Intel has teamed up with Microsoft and embedded computer firm Kontron to simplify the deployment of digital signage systems. It has announced a Digital Signage Evaluation Kit-12 (DSEK-12) designed to streamline the digital signage ...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced £30m in funding for the Janet network, which connects UK research and education institutions together, as well as to the wider internet. The network needs to be ...
Tags: Janet, network, wider internet, packet-optical platform
Emirates Glass LLC(EGL),one of the region's leading processors of premium architectural flat glass products and a subsidiary of Glass LLC,wholly owned by Dubai Investments(DI),announced the launch of its first self-cleaning glass projects ...
The first round of Windows 8 tablets and laptops coming out later this year will be"just the beginning"of a range of form factors and styles that will evolve as the operating system matures,according to the president of a major Taiwanese ...
Tags: Windows 8 PCs, Acer, Taiwanese computer maker, ARM processors
Silicon photonics processors have been developed by a research team at Bristol University and are currently being commercialised by Nokia and Toshiba. "In the next three years we will demonstrate devices that will outperform computers for ...
UK dairy processors and farmers have formally agreed a deal on a code of practice to govern relations in the sector. A tentative"heads of agreement"on a voluntary code of practice was agreed in July after talks with the UK government.The ...
The Iowa state in the US has made it mandatory for state's dairy processors to test all milk received in the state for aflatoxin,a carcinogenic compound which is produced by fungus that grows on grain and peanuts. Aflatoxin can sometimes ...
Tags: aflatoxin, carcinogenic compound, fungus
IDG News Service-Applied Micro lifted the curtain on its 64-bit ARM-based server platform at the Hot Chips conference this week and ignited a debate about whether ARM is the right architecture for the data center. Pat Gelsinger,a former ...
Tags: 64-bit ARM, server chip, cloud-computing, integration
MIPS Technologies hopes to challenge ARM in the market for high-end tablets and smartphones with an upcoming processor design it presented at the Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley on Tuesday. MIPS is known for chips used in home ...
Tags: Processors, MIPS, ARM, Tablet
Details of Intel's upcoming Atom platform have been leaked,with the next-gen system taking firm aim at rival manufacture ARM and representing the biggest evolution of Atom since its 2008 arrival. Codenamed Bay Trail and scheduled for a ...
IBM's latest mainframe,the zEnterprise EC12,is big on data analytics and hybrid clouds. This system,announced Tuesday,includes a new 5.5-GHz,six-core processor,versus the 5.2-GHz,quad-core processor that shipped with the zEnterprise ...
Tags: IBM, zEnterprise EC12, processor, flash memory
USA-For three days in August,an estimated 100,000 fans converged at the sold-out Outside Lands festival in San Francisco.With acts including Stevie Wonder,Neil Young,Metallica,and Foo Fighters,this year's lineup at the Lands End main stage ...
Tags: Meyer Sound Leo, San Francisco, Outside Lands festival, LEO
Staying ahead of Microsoft itself,VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8. VMware Workstation 9,available now,also includes the ability for users to access ...
Tags: Windows 8, VMware, Workstation desktop computer hypervisor
Hormel Foods has reformulated its Jennie-O turkey bacon to lower the salt and fat content in the product by 60%. The improved recipe turkey bacon will be in stores from this month with an "improved taste and texture", the US food company ...
Tags: food, bacon, lower salt, lower fat, turkey bacon
TSMC will lead the foundry pack by a massive 4x margin over No.2 GloFo, says IC Insights. The top ten players in 2012 will be, says IC Insights: $bn TSMC 16.7 GloFo 4.3 ...
Tags: TSMC, Samsung, Apple, IC Foundry