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Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 updates SheevaPlug with WiFi, Bluetooth, HDD

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

Marvell have announced a new version of their SheevaPlug always-on microserver, the Marvell Plug Computer 3.0. The compact computer now gets integrated WiFi and Bluetooth, rather than just wired ethernet connectivity, together with a built-in hard-drive of unspecified capacity; Marvell have also given it a faster CPU, in the shape of the 2GHz Armada 300 processor. Read The Full Story

Joker Racer R/C Server adds internet-based control [Video]

Chris Davies, Nov 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Radio-controlled cars might not seem the most obvious place to mount a server, but JokerWorks disagree: the company has unveiled what they're calling the world's first Linux server for R/C cars, the Joker Racer R/C Server, easily allowing for remote internet-linked control. To keep things simple, the Joker Racer unit hooks up to the standard servo cables already in the R/C car, together with an off-the-shelf webcam. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Intel Microserver open-standard planned

Chris Davies, Oct 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Intel are readying a new standard for so-called "microservers", based on the company's prototype targeted at low-traffic websites. The open standard would describe a royalty-free, compact alternative to blade servers - powered by Intel processors, naturally - which combines both low idle power draw and fast response times. Intel's current prototype has a 1.86GHz quad-core Lynnfield processor paired with four memory slots. Read The Full Story

Dell datacenter-in-a-briefcase prototype demo’d [Video]

Chris Davies, Oct 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Remember the talk of datacenters-in-containers last year and earlier? Google were even tipped to have patented the idea; now, though, a datacenter is simply too large to be fashionable, hence Dell's datacenter-in-a-briefcase. To be fair, it's not quite the briefcase you might take on your daily commute - think 40lb toolcase instead - but that's still good enough to impress GigaOm. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Colfax offers rackmount CXT8000 servers with up to 8 Tesla GPUs

Shane McGlaun, Oct 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

For a lot of year the discrete GPU was looked at as something that was mostly only of use to gamers looking to extract all of the performance they could out of their video games. Over the last few years, NVIDIA and AMD both began to position their GPUs as processors for tasks traditionally handled by the CPU for higher performance. Colfax has unveiled a new rack mount server that takes the GPGPU and crams eight of the parts inside a single 4U server called the CXT8000. Read The Full Story

Microsoft acquire ICS parallel computing specialist

Chris Davies, Sep 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Microsoft have confirmed that they have acquired Interactive Supercomputing (ISC), a desktop parallel computing specialist. The company plan to integrate ISC's technology into its desktop and cluster high-performance computer solutions; meanwhile they will support existing users of ISC's Star-P parallel computer modelling software, though no further versions of the app will be developed or released. Read The Full Story

Microsoft ID security hole in their code; suggest you use generic instead

Chris Davies, Sep 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

It seems pretty clear-cut that Microsoft are going to get plenty of stick for their latest software vulnerability - and their fix for it - after the company's Security Response Center admitted that SMBv2 (Server Message Block version 2) could leave a system vulnerable to remote takeover. Microsoft's fix for Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7? Turn it off. Read The Full Story

HP crams Samsung SSDs into ProLiant servers

Shane McGlaun, Sep 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

The SSD certainly offers better performance than the average HDD in computer systems of all types today. The big problem for consumers is that the SSD still commands a significant premium over normal HDDs while offering significantly less storage space. This is the main reason that the SSD is more common in enterprise computing than in consumer machines. HP has announced that it is now incorporating SSDs into some of its enterprise server systems. Read The Full Story

ASUS Home Server TS mini leaks: compact dual-drive NAS

Chris Davies, Sep 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Details and fuzzy live shots of ASUS' upcoming Home Server have leaked, and while there's no official word from the company themselves this looks like the kind of compact storage we would happily find space for on our bookshelves. The 9.6 x 3.8 x 8 inch ASUS Home Server TS mini packs twin 3.5-inch hard-drives together with a fulsome six USB 2.0 ports and two eSATA ports. Read The Full Story

Envive unveils 4TB Green TheaterStation

Shane McGlaun, Sep 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

Streaming media around a home or office is a great way to share entertainment that can be controlled and stored on one central server. A company called Envive offers several streaming content servers called TheaterStation along with clients that allow music and video to be streamed to more than one location. Read The Full Story

Lenovo out IdeaCentre D400 Home Server and Q100/Q110 nettops via Twitter

Chris Davies, Aug 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

In a welcome change from reams of press release to wade through, Lenovo have tipped their upcoming home server and nettops via Twitter: 140 characters of spec-free mystery. The IdeaCentre D400 home server and IdeaCentre Q100/Q110 nettops are yet to make an appearance on the Lenovo US site, but according to the company will get an announcement sometime this week. However that hasn't stopped details from popping up across the web. After the cut: details on the D400 specs and why the IdeaCentre Q100/Q110 are rebadged Pegatron nettops Read The Full Story

QNAP debuts two Turbo NAS servers

Brenda Stokes, Aug 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

QNAP Systems announced two brand new Turbo NAS servers today that are targeted toward the enterprise and corporate environments. The servers are the TS-439U-RP and the TS-439U-SPK. Read The Full Story