But can it stream Crysis? Nvidia's new cloud gaming server explained
The Grid promises lag-free cloud gaming for the masses. Here's how.
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A wireless router that tracks user activity—but for a good reason
Routers upload data to the cloud with goal of making everyone's network faster.
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Only skin deep
Meet Samsung's new Chromebox, same as the old Chromebox (Updated)
The diminutive desktop PC is different on the outside, identical on the inside.
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Copy that
Building Amazon cloud apps that span the world is now much easier
Prepare for outages by copying snapshots from one data center to another.
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Everybody stop panicking
Why Gmail went down: Google misconfigured load balancing servers (Updated)
Load balancing change affected multiple products including Chrome and Gmail.
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IBM's nanophotonic tech integrates optic data right into chips
Ready for prime time, tech can push terabits per second over long distances.
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Set your apps free
Google kills free version of Google Apps for businesses
All new business customers must pay $50 per user per year.
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Faster GPS that won't kill your battery via the cloud, and a crowd
Defense agency looks to improve low-power GPS precision through crowdsourcing.
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VMware, EMC spin out cloud units in big new joint venture
Ex-VMware boss Paul Maritz will try to lead the cloud and big data revolution.
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Review: Acer's C7 Chromebook is $199 and feelin' fine (relatively)
It's the cheapest Chromebook yet, but is it a piece of junk?
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We're having a fire... sale!
Amazon, Google slash cloud storage prices more than 25 percent
Google undercuts Amazon in cloud-y pricing war.
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Hack could let browsers use cloud to carry out big attacks on the cheap
Exploit abuses cloud services to do large-scale computations.
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OnStar gives Volt owners what they want: their data, in the cloud
GM rushed work on a new API to get a popular Volt owner site back on road.
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How Team Obama's tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust
Obama campaign's tech team beat Romney by using opposite strategy—"insourcing."
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Cloudy with a chance of SQL
Amazon floats Windows Server 2012 into AWS cloud
AWS takes on Azure with free tier instances, Elastic Beanstalk support.
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How goatse.cx went from shock site to webmail service
Owner spent $10,000 to preserve "Internet generation's cultural legacy."
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Romney campaign got its IT from Best Buy, Staples, and friends
MindShift Technologies and small firms handled most of campaign's internal tech.
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Which consultants built Romney's "Project Orca?" None of them
Romney staff, volunteers coded key app on the cheap.
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Petraeus downfall illustrates scope of feds' e-mail snooping powers
America's ancient electronic privacy rules give scant protection to e-mail.
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Feature Story
Built to win: Deep inside Obama's campaign tech
How Obama's tech team built a "force multiplier" with Amazon and a narwhal.
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"Why the hell does this mouse need to connect to the Internet?"
Razer asks users to activate gaming mice online, uproar follows.
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Tweet Relief
How did Twitter handle election tweets? Less Ruby, more Java
As Twitter continues to tweak Ruby performance, it moves more to JVM on servers.
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Virtual machine used to steal crypto keys from other VM on same server
New technique could pierce a key defense found in cloud environments.
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Mega PR play
Kim Dotcom now plans to give New Zealand free broadband pipe to US
Says he'll sue US, Hollywood for "unlawful destruction" of Megaupload.
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AMD announces ARM-based Opteron CPUs due to launch in 2014
New 64-bit processors aim for high-density, low-power servers.