Amazon has started offering Windows Server instances on its Free Usage Tier. AWS positions the move as helping new customers get started in the cloud. They can run, test or develop Windows apps, host a web site or do all of those things and not be locked into a particular operating system. Amazon’s free widgetry has previously been limited to Linux instances. Now it says it’s “fine-tuned the micro instances to make them even better at running Microsoft Windows Server.” Presumably Microsoft would prefer the exposure happen on its Windows Azure PaaS, which is incredibly supposed to add Linux sometime this year.

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"We are pleased to be able to pass the improvements that Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 offers in centralized provisioning of virtual desktops directly on to our customers," states Florian Spatz, Product Marketing Manager at IGEL Technology, who also points out that, "this partnership strengthens our market position as the world's leading vendor of Linux-based thin clients and presents our customers with attractively priced solution options for enterprise-wide provisioning of virtual desktops."

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CloudLinux, Inc., developers of the only commercially-supported Linux server operating system made specifically for shared hosting, today announced that CloudLinux OS is now fully compatible with the Atomia software automation platform. "Now, Atomia customers can easily upgrade their operating system to CloudLinux OS greatly enhancing the security and efficiency of their shared hosting businesses," said Igor Seletskiy, CloudLinux CEO. "Better control over computing resources leads to a better overall customer experience and results in lower churn." CloudLinux cages each user account within its own Lightweight Virtual Environment (LVE), allowing system administrators to limit CPU, memory, and the concurrent connections available to each server tenant. LVE effectively prevents the "bad neighbor effect," wherein one tenant can slow or take down an entire server. By limiting abuse, shared hosters can substantially increase server density, bringing far greater efficiency to their business.

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AMD has named Rajan Naik chief strategy officer, reporting to CEO Rory Read. Naik, 40, was a partner in McKinsey’s technology practice. His charter will embrace both the company’s short- and long-term strategy development, including market opportunities, strategic partnerships and investment strategies. Read said Naik “possesses a strong track record of execution in strategic planning, product and market strategy, and operational performance. He will help ensure strategic and operational alignment across our business to take advantage of growth opportunities in lower power, emerging markets and cloud computing.”

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. That is certainly true of anti-open source virtualization FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). Linux virtualization is robust and enterprise-worthy, and is evolving rapidly. It is a threat to the established giants of virtualization. And, so the same old FUD is spread around: Open source virtualization software is free, like a free puppy. It's unpolished and lacking important features. It's communists and hippies. It is only for elite hackers who can code in a dozen languages and who love the command line. Linux virtualization admins are expensive and scarce. Licenses are complex, scary, and viral, and will infect all of your code and force you to give it away.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. That is certainly true of anti-open source virtualization FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). Linux virtualization is robust and enterprise-worthy, and is evolving rapidly. It is a threat to the established giants of virtualization. And, so the same old FUD is spread around: Open source virtualization software is free, like a free puppy. It's unpolished and lacking important features. It's communists and hippies. It is only for elite hackers who can code in a dozen languages and who love the command line. Linux virtualization admins are expensive and scarce. Licenses are complex, scary, and viral, and will infect all of your code and force you to give it away.

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The Apache Software Foundation, where Oracle sent OpenOffice in June after it adjured the stuff, said Tuesday that it will put out OpenOffice 3.4 in the first quarter whose code will all be under the Apache license, resolving lingering incompatibility issues. It used what was ostensibly an open letter to the Open Document Format community to distance itself from the new German Team OpenOffice.com fork and its fund-raising attempts and warn it about misusing its trademark including “OpenOffice.org and all related marks.”

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Typemock, a provider and pioneer of unit testing solutions, has announced it has been selected to participate in Red Hat Innovate, a new initiative launched by Red Hat in Israel. The initiative is designed to assist software development start-up companies based in Israel to leverage the power of open source communities. Red Hat Innovate offers numerous benefits, including joint marketing activities and access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and JBoss Enterprise Middleware for development.

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Typemock, a provider and pioneer of unit testing solutions, has announced it has been selected to participate in Red Hat Innovate, a new initiative launched by Red Hat in Israel. The initiative is designed to assist software development start-up companies based in Israel to leverage the power of open source communities. Red Hat Innovate offers numerous benefits, including joint marketing activities and access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and JBoss Enterprise Middleware for development.

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San Jose, California – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announces a new line of high speed, quad-channel Registered DDR3 RDIMM modules for servers running at 1600MHz. Super Talent is committed to bringing our customers the very the latest in technology. Today’s new motherboards that support the new 16 core processors, now require a new type of RDIMMs, quad-channel DDR3. Super Talent is pleased to announce that theses new modules have passed extensive qualification testing and can support full speed at full loading. Those familiar with server technology may know there is often problem when running fully loaded (all memory slots populated on a motherboard). The memory has to throttle its performance to compensate for the limitations of the CPU. For instance, memory rated for 1333MHz speeds would have to run at a lower to 1066MHz when the memory channel is filled. This prevents customers from fully populating the number of memory sticks in a triple channel system and thus reduces the amount of available memory. Not so with these new Super Talent modules. These new modules run fully loaded; that’s 16 slots of memory running at 1600MHz. Available in 2GB and 4GB capacities, your quad channel servers can now support capacities of up to 64GB @ 1600MHz. Part Numbers: • W16RA2G8M (2GB) • W16RB4G8M (4GB) Call us today to ask about our new server-ready DDR3 1600MHz RDIMMs. Press Contact: Peter Carcione Director of Marketing Super Talent Technology Direct: 1-408-941-8670 peter.carcione (at) supertalent.com

San Jose, California – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of NAND Flash storage solutions, today announces their fastest 2.5” SSD to date, the SATA3 TeraNova. Targeted at the Pro/Enthusiast seeking extreme performance, the TeraNova is the fastest 2.5” SSD that SuperTalent has released to date. Featuring the SATA3 Interface and SandForce 2200 processor with optimized firmware, the SuperTalent TeraNova was built for speed. By optimizing the transfer rate at various queue depths, the TeraNova delivers excellent performance in a variety of different conditions. Sure the TeraNova boots quickly and posts outstanding benchmark scores (over 500 MB/s for both read and write), but the TeraNova also excels in general responsiveness. Industry standard applications like: Photoshop, Premier, Miya and 3DS Max, load, render and perform much faster when compared to countless other SSDs available on the market. The TeraNova also includes new features that enhance reliability as well. In the event of a sudden power loss, the TeraNova reacts, protecting valuable data from corruption before it powers off. If you are looking to improve workstation productivity across the board, SuperTalent’s new TeraNova is an excellent choice. Available in 60, 120, 240 and 480GB capacities, the TeraNova begins shipping today. TeraNova SATA3 SSD Capacity Part Number 60GB FTM06N325H 120GB FTM12N325H 240GB FTM24N325H 480GB FTM48N325H Press Contact: Peter Carcione Director of Marketing Super Talent Technology Direct: 1-408-941-8670 peter.carcione (at) supertalent.com

San Jose, California– Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of NAND flash storage solutions, today announces a new line of 1333 MHz, quad rank registered DDR3 RDIMM modules for servers. Today’s new motherboards that support the new 16 core processors, now require a new type of RDIMMs, quad-channel DDR3. On the heels of their single and dual rank RDIMMs, Super Talent is pleased to announce a new Quad-Rank Module for those who require even more DRAM capacity. At 8GB per module, today’s servers can now support a maximum of 128GB of RAM. These modules have passed vigorous testing using the new AMD Interlagos™ compatible motherboards and even support fully loaded configurations at speeds up to 1066 MHz. If you’re deploying a new server and have been looking for RDIMMs to deliver maximum performance and capacity, you owe it to yourself to call SuperTalent. Products available and shipping now. Part Number: W13RC8G8x – 8GB RDIMM Module About Super Talent Technology Super Talent Technology Corporation based in San Jose, California, designs and manufactures a full range NAND Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics. An ISO 9001 certified company, Super Talent utilizes its state-of-the-art factories and leading-edge components to produce award winning products with outstanding reliability. Super Talent is an active member of the JEDEC and ONFI standards bodies. With over 250 patents, the company was ranked 38th in the 2009 Wall Street Journal’s Patent Scorecard™ for the IT industry. Press Contact: Peter Carcione Director of Marketing Super Talent Technology Direct: 1-408-941-8670 peter.carcione (at) supertalent.com

Amazon finally has a tablet, and as expected its name picks up where the Kindle left off: Fire. Amazon has said the Kindle Fire will have access to 100,000 movies and TV shows, 17 million songs, Kindle books and "hundreds" of magazines and newspapers. Amazon Prime Members enjoy instant, unlimited, commercial-free streaming of over 11,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost. Kindle Fire comes with one free month of Amazon Prime. There will also be free Amazon Cloud Storage. So that means you'll be able to start a movie on Kindle Fire and transfer it to your TV. The smart gadget supports content formats like Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8 according to Wikipedia of Kindle Fire, and the Kindle Fire has a great screen with physical dimensions 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches that just begs for some quality video to show off. But what is the best way for you to convert your favorite videos and transfer them to your Kindle Fire? Step by step guide to help you convert/edit videos to Kindle Fire videos efficiently on mac lion. 1. Free download the Video to Kindle Fire converter for mac lion and install it in your computer.You may see the main interface. 2. Import videos files by clicking "Add File" button, batch conversion supported. These loaded files will be shown in Name list. 3. Click the "Profile" to Click the drop-down list of Profile to select a proper format that you want to convert to, you can choose MP4 etc that Kindle Fire supports. Click "Destination" button to select destination folder where the converted files will be saved. 4. If you want to split the video or adjust video display, click "Edit" button to create a video you really want. 5. Start converting videos to Kindle Fire videos on mac os x lion by clicking button. You can see a progress bar which shows you the conversion status. Resource: http://www.iorgsoft.com/convert-video/to-kindle-fire-converter-on-mac.html.

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December 6, 2011: Remember Ben Johnson – the famous sprinter from Canada who won the Gold medal in the 1988 Summer Games, only to be disqualified for using steroids? The International Olympic Committee and other sports bodies have banned the use of steroids in sports. But who is listening? Steroids continue to be used. It seems that the only way to stop this is by spreading information about the side effects of steroids. Side-Effects-Steroids.com is doing exactly this. It has published detailed reports that clearly mention how bad these substances can be for the human body. A lot of athletes take steroids. They do so to enhance performance, as steroids are known to work as stimulants. They can boost performance for a short while. These substances provide great strength, agility, and power. Many people in sports take this easier approach to perform better. Quite a few of them know about the harmful side effects. There are countless others who don’t. Many of these athletes have heard that steroids are bad for health, but they don’t know about the exact side effects of steroids. This is where Side-Effects-Steroids.com can help. If you are into sports, you should certainly read up the reports published in this website. You should do this before choosing your easier solution. Some common side effects include baldness, infertility, liver dysfunction, shrunken testicles, decreased sexual performance, and cardiovascular diseases. The disadvantages can be really scary. There have even been fatalities because of an overdose or continued use. Often a sportsperson can feel tempted to keep using them because of the enhanced performance. There is also a fear that performance may dip once the person is off these drugs. This is certainly a dangerous thought.

Christmas is just around the corner, and you know when Christmas gets here you are going to have a house full of friends and family with which you will share an extraordinary meal and an all-around beautiful day. However, your carpets may not be ready to serve your family and friends, because they are dirty, stained and smelly. Do not let your dirty carpet ruin your holidays, when you can get an excellent carpet cleaning Vancouver service. Regular professional carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning are about more than just keeping them clean. By having your upholstery and carpets regularly cleaned, you will not only improve the overall look and feel of your home, but it will keep you and your family healthy. Regularly cleaning your carpet, rugs and furniture are very important in improving your indoor air quality.

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K2K Alarm has reiterated the importance of installing a home security system following media reports that cases of burglaries, K2K Alarm points out that the end product is that the significance of home security services went up by a hefty percentage in recent years in many states and cities of the country. While this does not indicate that police have been remiss in their duties to protect the citizenry, there is a really need to beef up security precautions like putting up a home security system. The possible cause of increase in demand for total protection is the yearning of citizens to be assured of complete security and safety because of the instability of economic conditions in the U.S. In looking for the proficient company engaged in the business of home security services, it is a practical move to learn about the benefits of such services since these are meant to protect your home and families from intrusion and other hazards. The system gives you self-confidence since modern technology that it employs will alert authorities in case of an attempted burglary. The purchase of home security can lessen your insurance payments for homeowner insurance. home security devices and equipment are equipped with motion sensors that set off an alert when activated. These are the benefits that can be derived by security-conscious dwellers so that they can provide full protection for their families and possessions.

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