Avago Technologies is going to spend $37bn in acquiring rival Broadcom . This makes it the largest ship technology merger to date. Avago which initially was part of HP's test…
Ipanema Technologies acquired by InfoVista
Yesterday Ipanema Technologies was acquired by InfoVista, with an announcement in this press release. Given that InfoVista doesn't have an Application Performance Guarantee solution in its portfolio, it's unlikely that…
RIP: John McCarthy, founding father of artificial intelligence
Computing is losing a generation of legends. Following the recent deaths of Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie, today I learnt of the death of John McCarthy, founding father of artificial…
RIP: Dennis Ritchie, linguist and logician
It must be getting to that point in computing's history, as it appears that the pioneers are passing from the world. One of those was Dennis RitchieSometimes it's all to…
All change on the mobile front: LiMo becomes Tizen, Meego no more.
The LiMo and Linux Foundations have announced Tizen, a new operating platform for internet connected devices and phones. “LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major…
Happy Birthday: Linux is 20 years old
So Linux is 20.. It's come a long way from the home-brew operating system that was for IBM-AT clones that Linus Torvalds imagined back then. At the time he was…
RFC5984: Increasing Throughput in IP Networks with ESP-Based Forwarding: ESPBasedForwarding
The current incremental approach to lower latency and increase capacity will soon reach the end of the road. The reason for this has been known for some time and is…
Time for a new mobile, good-bye Nokia, hello HTC
It's time to change my mobile phone again. I don't have anything against my Nokia E75, which lasted well.. but the choices I made back in this post (Not a…