Saturday September 21, 2024

Rally Software Buys Up Kanban-Based Project Management Startup AgileZen

Rally Software, a company that provides agile project management applications to for software development, has just acquired AgileZen, a startup that creates a visual project collaboration tool that manages work using the concept of Kanban. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rally says the acquisition will strengthen the company’s position in the emerging Kanban […]

Nokia buys MetaCarta

(Reuters) – The world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia said today it had bought U.S. geographic technology firm MetaCarta, as a part of its strategy to offer local navigation services to its customers. It did not disclose the deal price, but said the Massachusetts-based company employed more than 30 people. MetaCarta’s technology combines geosearch and geotagging […]

Datameer Raises $2.5 Million For Apache Hadoop-Based Analytics Platform

Datameer, a startup that offers a big data analytics solution built on Apache Hadoop, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from Redpoint Ventures. John Walecka, a partner of Redpoint Ventures, has joined Datameer’s Board of Directors. Datameer is also publicly launching its Analytics Solution, which integrated the data mining power of Hadoop with […]

CERN created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in a week

(Reuters) – Physicists at the CERN research center said on Wednesday they had created 10 million mini-Big Bangs in the first week of mega-power operations of their marathon probe into the secrets of the cosmos. Spokesman James Gillies said the subterranean Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in which tiny particles of matter are smashed together at […]

SugarCRM Releases New Version Of Sugar 6

SugarCRM, a provider of commercial open source CRM software, has released a new version of Sugar 6. The new version includes a new user interface that promises speed, simplicity, and interoperability with other web applications and mobile devices. The company also announced it has made the primary source code repository for Sugar Community Edition publicly […]

FCC plans to get broadband plan started

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it intends to move forward quickly with key recommendations in its national broadband plan — even though a federal appeals court this week undermined the agency’s legal authority to regulate high-speed Internet access. The FCC needs that authority to push ahead with many parts of the […]

Intel testing experimental 48-core CPU

Intel will ship computers with an experimental 48-core processor to researchers by the end of the second quarter as the company tries to reshape its future chips.   Limited quantities of the processor will be sent primarily to academic institutions, said Sean Koehl, technology evangelist with Intel Labs, during an event in New York on […]

Signs of recent lava flows on Venus

For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. The observations reveal that volcanoes on Venus appeared to erupt between a few hundred years to 2.5 million years ago. This suggests the planet may still be geologically active, making Venus one of the few worlds in […]

Windows 7 reached 10% market share

Windows 7 fairing far batter than Windows Vista in early adoption. Consumers and businesses are much warmer towards Windows 7 than they were towards Windows Vista – and the numbers are showing it. According to data collected by Net Applications, relayed by Ars Technica, Windows 7 now has a greater than 10 percent market share […]

Stress induced by slow computers? You are not alone!

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Stressed by waiting for your computer to update information or download photos, music or videos? You could be suffering from Hourglass Syndrome. A survey commissioned by Intel shows that 66 percent of computer users are at least somewhat stressed by slow-poke technology and 23 percent described themselves as very or […]