A hacker with the handle “Hardcore Charlie” has stolen source code for VMware’s ESX hypervisor and posted it on the Internet.A hypervisor provides a virtualization layer between operating systems and the underlying hardware, creating a virtual machine. This lets users run multiple virtual machines on one processor. Hypervisors are key to virtualization and cloud computing.Hardcore [...]

One of the worst-kept secrets in the technology space- Google Drive, is finally here — live and yours to explore.But if you’re already using a cloud service, or maybe even a couple of services the question undoubtedly arises, Do you really need another cloud platform? This question gets more complicated when you consider that Google [...]

20th April 1964: Bell’s Picturephone service dials up the world’s first videophone call, and the New York World Fair’s science consultant William L. Laurence gets some face time with Anaheim Bulletin managing editor Donald Shaffer at Disneyland. The video chat was part of a large public demonstration at the World’s Fair that included seven calling [...]

Apple posted a job listing for a “Computer Vision specialist,” the tech-obsessed chamber began speculating which Apple product line would be employing this person’s expertise also the job posting made frequent reference to 3-D: “3-D geometry,” “3-D reconstruction” and “cameras and surfaces in a 3-D environment.”  Apple could be delving into applications as familiar as [...]

The tumultuous convergence of entertainment devices, greater interaction with the television-viewing experience, and increased involvement of social networks were all in the Klieg lights at the IP&TV World Forum.The future of television content delivery was mashed with user interaction. Here’s a rundown of some of the show’s highlights, along with an explanation of some of [...]

OpenStack filled in some key checkmarks this week as it adds IBM and Red Hat to its roster of corporate backers.The two tech giants will join the nascent OpenStack Foundation as Platinum members along with AT&T, Canonical, Hewlett-Packard, Nebula, Rackspace, and Suse.The gelling of the foundation is important as OpenStack evolves from an effort driven [...]

On Tuesday Intel announced the Studybook,a purpose-built tablet for kids.The tablet runs the Intel Learning Series software suite as well as the chip giant’s Teacher PC Criteria for Ultrabook and Notebook systems.The Studybook is a ruggedized device that will run Windows 7 or Android on an Intel Atom Z650 processor. It has a capacitive multi-touch [...]

If you owned the branding for a multibillion-dollar tech corporation, and were choosing a name for your first-ever television set, you’d probably spend a good amount of time choosing the perfect name for your product.But whatever that name is, it probably won’t be iTV, says Jefferies analyst Peter Misek. Nope, Apple’s rumored-to-be-in-development television should be [...]

People working in specialized fields such as industrial design, architecture and the medical and dental industries have been going gaga over 3D printing, a process in which three-dimensional solid objects are produced on a special printer using materials such as molten polymers.However, this technology may be trumped by research on so-called self-sculpting sand being conducted [...]

The Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone-powered handset is most likely to be released next week, and so far gadget critics are giving the smartphone a generally warm welcome.The device, which runs Windows Phone Mango, has been described by ITWorld’s Ginny Mies as the best Windows phone so far. Meanwhile, the phone was give four stars [...]