Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Samsung to Build $7B Plant in China

Samsung to Build $7B Plant in China

Samsung to Build $7B Plant in China

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 02:48 PM PDT

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics announced Monday that it would spend $7 billion to build a NAND memory chip plan in China. The plant, which will mark Samsung's biggest-ever overseas investment in chip production, is reportedly going to be built in the central-China city of Xian. Before Monday's announcement, analysts had anticipated the plant would cost about half of the $7 billion price tag. Bloomberg quoted Korean investment analyst Seo Won Seok saying, "A single factory of this size could be the largest in the industry. For NAND flash, China will be a key production site, along with Korea."

IBM Plans Massive Computer System to Digest Big Telescope Data

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 11:54 AM PDT

IBM is teaming up with The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, otherwise known as "Astron," on a five-year project to look into very fast, low-power exascale computer systems for the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope. The project, to be called "DOME," will cost about $44 million. It will investigate emerging technologies for large-scale and efficient exascale computing, data transport and storage processes, as well as streaming analytics that will be required to read, store and analyze all the raw data that will be collected daily by the Square Kilometre Array.

ETSI Holds the Phone on Nano-SIM Ruling

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:08 AM PDT

Facing a battle between smartphone vendors over a proposed standard for nano-SIM cards, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has held off deciding on the issue until it can achieve a broad industry consensus. Opposing proposals have been tabled by a consortium consisting of Nokia, Motorola Mobility and RIM on the one hand, and Apple on the other. The skirmishing has become down and dirty, with Apple's rivals leveling accusations against it claiming it's not quite playing by the rules.

Bad Week for Botnets

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Two zombie networks infamous for stealing banking information and spewing spam were hit with a right-left combination last week by botnet fighters. Using the power of the federal RICO Act, Microsoft, along with organizations representing the financial services industry, took down two command-and-control servers running botnets based on Zeus, a malware family known for stealing the logins to banking accounts. Meanwhile, Kaspersky Lab, Dell SecureWorks and other organizations squelched an attempt to revive the Kelihos botnet, which was one of the largest spam-spewing networks in the world before it was taken down last year.

An Analyst's Ad Hominem Hell

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

I clearly hit a nerve last week when I compared Meg Whitman's moves at HP to Tim Cook's at Apple. I do sincerely think Tim Cook was set up to fail. Steve Jobs didn't hire Cook to replace him -- he hired him to do the jobs he didn't want to do. This is why a lot of great companies slide. The existing CEOs see replacement candidates as rivals, so they make sure they don't have the skills or otherwise can't do the CEO's job. I would argue Cook was safe at Apple because Jobs never saw him as a threat.

Linux on the Desktop - Dead Again?

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Well it's been a tempestuous week here in the Linux blogosphere, thanks largely to a violent brawl that broke out unexpectedly down at the Broken Windows Lounge. It all started with a blog post over at PCWorld last weekend on a topic that might sound familiar. Any guesses? Yes, that's right: "Why Linux Is Dead on the Desktop" was its name, and a collective groan could be heard in blogobars across the land as soon as it appeared on the horizon. It's baaa-aack! Linux fans everywhere were forced to put down their beers and take up arms once again.

National Geographic Adventure Thoroughly Thrills

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

I'm a fan of National Geographic and their society, though certainly not a rabid fan, so when I saw that the adventurous explorers had created a new app, I paused -- was this just more of what I've already seen, perhaps repurposed for the iPad? Or was it new? Compelling? Was it awesomeness wrapped up in an adrenaline sandwich just waiting for me to tear into it? Yes. It seems to me that National Geographic Adventure: The Greatest Stories Ever Told app is all of those things.
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