Open-source hardware movement wants legitimacy

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	Open-source hardware movement wants legitimacy Inspired by the success of the open-source software movement, a group of technology enthusiasts is looking to unite the fragmented open-source hardware community in an effort to promote hardware innovation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how In this Issue Microsoft remains mum on Windows 8 upgrades from Vista, XP Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role Matt Hamblen: Three years to every mobile decade HVault announces holographic storage system with petabytes of capacity Intel's first Ivy Bridge chips will be high-end quad-core parts JR Raphael: "Which is the best Android phone out there right now?" Quantum releases LTFS appliance that makes tape like NAS Sharky: If something beeps, we call IT Qualcomm's S4 chips for smartphones, tablets in short supply Sharp to sell 80-in. LCD TV, Japan's largest retail set, for $12,000 First Intel Inside smartphone coming from Lava this week IBM posts flat revenue, falling hardware sales HTC prepares to launch lower-end "Kewang" smartphones for China WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Unlocking Hidden Business Value with Data An intelligent system enables data to flow across an enterprise infrastructure, spanning the devices where valuable data is gathered from employees and customers, to the back-end systems where that data can be translated into insights and action. Learn More Microsoft remains mum on Windows 8 upgrades from Vista, XP Microsoft today declined to confirm whether users of Windows XP and Vista will be able to upgrade their PCs to Windows 8 when the latter launches later this year. Read More Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role Omissions from the feature set of Windows RT are leaving analysts increasingly skeptical that enterprises will gravitate toward tablets running the new forked version of Windows. Read More Matt Hamblen: Three years to every mobile decade Service costs and a smartphone's price are part of the technology evolution, just like quad cores and high res cameras.   Read More HVault announces holographic storage system with petabytes of capacity Start-up hVault announced it plans to begin shipping a holographic disc library later this year that will enable companies to store petabytes of data for at least 50 years without any degradation. Read More Intel's first Ivy Bridge chips will be high-end quad-core parts Intel said on Tuesday that it would announce its first Core processors based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture next week, and the first chips won't be for ultrabooks, but will be quad-core parts for high-end desktops and laptops. Read More JR Raphael: "Which is the best Android phone out there right now?" It's the question everyone's always asking -- and as it turns out, it's not so easy to answer.   Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Delivering rapid deployment of a modular data center Implementing an energy-efficient, compact data center can potentially reduce your operating costs-and carbon footprint-while making better of unused, outdoor space and equipment. Learn More. Quantum releases LTFS appliance that makes tape like NAS Quantum today announced an LTFS appliance that allows tape drives to act like network-attached storage where data can be accessed as simple, open file formats. Read More Sharky: If something beeps, we call IT None-too-seasoned support tech is summoned on an urgent mission to the board room, where the esteemed members of the board of directors are looking really annoyed.   Read More Qualcomm's S4 chips for smartphones, tablets in short supply There is a shortage of Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors for tablets and smartphones due to a lack of manufacturing capacity available to make those chips, Qualcomm said on Thursday. Read More Sharp to sell 80-in. LCD TV, Japan's largest retail set, for $12,000 Sharp said Wednesday it will sell an 80-inch LCD TV in Japan, the largest such set available through retail in the country. Read More First Intel Inside smartphone coming from Lava this week The first smartphone with an Intel chip will become available in India this week from mobile device maker Lava International, ending a long wait for the chip maker to enter the smartphone market. Read More IBM posts flat revenue, falling hardware sales While IBM continues to financially excel at selling software and systems, its hardware revenue for the past three months has been sluggish, according to the latest quarterly results posted by IBM on Tuesday. The hardware results didn't help the company's overall revenue, which was flat for the quarter. Read More HTC prepares to launch lower-end "Kewang" smartphones for China HTC on Monday announced the first of a new series of lower-end smartphones designed specifically for China, as the company expands its handset offerings in a key market. Read More
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