U.S. Government Gets Its Cloud Policies Organized

December 9, 2011

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been working with a number of other government agencies, including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, to develop the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), a program designed to standardize cloud security, controls, and policies across all…

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HP to Open Source webOS

December 9, 2011

A month after new HP CEO Meg Whitman told the world she needed more time to figure out what the company would do with webOS, the decision has been made. HP will open source the mobile operating system. However, HP isn’t simply dumping webOS; the company will continue to back the project with (a certain [...]

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Intel Supports Any x86 On Android, So Long As It’s Theirs

December 9, 2011

Intel’s decision to join Google and become a major Android developer was big news in 2011, but it appears the CPU giant’s fondness for x86 support in Android is a wee bit more specific than you might have thought. Intel has made a number of major contributions to Android in the past six months, but [...]

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IHS iSuppli: PC Shortfall to Reach 4 Million Units in Q1 2012 Due to HDD Shortage

December 9, 2011

Word to the wise — if you find a killer deal on a mechanical hard drive and you need more storage, go ahead and pounce. As you’re probably well aware by now, recent flooding in Thailand hit the hard drive industry pretty hard, and that’s been resulting in higher prices all around. It’s also causing [...]

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Monster Sized iPhone Dock Weighs 700 Pounds, 10K Watts – Costs 30 Grand!

December 9, 2011

Everything in moderation, right? Don’t go spouting off such nonsense to the insane folks at German audio equipment maker Behringer, who just pimp-slapped the consumer market with the iNuke Boom. What is it, you ask? Only the loudest iPod and iPhone dock in the world, not to mention the heaviest at 700 pounds, and the [...]

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AVADirect Now Offers 32Gb of RAM In Clevo, MSI and Asus Notebooks

December 9, 2011

Do you feel like your notebook is a little lean on RAM? If so, a new offering from AVADirect may be at the top of your holiday wish list. AVADirect has announced tested compatibility for 32GB RAM kits in over a dozen laptops from Celvo, MSI, and Asus. All of the compatible notebooks feature Intel’s [...]

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Lian-Li Equips Cases With Washable Fan Filters

December 9, 2011

Anyone who’s opened a PC before knows it’s quite common to find dust bunnies inside, even though dust and electronics don’t exactly form a great duo. In an effort to help reduce the dust inside of one’s case, Lian-Li is equipping all of its cases with easy-to-remove twist motion air filters. These washable air filters [...]

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Hot Deals of The Day: Dell XPS 17, Dell S2230MX Ultra-Slim LCD, Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet

December 9, 2011

Happy Friday folks! It has been one heck of a week in Tech and we’re almost sad to see the week flew by so fast.  Almost.  What better way to ice the cake for the weekend than a helping of deal dessert so sweet your teeth will ache.  Yep, we’re going to contribute to the [...]

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Dell XPS 14z Notebook Reviewed

December 9, 2011

Earlier this year, we took a long, hard look at one of Dell’s most highly-anticipated multimedia notebooks to date. That was the XPS 15z, and we thought pretty highly of it in almost every measurable way, including its delightfully thin dimensions. Fast forward a few months, and in slides the XPS 14z. According to its [...]

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Snappily Enables 3D Photo Taking Abilities In iPad And iPhone

December 9, 2011

What if your iPhone and iPad could display content in 3D? Turns out, it can. For the first time, iPhone and iPad users will be able to take actual 3D pictures with Snapily’s new 3D app, Snapily 3D, available worldwide today exclusively through the App Store. Snapily 3D allows iPhone 4 and iPad 2 owners [...]

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