HP service helps keep data centers cool

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News: Power outage hits parts of San Francisco
News: Infosys expands in Europe through Philips deal
News: MySpace hosted 29,000 sex offenders
News: Intel claims breakthrough with 40Gbps optical component
News: Intuit expanding outside U.S. into emerging markets
News: Overbuilding to keep memory chips cheap
News: NXP steps up research efforts for Wireless USB chips
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HP service helps keep data centers cool
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is getting more detailed in how it analyzes the energy-efficiency of its customers' data centers.

Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server
A security researcher has reported a serious vulnerability in BIND 9, the software widely used in the Internet's DNS addressing system.


Google's privacy chief backs t-shirts, not ties
Google Inc.'s global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, wants to see t-shirts replace the tie as standard business attire, saying the tie "constricts circulation to the brain."


BLACK HAT: Researchers: Forensics software can be hacked
The software that police and enterprise security teams use to investigate wrongdoing on computers is not as secure as it should be, according to researchers with Isec Partners Inc.


Power outage hits parts of San Francisco
A power outage in parts of downtown San Francisco Tuesday affected office computers, lights and a hosting company for several Web sites.


Infosys expands in Europe through Philips deal
Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies Ltd. has bagged a US$250 million business process outsourcing contract from Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in an unusual deal in which Infosys will also acquire Philips’ services delivery centers in India, Thailand, and Poland for US$28 million.


MySpace hosted 29,000 sex offenders
News Corp.'s popular MySpace.com social networking site hosted Web pages for at least 29,000 known sex offenders as of July 2007, North Carolina's Attorney General said Tuesday.


Intel claims breakthrough with 40Gbps optical component
Intel Corp. researchers are a step closer to creating chips that transmit data at high speeds using light instead of electrons, but products based on the technology appear to remain over the horizon.


Intuit expanding outside U.S. into emerging markets
Intuit Inc., which derives almost all of its revenue from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., is attempting to tap new markets. The financial software company in Mountain View, California is evaluating new markets in India, China, Russia, and Brazil, said Nilesh Thakker, Intuit's director of product development, and country manager for India, on Tuesday.


Overbuilding to keep memory chips cheap
Several memory chip makers are scrambling to increase spending on new factories even as chip prices remain in the doldrums. Users stand to benefit most because as the new factories ramp up production, the fresh output should keep chip prices down.


NXP steps up research efforts for Wireless USB chips
NXP Semiconductors will invest €90 million (US$124 million) over the next five years to expand the development of Wireless USB products at its research and development (R&D) center in Singapore, the company said Tuesday.


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