Data Center

Hadoop distro vendor MapR grabs $20 million in funding

Doubts linger over ACTA compatibilty with European Union law

The controversial copyright treaty is still under investigation by the European Parliament's legal affairs committee.

Netflix expands into Latin America, Caribbean

Forty-three countries will receive access to the streaming movie service in the next week

Big is not always better with smartphone screens

Larger screens work well for media consumption, but durability may be compromised, say analysts.

India to start filtering telemarketers later this month

New rules aim to block a rash of unsolicited telemarketing communications

Symantec Adds New Enhancements to Backup Exec 2010

Samsung wipes Galaxy Tab 7.7 from stand after court order

Apple has already won a court order banning sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany

Multiplayer gaming goes full screen with LG TV

Dual Play lets two players see different views of the same game full screen on a 3D TV

Window shopping goes high tech with gesture recognition

The Fraunhofer Institute's interactive shop window lets people use gestures to learn more about products on display

Moth in the machine: Debugging the origins of ‘bug’

Did Grace Hopper really invent the term 'bug' to describe software errors?