Transmuting gigabits per second into dollars per quarter
Switch and router powerhouse Cisco Systems has released its data center traffic forecast – the “Global Cloud Index” – which shows data center traffic growing in leaps and bounds, and set to e…
Fibre-fat pipage for ‘Blue Devil’ aerial computer warship
Pentagon boffinry powerhouse DARPA has announced plans to fit a giant new US military command and control airship – known as “Blue Devil Block 2″ – with through-the-air optical links offering ba…
Hyperdrive mirror plucks light from the quantum vacuum
While “vacuum fluctuations” – one of the stranger predictions of quantum physics – have been observed for some time, a team comprising scientists from Chalmers University of Technology in S…
Ex-FBI congressman burnishes microscope
US lawmakers have launched an investigation into the threat of cyber espionage from Chinese telecoms firms operating in the US, singling out Huawei and ZTE.…
Give the Transport minister an easy life. And buy our stuff!
Norman Baker, the UK’s Transport Minister, has outlined a consortium dedicated to getting more people working away from the office, for the good of the economy, and the planet.…
And probably back again, in database admin compo
A UK company has launched a competition to send one lucky database administrator into space.…