Private cloud does not bring full benefits of cloud computing, says AWS
Amazon Web Services, the biggest public cloud service provider, has hit out at private cloud providers, claiming private cloud users are not achieving all the benefits of cloud computing at its first...
View ArticleWhat Microsoft Office means to iOS users
Microsoft Office and Apple are like that kid from Charlie Brown and his blanket: They’re inseparable. Microsoft Office was first released for the Mac and the two have been seen out in public together...
View ArticleAcer Iconia W700: Tablet, meet desktop
Windows 8 opens up some interesting design possibilities for computing devices, and Acer’s Iconia W700 epitomizes the hybrid desktop/tablet or modular small PC possibility. The W700 can be used as a...
View ArticleFuture of remote computing? Dell’s Ophelia turns a TV into a thin client
Imagine walking past a row of televisions at the mall showing sports highlights, and suddenly remembering something you forgot to do back at work. You plug in a cigarette lighter-sized device into any...
View ArticleUp close with Intel’s perceptual computing technology
Intel is showcasing a new technology that could change the way people interact with computers at this week’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. The technology—dubbed “perceptual...
View ArticleArmy Buying More Computing Capabilities Under ITES-2 Contract
Six companies will share in a $494 million task-order contract to provide computing hardware and software to the Army under the Information Technology Enterprise Solution-2 (ITES-2) contract vehicle....
View ArticleCreating a $99 parallel computing machine is just as hard as it sounds
Ten months ago, the chipmaker Adapteva unveiled a bold quest—to create a Raspberry Pi-sized computer that can perform the same types of tasks typically reserved for supercomputers. And… they wanted to...
View ArticleCloud, Mobile Computing Pressure HP, IBM, Tech Giants
The New York Times stated the obvious this evening. And it’s worth repeating: Cloud computing and mobile devices — tablets and smartphones — are pressuring traditional technology giants like...
View Article2014 Forecast for Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has proven to be one of the great disruptive technologies of our time, and the effects of its increasing adoption and maturation will ripple out through 2014. Here are 10 predictions...
View ArticleStanford Cloud Workshop at the Computer History Museum Reveals Hardware and...
The Industry-Academia Partnership (IAP) conducted the 2013 Stanford Cloud Workshop at The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on December 6 with the theme “Meeting the Future Needs of...
View ArticleMi World Portable Computing System
In today’s extremely mature market that is full of small PC-like machines that carry ARM-based processors underneath the hood, it can be very challenging to pick a winner from the crowd. Of course,...
View ArticleNvidia pushes brain-like computing with new graphics products
Nvidia believes its advances in graphics hardware could pave the way for brain-like computing, which could lead to the creation of intelligent computers that can learn and make smarter decisions. The...
View ArticleAcer enters cloud computing race
Acer has detailed its long-touted push into cloud computing on Thursday, as the struggling computer maker responds to a shrinking PC market by pitting itself against cloud leaders Amazon.com and...
View ArticleThe Future of Computing Machines
There are announcements from chip makers stating that they have figured out new ways to shrink the size of transistors. During the last five decades smaller and faster semiconductor circuitry has...
View ArticleHP works on computing redesign
The boss of United States computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) says the future of her company lies in producing hardware that runs on light, not copper wire. Meg Whitman, who has cut thousands of jobs...
View ArticleIBM Expands High Performance Computing Capabilities in the Cloud
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is making high performance computing (HPC), as part of technical computing,more accessible through the cloud for clients grappling with big data and other...
View ArticleGoogle Announces It Is Developing New Super-Fast Quantum Computing Chip With...
Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is backing a new effort to build quantum-computing processors based on superconducting electronics, the Internet search giant said in a post Tuesday. The effort is the second...
View ArticleHP launches servers with two times faster computing power
Eyeing the growing demand for fast computing speed in India, US based technology firm HP today launched a server with about double data processing power compared to other units of similar size in the...
View ArticleThe Future of Computing Is Your Face
One thing has become very clear in the last year, and it was drawn into even sharper focus this week: the future of computing is going to take place right on our faces. Whether it is in the form of...
View ArticleThe quiet computing revolution built into Apple’s 12-inch MacBook
There’s going to be a lot of ink spilled this week about the Apple Watch. Some tech writers are also focusing on Tim Cook’s exclusive deal with HBO. And still others are concentrating on the redesigned...
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