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Google sticks Wave in a box, puts a bow on top

Jacqui Cheng — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:40:00 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, Google Wave is not quite dead. Google plans to expand upon the open source code it has already released to form a more complete, standalone application known as "Wave in a Box." Wave will work (or not ...

Businesses Are Jumping on the iPad

Federico Viticci — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:22:59 +0000

So much for the iPad being a consumption-only device. We got it month ago, when we realized that Apple’s latest creation wasn’t meant for consuming content (though it’s great at it) but for creating, too. 11.000 approved apps in 4 months must mean something. Still, with the iPhone things weren’t that great in 2007, when the [...]

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RIM set to join the tablet fray this fall with "Blackpad"

Chris Foresman — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:33:48 +0000

Corroborating a rumor from The Wall Street Journal earlier this summer, a new Bloomberg report cited "two people familiar with the company's plans" to build an iPad-like touchscreen device and release it this fall. Dubbed the "Bl...

Microsoft to release fix for Windows Shortcut flaw on Monday

Emil Protalinski — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced plans to release of an out-of-band update on Monday to address the Windows Shortcut flaw revealed less than two weeks ago. The software giant has been keeping a close watch on the use of .LNK files explo...

Feature: WiFi "Hole196": major exploit or much ado about little?

Glenn Fleishman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000

The latest hole in WiFi security is quite serious, but it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption in the corporate and government networks for which it would have the potential to cause the biggest headaches.In fact, the exp...

Windows 7 trounces Windows XP at green computing

Emil Protalinski — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:00 +0000

Mindteck, a company that offers embedded software development and consultancy services, has released power consumption data after testing sleep, idle, low-use, and high-use scenarios of various Windows PCs. The researchers ...

Found Footage: Box.net’s iPad kickoff at D7 Consulting

Mike Schramm — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPadA little while ago, I told you that Box.net had brought their iPads out here to California in order to give them away to D7 Consulting (originally given away thanks to a post here on TUAW). They also had a video team on site, and the...

New LightWave 10 looks light on new features

Dave Girard — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:55:00 +0000

Ars is on the ground at SIGGRAPH for the first time. Over the next couple of days, keep your eyes peeled for news from the world's largest conference on computer graphics and 3D. NewTek software is at the conference sh...

Houdini 11 escapes from Side Effects Software

Dave Girard — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:27:00 +0000

On Tuesday, Toronto's Side Effects software announced the 11th release of its high-end animation package Houdini. If you clicked to read about Harry Houdini's 11th escape, we're sorry—Houdini is not the household na...

Liveblog: Microsoft FY2010 Q4 Earnings

Ars Staff — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:08:00 +0000

Demand for new PCs is on the upswing, and most new PCs sold run Windows. How will that impact Microsoft's earnings? Tune into our live coverage of Microsoft's fourth quarter FY 2010 earnings call, which will begin on July 22, 20...

Apple Focusing on Small Business Customers

Cody Fink — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:21:20 +0000

Expanding past the traditional consumer base, Apple wants to make an impact in the small business market. Instead of focusing on corporate programs, Apple seeks to work with businesses looking to use Macs for business-focused operations.MacRumors reports, The consumer electronics giant responsible for the iPhone is seeking to hire engineers in as many as a dozen [...]

Cloud load testing suite can impersonate a million iPhones

Jon Stokes — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:22:00 +0000

Prerelease testing is definitely the least glamorous part of software development, but the drudgery aspect isn't really the reason why cloud applications are commonly "load tested" for the first time when millions of users start ha...

Liveblog: Apple FY2010 Q3 Earnings

Ars Staff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:00 +0000

The analysts are already weighing in on how many Macs Apple sold in the past quarter. What better time to remind everyone that Ars will be providing live coverage of Apple's FY2010 Q3 earnings call at 5pm EDT/2pm PDT on July 20,...

NASA and Rackspace part the clouds with open source project

Ryan Paul — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:28:00 +0000

A group of cloud computing stakeholders have announced a new project called OpenStack, which aims to produce a standard open source cloud computing software stack. It will allow adopters to host their own elastic computing clouds a...

Green Grid provides 4 measures for data center efficiency

John Timmer — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:38:00 +0000

Yesterday saw the release of new guidelines that should help datacenter managers bring their power use under control. The recommendations were released by the Green Grid, an organization dedicated to improving datacenter efficiency...