Ubuntu Splits from Eucalyptus, Chooses OpenStack for Cloud Platform

Canonical has announced the OpenStack cloud platform will be the core technology in the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud package which allows organizations to launch Linux-based clouds. - Enterprises interested in using Ubuntu Server to power their cloud infrastructure will be using the OpenStack cloud platform and not Eucalyptus, Canonical announced. The decision was not entirely unexpected. Future versions of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud package will be based on the OpenStack as a f...


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Win $35,000 with Verizon?s Field Testers Challenge

Verizon is awarding $35,000 in cash prizes for 60-second videos that show the wildest ways to test their Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. They are looking for real people to document real-world tests that demonstrate thier network?s capabilities. Videos can showcase lightning-fast downloads, smooth, skip-free connection and seamless on-the-go coverage. If you’re not a filmmaker, [...]

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Mini RFID Device Stores Personal Medical Data, Makes It Instantly Accessible

asahi kaseiJapan-based chemical and tech company Asahi Kasei has developed a small healthcare product that should make life for paramedics, emergency doctors (and patients) easier: the portable device (pictured) makes it possible to instantly access all medical data on a specific person with a PC or smartphone, via RFID.

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Name That Shifter, No. 35: 1989 Lada Samara

On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. This week?s shifter left many of you scratching your heads, and no one was able to determine the car it belongs to. Worry not, Backfires members, because this week?s shifter was a [...]

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RIM BlackBerry Superphones Could Be Delayed Until Late 2012: Report

RIMs QNX-powered BlackBerry "superphones" could be delayed until the second half of 2012, according to a new analyst report. QNX will succeed BlackBerry 7 OS. - Research In Motion will likely delay its next-generation QNX-powered “superphones” into the second half of 2012, suggests a new analyst report. If that proves accurate, it means the Canadian company will need to rely on its BlackBerry OS for an extended period of time. That could also prove pr...


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Adobe Launches Content Creation, Delivery, Playback Apps

Adobe Systems will be highlighting its new advances in video and dynamic media software technologies that improve the creation and delivery of content across personal computers, televisions and mobile devices at the National Association of Broadcasters 2009 show in Las Vegas. Adobe also announced Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home, which brings Flash to TVs, among other things....

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