As expected, Microsoft announced a Windows-based “cloud OS” during the first day of PDC. Windows Azure offers virtualized computing, automated service management, and scalable storage and will compete against cloud-based offerings from Amazon and Google.
For the first time, commercial entities will be able to hop on board the top-end academic networks, as a startup company called Darkstrand will sell access to the National LambdaRail.
Researchers find that attaching numbers—even ones they made up—to a product’s features can influence buyers’ decisions even more than experience with the product. That’s why you want that 512MB of GDDR3, even if you have no idea what it does.
For Redmond, a nine percent increase in revenue compared to the year ago quarter is good enough for $4.4 billion in profits but, by most measures, profits moved up only slightly from the same quarter a year ago.
Motorola enhances enterprise WiFi access points by allowing one radio to devote itself to detecting wireless intruders.