Data Center

EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, ‘Thunder’ appliance

VFCache, code-named Lightning, will provide flash storage as cache on PCIe cards inside servers

AMD’s move could pave the way for ARM in future chips

AMD's CTO said the company will employ other chip architectures if they meet the needs of its customers

BMC and VCE Partnership Shows Consortium Is Gaining Power

Engineer’s wife ‘ferocious’ in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

Texas couple hears from many after unemployed engineer's wife questions president on visa program

Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott

Hacker demanded a $150K job, free hotel room and the right to work whenever he wanted

Social media fuels Planned Parenthood backers in Komen protest

'Natural evolution' of protests to social networks spurs opposition to 'villain of the moment'

Plane crash claims life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton

Executive, 51, was at controls of experimental aircraft

Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case

Hacking collective says it has collected 3GB worth of detailed records, transcripts related to case

Motorola, Woot ‘fess up to reselling uncleared Xoom tablets

Motorola claims only small number of refurbished Xooms affected, but acknowledges data left on tablets could be sensitive

Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in 2011 for first time

487M smartphone figure trumps all laptops, tablets, desktop and netbooks combined