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European Commission clears Vodafone, Telefonica UK and Everything Everywhere's mobile wallet and advertising plans Sep 5th 2012, 11:26 Everything Everywhere's been keeping itself plenty busy on the mobile wallet frontier and its involvement with the slow-burning alliance with Telefonica UK (O2) and Vodafone has finally been given a nod of approval from the European Commission. The joint venture aims to "remove a number of barriers" that are apparently hampering the phone networks' efforts, while it will allow businesses to connect with a single mobile payments system compatible with the majority of the UK's carriers. Take a look at more specifics (including the less thrilling advertising details) at the press release after the break. Continue reading European Commission clears Vodafone, Telefonica UK and Everything Everywhere's mobile wallet and advertising plans Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile European Commission clears Vodafone, Telefonica UK and Everything Everywhere's mobile wallet and advertising plans originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Intel treats servers to mineral oil bath in year-long cooling test Sep 5th 2012, 11:07 If putting liquid cooling pumps, hoses and water inside a highly electrified computer case doesn't seem crazy enough, how about just dunking the whole kit and kaboodle into oil? That's what Intel did with a rack full of servers, and if the oil in question is of the non-conducting mineral kind, it's actually a very chill idea. After a year of testing with Green Revolution Cooling, the chip giant saw some of the best power usage efficiency ratings it's seen, with the oil-cooled PCs easily besting identical, air-cooled units. The company believes more adapted heat sinks could push the gains even further, and affirmed that the technology was safe and didn't affect hardware reliability. Cost savings could be enormous, as server rooms wouldn't need raised floors, air conditioning units or chillers -- if you don't consider oil spills and ruined clothing, of course. [Image credit: Green Revolution] Filed under: Desktops Intel treats servers to mineral oil bath in year-long cooling test originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Slashdot  |  Data Center Knowledge  | Email this | Comments NVIDIA working on Linux support for Optimus automatic graphics switching Sep 5th 2012, 10:29 Linux godfather Linus Torvalds may have a frosty relationship with NVIDIA, but that hasn't stopped the company from improving its hardware's support for the open-source operating system. In fact, the chipset-maker is working on the OS' compatibility with its Optimus graphics switching tech, which would enable laptops to conserve power by swapping between discrete and integrated graphics on the fly. In an email sent to a developer listserv, NVIDIA software engineer Aaron Plattner revealed that he's created a working proof of concept with a driver. There's no word on when the Tux-loving masses may see Optimus support, but we imagine that day can't come soon enough for those who want better battery life while gaming on their mobile machines. Filed under: Laptops, Software NVIDIA working on Linux support for Optimus automatic graphics switching originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink PC World  |  Gmane  | Email this | Comments Thinix RetroUI lets Windows 8 users step off the Metro, stick to the classic desktop Sep 5th 2012, 10:02 More than a few people are upset that Microsoft's latest OS might require booting to Metro -- sorry, the Windows 8 user interface -- no matter little they care for that touch-optimized home screen. Hacks might already exist to revisit the conventional desktop, but Thinix is catering to that inner Luddite on a truly polished level through its just-launched RetroUI. The app skips more than just the sea of tiles: it can lock out certain Metro features altogether and push out to everyone on a network in the event that new UI is just too much for the office to handle. At $5 for every three PCs ($5 per PC in offices), it's a cheap way to pretend that all of Windows 8's changes are under the hood, and there's still a fallback if you've decided to embrace Microsoft's vision after all. Just don't let Steve Ballmer know what you've done. Continue reading Thinix RetroUI lets Windows 8 users step off the Metro, stick to the classic desktop Filed under: Software Thinix RetroUI lets Windows 8 users step off the Metro, stick to the classic desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Thinix  | Email this | Comments

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