Monthly Archives: April 2014
Microsoft Moves Toward Next-Gen Computing With Kinect, Perceptive Pixel
Microsoft is working on gesture-based computing, bringing the future depicted by the "Minority Report" closer to reality.To help bring about this future, the software...
Barcode Software Maker Zebra Buys Motorola Scanner Division
One of the few remaining pieces of what used to be Motorola was sold April 15—the division that designs, builds and markets barcode scanners...
Daily Tech Briefing: April 16, 2014
In response to the Heartbleed security vulnerability that was revealed last week, the OpenSSL Software Foundation is asking for money to help support its...
IBM Wins $500M Private Cloud Deal With The Hartford
IBM and The Hartford insurance company announced a new six-year, $500 million technology services agreement to implement a new service model that includes a...
Senate Bill Aims to Replace Federal Agency With Google Search
A little-known federal agency, the National Technical Information Service, works quietly behind the scenes, collecting scientific, technical and engineering information and selling reports on...
Google I/O 2014 Theme Unveiled: ‘Design, Develop, Distribute’
When the Google I/O 2014 developer conference begins on June 25 in San Francisco, it's theme will be all about helping developers to "design,...
Nvidia Launches CUDA 6 Developer Platform
Nvidia is releasing the latest version of its CUDA toolkit that company officials said features some of the platform's most significant improvements, including unified...
AMD Demos x86 APU Server Running Fedora Linux
Advanced Micro Devices is demonstrating its upcoming next-generation Opteron X APU running Fedora Linux, a move that company officials expect will help persuade more...
10 Reasons It’s a Bad Idea to Be a Google Glass Early Adopter
10 Reasons It's a Bad Idea to Be a Google Glass Early Adopter
By Don Reisinger
It's Too Expensive
Spending $1,500 on a device that has yet...
AT&T, Volvo Announce High-Speed, In-Car Connectivity Deal
AT&T and Volvo have entered into a multiyear agreement, in which AT&T will enable high-speed wireless connectivity in Volvo vehicles.AT&T's Single SIM platform will...