Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Microsoft adds more to Azure

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 03:56 AM PDT

MSlogoSoftware giant Microsoft said today it has added a number of additions to its Azure offerings.

At a conference in Barcelona, Jason Zander, VP of Azure, said that it will release Azure "Operational Insights" which combines HD Insight and MS System Centre to gather and analyse machine data across clouds. more»

Forrest joins AMD

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:32 AM PDT

Forrest Gump</p>br /  <p>Tom Hanks</p>br /  <p>© ParamountAMD has hired a former Dell senior executive to lead the chipmaker’s push into microservers.

AMD said that Forrest Norrod will be senior vice president and general manager of AMD's enterprise, embedded and semi-custom business group and report to Chief Executive Lisa Su. more»

LG kills off Plasma TVs

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:30 AM PDT

additional-oxford-dodo-bookLG will end the production of plasma display televisions by end-November in order to focus its efforts on liquid crystal display and OLED televisions.

LG Electronics said in a regulatory filing the decision reflects a decline in demand for plasma televisions. more»

Amazon burnt by Fire

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:29 AM PDT

FireOnTheAmazonPosterAmazon has admitted that it has lost a pile of dosh on its Fire smartphone.

Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak confessed to investors that the company took a $170 million charge related to the write-down of costs associated with its smartphone. more»

ARM claims new Mali will be smoking

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:29 AM PDT

Bob_Marley__Smoking_Blighty chip designer ARM claims that its new Mali chips will offer both higher performance and higher energy efficiency. The top-end Mali-T860, for instance, supports 4K graphics and beyond while “being 45 percent more energy efficient across a wide range of content” compared to ARM’s current offerings. more»

Apple CEO furious at shops

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:28 AM PDT

tim-cook-glareApple CEO Tim Cook is furious that shops are not using his Apple Pay system and are thinking of setting up their own payment schemes.

CVS and Rite Aid gave Apple Pay the thumbs down in favour of a rival system that roughly 50 chains, including Wal-Mart and Best Buy, are developing for in-house use. more»

AMD faces Nvidia threat

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:25 AM PDT

AMD, SunnyvaleNvidia is ahead of AMD on the graphics front and it won't be until next year that the Sunnyvale firm catches up.

That's according to financial analyst Sean Chandler, who works for Seeking Alpha.

He said in a note to his clients that the Nvidia "Maxwell" architecture has put AMD under heavy pressure in the consumer graphics arena.  more»

Outlook gloomy for notebook PCs

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 01:55 AM PDT

notebooksThere's darkness at the end of the tunnel for vendors of notebooks, it appears.

Digitimes Research said that while notebook sales in 2014 fell by 2.1 percent in 2014, next year isn't going to be too brilliant either.

It expects a further decline of 1.7 percent worlldwide in 2015, with shipments amounting to 168 million units. more»

Met Office spends £100 million on computer

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 01:42 AM PDT

metcrayStung by criticism that its weather forecasts aren't quite as accurate as they could be, the UK Met Office has decided the answer to the whingers is to buy a supercomputer that cost it £97 million.

How will the Cray supercomputer help?  more»

IBM brings in the clouds

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 01:31 AM PDT

Pic Mike MageeBig Blue said it has released or is just about to release a slew of cloud and Big Data analytics to the IT party.

It said that Cognos Business Intelligence, SPSS predictive analytics and Watson Analytics will soon be available on its Cloud marketplace. more»

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