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REVIEW: VMware vSphere 4--the renamed and upgraded VMware Infrastructure--will allow IT departments to place application workloads on the most cost-effective compute resource. With its new vNetwork Distributed Switch and support for third-party, integrated network switches, vSphere 4 removes barriers that made it difficult to implement and manage virtual machine infrastructure on a large scale. Advances made in this version of VMware's infrastructure platform also include new linked management consoles, host profiles that ease ESX Server creation and maintenance operations, and enhanced virtual machine performance monitors. - VMware has changed the name of its flagship VMware Infrastructure to VMware vSphere 4, and in the process has added new switching and management features that raise the bar for x86 data center virtualization technology. The VMware marketing team has been working overtime to promote vSphere 4 as th...

A 5 percent drop in revenue from the fourth quarter is the biggest in many years, in a tally from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Rajeev Motwani, Stanford professor who worked with search engine founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, dies aged 47A US computer science professor who played a key role in the creation of the internet search giant Google has been found dead at the age of 47 after apparently falling into his swimming pool.Rajeev Motwani was mentor to Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, when they were PhD students at Stanford university. His body was found in the pool of his home in Atherton, California, on Friday.A spokesman for the university said the cause of death was unclear. Friends said he could not swim, but was planning to learn. Some reports speculated that Motwani, who regularly worked late into the night, could have accidentally fallen into the pool after going outside in the dark.On his blog, Brin led tributes to Motwani as the inspiration behind a number of computing advances. 'Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is

Many hotels still charge money for internet connections, and just because you pay an extra US$10 a night doesn't mean that it'll work well. Instead of paying--or before you click that approve button--try finding a free network nearby, even in the hotel lobby.

New technologies, including bar codes that store more data or can be read off of cellphones, may soon become a bigger part of shopping.

Washington - Vista users will want to download SP2 of the operating system. SP2 offers speed improvements and some blu-ray recording capability. The download is free. Don't be confused by the combination Server 2008 and Vista SP2 page that microsoft ...

Hannover - It wasn't all that long ago that the humble router led an uneventful existence. Its task was to distribute incoming data packets to attached computers. It was also entrusted with blocking the occasional packet off the Internet if it hadn't...