New server features of VirtualBox 3.0 software include: Up to 32 vCPUs per guest to accommodate heavyweight data-processing workloads. Hypervisor enhancements for SMP to enable optimum performance. Updated API platform designed to be the basis of the community-driven VirtualBox Web Console project, which is coming soon to allow IT administrators to manage their datacenters from [...]

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Under new regulations released jointly by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Culture, virtual currency can now only be used for virtual goods and services that are provided by the issuer of the virtual currency. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/30/china_bans_virtual_money_to_buy_real_world_goods_and_services/

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He acknowledged that shoulder surfing is a risk in some environments, such as internet cafés. “It’s therefore worth offering them a checkbox to have their passwords masked; for high-risk applications, such as bank accounts, you might even check this box by default,” he suggests. “In cases where there’s a tension between security and usability, sometimes [...]

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Maine on Tuesday said it has ordered 64,000 Apple laptops, marking a big win for the Mac maker and a major expansion of the state’s technology initiative for middle and high school students. The massive order stems from the state Department of Education’s decision to expand the Maine Learning Technology Initiative into all public high [...]

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has repaired Google App Sync for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook so that it plays politely with Microsoft’s Windows Desktop Search. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218102137&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

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Amazon.com has dropped affiliate relationships with small businesses in North Carolina and Rhode Island as the states prepare to implement new laws requiring the company to collect online sales tax. InformationWeek reports that Amazone has cut ties with “scores” of small companies that had been working as affiliates of the online shopping site. North Carolina, [...]

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Cloud computing is often thought of as the perfect option for small businesses. But a new survey shows that small businesses share many of the cloud computing concerns of their larger competitors, including security, availability, and speed. The survey, conducted earlier this month by Egnyte, a provider of on-demand file servers, reveals that 9 out [...]

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Under the new CCHIT certification proposals, it’s possible for healthcare providers to take a “more flexible, modular” approach in their adoption of health IT, such as adopting e-prescribing modules now, and more complex e-medical record applications a little later. http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/will_new_certif.html;jsessionid=PZFZTSITRX0O4QSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?cid=nl_IW_daily_html

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Mozilla continues to work on its mobile version of Firefox, and it released two new builds of its Fennec browser for Windows Mobile and Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s Maemo devices. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101869&cid=nl_IW_daily_html

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Comcast is getting into the wireless broadband business by bundling Clearwire’s 4G wireless service with its existing broadband products. The largest cable operator in the U.S. will launch the new service in Portland, Ore. And it will expand the service to other Comcast cities later in the year, including Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Comcast invested [...]

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