Inside the BriefcaseScientists at MIT and the University of Texas have created a computer chip that mimics how a biological brain learns. Whereas typical computer activities take place in series, meaning one thing happens after another, brain activities are carried out in parallel. This presents a major obstacle for researchers trying to replicate brain-like activity.
Featured ArticlesYet another gaming platform fell under the spell of malicious hackers recently as Steam’s systems were infiltrated. However, this time those responsible may not have been able to snatch away anything particularly useful. Meanwhile, the FBI nailed what it says was a major cyberfraud ring, and an iOS developer showed the world what appears to be a hole in Apple’s security.
Featured ArticlesAn iOS developer recently found a method by which malicious hackers could sneak malware past Apple’s iOS app approval process. Shortly after he announced his finding, though, Apple barred him from iOS development for a year. It’s unclear, though, whether his banishment was punishment for the actions he took to prove the vulnerability exists or for the way in which he publicized it.
Featured ArticlesThe focus of the mobile world has turned to HTML5. Right now, HTML5 is positioning itself to be the No. 3 mobile platform behind Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android and we will see that evolution take place over the next couple of years. HTML5 runs besides these platforms through the mobile browser.
Retailers fear a dismal Christmas season as Grinch-like analysts predict poor festive trading. And public sector cuts continue to run deep, with councils reportedly forced to hang their Christmas lights early, during September’s routine maintenance due to mangled budgets.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld The iPhone 4S is a fragile beauty, and like most phones, it doesn’t work so well after being dunked in the ocean. However, even if your iPhone is accidentally taken for a short dip, it may still be salvageable after a good cleaning. The important thing is to power it off ASAP […]
Featured ArticlesAllscripts recently announced a new mobile EHR solution that it has temporarily called “Wombat”. The vendor designed the product exclusively for the iPad, directly involving Apple in the development process.
Almost half of IT departments in enterprises in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific plan to invest in Big Data analytics in the near future, according to an Ovum survey.
Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in technology. It appears 48 million times on the Internet. But amidst all the chatter, there is one question about cloud computing that has never been answered: Who said it first?
Rumor has it that Apple’s desktop tower line is not long for this world. The computers are some of Apple’s most powerful machines, but also some of its most expensive. However, cutting the line would leave certain types of professionals in the lurch. There are also rumors that Apple won’t cut, but will actually improve, the Mac Pro line soon.
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld The creators of a new social network are challenging users to ditch Facebook and other networks to “unthink” and de-clutter with their new, completely user-controlled and private network. Unthink.com, launched Tuesday in beta, hopes to capitalize on growing discontent among social network users for support. The site displays various videos outlining its […]
Featured ArticlesCloud adoption and open source were just a few years ago considered risky, cutting-edge approaches only pursued by the most confident (or poor) of technology departments.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld FoamBot is an experimental robot from UPenn’s ModLab. It’s a robot that carries around a set of versatile modules as well as a cannon that fires sticky foam. When needed, it can arrange the modules on the ground, connect them with foam and create a whole new robot. “The whole point is […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently commented on Yahoo’s (Nasdaq: YHOO) present situation by saying “Sometimes you’re lucky.” He was referring to his company’s rebuffed attempt to buy Yahoo a few years ago for $47 billion. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he thinks owning Yahoo now would be a bad idea — perhaps […]
Featured ArticlesMany companies experience data irregularities because they do not proactively manage accurate data management across the organisation.
Those who have been in the IT game for some time have become accustomed to “hype” topics that all too quickly evaporate once we discover that they cannot solve ALL of our problems. While the catchy name of “cloud computing” smacks of yet another hype topic, for once, the hype is matching the reality.
Marcia Metz, a web operations executive at EMC Corporation recently coined the term information liquidity, the ability to freely flow assets and adapt them to different shapes, in the context of Web content management systems
Small to medium-sized businesses account for more than 50% of our country’s non-agricultural business sector GDP. They are engines of economic growth. We need them to continue to innovate, expand and prosper for Canada to continue to increase its competitiveness and attract future business investment.
One of the many revelations in the biography of Steve Jobs from author Walter Isaacson is Jobs’ assertion that Android was a “stolen product.” According to Hayley Tsukayama’s report in The Washington Post, Jobs was furious about Android and vowed to spend all of Apple’s cash to destroy it. The problem is Jobs was wrong about Android. Or if he’s right, then the iPhone was also a stolen product.
It slices, it dices, it will replace transactional databases, it will do away with data warehouses. Indeed, SAP sometimes makes its Hana in-memory technology sound like a digital Ginsu knife.
Tweet Apple’s rumored to be looking into building an iPad with a smaller, 7.85-inch screen. A cheaper tablet from Cupertino would be nice, but in order to make the app situation work, its screen proportions would have to match that of the existing iPad. However, a wider screen would make the smaller pad much more […]
Featured ArticlesTweet Researchers at Northwestern University have created a hybrid nanomaterial consisting of electrically conductive particles coated with a positively charged chemical and surrounded by negatively charged atoms. The study could eventually lead to computers that are able to rewire themselves and change the functions of their internal components as needed. Read more…
Featured ArticlesFor Nigerians who can afford it, seeking medical attention abroad is routine. No thanks to them, health professionals within the medical industry in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany, and increasingly, South Africa and India, are smiling to the banks.
Tweet The Great BlackBerry Blackout of 2011 has spread to cover North America, bringing the days-long problem to even more users. RIM says the messaging and browsing problems impacting BlackBerry subscribers were due to a core switch failure within its infrastructure. Apparently, the system’s designed to failover to a backup switch, but the switch didn’t […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: PC World Data encryption is the cornerstone of Internet security. Every time you log into your email account or sign into an online retailer like Amazon, chances are that your browser is establishing a secure connection to the server using an encryption technology called TLS (Transport Layer Security). First developed in 1999 as […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Following the revelation of a startling security hole in some of their Android devices, smartphone maker HTC says it’s working on creating a fix. The security patch will first be sent to carrier partners for testing and then sent over the air to customers to download and install. “This is another reminder […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Facebook’s Timeline feature has been a focus of controversy since it was announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s f8 developers’ conference last month in San Francisco. Privacy advocates immediately raised concerns. A coalition of 10 privacy and consumer groups has written to the Federal Trade Commission pointing out the security […]
Featured ArticlesTweet First Nokia kicked MeeGo to the curb, and now Intel has scorned it too. Instead, the chipmaker’s attentions have now turned to Tizen, an open source mobile OS that focuses on HTML5 support. The company sees the future in HTML5, and Tizen was the way to go. In the next couple months, Intel will […]
Featured ArticlesIBM has become the world’s second most valuable technology company, overtaking Microsoft for the first time since 1996.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Linux users have a lot of good options for burning CDs and DVDs. K3b, however, is one of the best I’ve used. The latest version of K3b, 2.0.2, brings to Linux what Windows users have long loved in one of the leading CD burners of that platform, Nero. K3b is fast, simple […]
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