of the company's year-long expansion of its global data center footprint and $750 million investment in its international infrastructure announced earlier in the year, these expansions and additions will bring the total number of AT and T global Internet data centers to 38 and will broaden its total global footprint of hosting space to exceed 2.1 million square feet.
AT and T data centers use the power of the AT and T global network to offer a rich portfolio of hosting solutions with unparalleled network performance and features. Among them are greater agility when making real-time changes to IT environments, more control to extend applications to the customer's premise or to other data centers, and security capabilities such as denial of service prevention, hosted firewall, intrusion detection and anti-virus options all based in the network.
The first of the 2007 center expansions kicked off in January with additions to the Washington, D.C. facility in Ashburn. Since then, AT and T has added more space to its centers around the world and plans other expansions for 2008.
AT and T launched its data center growth project to meet the unprecedented demand for its managed hosting and application management services. The additional data center capacity will help AT and T accommodate growth from existing hosting and improve its ability to provide value-added services for current and new customers. AT and T offers capabilities designed to deliver greater efficiencies for hosting customers through the use of technologies such as server virtualization, application acceleration and patent-pending visual monitoring tools, all of which are integrated with AT and T's network services. These and other services allow AT and T to deliver hosted solutions that range from monitoring and managing infrastructure components all the way through the full application lifecycle. In addition, AT and T provides remote monitoring and management of IT infrastructure located at customer sites.
AT and T has seen double-digit growth in its hosting business for three consecutive years. That growth also was the catalyst for the acquisition in 2006 of application service provider USi as a way to complement AT and T's existing managed services capabilities and to pave the way for the company to drive more deeply into the applications management space with new offers for businesses of all sizes.
AT and T is among the top hosting services providers. The new and expanded data centers will further help AT and T position itself to remain a leading force in the global hosting services market, which the research firm IDC predicts will grow from $8.2 billion in 2006 to $16.3 billion in 20111.
Melanie Posey of the research firm IDC noted, ''The increased volume of Internet-based content, digital content and transactions, along with the continuing trend to data center consolidation, have given the hosting industry a rebirth of sorts in the last two years. This has fueled significant demand for the type of experience with performance optimization and technology solutions that most businesses don't possess. As a result, more companies are turning to hosting service providers to get the increased flexibility, service functionality and support to help them implement hosted platforms to scale their web site and application infrastructure, while keeping costs under control.''
According to the company, AT and T designs its data centers to exceed the most stringent industry standards that include multiple active power and cooling distribution paths, redundant components and fault-tolerant design to provide the highest reliability. Each rack or server cabinet, is provided with redundant circuits from several power distribution units backed up by batteries and diesel generators that ensures an uninterrupted operation. Chillers and water pumps maintain a consistent operating environment, and humidity levels and temperature thresholds are closely monitored by sensors. In addition to security cameras and closed circuit video, other security features include the use of biometric scanners to control access in and around the center. AT and T designs its data centers practices and controls with redundancy and reliability, which are audited under SAS 70 Type II.
For more information on AT and T's Enterprise Hosting Services, visit http://www.att.com/hosting.
Next-generation solar electric outfits win NREL awards
Looking for a breakthrough in solar cell efficiency, Wakonda Technologies and Bandgap Engineering get recognition from National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Nova Media unveils 7.2Mbit mobile USB modem
Nova Media today unveiled a new USB modem for use on EDGE, GPRS, HSUPA and 3G UMTS compatible networks, allowing for up to 7.2Mbit per second. The GlobeSurfer ICON HSUPA functions on 850/1900/2100MHz HSUPA and UMTS networks, with 850/900/1800/1900Mhz functionality for EDGE and GPRS. Over 300 preset connections are included with Novaís Launch2net so...
Q&A: Ralph Santana, Pepsi VP-Sports, Media, Interactive Marketing
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Canadian Open Source Community Upset Over Proposed Copyright Law
Linux.com: "The Government of Canada has angered those who believe that a proposed copyright law threatens the country's open source business model..."
Detecting Flu Viruses In Remote Areas Of The World
Researchers are reporting an advance in the quest for a fast, sensitive test to detect flu viruses -- one that requires no refrigeration and can be used in remote areas of the world where new flu viruses often emerge. Their new method is the first to use sugar molecules rather than antibodies.
LinuxWorld: Showcasing the OS
... groups will gather volunteers to recycle and refurbish older computers and load them with Ubuntu Linux so that the machines can be donated to people and groups that need ...
New president might actually visit Vermont
McCain or Obama more likely than Bush to drop in.
Health And Marriage: The Times They Are A Changin'
The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health may be misguided.
NovaMind Connect allows sharing of Mind Maps
Brainstorming software company NovaMind has announced a new system for sharing its Mind Maps online, NovaMind Connect. Maps created in the program can be exported into HTML format for others to view and use. While browsing through the shared maps, the branches are shown in outline form, allowing for navigation between each section. Content that has already been uploaded can still be edited, retain...
No escape from the perfect financial storm
After this perfect storm, brewed out of years of habit and taken down by mortgages for the masses, consumers and businesses will be far more conservative in their spending habits.
Hurricane Norbert nears Mexico's Baja California
Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Hurricane Norbert strengthened to a Category ...
Take-Two Hit With $50M Lawsuit From Former Executive
Robert Alexander, a former board member of publisher Take-Two, has sued the company for $50 million, alleging that Take-Two reneged on an oral contract with Alexander.
It's a complicated story dating back to the 1990s, but GamePolitics sums it up well:
In his suit Alexander claims that he has been in the game biz since he was 16. He says that he built up a distribution company called Jack of All Games which he sold it to Take-Two in 1998. After closing that deal he spent some time as a member of the T2 Board of Directors, leaving in 1999.In 2003 Alexander formed a new distribution company, Game Ballers, and began negotiating with Ryan Brant and other execs to partner with T2 and Jack of All Games. Although Alexander began working with T2, his deal was never finalized before legal troubles forced Brant to leave the company in March...
Europe Markets: Europe stocks turn lower after U.S. jobs data
Europe stocks traded lower Friday after the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to a 14-year high, offsetting earlier gains made on a few better-than-forecast earnings reports.
Metabolife Founder Pleads Guilty To Lying To FDA; Faces 5 Years In Prison
SAN DIEGO - Michael J. Ellis, founder and former president of Metabolife International Inc., on Nov. 5 pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1999 about the safety of Metabolife's ephedra supplements (USA v. Metabolife, Inc., et al., No. 03 CR 1088-J, S.D. Calif.). Full story on lexis.com
An Amazonian tribe wrestles with curse of drug traffickers
TABATINGA, Brazil: The Tikuna Indians living near this Amazon outpost long believed that their community was a portal to the supernatural, to immortals who would guard them and secure their existence. (Read on Source)
Blogging for SEO, The Counter-argument
This article about the pitfalls of blogging for SEO contains some nice warnings to people blogging for SEO, such as planning and passion. Their point #3, I watch like a hawk, and pretty much disagree with through 2009. Comments may be commonly nofollow'd, but the original posts are not. (Read on Source)
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... been fixed. Updated packages are available from -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - Debian Security Advisory DSA-1691-1 security@debian.org Thijs Kinkhorst December 22, 2008 - Package : moodle Vulnerability ...
Telcos look to benefit from broadband funding
Cable and phone companies are pushing for different broadband high-speed standards as Congress considers funding a national broadband infrastructure.
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