Monthly Archives: April 2016
Virtual Reality to Take Center Stage at Nvidia’s GTC Event
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Virtual reality technology promises to be a central topic during Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference here this week, with Nvidia officials ahead of...
Microsoft Moves to Mainstream Blockchain in Financial Industry
Microsoft has partnered with the R3 blockchain consortium to help speed up development of distributed ledger platforms for the financial services industry, the Redmond,...
Court Overturns $85 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Google
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a March 2014 jury verdict in Texas ordered...
Massive Law Firm Hack Reveals Rich Hiding Money
The alleged hack of Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm, has resulted in the leak of more than 11.5 million documents that detail the...
Toyota, Microsoft to Co-Develop Services for Connected Cars
Toyota and minority equity partner Microsoft revealed April 4 that they will go in together to launch a new company, Toyota Connected, to focus...
IBM Introduces Cognitive Storage
IBM has developed a new approach to storage known as cognitive storage, where computers can be taught to learn the difference between high value...
Brocade Springs $1.2 Billion for WiFi Provider Ruckus Wireless
Brocade Communications Systems made a major move to expand its market reach April 4 by agreeing to spend $1.2 billion for Sunnyvale, Calif.-based neighbor...
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 RC2 Features Easier R Setup
Microsoft is getting closer to finalizing SQL Server 2016. On April 1, the company announced the availability of the database software's third release candidate...
Open Network Insight Project Builds on Big Data to Improve Security
Using big data to collect network events in an effort to help improve security is not a new concept, but it is evolving. Part...
ZTE Reportedly Replacing 3 Executives Over U.S. Sanction Concerns
Three high-level executives of Chinese smartphone and telecom equipment maker ZTE, which allegedly violated U.S. laws by shipping parts from U.S. technology companies to...