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Android to duel Apple iTunes in music Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:41PMGoogle's music service plans are crystallizing in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker to challenge Apple iTunes in the digital music market.
A more robust, reliable Internet Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:38PM( Washington University in St. Louis ) A computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis is part of a collaborative team that is one of four project teams chosen by the National Science Foundation to pursue ways to build a more robust, secure and reliable Internet. Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science & engineering and researchers from nine other institutions ...
Internet research group part of new NSF awards Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:47PMA research project involving the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a series of awards aimed at pursuing new and innovative ways to create a more trustworthy and robust Internet.
Economy won't dampen smartphone sales, says IDC Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:26PMWhile industry analysts have recently lowered their estimates for PC sales, the smartphone market is apparently growing even faster than expected.
Frustration in ER leads to new idea Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:13PMSomeday soon, your medical information will exist completely in the digital realm. One Valley physician is leading the charge.
European Logistics Giant Fraikin Deploys Fiorano SOA Platform to Power Electronic Traffic Fine and Inventory ... Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:15PMLOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2010) - Fiorano Software, pioneer in peer-to-peer distributed integration, today announced that its SOA Platform has been deployed by Fraikin, a leading Logistics Giant in Europe. Fraikin has used Fiorano to deploy an electronic communication platform and to manage inventory across its geographically distributed facilities. The implementation of the ...
Dual-core Cortex-A9 SoC features built-in GPS Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 11:11AMSamsung Electronics announced a dual-core ARM Cortex A9-based system-on-chip (SoC) for tablets, netbooks, and smartphones to compete with Nvidia's Tegra 2. Code-named "Orion," the 45-nanometer (nm) fabricated SoC offers dual 1GHz cores, and features a 1MB L2 cache, a 1080p HD video accelerator, improved 3D graphics performance, dual-display support, and even a GPS receiver, says the company.
Guides and Analysis Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:53AMThe holiday season ends, the kids go back to school and then the tax problems begin. Things seem back in their old routine. However, the big problem with this tax issue is that this is not a flippant situation if you are one of the many who may have underpaid tax.
Fanless PC has four expansion slots Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:11AMAxiomtek announced a fanless, industrial "shoebox" PC with four expansion slots and support for processors as fast as 2.53GHz. The IPC914-211-FL supports Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron M CPUs, with up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, and a 2.5-inch drive bay, says the company.
Raytheon's Total Ship Computing Environment Passes Critical Review Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:00AMRaytheon Company's open architecture Total Ship Computing Environment , the integrated mission system for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer, recently passed a key Technology Readiness Assessment.
Mark Bohannon to Lead Red Hat Governmental Affairs and Public Policy Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:22AMRALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat today announced that Mark Bohannon will join the company as Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Global Public Policy.
Mark Bohannon to Lead Red Hat Governmental Affairs and Public Policy Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:00AMRALEIGH, N.C.----Red Hat, Inc. , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Mark Bohannon will join the company as Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Global Public Policy on Oct. 1, 2010.
The myth of growth Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:42AMOne of the great myths that sustained the late 20th century economy was that of exponential growth. Technological change was supposedly moving ever faster, so economic growth would naturally also be exponential, making us all richer than our parents and immeasurably richer than our grandparents.
VoltDB Gets $4M Charge - cbl Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:51PMBy citybizlist StaffBILLERICA, Mass. -- VoltDB, Inc. has raised all of its offered $5 million in equ...
Editorial roundup: Reform must follow PAYE overpayment fiasco Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:02AMHMRC admitted last week that 4.3 million people were in line for tax rebates because they overpaid a total of £1.8bn in tax between 2008 and April this year.
IBM claims world's fastest processor with 5.2GHz z196 Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 3:21AMRemember when a 1.4GHz processor was deemed the world's fastest? Man, that was ages ago. Recently, IBM has laid claim to that very record, with its 5.2GHz z196 processor being the focal point. Of course, we've seen a number of consumer chips hum along at speeds well beyond that (thanks to sophisticated cooling systems, of course), but this here enterprise chip does it without any liquid nitrogen ...
Pressure mounting on the jobless Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:56AMThe impact of long-term unemployment on the person out of a job and on the overall economy is hard to overstate. What are the "spillover effects?"
Carmel's Palladium aims for acoustical excellence Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:00AMCARMEL, Ind. -- After passing by the massive columns, under the soaring rotunda and across the gleaming Italian stone floors, you'll begin to notice a few of the details. Like, under your seat, the little thing that looks like a top hat.
Montclair State art installation creates sound and light show Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:50AMReview of Christopher Janney's sound installation in Montclair
Banks asked to focus on customer-friendly tech Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:44PMBanks should not merely implement core banking solutions but also ensure that the technology implemented is more customer focussed, said KC Chakrabarty, deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India.
Designing screens for the unlettered Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:32AMFor once, illnesses were forgotten as a group of elderly patients beamed at each other in a remote Karnataka hospital. They were hearing a computer speak in the native Kannada. The woman showing them the gadget, 32-year-old Indrani Medhi, was equally thrilled. Salil Mekaad writes.
PC sales to grow more slowly, IDC concurs Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:26PMIDC analysts say consumer purchases of PCs will slow in the second half of the year, but that strong commercial sales will help offset some of the weakness.
Media players offer 3.2-inch displays, Android 2.1 Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:11PMPhilips and Samsung have both announced Android 2.1-based, 3.2-inch portable media players (PMPs), primed to compete with Apple's newly upgraded iPod Touch.
John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Bad news: PCs are built to last Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:46PMThe once-sizzling PC market is dead, for good.
New 6U FPGA-based VMEbus SBC from MEN Micro Boasts Triple Redundancy Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:35PMMEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for mission-critical industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, now offers the 6U FPGA-based, triple-redundant A602 64-bit VMEbus single board computer that employs a lock-step architecture keeping software development at a minimum.
Nvidia Boosts Notebook Graphics with New GeForce 400M Series Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:15PMNvidia has rolled out seven new GeForce 400M graphics processors for notebooks, supporting DirectX 11, 3D support, and battery-saving Optimus technology.
U.S. Air Force Awards Integral Systems $1.5 Million CCS-C Contract Modification Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:56AMCOLUMBIA, Md. | Integral Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced today that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded the Company a $1.5M contract modification to...
Strong early sales of $140 Android tablet surprise retailer Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:11PMBeijing-based international online reseller LightInTheBox.com announced it has had two months of surprisingly strong sales of a seven-inch, $140 Android tablet.
Toshiba shows off 10.1 inch Android tablet Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:12PMToshiba Europe announced a 10.1-inch Android 2.2 media tablet, due for a fourth quarter release in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Folio 100 runs Android 2.2 on an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and offers a 10.1-inch, WSVGA display, but it lacks both GPS and Android Market access.
What Is H-P Getting With 3PAR? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:57PMSo what exactly is H-P getting with its purchase of 3PAR, other than a bill for $2.1 billion and a chance to thumb its nose at Dell?
Amiga is back--in name, anyway Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:25PMPC World - The original Amiga PCs earned their place in computer history, but until recently the brand has been just that: History. Since the purchase of the Commodore International brand in 2005, the future of the Commodore and Amiga names as they apply to classic PCs has been in limbo.
Inside the Navy's next-generation destroyer Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:32AMRoad Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility in Rhode Island and got the low-down on the DDG 1000, the U.S. Navy's most advanced destroyer ever. Originally posted at Geek Gestalt
U.S. military cyberwar: What's off-limits? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:31AMEx-NSA and CIA head tells Black Hat crowd that rules for when military can attack foreign networks might exempt power grids and financial networks. Originally posted at Privacy Inc.
Computershare cuts costs in the cloud Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 6:58PMAustralian investor services giant Computershare this week revealed that it had rebuilt its most highly trafficked sites on Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform, sending them live in the first week of August.
PIKA Technologies Announces Major Hardware and Software Enhancements to DSP and Host-Based Media Processing Platforms Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:00AMPIKA Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of plug-in media-processing hardware/software and telephony appliances and applications, announced today the further strengthening of its product portfolio by releasing new configurations for its HMP (host media processing) analog network interface boards and adding support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to its MonteCarlo DSP Software ...
UAE Construction Industry Needs Specialists in Environmentally-Responsive Buildings Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:00AMAs the construction and energy industries face the demands and costs of energy efficiency, comfort, health and safety, particularly in areas where cooling requirements are high, companies are increasingly seeking out professionals with depth and knowledge of 'smart' techniques, systems and technology both for new builds and modernisation.
Week in tech: unexpected purchases, old security flaws, and Bulldozer Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:08PMWhy Intel bought McAfee : Theories abound for why Intel bought McAfee, but the reality is more prosaic than most imagine. The Aurora attacks on Google and others were a wakeup call for Intel, and the company got serious about developing vPro's security potential. But to do that, they had to be able to offer products and services directly to the consumer. Windows DLL-loading security flaw puts ...
Swiss set to digitalise Nuremberg Trials Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:34AMHistoric audio recordings from the Nuremberg Trials of notorious Nazi war criminals look set to be made available to the public thanks to a unique Swiss system.
Petre Software & Computer Services, LLC Launches Partnership with Star2Star Communications Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:00AMPetre Software & Computer Services, LLC, an experienced provider of voice and telephony solutions, announces a new and innovative business-class Internet telephony service offering as an authorized dealer of Star2Star Communications. [PR.com]
Linux Mint 9 offers new software manager, backup tool Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:26PMThe Linux Mint team has released the final version of Linux Mint 9 ("Isadora"), based on Ubuntu 10.04. Linux Mint 9 features a new software manager with 30,000 packages, a new backup tool, and menu and interface improvements, says the team.
MUMPS to be retained for VA VistA system -- for now Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:20PMEnding months of discussion, the top IT official at the Veterans Affairs Department came down in favor of retaining the MUMPS computer language for VA's electronic health record system.
Swiss set to digitalize Nuremberg Trials Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:04PMHistoric audio recordings from the Nuremberg Trials of notorious Nazi war criminals look set to be made available to the public thanks to a unique Swiss system.
AMD-powered signage PC can support four independent displays Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:41PMAvalue announced a fanless computer aimed at gaming and digital signage applications.
20 IT projects to be honored at GCN Awards Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:42PMThe 10 projects selected for the 2010 GCN Awards, along with 10 honorable mentions, reflect the growing trends in government information technology toward open-source, cross-agency collaboration and transparency.
Hybrid solution crams flash storage into DIMM slots Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:26PMViking Modular announced an unusual way of adding SSD (solid state disk) storage to an embedded device or server. The company's SATADIMM is claimed to pack from 25GB to 400GB of flash storage into an unused, 240-pin DIMM socket.
Intel lowers forecasts amidst weakening consumer demand Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:26PMAfter two extremely strong financial quarters, Intel says it is reducing revenue estimates for the third quarter of its 2010 financial year. Attributed to a softening in the consumer PC market, the forecast comes as the latest blow to an increasingly shaky economy.
NSF project at Carnegie Mellon will develop architecture that makes Internet secure, smart Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:18AM( Carnegie Mellon University ) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will lead a three-year, $7.1 million effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation to develop a next-generation network architecture that fixes security and reliability deficiencies now threatening the viability of the Internet.
x86 servers drive worldwide server sales Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:14AMServers based on x86-based architecture driving global sales of the device, with blade servers showing strongest growth among other form factors, Gartner's latest report shows.
University Selects Thom Mayne as Gates Hall Architect Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:45AMPritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne will be designing a new computing and information sciences building in the heart of Central Campus. read more
Two good reasons for service-orienting healthcare systems, ASAP Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:23PMNew reports of IT staff shortages, data insecurity suggest an environment ripe for SOA.