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Red Hat has just announced the availability of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.0 public beta. This release, open to all, brings an updated KVM hypervisor based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, scales to 128 logical CPUs and 2TB of memory for host machines.

If you asked Apple's Siri?to help you find an abortion center or related information recently, you'd know that the virtual assistant feature built into the iPhone 4S isn't very helpful in that regard.

Apple addressed criticism Wednesday night that Siri, the virtual assistant built in to every iPhone 4S, couldn't retrieve information about abortion clinics when asked. Apple's response is basically that Siri is a beta product, but that won't be enough to sidestep the service's political ramifications.

Social networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace may be virtually gone, but teens are still hitting up their computers and mobile devices to social network more than ever befo ...

Those Android users who have been keenly waiting for a fully functional and integrated reply to the Apple’s Siri sadly would have to wait a little bit longer.

People keen to witness the devastating effects of a natural disaster can now take a virtual tour through Japan's tsunami-hit communities. Google Street View has digitally archived vast areas of the north-eastern disaster zone. The massive project to document the damage and rebuilding effort is aimed at providing the world with an accurate picture of the devastation caused by the natural disaster.

Portals is a research project that blurs the boundary between real and virtual worlds.

Portals is a research project that blurs the boundary between real and virtual worlds.

Not content with having conquered online payments, PayPal is expanding into real-world stores. The online e-commerce company has decided to expand by allowing shoppers to pay with its service in mo...

These novel contact lenses allow users to focus simultaneously on objects that are close up and far away. This could improve ability to use tiny portable displays while sill interacting with the surrounding environment.