Microsoft sees portable datacenters everywhere. The software giant shows off datacenters packed into a shipping container and says they’re more cost-effective and energy efficient than traditional datacenters. A pair of companies announced EcoRAM, and claim that it can ratchet up a single server’s memory beyond today’s 32GB limit to a capacity of 512GB — and do so without increasing the machine’s power envelope. Related: Enterprises sit up and take notice of low flash memory prices. LimitNone says it showed Google its “My Grate” tool in 2007 and in a lawsuit it filed against the search company alleges that Google violated consumer fraud laws and misappropriated trade secrets. Panasonic adds a mini-laptop to its roster of rugged computers. The CF-U1 runs either XP or Vista, weighs about 2.3 pounds, and features 3-4 hours of battery life. Related: Dell unveils rainbow of Studio laptops. And the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group issues guidelines for blocking spam from botnets by dealing with forwarded e-mail and e-mail that is sent from dynamic IP addresses. Software Development