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Android passes 20,000 apps mark
There are now more than 20,000 Android applications and games, according to statistics from a site that tracks the platform's marketplace. According to AndroLib, Google's open source... More
Steorn's perpetual motion machine. Bat...
I didn't get an invite to the grand Steorn unveiling of its Orbo technology, but at the moment the doors were opened to the public in Dublin today, a ZDNet UK reader popped in and started... More
Vodafone to sell Nokia N900 from Janua...
Vodafone will carry Nokia's N900 Maemo Linux smartphone from January, the operator announced on Monday. Potential customers can register their interest in the device, which marks... More
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Cutting costs with pay-as-you-go servers
David Berlind discusses the cost benefits of outsourcing servers to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud, a pay-as-you-go service that allows the control of servers virtually through APIs more
Microsoft plans 'mega data centre' in Ireland
Microsoft said in a statement that the planned Dublin centre will house tens of thousands of servers providing information and web-based applications to internet users. more
Red Hat pushes Linux as a service model
In a sprawling series of announcements on Wednesday, the Linux operating system vendor updated its virtualisation abilities in a new release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) more
Microsoft to offer unbundled hypervisor
Changing its earlier plans, the company has said customers will be able to buy the virtualisation technology without committing to Windows Server more
AMD chief touts virtualisation virtues
At Oracle OpenWorld, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz discusses how virtualisation can be of benefit in addressing the challenges of efficient energy and affordable internet access more
Virtualisation: Oracle sets sights on VMware's lead
The company claims its recently unveiled Oracle VM virtualisation product is three times more efficient than competing offerings more
Dell to ship Sun Solaris 10 on PowerEdge servers
Under the partnership between the two rivals, Dell will distribute Sun's OS on PowerEdge servers and provide support services more
Crunching the numbers on data-centre efficiency
Tangible metrics on server performance can help cut through some of the greenwash around sustainable IT, but they can prove difficult to acquire more
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Is that a MiFi in your pocket?
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Microsoft Futures
Windows 7: Mixed reviews from PDC attendees
As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update More
Microsoft floats clouds on Windows Azure
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