Barker Bites Back
A look at some newsy stuff and interesting bits as well as those hopefully amusing byways of technology.
Friday 17 April 2009, 5:19 PM
Samsung has SSD with full encryption
Using technology from Wave Systems, Samsung on Thursday launched a solid state disk (SSD) with a capacity of up to 256GB and full-disk encryption.
Available in a 1.8in and 2.5in form factors the disk the SDD comes in 256,128, and 64GB capacities.
They are amongst the first SSDs to feature full-disk encryption the company said in a statement. The most common form of encryption is software based, while full-disk encryption is hardware based. When implemented on an SSD it means that the encryption should be completely contained on the SSD and so it is never held in the operating system or the applications software where it is easier to interfere with.
Other benefits include Wave Systems' management software, Embassy Trusted Drive Manager which offers remote management.
Wave also said it has life cycle management of the drive including pre-boot authentication of the drive, drive administrators and users. Trusted Drive Manager also offers backup of a drive's credentials.
Again on Thursday, Dell announced that it will be offering the Samsung SSD. It gave scant details but said in a statement that it believed Samsung and Wave were offering "one of the most effective ways to secure data" and that the SSD was delivering "some of the fastest encrypted storage available".
Available in a 1.8in and 2.5in form factors the disk the SDD comes in 256,128, and 64GB capacities.
They are amongst the first SSDs to feature full-disk encryption the company said in a statement. The most common form of encryption is software based, while full-disk encryption is hardware based. When implemented on an SSD it means that the encryption should be completely contained on the SSD and so it is never held in the operating system or the applications software where it is easier to interfere with.
Other benefits include Wave Systems' management software, Embassy Trusted Drive Manager which offers remote management.
Wave also said it has life cycle management of the drive including pre-boot authentication of the drive, drive administrators and users. Trusted Drive Manager also offers backup of a drive's credentials.
Again on Thursday, Dell announced that it will be offering the Samsung SSD. It gave scant details but said in a statement that it believed Samsung and Wave were offering "one of the most effective ways to secure data" and that the SSD was delivering "some of the fastest encrypted storage available".
Wednesday 15 April 2009, 4:11 PM
Avaya gets new boss for UK and Ireland
The telecommunications company, Avaya, on Wednesday said it had appointed a new managing director for the UK and Ireland, Lee Shorten.
The company said in a statement that Buddie Ceronie, current vice president, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa, is leaving the company "to pursue other professional opportunities".
Before joining Avaya, Shorten worked at Irisys, a technology company focused on the retail sector, where he held responsibility for worldwide sales and marketing, the company said. Before that he worked for Symbol Technologies where he had joined as part of Motorola following its acquisition of Symbol.
The company said in a statement that Buddie Ceronie, current vice president, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa, is leaving the company "to pursue other professional opportunities".
Before joining Avaya, Shorten worked at Irisys, a technology company focused on the retail sector, where he held responsibility for worldwide sales and marketing, the company said. Before that he worked for Symbol Technologies where he had joined as part of Motorola following its acquisition of Symbol.
Wednesday 15 April 2009, 4:04 PM
HP will appeal Cornell University decision
HP on Friday said it had filed an appeal in a patent dispute with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation.
Last month, the US District Court cut the amount that a jury had earlier imposed on the company from $184 million to $53 million in favour of the university. HP said it will increase its reserve to reflect the developments and expects to take 1 or 2 cent charge per share in its second-quarter earnings per share.
The patent dispute stems back to allegations that HP's PA-8000 microprocessor violated the patents held by the university. The HP-8000 was manufactured from 1996 to 2005. At the time it was a sophisticated unit for use in workstations and servers.
Last month, the US District Court cut the amount that a jury had earlier imposed on the company from $184 million to $53 million in favour of the university. HP said it will increase its reserve to reflect the developments and expects to take 1 or 2 cent charge per share in its second-quarter earnings per share.
The patent dispute stems back to allegations that HP's PA-8000 microprocessor violated the patents held by the university. The HP-8000 was manufactured from 1996 to 2005. At the time it was a sophisticated unit for use in workstations and servers.
Monday 6 April 2009, 8:44 PM
Samsung plans three phones with Android
This year Samsung is planning to launch at least three mobile phones that will be able to run the Android operating system, it has emerged.
According to a report in Forbes magazine on Thursday, Dr Won-Pyo Hong, executive vice president at Samsung, has said the company's first Android phone is scheduled to launch in June.
Two Android phones are scheduled for launch inside the US, and will be "totally different" from each other due to operator preferences, according to Hong.
Samsung also plans to deliver one Android phone in Europe, Hong told Forbes, because, "in Europe, you can launch one common device with several carriers".
Samsung declined to comment on Monday about a European launch for its Android device. A Samsung spokesperson told ZDNet UK that a launch of an Android phone was due in the second half of 2009, but declined to give further details, or comment on probable carriers.
According to the Forbes article on Thursday, the likely US carriers are T-Mobile and Sprint.
Currently the only company that has made an Android phone available is T-Mobile, with its G1 device.
According to a report in Forbes magazine on Thursday, Dr Won-Pyo Hong, executive vice president at Samsung, has said the company's first Android phone is scheduled to launch in June.
Two Android phones are scheduled for launch inside the US, and will be "totally different" from each other due to operator preferences, according to Hong.
Samsung also plans to deliver one Android phone in Europe, Hong told Forbes, because, "in Europe, you can launch one common device with several carriers".
Samsung declined to comment on Monday about a European launch for its Android device. A Samsung spokesperson told ZDNet UK that a launch of an Android phone was due in the second half of 2009, but declined to give further details, or comment on probable carriers.
According to the Forbes article on Thursday, the likely US carriers are T-Mobile and Sprint.
Currently the only company that has made an Android phone available is T-Mobile, with its G1 device.
Friday 3 April 2009, 5:36 PM
Intel passes Moblin on to the Linux Foundation
On Thursday, the non-profit Linux Foundation (LF) announced that it was going to host the Moblin project which aims to develop mobile Linux-based applications.
Moblin was a project under development by Intel which has effectively handed control over to the Linux Foundation. The Moblin project "will be supported by the LF", the Foundation said in a statement.
"This is a departure for Intel,” Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation told the New York Times. “This is a company that has the resources and internal staff to create innovative technology on their own. They obviously see Moblin as a strategic platform.”
“The Linux Foundation is the perfect environment to take Moblin to the next level,” said Doug Fisher, vice president, Intel Software. “The open source process delivers multiple benefits to any project, including faster innovation and increased technology visibility.”
"Through the Linux Foundation, an even broader community can contribute to Moblin becoming the predominant Linux-based platform for mobile devices.” said Zemlin.
Fifteen operating system vendors have committed to distribute Moblin-based products, including Asianux, Canonical, DeviceVM, gOS, MontaVista, Novell, and Wind River.
Moblin was a project under development by Intel which has effectively handed control over to the Linux Foundation. The Moblin project "will be supported by the LF", the Foundation said in a statement.
"This is a departure for Intel,” Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation told the New York Times. “This is a company that has the resources and internal staff to create innovative technology on their own. They obviously see Moblin as a strategic platform.”
“The Linux Foundation is the perfect environment to take Moblin to the next level,” said Doug Fisher, vice president, Intel Software. “The open source process delivers multiple benefits to any project, including faster innovation and increased technology visibility.”
"Through the Linux Foundation, an even broader community can contribute to Moblin becoming the predominant Linux-based platform for mobile devices.” said Zemlin.
Fifteen operating system vendors have committed to distribute Moblin-based products, including Asianux, Canonical, DeviceVM, gOS, MontaVista, Novell, and Wind River.
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