MozyPro for Mac goes public beta. Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple’s Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy’s business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome for Mac service with a desktop application, but the [...]
AMD to spin off manufacturing. Advanced Micro Devices will reveal a broad cost-cutting plan this morning that includes spinning off its manufacturing operations to a new joint venture largely funded by Abu Dhabi investment companies. It’s a bold move for the chipmaker as it tries to maintain its position as the only real rival to Intel. According to a report in [...]
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News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP. Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD’s Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments Ryan Naraine: iPhone hits another security speedbump Dennis Howlett: Startups listen up: you’ve got a pricing [...]
IT Dojo video: Five practical tips for choosing the right UPS. On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization’s server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this IT Dojo video, Bill gives you five tips to help you choose the right uninterruptible power supply for your environment. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo [...]
Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital. AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel’s smaller rival. When the dealing is done in early 2009, AMD [...]
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Online ad revenue strong first half of 2008: What about the second half?. Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, that duo left their crystal balls at home when it comes to the second half outlook. Simply put, knowing what happened to online ad revenue in [...]
Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.. Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I’m typing this from this from my own home office setup - a desk out in a corner of [...]
CIO Sessions: Visa’s Michael Dreyer. Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about developing transaction technologies for its financial payment network including new wallet-less and contact-less payment solutions. Dreyer also discusses what it takes to process and handle more than 300 million transactions on a daily basis, and the company’s response to the recent credit crisis [...]
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The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.. HP and MySpace are partnering to “unlock the content of MySpace” by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, (wink wink) an HP printer. On the surface, this sounds like a good plan. There are billions of images that are locked behind the walls of MySpace’s photo albums, [...]
Watching you watch the debate. Tonight, as you watch the second presidential debate, Google will be watching you to see what you’re searching for. It’s just another peek into the minds of voters to find out which issues matter most or which are most confusing or unclear. Take, for example, the results of the vice-presidential debate. Republican candidate Sarah Palin keeps [...]
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