Mozilla Delays Firefox’s New Interface Until April
Mozilla has stated that the earliest its new “Australis” user interface (UI) will appear in Firefox is at the end of April, six weeks later than the company previously projected. Australis, the first...
View ArticleIntel Kills Some Bay Trail CPUs
Details of the planned discontinuation were published this week by Intel in several Product Change Notification documents.
View ArticleIntel’s Ivytown Data Leaked
The cores are arranged across three columns, and the chip has 40 PCI-Express 3.0 lanes.
View ArticleIBM Wants Mobile Apps Powered By Supercomputer Watson
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty took to the Mobile World Congress stage and announced a global competition to spur developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by its Watson supercomputer...
View ArticleBusinesses Want More From IT, Dissatisfaction Grows
Companies want to reduce spending on IT operations and infrastructure and shift resources to revenue-producing areas, according to two new studies. But businesses leaders and IT executives are also...
View ArticleIntel Laying Off 1500, Shutting Costa Rican Operations
Chipmaker Intel, grappling with a dwindling PC market, is shutting its assembly and test operation in Costa Rica and eliminating 1,500 jobs. The closure of the site, which is a significant contributor...
View ArticleFewer College Students Use Tablets, Survey Reveals
Approximately 29% of college students said they owned a tablet in 2014, slightly less than did in 2012, according to a new study by Michael Hanley, a professor of advertising and director of Ball State...
View ArticleGoogle To Invest In Low-Orbit Satellites
After experimenting with high altitude balloons, Google has now turned its focus towards a fleet of low-earth-orbit satellites capable of delivering Internet access to remote regions of the world. The...
View ArticleBank Of America Accused Of Using $300M Worth Of Illegal Software
Bank of America illegally copied $300 million worth of Tibco’s enterprise software for use in a large-scale IT project at its Merrill Lynch subsidiary, Tibco alleges in a lawsuit. The bank amassed huge...
View ArticleGoogle May Have A Plan To Bring Wi-Fi To NYC Pay Phones
Google may be amongst a list of hopefuls looking to transform the New York City phone booths of the past into “communication points” of the future with free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging. The dominant...
View ArticleHTC To Make the Next Google Nexus Tablet
Google Inc has chosen HTC Corp to develop and deliver its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Google had been mulling HTC as a...
View ArticleGoogle Envisions High Altitude Internet-connected Balloons Circling The Earth
Google is hoping to launch a fleet of high-altitude balloons that will orbit the planet, providing Internet connectivity to remote areas — and it plans to do so within a year. That’s the plan that...
View ArticleBMW Begins Automated Driving Trials
German luxury carmaker BMW is partnering with Chinese internet giant Baidu to kick off highly automated driving trials in Beijing and Shanghai. BMW research vehicles capable of highly automated driving...
View ArticleGoogle Continues Artificial Intelligence Expansion, Partners With Oxford U.
Google Inc is growing its artificial intelligence area, hiring more than half a dozen leading academics and experts in the field and announcing a partnership with Oxford University to “accelerate” its...
View ArticleFacebook Debuts ‘Rooms’ App For Chats
Facebook is going old school, with a stand-alone app for discussion boards geared towards allowin users to talk about shared interests without having to use their real names. The company released Rooms...
View ArticleIT Hiring Finally Picking Up Steam
This year, the odds of success in the job hunt appear to be improving for IT professionals,especially those who possess certain skills. The economy added 321,000 jobs overall in November — and IT...
View ArticleStanford University Researchers Builds ‘High-rise’ Chip
Stanford University researchers have developed a multi-layered “high-rise” chip that could significantly outperform traditional computer chips, taking on the hefty workloads that will be needed for the...
View ArticleTor Believes A Network Disruption Is Coming Soon
The Tor project said it could face attempts to disrupt its network in the next few days through the seizure of specialized servers. The project did not name the group or agency that may try to seize...
View ArticleResearchers At Georgia Tech Develop An Auto Detect Keyboard
Enabled by a system of “contact electrification,” the keyboard senses typing patterns, the level of pressure applied to keys and speed - and it is accurate enough to distinguish one individual user...
View ArticleDropbox Acquires Startup Pixelapse
Dropbox, never one to shy away from an acquisition, has purchased startup Pixelapse, which provides a GitHub-like version control service for “tens of thousands” of visual designers. Terms of the deal...
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