Cisco salivates over exploding data center traffic

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…

Huge US command-&-control airship gets quantum optics

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…

SQUID calls ‘virtual photons’ into real existence

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…

Spyhunting US pols to crawl up Huawei and ZTE’s ass

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.…

Free the people from office chains and commuting pain!

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.…

Basement-dwelling BOFH to be sent into Spaaaace

And probably back again, in database admin compo
A UK company has launched a competition to send one lucky database administrator into space.…

 
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