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Storage is now marching down the same path as computing, approaching a future when all of an organization’s storage systems can be mixed and managed as virtual pools. On Monday, IBM will take the wraps off a portfolio of products for so-called software-defined storage, an area where establishe
Samsung has cut the ribbon to its new chip plant in Xi’an, China, which spans 230,000 square meters and cost US$7 billion to build. Operating since Friday, the facility produces 10-nanometer NAND flash memory chips and is estimated to generate annual sales of 60 billion yuan (US$9.74 billion)
Alibaba Group’s cloud computing unit has officially opened its Hong Kong data center, making it the fourth of such facility and a week after it launched its third in Beijing. Aliyun on Monday formally launched the new Hong Kong site, which is jointly built and operated with Hong
The Wall Street Journal reports that the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is revising the commission’s proposal to regulate broadband internet in response to enormous public outcry. The WSJ says the changed report will offer “assurances that the agency won̵
Sure, the invisibility cloak that has been seen in numerous science fiction as well as fantasy movies have remained elusive, although there has been strides made in that department to date. How about a more innovative method of camouflage? Mother nature leads the way again in terms of inspiration wi
Telstra may have Australia’s most extensive 4G network, but now the telco is looking to conquer the heavens with 4Gtrials for in-flight use in aircrafts. While in-flight internet access is currently available using 3G or satellite technology on airlines across the world on both domestic and in
Electronic Arts’ Online Services Updates page has added a long list of games that will lose online functionality come June 30. Some of the notable games on the list include Battlefield 2, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2142, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Crysis 2, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2,
Back in 2013, Pantech announced the Vega Secret Note handset, which by all accounts appeared to be a competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The handset is powerful in its own right, but it looks like with the Vega Note’s successor, Pantech could be stepping things up. According to reports out of S
A new tablet referred to as the “MiPad” is soon to be released from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The launch of a tablet follows on Xiaomi’s release of the Redmi Note, a 5.5-inch phablet that sold 1000,000 units in 34 minutes upon its release in March. Sources tell Reuter
Iran says it has “succeeded” in copying an American drone it captured in 2011 and will soon take the replicated aircraft on a test flight. State television in Iran broadcasted images Sunday apparently showing a replicated US RQ-170 Sentinel drone alongside the original one, according to the AFP. 
Today marks the official introduction of Intel’s 9 Series chipset. Motherboards based on the chip have been selling for weeks, and we’ve even reviewed one of ’em, but the press embargo for the chipset didn’t lift until just now. Go figure. This chipset launch is unusual in an
Today a photography blog unearthed another strange development in America’s ongoing patent train wreck: Amazon was recently awarded the intellectual rights to taking pictures of people in front of seamless white backgrounds. Critics of the deal from the tech and photography worlds are split on what
