NComputing to Provide Virtualized Labs in India

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Schools in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have signed a contract with California startup NComputing to provide virtualized computer labs at 5,000 secondary schools, reports PCWorld.com.
Each lab will have two PCs and 10 monitors using “thin client” technology. That’s a topic on the minds at The New York Times today. Dennis Byron, who also […]

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FCC Report Downplays Risk of Interference from Wireless Network

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T-Mobile is sure to be ticked off by a report by the Federal Communications Commission downplaying concerns about interference from a free, national wireless Internet service, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The FCC could begin auctioning off airwaves in the 2155MHz to 2180MHz band as soon as early next year, according to CNET News.
T-Mobile spent $4 […]

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Nvidia Chip Problems Affect Desktops, Too

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Hewlett-Packard has sent out a bulletin noting that 38 models of its Pavilion Slimline desktops could have trouble playing video.
At least some of them use faulty Nvidia graphics chips, according to The Register. The 6150LE chipset has caused problems in HP and Dell laptops, and Nvidia announced in July plans to take a charge of […]

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No Antitrust Action Planned Against ATI

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The Department of Justice has closed its investigation into potential antitrust violations involving graphics chip makers and will take no action, reports Reuters.
The investigation into ATI Technologies’ pricing and marketing practices began in 2006, soon after it was acquired by AMD.
According to Ars Technica, evidence seems to support the notion that as a duopoly, ATI and […]

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Security Spending to Grow, Regions Differ on Needs

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The Institute for Applied Network Security predicts that IT security spending will continue to grow through 2009 across most industry sectors, despite reports that IT spending overall will be down.
There are some interesting differences in needs and expenditures depending on geographic region in the U.S., reports internetnews.com. Specifically, the Northeast is focused on intrusion detection […]

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