All the stories tagged with: server
AMD Opteron 6200 CPU Has 16 Cores
11/13/2011, By launching its 16-Core Opteron processor, AMD makes history. It introduces the first 16-Core CPU running on the X86 micro-architecture. Based on the most recent AMD core design called “Bulldozer”, the Opteron 6200 is expected to run 25%-30% faster than [...]
Calxeda ARM-based HP Server Creates Media Wave of… Fluff
11/01/2011, HP is currently testing servers based on an ARM architecture, which is basically the same stuff that runs applications on your phones and tablets. The idea is that these little chips use much less power than traditional processors like those [...]
Latest Windows patch fixes critical holes in Windows Server and Microsoft Office
05/10/2011, In a patch released today, Microsoft has fixed a critical hole in Windows in addition to two less serious holes in Microsoft Office. There was a vulnerability in the Windows Internet Name Service that “could allow remote code execution if [...]
Sony Online Entertainment taken offline
05/02/2011, Somebody needs to give Sony a break. After being attacked over a week ago, and only just starting to recover, Sony has a bout of bad news again. This time it isn’t the Sony PlayStation Network, but the Sony Online [...]
Twitter – in with the old, out with the new
04/06/2011, No, Twitter isn’t going to start using falcons to deliver your tweets to your friends, but rather, they have switched back to an older version of their micro blogging site for some users as the new site proved to be [...]
Windows Home Server 2011 Release Candidate
02/04/2011, Microsoft has announced that its Windows Home Server 2011 (aka Vail) has reached Release Candidate status, which means that Microsoft thinks that it is stable enough to be a product. The company will test it, and unless major bugs are [...]
Microsoft wants Intel to develop a 16-core Atom chip
01/28/2011, According to some reports, Microsoft is pushing Intel into developing 16-core Atom chips for their server farms. Microsoft’s data servers are currently powered by Intel Xeon server-class chips. While the Xeon processors are fast enough to power their servers, they [...]
AOL Mail is down
01/25/2011, According to the latest reports from CNet, AOL Mail is suffering from some issues that prevent users from logging onto their accounts. When it first started, AOL pointed out that it was a scheduled maintenance that took longer than expected, [...]
No More Drive Extender Feature on Microsoft’s Upcoming Windows Home Server
11/24/2010, In its upcoming Windows Home Server, codenamed Vail, Microsoft warns that the company will no longer be offering the Drive Extender feature, which allows for support of numerous internal and external hard drives. Instead, Microsoft cites that the readily available [...]
Apple Mac Pro Server to replace soon-to-be discontinued Xserve
11/05/2010, It had to happen – while Apple has announced that they will discontinue the Xserve line from January 31, 2011 onwards, along ambles a spanking new Mac Pro Server which will most probably be an unofficial replacement. Going for a [...]
Apple to kill off Xserve support after January 2011
11/05/2010, Apple’s strength definitely isn’t in the enterprise server market, so it isn’t surprising at all to see them post a note on their Xserve splash page which states: “Xserve will no longer be available after January 31.” Apple also did [...]
Foursquare Social Networking Down And Out For 9 Hours
10/04/2010, Foursquare addicts will probably already know about this, but the geolocation/social check-in service was down for a good nine hours, which undoubtedly caused much stress to its active community. Apparently the downtime was due to the servers being overloaded, and [...]
SeaMicro server can hold 512 Intel Atom processors
06/14/2010, SeaMicro’s latest server architecture breaks new ground as it can now hold a whopping 512 Intel Atom processors in a 10U rack mount space, where it is hoped that this move will reduce data center power and space requirements by [...]
