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IBM Researchers Demonstrate Breakthrough Storage Performance For Big Data Applications

IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in 10 billion files in 43 minutes and this system handily bested their previous system, demonstrated at Supercomputing 2007, which scanned 1 billion files in three hours. The rig combines ten IBM System xSeries servers with Violin Memory SSDs that hold 6.5 terabytes of metadata and it’s only just barely in step with what IBM’s Doug Balog describes as a rapidly growing, multi-zettabyte world……………….

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Libratone AirPlay-Enabled Wireless Speakers

Libratone has unleashed two super slick AirPlay compatible speakers designed to pump out audio into your living room in the most inconspicuous of ways and the AirPlay-enabled soundbars want to cozy up with your iOS wares. Belting out 150 watts of sound through five drivers, the Live aims to be an all-in-one, plop-it-down-and-go replacement for a real speaker system and he Libratone Live is expensive as hell, costing almost $2,000. With AirPlay you can set up a multi-room system, streaming to multiple Libratone units simultaneously and with the transmitters you can have the music follow your every step………….

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MacBook, The Next Target Of The Hackers?

A few months ago a considerable amount of Mac users were plagued by Mac Defender malware, but a new security researcher is reporting the battery in most Apple laptops has a serious vulnerability as well and the microcontroller inside the batteries for Macbook, Macbook Pro, and Macbook Air laptops are all vulnerable to the security hole. That change began in 2009 with the 17-inch MacBook Pro and trickled down to the other models, resulting in considerable battery life gains at the expense of easy replacement………..

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New Verizon CEO Wants To See The iPhone 5 In the Fall

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg steps down, COO Lowell McAdam steps up with saying that expects the next iPhone to launch in the fall, although even he isn’t sure. Verizon said its new 4G LTE service, which it began rolling out during the quarter for helping the network to add 1.3 million contracts during the quarter and topping most expectations. 2.3 million Apple iPhone 4 units were activated by Verizon customers during the quarter…………..

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iOS 5 Beta 4 Released For Developer

Apple delivered the fourth beta of iOS 5 for developers to test their apps on and it’s the first version of the software to make use of the over-the-air software updating feature that lets users update to newer system software without plugging into iTunes. iOS 5 brings over 200 new features to iOS 5 including Notification Center, Newsstand, iMessage and interface tweaks all around and also Apple has said it will release iOS 5 to users as a free update this fall……………

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Mac OS X Lion Hits 1 Million Downloads In First Day

Apple downloads of Lion exceeded one million in its first day of availability on the Mac App Store and Apple boasted of the initial success of Lion with wording that hinted it had raked in about $30 million. Mac OS X Lion costs $29.99 on the App Store and has proved pretty popular so far on the store with around 90 percent of people who download Lion leaving positive reviews. Apple distributed Lion as a 4-gigabyte download rather than on a physical DVD or hard copy like most operating systems and made it possible for more people to download the operating system quickly……………..

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