Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app. That's one of the tools the world's largest retailer plans to use to improve the in-store shopping ...
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Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday. "Facebook is the new ...
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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 ...
If you recall, Hurricane Sandy last fall flooded data centers, forced major network hubs to run on generators, and even sparked a fuel bucket brigade to keep servers running. Well, IT shops take note: It looks like we're in for another ...
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U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. The 100-page report, ...
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A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday. ...
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Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processors than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving ...
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Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and ...
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Lyft, the ridesharing service known for its fleet of pink mustache-festooned cars, is eyeing international expansion supported by its biggest funding round yet. The company will be looking at entering new markets, including overseas, ...
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Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users. KitM (Kumar in the Mac), also known as HackBack, ...
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Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the E.U. to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the U.S. in the next seven years. "I want to double our chip production to around 20 percent of global production. I ...
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As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the cloud. On Thursday at the Ethernet Innovation Summit, which will include a ...
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A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. Called Joeffice, it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the ...
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Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters. The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based ...
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The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search. French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is ...
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