Source: Infoworld
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Kgraft allows Linux to receive hotfixes without needing a reboot
SUSE Linux has released the code for kGraft, a module which can be used to patch a running Linux kernel. The company had promised to make the release this month. The...
Servergy becomes first company other than IBM to use Power servers
Cleantech IT innovations company Servergy has announced that the company has joined IBM, Google, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Samsung Electronics, Tyan and Suzhou PowerCore Technology Company in the OpenPOWER Foundation – an open development alliance...
Oracle manages slight turnaround in hardware revenue
Oracle posted higher third-quarter revenue and profit that failed to satisfy investors looking for signs of a sustained turnaround and its shares fell about 4 percent. Shareholders had grown more optimistic...
Court rules that the NSA cannot store phone data for more than five years
A U.S. secret surveillance court has denied a bid by the U.S. government to hold onto phone records for more than five years, handing a rare win for civil liberties and privacy...
California bill would require mobile devices to come installed with a kill-switch
Officials in California on Friday are set to outline proposed state legislation requiring smartphones and other mobile devices to have a "kill switch" that would render them inoperable if lost...
Researchers create rechargeable, biodegradable batteries that run on sugar
Rechargeable, energy-dense bio-batteries running on sugar might be powering our electronic gadgets in as little as three years, according to a US team of scientists. The battery, created by the group of Y...
More Windows veterans are leaving Microsoft
Jon DeVaan and Grant George, who are largely recognized as the people who saved Windows, have left Microsoft earlier this week. This adds two more people to the list of...
Microsoft may revert to separate releases for consumer and business versions of Windows
Microsoft executives are hinted at separate release schedules for consumer and business versions of Windows. Tony Myerson has said that "The world has shown that these two different customers really have divergent needs,"....
IBM touts 'InterCloud,' cloud data migration tools
IBM on Friday said it has developed cloud storage software that's designed to allow customers move data across multiple clouds easily. The company said its techniques, dubbed InterCloud, is patent pending...
The continued evolution of Box
For a company that doesn't do a whole lot outside of their niche, Box keeps innovating through both technology as well as acquisitions. Cloud storage vendor Box has acquired the...