A tour of DreamWorks Studios' data center

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	A tour of DreamWorks Studios' data center DreamWorks Studios is busy producing eight to 10 films at any given time, and each film produces 120,000 frames of film and uses 200TB of storage. In recent years, 150 engineers have been working on creating software that can take advantage of 25,000 CPUs in a parallel fashion. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. In this Issue Using CDs and DVDs with a MacBook Air Acer's low-cost Iconia Android 4.1 tablet to challenge Google Nexus 7 Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders Sharky: Mmm! Baked Apple! No, wait... Isis to roll out mobile payments on Monday iPad Mini: Price, features, release date -- rumor roundup 'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst Preston Gralla: Intel's poor earnings report could spell trouble for Windows 8 Jonny Evans: Apple loses UK court appeal over Samsung's 'not as cool' iPad competitor RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Using CDs and DVDs with a MacBook Air Reader Steven Lange loves his new MacBook Air except for one little thing. He writes: Read More Acer's low-cost Iconia Android 4.1 tablet to challenge Google Nexus 7 Acer on Thursday announced a low-cost tablet starting at $230 with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android 4.1 OS, code-named Jelly Bean. Read More Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface RT tablet, which now is backordered by three weeks. Read More Sharky: Mmm! Baked Apple! No, wait... This big ad agency has a policy of leasing MacBook Pro laptops for its freelancers -- one of whom doesn't return the machine when he stops working for the agency. But getting it back is a little complicated. Read More WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. Isis to roll out mobile payments on Monday The Isis mobile wallet network will launch Monday in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, the Isis consortium announced Wednesday, after an earlier delay in the launch. Read More iPad Mini: Price, features, release date -- rumor roundup Here comes the 7.85-inch Apple iPad Mini; time for Richi's rumor roundup. Price, features, and release date all triangulated within, despite Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) ''doubling-down on secrecy.'' In IT Blogwatch, bloggers have figured it all out well before Tuesday's Cooknote. Read More 'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst Microsoft confirmed that owners of Windows RT hardware, including the company's own Surface RT, must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices' bundled Office apps at and for work. Read More Preston Gralla: Intel's poor earnings report could spell trouble for Windows 8 Yesterday's poor third-quarter earnings report had some hidden bad news for Microsoft: The chip company projects fourth quarter revenue down two percent from last year. And that would means poor sales of Windows 8 PCs and laptops. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple loses UK court appeal over Samsung's 'not as cool' iPad competitor In a twist of fate worthy of Jeff Hardy, Apple looks likely to be forced to place an ad for Samsung on its UK Website and across the UK media following the loss of a crucial High Court appeal in London this morning. Read More
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