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LONDON, October 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dee Dutta joins Bodog Europe as CMO bringing with him a wealth of experience and success most notably with Visa & Sony Ericsson where he held the roles of Head of Marketing for Asia and Global CMO respectively. Dee, commented: "There are...

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Microsoft is teaming up with the OpenNebula project to create infrastructure-as-a-service clouds combining open source software and Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform. While Microsoft has traditionally been no friend to open source projects, Redmond’s attempt to gain broader acceptance of Hyper-V has led it to submit drivers to the Linux kernel and to support several Linux-based operating systems.

But supporting Linux isn’t really enough. Virtualization is increasingly being used by businesses to deploy Amazon-like infrastructure clouds within their own data centers, using a mix of hypervisors and cloud automation software. OpenNebula, cloud software released under the Apache License, was already supported by VMware, Xen, and KVM, but not by Hyper-V. That will change in mid-October when a prototype of the Hyper-V and OpenNebula integration components will be released under the Apache license, says OpenNebula project director Ignacio Llorente.

“Microsoft is providing support and technical guidance to [the] OpenNebula open-source project to add and maintain Hyper-V on the list of officially supported hypervisors,” Llorente writes. “The integration will support both variants of Hyper-V, namely in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Disk images will be managed using a shared storage server (e.g. SAN) and standard POSIX calls from the OpenNebula server. OpenNebula will additionally leverage the networking management functionality provided by Hyper-V. The integration will not require the installation of new services in the nodes, making [it] quite simple and rapid to build an OpenNebula cloud on existing Hyper-V deployments.”

Microsoft previously ensured Hyper-V interoperability with OpenStack, another open source cloud computing project developed by NASA and Rackspace. Hyper-V is taking on an increasingly important role in Microsoft’s Windows platform, and will be featured in next year’s Windows Server 8 as well as in the Windows 8 desktop OS.

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GNOME 3, after more than two years of development, has been released into the wild. GNOME 3 is not merely the logical successor of GNOME 2: it is an entirely new project, started from scratch, to create a "completely new, modern desktop designed for today's users and technologies."

The best way to check out GNOME 3's new features -- and it has lots of new features -- is to run a live version of openSUSE or Fedora, or simply head over to the GNOME 3 website and watch the (rather pretty) introductory videos. If you want a synopsis, though, here it is: GNOME 3 looks a lot like Mac OS X, with a healthy dollop of iOSesqueness for good measure, but yet it still somehow retains an underlying feel of Linux.

The overall aesthetic is very simple, very elegant, and despite being slightly out of fashion, there are plenty of rounded corners, too. The main addition, workflow-wise, is the addition of an app-launcher-cum-alt-tab screen, where you can launch apps, or flip through your open windows. For a complete list of the new features and changes, check the GNOME 3 release notes.

Despite GNOME 3 being officially launched, there aren't actually any releases for existing, stable Linux distros -- it's the live CD/USB images, or Ubuntu users will have to wait for the launch of 11.04 for a GNOME 3 PPA, but it will break Unity in the process. Fedora users will have to wait for for the May 24 release of Fedora 15. Of course, if you're feeling crazy, you can always build GNOME 3 from source.

GNOME 3 released, ushers in an interesting amalgam of iOS and OS X originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, after the termination of 50 Cent's alignment with Sleek, it was only a matter time before the rapper's SMS Audio company filled the void. (After all, how do you know your cans are quality if they haven't been endorsed by a man who was shot nine times and survived.) We don't know when the wireless SYNC by 50 headphones will arrive or how much they'll cost, but you can bet the part-time actor and entrepreneur will be making the rounds, trying to sell us on the 40mm driver, 50-foot range, "professionally tuned digital EQ" and noise cancellation. While the integrated music controls are nice, our favorite feature might be the ability to connect four sets of SYNCs to the same source. Check out the gallery below and a few choice specs from the data sheet after the break.

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Amazon.com Inc's new tablet computer costs $209.63 to make, IHS iSuppli estimated on Friday, highlighting how the e-commerce giant is taking a financial hit upfront to get the device into as many hands as possible.

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Microsoft is teaming up with the OpenNebula project to create infrastructure-as-a-service clouds combining open source software and Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform. While Microsoft has traditionally been no friend to open source projects, Redmond’s attempt to gain broader acceptance of Hyper-V has led it to submit drivers to the Linux kernel and to support several Linux-based operating systems.

But supporting Linux isn’t really enough. Virtualization is increasingly being used by businesses to deploy Amazon-like infrastructure clouds within their own data centers, using a mix of hypervisors and cloud automation software. OpenNebula, cloud software released under the Apache License, was already supported by VMware, Xen, and KVM, but not by Hyper-V. That will change in mid-October when a prototype of the Hyper-V and OpenNebula integration components will be released under the Apache license, says OpenNebula project director Ignacio Llorente.

“Microsoft is providing support and technical guidance to [the] OpenNebula open-source project to add and maintain Hyper-V on the list of officially supported hypervisors,” Llorente writes. “The integration will support both variants of Hyper-V, namely in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Disk images will be managed using a shared storage server (e.g. SAN) and standard POSIX calls from the OpenNebula server. OpenNebula will additionally leverage the networking management functionality provided by Hyper-V. The integration will not require the installation of new services in the nodes, making [it] quite simple and rapid to build an OpenNebula cloud on existing Hyper-V deployments.”

Microsoft previously ensured Hyper-V interoperability with OpenStack, another open source cloud computing project developed by NASA and Rackspace. Hyper-V is taking on an increasingly important role in Microsoft’s Windows platform, and will be featured in next year’s Windows Server 8 as well as in the Windows 8 desktop OS.

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Cahoot users feared headslap move was phish attempt

A number of Cahoot customers were left mildly confused this week when they received an email from the bank asking them to confirm their, er, email address.?

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According to a report from CNET, Apple is actively negotiating with music labels to secure international licensing for both iTunes Match and iCloud. Currently, iTunes Match only functions for US-based developers; iTunes in the Cloud, which auto-syncs purchases across devices, is also a US-only affair. CNET believes the service may be able to roll out internationally and debut at Apple's October 4 press event if negotiations can be completed in time.

CNET's sources have said the service may roll out to the UK, France, and Germany initially. Hopefully it won't take too much longer for licensing deals to enable service across all nations with access to the iTunes Store.

iCloud and iTunes Match are both expected to debut this fall, possibly soon after Apple's media event next week. The services will likely launch alongside the public release of iOS 5 and OS X Lion 10.7.2.

Apple seeks international licensing for iTunes Match, iCloud originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Proving how much it cares about those people who use its app on Linux, Skype has released version 2.2 for Linux. Don't run towards the champagne though, as this is still a beta version, and, as its minor revision number implies, isn't the much-awaited big new version that achieves feature parity with its Windows and Mac brethren.

It's only been what, almost 15 months since the last Skype beta for Linux? Well, during this time, Skype's main focus has clearly been improving its Linux app, since the new version fixes the amazing number of 49 bugs. It also brings 23 'improvements', and yet somehow still manages to have a fair share of 'known issues'. Exciting, no?

What is perhaps the most important feature addition here is the support for Skype Access. This lets you easily connect to paid Wi-Fi hotspots across the globe while paying for them with Skype credit. Skype for Linux has also received support for call waiting and holding, as well as easy conference hosting. Audio and video quality have been boosted (hopefully in a way that's going to be noticeable in day-to-day use), and some of the languages have been updated.

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