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Developer gets Chromium OS up and running on a MacBook AirTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:52PMA UK-based developer who finally scraped together enough money for a MacBook Air managed to hack Google's Chromium OS onto it a short time later, according to a blog post published on Tuesday. Chromium's startup time is slower than OS X and the need for BIOS emulation bogs the entire thing down, but the author managed to force the OS and the hardware to put aside most of their differences. For ...

Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with FreeNAS [Video]Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:32PM# howto At its most basic, Network attached storage, or NAS, is a great way to share files on your local network. But it's also a perfect solution for backing up your computers, streaming media across your home network, or even torrenting files to a central server. If you have an aging computer lying around, you can turn it into a NAS for for free with the open-source FreeNAS operating system ...

Posts published by William K. RashbaumTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:32PMFederal authorities in Washington are expected to announce charges on Tuesday against about a dozen suspected members of the hacker group Anonymous, officials said.

Being Cheap Can Be Costly for Data BackupsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:42PMDo you back up your data? Nearly half of small businesses have learned the hard way why regular data backups are crucial, yet many still fail to backup critical data, or they cut corners to save a buck and find out it can be much more expensive to be cheap.

Penguin Computing Supplies High Performance Computer to University of PittsburghTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:07AMFREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penguin Computing, experts in high performance computing (HPC), today announced the installation of a new heterogeneous cluster at the University of Pittsburgh. This new cluster, used by researchers in multiple departments, is operated by the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Simulation and Modeling (SAM); the hardware and operating systems are maintained ...

Fun and games in userlandSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:09PMA brief history of virtualisation

How desktop virtualisation can help manage consumer devicesSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:37PMIf two technology trends were ever made for each other, at least in vendor marketing materials and generically simple diagrams of IT infrastructure, they are the consumerisation of IT and desktop virtualisation.

How Desktop Virtualization Can Help Manage Consumer DevicesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:38AMIf two technology trends were ever made for each other, at least in vendor marketing materials and generically simple diagrams of IT infrastructure, they are the consumerization of IT and desktop virtualization.

Unique computer training camp gets young adults job readyFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:07AMBy ALAN HOSKINS Relaxing by the pool and hanging out with friends is not an option for 48 area young adults who are spending the month of July literally elbow deep developing computer hardware and job skills. As participants in a Computer Hardware and Job Skills summer program, they are receiving month-long training provided in camps on the main campus and the Leavenworth Center of Kansas City ...