Tech News From Around the Web.

Seven start-ups you should check out.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/08/the-seven-most-interesting-startups-at-500-startups-demo-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

“The Information age.”
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/the-new-information-age/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Here’s a new board game in development. “Start-up Fever.”
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/cant-build-a-real-startup-play-the-startup-fever-boardgame/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

RealNetworks launches the Helix server.
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Featured-News/RealNetworks-Reboots-with-Upgraded-Helix-Server-74795.aspx

How many cores can a server have? HP launches an 80 core blade monster ”and an 8-socket, 80-core behemoth that supports up to 4TB of RAM.”
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2041343/hp-releases-80-core-intel-xeon-e7-server
Thats a few virtual machines.

“Getting started with Xendesktop.”
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/citrix-articles/getting-started-xendesktop-4-part6.html

White paper “The Value of a Fully Virtualized Storage Infrastructure”
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200002660/00286550033364NWW1EVCRNSD6V/

“Cisco Introduces Cisco Learning Labs”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/CLL-1?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-12

A firewall for virtual machines.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-ips-appliances-virtual-machines.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-12

Virtual machine comparison.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtualization/virtualization-shoot-out-citrix-microsoft-red-hat-and-vmware-666?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-13

VM launches new platform for developers.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/paas/vmware-unveils-open-cloud-foundry-platform-640?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-13

Advances in science the visualization of Warp Speed.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/not-star-trek-scientists-find-better-way-see-?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_identity_2011-04-13

The best Systems admin? It seems to be the virtual one.
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2011/041111nsm2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_systems_2011-04-13

White Paper “Overcoming Data Center Heat Management Issues”
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200002650/00270250033344NWWPF37NLMXTD/

“Government to shut 800 data centers.”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fed-cio-kundra-we-need-to-shut-800-data-centers-down-by-2015/47213?tag=nl.e539
There ought to be alot of nice used government hardware hitting the market in the next five years.

Google is revamping YouTube.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040611-google-reportedly-to-overhaul.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_google_2011-04-13

New term: “Hacker Handshake”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-hacker-exploit-firewalls.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-13



Surfs up!..............Eric