CIO - There's no question, we're at an inflection point in the digitization of our world. In every domain and dimension, the substitution of digital for analog is racing ahead. A couple recent examples illustrate the power of this trend. ...
Tags: digitization, digital, transforming manufacturing, IT, big data
IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
Tags: China, semiconductor sales, chip, computing
IDG News Service - As it begins a second day of deliberations in the Apple vs. Samsung patent battle, the jury charged with evaluating the case has decided to work an extra hour. The nine-person jury had been scheduled to work from 9 a.m. ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, patent battle, phone maeket
Infoworld - After two years and 18 releases, Google this week took the beta label off mod_pagespeed, its Web page speed technology. Mod_pagespeed is an open source Apache module in use at more than 120,000 sites, Joshua Marantz and Ilya ...
Tags: Google, Web page speed technology, Internet, company news
IDG News Service - The U.S. is facing a dramatically increasing threat from cyber attacks and a future attack on the country's critical infrastructure could have an effect similar to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, the U.S. ...
Tags: cyber attacks, critical infrastructure, Internet, cyber security, US
The path from birth to death is filled with choices about where to work and what kind of work to do. Sometimes the world is nice enough to allow us some input. These days, developers have a lot more say in their employment, thanks to rising ...
Computerworld - It has been a rough stretch for Itanium. HP and its customers were startled after Oracle in March, 2011 announced -- and without warning, according to court records -- its intent to discontinue software development on HP's ...
Tags: HP, software, Itanium servers, Oracle
IDG News Service - Google has acquired Incentive Targeting which offers a software-as-a-service platform for promotional campaigns to the grocery industry. "As part of Google, we will have the resources and expertise to continue the ...
Tags: Google, Incentive Targeting, software-as-a-service platform
The first stable version of Qubes OS,an open source desktop operating system designed to provide a greater level of security by isolating programs inside virtual machines with different permissions,was released Monday by Polish security ...
A subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives will hear testimony on Friday about whether the FCC followed its own rules when it gave LightSquared conditional approval for an LTE network early last year. LightSquared wants to build ...
IDG News Service - Research In Motion has introduced the BlackBerry Dev Alpha C, a smartphone developers can use to test their applications and get ready for the launch of the BlackBerry 10 QWERTY device next year. The company also said ...
Tags: BlackBerry Dev Alpha C, smartphone, BlackBerry 10 QWERTY device
IDG News Service - A photo kiosk that can track user behavior using a Microsoft Kinect-like sensor and mine social data could help marketers gain valuable information about audiences at sporting events. Mobile services company Mobiquity, ...
Tags: photo kiosk, Microsoft Kinect-like sensor, mine social data
Having trouble sleeping? Gaining a bit of weight? Your smartphone or computer might be to blame. Actually, the problem is more likely about your obsession with your laptop and devices than the devices themselves. A new study from ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Smartphones, tablets
Nokia today announced the Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 smartphones,focusing on the 920's superior camera and its map and driving features that use augmented reality,as well as the phone's built-in wireless charging. The ...
Tags: Nokia, Lumia Phones, optics, wireless charging, augmented reality
Attackers are exploiting a "zero-day" vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and hijacking Windows PCs that cruise to malicious or compromised websites, security experts said Monday. Microsoft confirmed the IE bug, saying, ...
Tags: Hackers, IE, Computer Products