Monthly Archives: August 2012
IBM Spintronics Breakthrough Could Lead to New Magnetic-Based Semiconductor Transistors
IBM and scientists at ETH Zurich, a leading European university, have introduced the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix...
Red Hat OpenStack Distribution Released in Preview
Red Hat announced the release of a preview version of its OpenStack distribution for enterprises.Red Hat's OpenStack distribution is based on the popular open-source...
Could More iPhone Models Beat Back Samsung, Android?
Demand for the Apple iPhone has "cooled off," IDC recently reported, explaining that the device has been around since October and the blogosphere has...
Gauss Cyber-Spy Trojan Gives Rise to Many Theories, No Answers
A number of things are known about the Gauss Trojan first discovered by the folks at Kaspersky Lab in the fall of 2011. We...
Samsung Begins Presenting Case in Apple Patent Infringement Trial
Samsung began presenting its case Aug. 13 in a federal court trial over Samsung's alleged infringement of Apple product patents, arguing that there was...
Google Buys Frommer’s to Expand Local Search Content
Frommer's, a name well-known and beloved by consumers for its travel guides to destinations around the world, is being acquired by Google as the...
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Gets Software Update
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending its first weekend on Mars getting a software update to give it pointers on how to drive on...
Oracle Patches Database Security Flaw Disclosed at Black Hat
Oracle has issued a fix for a security weakness in its database product that was disclosed at the Black Hat security conference in July...
Microsoft Says It’s Working Well With OEMs on Windows 8 Tablets
Microsoft has released details of the work it is doing with OEMs on tablet and desktop PCs running Windows 8 and Windows RT-apparently to...
Swedish Private Equity Firm Acquires IT Automator UC4
Swedish private equity firm EQT VI revealed Aug. 13 that it has acquired Vienna-based IT process automation software maker UC4 from The Carlyle Group...