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Which companies will EMC’s Project Lightning strike?
With its Project Lightning server-side flash cache, EMC hopes to show itself as a forward-looking storage provider. EMC’s problem is that it, unlike newer competitors such as Fusion-IO, it is not focusing exclusively on the types of storage that sell into webscale data … Continue reading
SkyLight project turns iPhones into microscopes
We already knew the iPhone 4S camera was good thanks to its small pixel size and backlit sensor. That’s helping the iPhone 4S rise up the ranks of most popular camera on Flickr. It may also help the iPhone 4S … Continue reading
Fisker suspends work on Project Nina, lays off workers
Could the Solyndra of the automotive world be just around the corner (see my prediction story on Fisker from September 2011 on this)? Electric vehicle maker Fisker Automotive announced on Monday that it has halted work on its second electric … Continue reading
Next up from EMC: Project Thunder flash appliance
EMC’s promised Project Lightning server-based PCIe flash storage product is now available — under the VFCache brand. But EMC’s not done — it plans a flash appliance dubbed Project Thunder, for later this year. the thunder-and-lightning duo takes direct aim … Continue reading
Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter
When Supermechanical turned to Kickstarter to crowd source funding of its Internet of Things project, its cofounders were no doubt optimistic. But it’s questionable that even they would have believed that pledges amounting to nearly a half a million dollars — way more than … Continue reading