Archive for August, 2013
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Why Some Startups Say the Cloud Is a Waste of Money
In Silicon Valley, tech startups typically build their businesses with help from cloud computing services — services that provide instant access to computing power via the internet — and Frenkiel’s startup, a San Francisco outfit called MemSQL, was no exception. It rented computing power from the granddaddy of cloud computing, Amazon.com. But in May, about […]
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Friday, August 16th, 2013
Building the open source laptop
This machine isn’t your standard corporate-issue device, but a machine that from top to bottom is open in its design. Every component in Huang’s laptop, known as the Novena, is open. Datasheets describing the design and workings of each component – from the motherboard, through to the ports and various processors – is documented and […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2013
Intel’s First ‘Open-Source PC’ on Sale for $199
Intel has shipped its first “open source PC,” a bare-bones computer aimed at software developers building x86 applications and hobbyists looking to construct their own computer. The PC, called the MinnowBoard, is basically a motherboard with no casing around it. It was codeveloped by Intel and CircuitCo Electronics, a company that specializes in open-source motherboards, […]
