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Monday, 21st November 2011

Engine Yard Introduces Labs and Node.js Support

Stack another platform on top of the ever-expanding PaaS provider, Engine Yard. The company has introduced support for Node.js through a new Labs program. As the name implies, Engine Yard's Labs provides experimental features for users so that the company can get quick feedback from customers. The emphasis is on experimental, though, because…

Joe Brockmeier comments

Facebook Tests Messenger for Windows Desktop Client

Hypothetical situation: You want to be on Facebook 24/7, but you don't want to keep your browser open. Facebook sees your problem, and raises you a Windows 7 desktop client, which includes Chat, the News Ticker and notifications. Today, Facebook rolled out this new messenger to a limited number of users. This real-time messenger for Windows…

Social Alicia Eler comments

Cautious Optimism Follows SOPA Hearings: Don't Get Cocky

Crisis averted, so far. Last week's hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was stacked in favor of the Internet blacklist bill but we seem to have come out unscathed. Public outcry against the bill rallied enough opposition to keep it from sailing through. Google testified against the bill, MasterCard voiced some objections, and tens of…

Enterprise Joe Brockmeier comments

Mozilla Aims to 'Iconize' Skills with Standardized 'Merit Badges'

In a world where eligible candidates for Web-related positions range from 14 to 81 years of age, and thousands worldwide may compete for an open position or contract, how can an employer expect to screen them all? In the old days, people used degrees; but in an environment where today's skills become tomorrow's bird cage liners, major players in…

Scott M. Fulton comments

Nexenta's Bid to Simplify, Speed Up Virtual Desktops

What, exactly, is the difference between a storage network appliance and storage management software for networks, in terms of performance and reliability? It's a question The Register famously put to the test last September, pitting network storage hardware from EMC and NetApp against a software-based storage management system from Nexenta…

Scott M. Fulton comments

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