Though roundly ridiculed when it debuted in 1995, Microsoft Bob, or something resembling the short-lived on-screen assistant, will ultimately return, vowed Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. read more
A court's decision not to prevent multiple Samsung handsets from being sold in the U.S. despite their being found to infringe Apple patents will go before an appeal's court in early August. read more
Device would have LTE wireless chip, 6 GB of storage and a translucent aluminum case. read more
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago wanted to know how smart a top artificial intelligence system actually is. So they gave it an IQ test. read more
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today briefly took attendees at a company-hosted research conference back decades to the failure of Microsoft Bob and the loathed “Clippy” to talk about preemptively helping tech users. …
When Microsoft ditched the Xbox One's Internet connectivity requirement, it also ditched some useful features. read more
With major parts of the U.S. under an intense heat wave, opting for less cooling may seem like a bad idea. But it isn’t. …
R is hot. Whether measured by more than 4,400 add-on packages, the 18,000+ members of LinkedIn's R group or the close to 80 R Meetup groups currently in existence, there can be little doubt that interest in the R statistics language, especially for data analysis, is soaring. read more
Sprint on Monday experienced network outages affecting voice communications for several hours in various regions nationwide, the wireless carrier confirmed. …
Over its 37 years in business, Apple has designed and marketed thousands of different products big and small, from support brackets to world-class computer systems. So it's not surprising that, over time, some of them have fallen under history's radar, making knowledge of their existence rare even among Apple history …
For many organizations with far-flung operations, total centralization through cloud storage and computing isn't possible despite advancing technologies and rising network speeds. read more
Kenya's telecommunications regulator is set to look for a new registrar for the country's .ke Top Level Domain, essentially decommissioning the Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC). read more
Edward Snowden, the leaker of U.S. National Security Agency surveillance activities, may have changed his position about disclosing more information in the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday, according to news reports. read more
Apple promised to investigate a report that a young Chinese woman was electrocuted when she answered her iPhone 5 while it was plugged into its charger. read more
Like anything in IT, there are several considerations to mull over before employing fabric technology to converge data center operations. read more
Sprint will begin selling two LTE hotspots and an LTE USB modem on Friday — the first tri-band LTE devices the carrier has offered. …
Delivering a dynamic and engaging mobile experience is becoming essential to retailers, and big data marketing applications company BloomReach believes that its new big data application is the key. read more
The combined value of paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services and in-app advertising is expected to double to $151 billion in the U.S. by 2017, AppNation said. read more
Forget fuel efficiency, all-wheel drive and sunroofs. Your next car may connect wirelessly to an array of cloud services, talk to your iPhone, call 911 if you have a medical emergency and even place your coffee order. It's not as futuristic as you may think. read more
A group of U.S. companies operating Internet advertising networks has pledged to bar websites trafficking in pirated goods from using their services and to take other steps to fight online copyright infringement. …
Известнейший производитель флеш-накопителей Kingmax анонсировал новую супер мини “флешку” PI-03. Особенностью нового накопителя является не его размер, как вы подумали, а уникальная технология PIP, защищающая устройство от воды и пыли при этом совмещая при этом современный стиль и огромный функционал. Вес флешки всего 2,5 грамма при габаритах 21(Д) x 14,5(Ш) x …
Судебные войны между Samsung и Apple попортили партнерские отношения между компаниями в прошлом году, сообщает SamMobile с ссылкой на ресурс Korea Economic Daily. А сегодня стало известно, что южнокорейский гигант для “яблочной” компании разработает и будет поставлять мобильный процессор A9, построенный на 14-нанометровом процессе и будет использоваться в устройствах следующего поколения, …
Компания Lenovo в скором будущем представит гибридный смартфон Lenovo A850, обладающий 5,5-дюймовым дисплеем. Lenovo A850 был одобрен Министерством Коммуникаций Китая. Его особенностью является 5,5-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 960 на 540 точек, а также его толщина – всего 9,45 мм. Новинка построена на базе 1,3 Гигагерцового процессора с четырьмя вычислительными ядрами …
По словам архитектора консоли Sony PlayStation 4 Марка Церни (Mark Cerny), на новой игровой системе будут значительно усилен дружественный к независимым игроделам курс, установленный ещё на платформе PlayStation 3. …
Если пару лет назад слова «iPad» и «планшет» были синонимами, и революционный гаджет Apple пользовался доминирующим положением на рынке, то за последнее время ситуация изменилась до неузнаваемости. Особенно это ощутимо в России, которая по состоянию на 2013 год прочно закрепила за собой статус страны победившего Android. …
Скандальный разоблачитель перестраховался на случай, если с ним что-нибудь случится …