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Eric Yaverbaum: So Long, Sony: Why the Critics Are Wrong, and Microsoft's New Xbox One Will Be...
In 2013, the stakes are higher than ever to get the console right. No longer is there a minor battle between Sony and Microsoft to win the hearts of video gamers alone: it is now a total war for everyone who sits in the living room. Through Halo and the original Xbox launched back in 2001, Microsoft was able to...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Most Beautiful Items: May 18 - May 24, 2013
Perhaps you're whittling the last couple of hours away at your desk, trying to look busy until quitting time. So while you're trying to make it to the three day weekend, here are some of the best design posts we showed you this week. "Sound Bulbs" Are Vintage Speakers That Screw Right into Light Sockets Dominic...
gizmodo.com (4 hours ago)
High tech meets high fashion
Digital prints that serve as bar codes, 3-D design solutions, accessories that compute - fashion is embracing today's technology in a big wayFrom digitally printed textiles to stylish tech gadgets and even wearable computing, the ever-growing partnership of fashion and technology is catapulting the design world...
latimes.com (4 hours ago)
Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says
Google has reportedly launched an expansive effort to bring wireless networks and affordable computing to emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, moves that could bring the Internet to a further billion people. The wireless networks would be introduced outside the major cities, where wired...
pcworld.com (6 hours ago)
Australian researchers get closer to scalable quantum computing
Researchers in Australia are making progress in executing on a vision for quantum computing involving a phosphorus atom, which means a new commercial product might not be so far off in the future.
gigaom.com (6 hours ago)
Dell and Citrix share VDI push
Dell is tying its fortunes in the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) market to Citrix with initiatives to support the latter's XenDesktop 7 under the DVS Enterprise banner. It is launching three deployments to tie in its hardware with the management platform, saying that they can support mobile working and the use...
techradar.com (10 hours ago)
Two firms get low cost power to create jobs
The New York Power Authority board of trustees has approved low-cost power allocations to two local companies, Advance 2000 in Amherst and Niagara Refining in Depew.Advance 2000, an information technology services business, was awarded 2,900 kilowatts to support its expansion plans. The company is acquiring an...
buffalonews.com (10 hours ago)
SAP says cloud computing specialist Dalgaard to leave
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German business software maker SAP said on Friday that Lars Dalgaard, who had widely been expected to lead its cloud computing business, was leaving.
reuters.com (14 hours ago)
SAP says cloud computing specialist Dalgaard to leave
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German business software maker SAP said on Friday that Lars Dalgaard, who had widely been expected to lead its cloud computing business, was leaving. Dalgaard joined the company in late 2011 when SAP bought Web-based software company SuccessFactors Inc. The acquisition was seen as a catalyst...
yahoo.com (14 hours ago)
Could the Bitcoin network be used as an ultrasecure notary service?
Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money. Araoz, who works in game development, launched a service this week called Proof of Existence. It's essentially a notary public service on the Internet, an inexpensive way of using Bitcoin's distributed computing...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Salesforce.com's quarterly results disappoint Wall Street
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc's quarterly earnings and outlook disappointed investors as costs rise following a spree of acquisitions, sending its shares lower. Under Marc Benioff, Salesforce's CEO and founder, the company's fast revenue growth has made it a favorite with investors eager to own...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops
Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. Haswell chips were designed with laptops and tablets in mind, and the main focus was on lowering power consumption, said Rani Borkar,...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Google Copies Amazon's Playbook
Google increasingly appears to be following Amazon's lead in such services as a new e-commerce site, cloud computing and services for online shoppers.
wsj.com (1 day ago)
Salesforce.com Slumps on Outlook, ChannelAdvisor Stabilizes After Debut
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- SaaS cloud computing leader Salesforce.com saw shares tumble 4.27% to $43.73 in afterhours trading Thursday after reporting first-quarter results and outlook that either only matched or came in below estimates as its efforts to strengthen its presence in marketing software appears to going...
thestreet.com (1 day ago)
New Kinect for Windows to improve human interaction with computers
Human interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice. Developers will be able to write applications with the sensor, announced Thursday by Microsoft, that bring voice, gesture and other forms of natural interaction to...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs
Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud. The desk-side thin clients also have advanced virtualization...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Salesforce Earnings: Climbing Costs Can Offset Revenue Growth
Salesforce.com is set to announce its Q1 fiscal 2014 (ending April 31, 2013) earnings on May 23. The company provides enterprise cloud computing and social enterprise solutions across businesses and is the market leader in cloud customer relationship management segment.
forbes.com (1 day ago)
Schumpeter: The age of smart machines
IN HIS first novel, “Player Piano” (1952), Kurt Vonnegut foresaw that industry might one day resemble a “stupendous Rube Goldberg machine” (or as Brits would say, a Heath Robinson contraption). His story describes a dystopia in which machines have taken over brain work as well as manual work, and a giant computer,...
economist.com (1 day ago)
EA reckons Xbox One and PS4 are a 'generation' ahead of PC
As the fanboy fighting over whether the PS4 or Xbox One deserves the new console gaming crown kicks off, EA has stepped in to claim that both are well ahead of the PC. According to EA's executive vice president and chief technology officer Rajat Teneja, speaking on Linkedin, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are "a...
techradar.com (1 day ago)
Photo Shoot Your Way to Sales Growth
The way you visually represent your company can affect your sales growth. We look at how using original photography makes a big difference in your bottom line. If you want to differentiate your business from your competition, then look no further than the images on your company website. Stock photography litters the...
time.com (1 day ago)
Dr. Idit Harel Caperton: Empowering America's Rising Workforce--Latina Girls--in Computing and...
It recently came to my attention, that throughout the nation, young men and women who are Latino are, unfortunately, caught on the wrong side of the digital divide. I have spent much of my career working on initiatives that provide technology learning opportunities to youth in underserved communities--from a poor...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Replace Your Home Office With A Cellphone: Deadbeat Carrier Creative Destruction In The Ongoing...
I have personally tested the T-Mobile LTE service in a NYC subway (the 42nd street station) using what is currently the best (big brand) mobile handset available, the LG Optimus G Pro. 20130522 140401 3799 The speeds I attained are phenomenal for a cell phone. This combo is more than capable of replacing a small...
zerohedge.com (1 day ago)
Lenovo Says Quarterly Profit Up 90 Percent
The computer maker said it earned $127 million in the quarter as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Microsoft Steps Up Cloud Services in Japan
Microsoft Corp. is enlarging capacity for its Windows Azure cloud computing services for Japanese businesses, betting on growing corporate IT spending in the country.
wsj.com (1 day ago)
Review: Samsung Series 7 Chronos
IntroductionFull form factor laptops have died a death in the last few months as the new focus of Windows 8 has put the emphasis on portability and hybrids. If it doesn't turn into a tablet, manufacturers don't really want to know, but that's not much use for people who want power, performance and comfort - and...
techradar.com (1 day ago)
HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold
By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Software defined storage: the 'missing link'
VMware caught the IT industry's attention when it acquired software-defined networking start-up Nicira for $1.2 billion in July last year. The move kickstarted the virtualisation giant's strategic rebranding around the 'software-defined data centre', which looks to virtualise all IT infrastructure so that computing,...
techradar.com (1 day ago)
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
BEIJING (AP) - Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
BEIJING (AP) -- Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded....
ap.org (1 day ago)
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
Computer maker Lenovo Group says its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.
miamiherald.com (1 day ago)
