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Now, a robot with nine lives

Swiss scientists have created a cat-like robot with the stability and agility to one day be used in search-and-rescue missions. read more »

Samsung mass produces 1.4GB/s PCIe flash cards

Samsung has started mass shipments of its XP941 PCIe flash drive, a card for untra-slim notebooks that delivers a sequential read performance of 1,400MB/s throughput. read more »

Intel wants to be your new cable provider

Intel wants to create a virtual cable service that would bundle TV channels for subscribers. But cable providers are expected to put up a fight. read more »

Facebook opens first data centre outside the US

Facebook has opened its first data centre outside the US - using 100 percent renewable energy on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. read more »

High performance computing market is buoyant says IDC

The high performance computing (HPC) market seems to be doing very well, says analyst IDC, although the niche supercomputer segment has slipped. read more »

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New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators. read more »

How to pick a CPU when buying servers

As 2013 rolls in and the economy stabilises, many IT organisations are looking to upgrade their computational and storage systems. Like any IT purchasing decision, there are tradeoffs to consider and choices to make regarding hardware features and the technology available. When it comes to storage servers, the first step is understanding your CPU options. read more »

How to secure Big Data in Hadoop

The promise of big data is enormous, but it can also become an albatross around your neck if you don't make security of both your data and your infrastructure a key part of your big data project from the beginning. Here are some steps you can take to avoid big data pitfalls. read more »

Power efficiency a growing concern in the data centre and for end users

If a September report in the New York Times is to be believed, worldwide data centres use up 30 billion watts of electricity - or the same as 30 nuclear power stations - in "an incongruously wasteful manner". read more »

HANA is nothing short of dazzling, says SAP, which early customers confirm

Anyone even loosely following SAP lately should know that the company's goal is to reorient its entire product family around the HANA in-memory database, which first became generally available last year. According to SAP, HANA provides a level of performance improvement that can be nothing short of dazzling. read more »

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