The Blackbox is a prototype of the world’s first virtualized datacenter built into a shipping container from Sun Microsystems. It can accommodate 250 x64-based servers with 1000 cores, provide 1.5 petabytes (= 1,500 TB) of disk storage, 7 terabytes of memory and handle up to 10,000 desktop users simultaneously.
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CNET just jumped onto the IPTV train and launched their on-demand video streaming website with a broad scope of content.
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The keynote speech by futurist Dr Patrick Dixon at the Fujitsu Siemens client event. From 2005 but nevertheless interesting.

A great search tool to gather information if you’re about to purchase any kind of consumer electronics.
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Greenpeace recently published a report that gave Apple low environmental grades for eco-friendliness in terms of toxic waste which caused a lot of media stir. I’m not gonna go in-depth about the report as you can do a quick search on Google News and you’ll find heaps of articles.

Now they’ve launched a fake Apple website so people like me post about it so people like you click on the link so they get the attention they seek.

Makes you wonder if wish they’re also gonna come up with fake HP and Dell websites. Now either way it wont hurt if we think about the environment so you might as well click here.

Japanese manufacturer Buffalo introduces their Skype-enabled USB 2.0 keyboard with loudspeaker and hot keys.
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