Sometimes there’s simply is no replacement for displacement. And if you believe in the philosophy that more cores is better, Falcon Northwest wants to show you its latest micro-tower PC: A 4-inch wide PC packing no fewer than 18 cores inside of it. No, that doesn’t count the Hyper-Threading. The …
When a startup’s $10 million in funding is followed two months later by a further $41 million, it’s safe to say they’re tapping into a trend. In the case of Rubrik, that trend is enterprise data management. Promising an all-in-one approach to enterprise backup and recovery, Rubrik announced its Converged …
Hyundai today announced it will begin using Android Auto in vehicles this year, making it the first carmaker to enable vehicles to mirror a connected Android smartphone to the car’s dashboard infotainment system. Android Auto is premiering on the 2015 Sonata with navigation capabilities at dealerships nationwide, and will later …
Android, already the most widely used operating system in smartphones, could soon find its way into refrigerators, door locks and all manner of other “smart” appliances around the home. The OS will be in the spotlight at Google’s massive I/O conference in San Francisco later this week. As well as …
Microsoft apps will soon come pre-installed on more Android devices thanks to 20 new partnerships the company has forged with tablet makers around the world. The group of global and regional partners, which includes LG, Sony, Haier and Wortmann, will pre-install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype on devices …
Virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR has acquired Surreal Vision, a company developing image recognition technology that can recreate scenes from real life inside simulated 3D environments. The technology could help Oculus to create more varied and realistic virtual environments as the Facebook-owned company prepares to launch its flagship consumer …
Microsoft confirmed today that its voice-controlled assistant, Cortana, will live not just on Windows Phone and Windows 10, but available for Android and iOS as well. From their Windows blog: The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone. You …
Criminals stole sensitive information about roughly 100,000 taxpayers through the Internal Revenue Service’s “Get Transcript” application, a major data breach at the U.S.’s national tax agency. The thieves first stole information including Social Security details, dates of birth and street addresses from an outside, non-IRS source, the government agency said …
Criminals stole sensitive information about roughly 100,000 taxpayers through the Internal Revenue Service’s “Get Transcript” application, a major data breach at the U.S.’s national tax agency. The thieves first stole information including Social Security details, dates of birth and street addresses from an outside, non-IRS source, the government agency said …
Rampant power outages are hitting Africa’s telecom sector hard, and are likely to cause aftershocks in related industries. Southern African Development Community (SADC) and West African countries including Zambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Malawi face an increasing number of power shortages, affecting the ability of businesses to run base stations, …
Researchers in Denmark say that it’s child’s play to track your Android phone via Wi-Fi even if the Wi-Fi is nominally turned off – and even if you didn’t let an app track your location. Apps distributed via Google Play have to enumerate the precise permissions they require in order …
A right-wing senator stands to make legal history in Italy when he becomes the first person to be prosecuted for insulting another person on Twitter. Maurizio Gasparri, a senator with Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative Forza Italia party, is well known for his polemical verve and has earned the title of “cyber-bully” …
Geeky plates The geeky license plates continue to pop up as those who are not afraid to proclaim their nerdiness on their car. Here are the latest and greatest. Send any entries you might have to rfrancis@nww.com. RELATED: The world’s geekiest license plates To read this article in full or …
HP this week signed a definitive agreement to acquire ConteXtream, a provider of OpenDaylight-based SDNs for service providers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ConteXtream develops an SDN controller for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), software-based services that replace hardware-dependent Layer 4-7 functions, like load balancing and firewalls. ConteXtream’s products …
A discrimination lawsuit alleging that Infosys favored “South Asian” workers over all others will not be dismissed, a federal judge has ruled. Infosys had asked for a dismissal of the case brought by four of its IT workers. U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Pepper granted some of what Infosys was …
The number of people using the Internet is growing at a steady rate, but 4.2 billion out of 7.4 billion will still be offline by the end of the year. Overall, 35.3 percent of people in developing countries will use the Internet, compared to 82.2 percent in developed countries, according …
With Google I/O coming up this week, developers, as well as people in the industry at large, are waiting to see what the company will trot out on stage. And while everyone is confident they’ll see Android M, a new version of the operating system, they’re also wondering if Google …
Cell phones are constantly transmitting radio signals, whose energy can also be used to boost the battery life of mobile devices. Researchers at Ohio State University have developed circuitry that converts radio signals from a handset into energy, which is then fed back to the device’s battery. The researchers say …
Microsoft today made official what had been rumored two months ago: It will release Android and iOS mobile apps that feature Cortana, the Redmond, Wash. company’s intelligent assistant. “It all starts with the big picture,” Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, argued in a Tuesday interview. “Microsoft …
Cell phones are constantly transmitting radio signals, whose energy can also be used to boost the battery life of mobile devices. Researchers at Ohio State University have developed circuitry that converts radio signals from a handset into energy, which is then fed back to the device’s battery. The researchers say …
Smartphone shipments will decline through 2019, hitting Android phones and the Chinese market especially hard, according to research firm IDC. The slowdowns come at the same time that Apple is benefiting from big sales of its larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices. Overall iOS smartphone shipments will grow …
A Chinese web site has posted what it claims is the launch schedule for Intel’s upcoming new generation of CPUs, the 14-nanometer Skylake processor. If this list is accurate, it will be a much more steady rollout than the chaotic Broadwell release, which came later than planned and forced Intel …
A judge in Milan banned UberPop in Italy on Tuesday, ruling that the car-hailing service constitutes unfair competition for taxi drivers. Judge Claudio Marangoni said a complaint lodged by taxi drivers’ associations and trade unions was well-founded and the UberPop smartphone app linking private drivers with passengers is provoking a …
You’re only as secure as your weakest link. That bit of wisdom has hit home for Apple Pay of late. Fraudsters have wasted no time finding and exploiting the mobile payment system’s weak link to their advantage. The weak link is not in the transaction side of things. That part, …
In the age of engagement, customers expect a seamless, integrated and consistent customer experience. But most companies can’t meet those expectations today. This video explains what holds many companies back. Then, check out this eBook, Mastering the Chaos of Customer Experience. It explains the 7 steps to becoming a customer …
Are Windows and OS X malware? Richard Stallman has never been…er…shy about sharing his opinions, particularly when it comes to software that doesn’t adhere to his vision. This time around he has written an opinion column for The Guardian that takes on Microsoft Windows, Apple’s OS X and even Amazon’s …