http://serverfault.com – I am looking to setup an in-house cloud service for both experimentation and actual use. I am looking at XCP and CloudStack. We only want Ubuntu 12.04 LTS instances, no need for Windows at all. The system will probably be housed in four nicely-loaded physical machines. (HowTos)

http://www.thevarguy.com – Trend Micro and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have integrated the security vendor’s Worry-Free Business Security solution into the dashboard of Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which, combined with the anti-malware software’s support for Windows 8, makes for an SMB-centric security offering, according to the companies. The Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security solution features anti-malware and data (IT news)

http://www.talkandroid.com – NVIDIA just showed a video at their CES press conference introducing an interesting product known as “Project Shield”. Project Shield is a portable, all-in-one gaming device that basically looks like a gaming controller with an HD screen built in. (IT news)

http://techcrunch.com – Nvidia has outed its next-gen Tegra 4 mobile CPU at CES. As expected, the chip packs 72  GPU cores, offering a 6x bump on the Tegra 3′s graphics processing performance — to make the most of higher resolution displays — along with the first quad-core ARM Cortex-A15, to boost web browsing speed by 2.6x and deliver improved app performance. (IT news)

http://techcrunch.com – Modern Apple owes pretty much everything to the iMac. Yes, it was the iPod and later the iPhone and iPad that took the company to new, almost unimaginable heights. But as everyone knows, the company was at death’s door when Steve Jobs unveiled the “Bondi Blue” iMac in 1998. (IT news)