The agreement was approved by the boards of both companies. Microsoft this morning made it official: The company buys Skype for 8.5 billion U.S. dollars cash in total investment group that now owns the company.
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It’s Official: Microsoft Acquires Skype For $8.5 Billion
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May 10, 2011 by News Gatherer
Power Assure Pushes Standard For Energy Consumption Of Servers
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May 10, 2011 by News Gatherer
The new server performance standard, launched by the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) (the big electronics certification and testing organization) is calledUL 2640 and it’s based on Power Assure’s technology, called PAR4. The PAR4 metric is meant to measure server power consumption in various ways, including monitoring idle power, peak power, total utilization power, and transactions-per-watt.Basically, PAR4 enables servers of different makes, models and generations to be compared to one another in terms of energy efficiency.
Diesel Cars ‘better Than Hybrids’ For Fuel Efficiency
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May 8, 2011 by News Gatherer
The BMW uses for its fuel economy in this "dynamic efficiency" and the words – he did a lot of small gains in efficiency throughout the length and width of the vehicle – lighter-than-seat multi-engine or chassis efficiency – which together account for a higher profit.
Game Developer David Braben Creates A USB Stick PC For $25
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May 6, 2011 by News Gatherer
Elite Kinectimals and developer David Braben is one of the most tenacious, honest people in the gaming industry. Although his view is not always the least popular, with many years of experience to draw on, and that gives an air of authority that makes it worth at least listen, even if you disagree with him.
Chatroulette Parts With Private Parts, Looking For A New Look
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May 6, 2011 by News Gatherer
I think its really about their backup system is how I read it, that they didnt have as good a backup, Amazon that is, did not have as good backups as everybody thought, and when parts of their storage network started going out there was no rollover to the backups and people lost their websites including Quora, FourSquare, Reddit, things like that. So did you guys notice any outages? I didnt really notice much because I dont use any of those websites, so did yall notice anything?. Stephan: Well, I think the big story last week and into this week has been the Amazon EC2 outage, and the risk of the cloud, and thats the article I have, its from PC World and it goes into some — brings in some questions about the cloud, and then I also have a VentureBeat article that talks about exactly what happened and what the issues were.
As Android For Tablets Falters Opportunity For Intel
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May 5, 2011 by News Gatherer
As a bonus, also do not have to wear glasses look ridiculous. 3D seems today. Now, Intel is doing well in the law, but in a manner that sounds like the most useful applications for the latest Sony or Nintendo 3DS televisions. The New York Times reports that Intel has developed a technology called FinFET (or end of the field effect transistor) that will enable Intel CPU to occur in three dimensions. Thanks, James Cameron.
Twitter Has Acquired TweetDeck For $40-$50 Million
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May 4, 2011 by News Gatherer
TweetDeck ÜberMedia also in talks with another company that makes the Twitter client, who was a U.S. $ 30 million and offer a 30 day window from the exclusivity agreement, which expired after negotiations took longer than expected. Neither company announced the acquisition, which was said long ago. Twitter, TweetDeck: TechCrunch said that Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, a popular Twitter client for about $ 40 – $ 50 million.
Brightcove Awarded Patent For Digital Content Delivery
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May 3, 2011 by News Gatherer
The patent application was originally filed back in August 2005, while Brightcove is born. Founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire, founder and CTO, Bob Mason, are named as the inventors of the patent. Claimed ownership of intellectual property related to digital distribution of media, including player experience styleable, rights management, distribution affiliate, advertising and analysis, based on Brightcove.
Amazon Takes 5,700 Words Before Apologizing For Cloud Crash
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May 1, 2011 by News Gatherer
But, despite more openness about the problem, but the company took about 5,700 words until finally apologized to its customers, including all sites and important services, such as Foursquare, Reddit, and the quorum. Amazon will offer users involved 10 days of credit, but will definitely catch up for lost business for sites that depend on them.
For Students, What Is The “Facebook Effect” On Grades?
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Apr 28, 2011 by News Gatherer
Facebook began as a way to link college students, but in reality has done nothing for education? No doubt social networking is an integral part of college life today, with students to monitor social events, reading campus news, and even collaborate on projects on the site. So what effect did studies on this real?.