http://www.infoworld.com InfoWorld - Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Easing-network-congestion-caused-by-virtual-servers_1.html Virtual servers may make the utilization of physical servers more efficient, but that efficiency comes with a price. The physical servers that support VMs (virtual machines) have to be more powerful. Less obviously, they also need better I/O capability than standalone machines, which means more cabling to connect the virtual machines to the network switch and more switch ports to accommodate the increased number of virtual machines contending for the network's resources. Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27:04 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Easing-network-congestion-caused-by-virtual-servers_1.html 2008-05-09T18:27:04Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Microsoft-talks-up-using-printers-to-make-drugs_1.html In the not-too-distant future, people could use computer printers to make simple medicines as part of a do-it-yourself model of health care, a top Microsoft executive said Friday. Fri, 09 May 2008 15:15:21 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Microsoft-talks-up-using-printers-to-make-drugs_1.html 2008-05-09T15:15:21Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/NEC-to-expand-rugged-laptop-sales_1.html Spray them with water, subject them to extreme temperatures or drop them on the ground, NEC's rugged ShieldPro laptops are made to survive rough treatment. The biggest challenge, however, is about to come: battling more established competitors in the harsh international market. Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:20 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/NEC-to-expand-rugged-laptop-sales_1.html 2008-05-09T13:39:20Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/ATandT-yanks-iPhone-free-Wi-Fi-info-from-site_1.html Only hours after posting information that indicated iPhone owners would receive free access to AT&T's public wireless hotspots, the company pulled all references to the service from its Web site. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:17:29 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/ATandT-yanks-iPhone-free-Wi-Fi-info-from-site_1.html 2008-05-09T12:17:29Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Toshiba-eyes-fuel-cells-by-2009_1.html Toshiba plans to begin mass production of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs) by March next year and to have a television based on the powerful Cell microprocessor on sale before the end of the same year, it said Thursday. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:52:24 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Toshiba-eyes-fuel-cells-by-2009_1.html 2008-05-09T11:52:24Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Water-cooled-servers-gaining-steam_1.html When the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications set out to build a machine with more than 200,000 server cores, the key wasn't simply shelling out cash for newer, faster silicon chips. The trick was harnessing the power of a substance that comes right out of your kitchen sink: water. Thu, 08 May 2008 23:09:24 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Water-cooled-servers-gaining-steam_1.html 2008-05-08T23:09:24Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Leopard-at-6-months_1.html It has been just over six months since Mac OS X "Leopard" first shipped, bringing with it a slew of new features, a tweaked user interface, revamped underpinnings, and -- as is often the case -- a healthy batch of complaints from users about problems. At the time, some in the Macintosh community even argued that Apple's new operating system was released before it was ready for prime time. Thu, 08 May 2008 15:09:45 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Leopard-at-6-months_1.html 2008-05-08T15:09:45Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Microsoft-to-increase-focus-on-handsets-for-poor_1.html Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations, based partly on a prototype already developed for the purpose called Fone+ . Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:47 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/Microsoft-to-increase-focus-on-handsets-for-poor_1.html 2008-05-08T14:23:47Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/AMD-must-rebuild-momentum-after-quad-core-delays_1.html Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed to retain many customers in the face of repeated delays of its Quad-Core Opteron processor. Thu, 08 May 2008 13:16:26 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/08/AMD-must-rebuild-momentum-after-quad-core-delays_1.html 2008-05-08T13:16:26Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/07/AMD-jumps-to-12-core-chip-skips-8-core_1.html Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans to release 8-core chips. Wed, 07 May 2008 20:25:42 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/07/AMD-jumps-to-12-core-chip-skips-8-core_1.html 2008-05-07T20:25:42Z