IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. …
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. …
Бывший дизайнер Microsoft Дэйв Бринда опубликовал видео, запечатлевшее концепт интерфейса операционной системы Windows Mobile 7 Photon, разработка которой была отменена в пользу Windows Phone 7. В настоящее время Бринда является исполнительным креативным директором HTC, ранее он занимался разработкой интерфейсов для TouchFLO 3D и HTC Sense на ее базе. …
Китайский производитель Hisense в ближайшие месяцы планирует выпустить свой первый планшетный компьютер, который может “опустит” цены на производительные гаджеты, так как он работает на базе мощной системы на чипе nVidia Tegra 3, а его стоимость будет ниже $100. Планшет Sero 7, именно так назвали новинку, будет выпускаться в двух вариантах: Lite …
Today's the day Microsoft wows us (I hope) with it's next generation Xbox. So how does Sony combat that? With an ineffectual teaser that comes across as just sad… read more
It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. read more
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. read more
Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA Wireless trade show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas. read more
Directly licensing music from labels could let Apple and others offer music services which may be better for the listener, but potentially less profitable for recording artists read more
Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform. read more
Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network. read more
On May 21st at 10am Pacific time, Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox console. And if this article were titled "What we know for sure about the next Xbox," we could end it here. Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about the successor to the Xbox 360, but that's about to …
Sony is trying to steal some of Microsoft's thunder by offering a few fleeting glimpses of the Playstation 4 hardware on the eve of a Microsoft Xbox event. read more
After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow. read more
While Yahoo's acquisition of blogging site Tumblr will make a handful of people very happy, others are not convinced. Here's how to import your posts from Tumblr to WordPress. read more
The Red Cross is using apps to help warn people about potential weather calamities. One of its more popular efforts is its new Tornado app. read more
Hard drives are classic bottlenecks, and they definitely slow down computers. But whether you can significantly open up that bottleneck depends on the speed of your current drive, how many available drive bays you have, how much storage space you need, and how much money you're willing to spend. read …
Few phenomena have been so widely discussed yet remain so puzzling as the world of Bitcoins. Businesses galore are now asking themselves whether Bitcoin is something they need to take seriously, even though most have absolutely no idea what it is. read more
Even though it's totally against Glass's terms of service, a brave citizen of the San Francisco metro area is selling the product. read more
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The Senate immigration bill’s H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian firms. But sometimes being in a tough spot can prompt new ways of approaching problems. One firm is implementing software robots. …
As personal and professional clouds converge, IT’s mission to improve productivity while protecting corporate apps and data is getting tougher. …
IT’s problems can draw unwanted notice now that Sarbanes-Oxley requires them to appear in 10-K reports as ‘material weaknesses.’ …
As long as a problem seems present, gnarly and intractable, we enjoy following the process that solves it. But once the problem has been solved, it’s not so interesting to us anymore. …
OnForce CEO Peter Cannone says the use of IT contractors is expanding and will continue to do so. …
China’s remarkable success in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn’t be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology, security experts say. They’re just very persistent and very good at remaining undetected for long periods of time. …
About half of the world’s companies will adopt BYOD programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts. …