NVIDIA dresses up CUDA parallel computing platform

(PhysOrg.com) -- This week’s NVIDIA announcement of a dressed up version of its CUDA parallel computing platform is targeted as a good news message for engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, geophysicists, and other researchers on fast-track co.....»»

[Via: PHYSORG][Cat: top]Jan 28th, 2012

Hadoop Comes to Azure

Microsoft also adds support for several other open source tools to its cloud computing platform......»»

[Via: DEVX][Cat: internet]Dec 26th, 2011

Why cloud could make crowdsourcing the norm for scientists

In the world of science, cloud computing provides an ideal platform for crowdsourcing scientific problems across the whole world of researchers, giving them access to data sets and the computing resources to analyze them. If big data is any indicator, sci.....»»

[Via: GIGAOM][Cat: media]Jan 4th, 2012

NVIDIA announces DirectTouch technology for Tegra 3 tablets, promises a smoother touch experience

You'd think that with Tegra 3 shipping in the Transformer Prime and all, we'd know everything there is to know about the new SoC. Apparently not. NVIDIA just announced DirectTouch, a technology exclusive to its Tegra 3 platform that uses that bonus fifth .....»»

[Via: ENGADGET][Cat: top]Jan 9th, 2012

Amazon adds Windows Server to free cloud usage scheme

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk Cloud computing giant offers Windows developers a year’s free access to its AWS cloud platform Amazon Web Services is now supporting Windows Server instances in the free usage tier it offers new customers to help them get sta.....»»

[Via: V3][Cat: top]Jan 16th, 2012

Nvidia brings LLVM to CUDA promising a 10 per cent speed bump

Boosts signal processing libraries too.....»»

[Via: THEINQUIRER][Cat: media]Jan 26th, 2012

Is OSGi ready for Enterprise yet?

OSGi and enterprise computing, no problem - is there? Being a Spring enthusiast used to plain old Spring and JEE projects I recently took over a project based on OSGi. The scope of the project was to build the future enterprise platform based on OSGi. So .....»»

[Via: DZONE][Cat: java]Jan 28th, 2012

DesignCon: AMD"s Macri talks Heterogeneous systems architecture

Making parallel computing easy to program for and enabling software engineers to let their imaginations run wild is AMD’s new holy grail according to Joe Macri, corporate vice president and CTO of the firm’s Client Division, speaking at DesignCon.View.....»»

[Via: EETIMES][Cat: hardware]Jan 30th, 2012

AMD"s CTO talks heterogeneous systems architecture

Making parallel computing easy to program for and enabling software engineers to let their imaginations run wild is AMD’s new holy grail according to Joe Macri, corporate vice president and CTO of the firm’s Client Division, speaking at DesignCon.View.....»»

[Via: EETIMES][Cat: hardware]Jan 30th, 2012

Getting started with OpenStack, an open source cloud computing platform – A general and technical overview

OpenStack is a collection of open source software projects that enterprises/service provider James Sugrue.....»»

[Via: DZONE][Cat: java]Feb 2nd, 2012

Top News: Yelp ads| Halliburton switches to iOS | Smartphone shipments rose 61% globally |

Online Ad Market: Opinions vary about the validity of Yelp advertising. Mobile Computing: Halliburton to ditch BlackBerrys in corporate transition to Apple's iOS platform. Smartphone shipments rose 61% worldwide in 2011, report says. Social Media: .....»»

[Via: MARKETINGVOX][Cat: top]Feb 7th, 2012

Asus Eee Pad Slider Hands-On Video Demo

The Asus Eee Pad Slider is a break-out device, much in the way the Asus Eee Pad Transformer broke the mold not so long ago when it was announced. Though it's built on the same base NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform that many 10.1 Android Honeycomb slates are these .....»»

[Via: PCSTATS][Cat: top]Feb 10th, 2012

Citrix updates cloud computing platform with CloudStack 3

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk First OpenStack release since Citrix acquired the platform adds XenServer as a core component Citrix has released CloudStack 3, the latest version of its cloud computing platform for private clouds, adding features that enable .....»»

[Via: V3][Cat: top]Feb 14th, 2012

Parallels unveils cloud computing services designed for SMBs

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk Parallels provides service providers with platform for hosted PBX services Parallels has expanded its line-up of products aimed at cloud computing service providers, adding platforms that will enable them to deliver hosted PBX .....»»

[Via: V3][Cat: top]Feb 14th, 2012

Nvidia doubles profits but fails to impress Wall Street

Banksters think Nvidia CUDA done more.....»»

[Via: THEINQUIRER][Cat: media]Feb 16th, 2012

This Is the First Solely Nvidia-Powered Smartphone [Phones]

While Nvidia is no stranger to the mobile computing game, until now it's only really been providing scraps of technology required to build mobile phones. ZTE, however, is about to launch the first entirely Nvidia-driven smartphone, and this is it. More.....»»

[Via: GIZMODO][Cat: top]Feb 21st, 2012

OnLive Desktop Plus impressions: A Windows 7 desktop on your iPad, now with a browser (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - In January, video game streaming company OnLive decided to enter the remote desktop space with “OnLive Desktop.” The service allows anyone with an iPad (and soon Android or any other computing platform) to access a Windows 7 desktop i.....»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]3 hr. 48 min. ago

Facebook fails to deliver on "social shopping" this holiday season

The social network has disappointed as a retail platform, defying predictions that 'social commerce' would be the next big thing.....»»

[Via: THEGLOBEANDMAIL][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011

Facebook fails to deliver on "social shopping" this holiday season

The social network has disappointed as a retail platform, defying predictions that 'social commerce' would be the next big thing.....»»

[Via: THEGLOBEANDMAIL][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011

Congress Funds Exascale Computing

The race is on for exascale computing, and Congress sees keeping the U.S. in the hunt as an imperative for long-term American competitiveness......»»

[Via: INFORMATIONWEEK][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011