Monthly Archives: November 2016
Cray, SGI Awarded $52 Million in Federal Supercomputer Contracts
Supercomputer makers Cray and SGI together are getting more than $50 million in federal contracts as part of the Department of Defense's larger program...
Comparing Microsoft’s New Surface Book to Apple’s MacBook Pro
Comparing Microsoft's New Surface Book to Apple's MacBook Pro
Apple and Microsoft both announced new notebooks designed to appeal to business and consumers alike. Is...
Thycotic Buys Cyber Algorithms, a User Behavior Analytics Startup
Privately held security vendor Thycotic is acquiring user behavior analytics startup Cyber Algorithms. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed."We looked...
NXP Unveils New Technologies for Autonomous Vehicles
NXP Semiconductors is expanding its capabilities in the fast-growing autonomous vehicle space, giving Qualcomm executives a look at what the chip maker will get...
Cyber-Politics Reached New Heights in 2016 Presidential Election
Bernie Sanders was right a year ago at the beginning of the first Democratic Party primary debates when he said, "The American people are...
Samsung Evaluating AI for Use in Future Products, Including Phones
Samsung, fresh from its recalled Galaxy Note7 smartphone disaster, is moving forward on its rumored plans for bringing artificial intelligence capabilities to some of...
Google Moves to Mobile-First Indexing for Search
Google has begun testing the use of the mobile version of a website's content to rank pages from that site in its Search results,...
APIs Help Drive Revenue, Market Cap Increases
New research from API management firm Apigee and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology digital fellow shows a direct impact to the bottom line of...
Microsoft Adds SMS to Skype’s Messaging Toolkit
Microsoft has released a new preview build of Skype for Windows 10 PCs and smartphones that enables users to reply to Short Message Service...
Apple Drops MacBook Pro Dongle Prices After Customer Pushback
Apple is sharply reducing the prices of its USB-C adapters for its new MacBook Pro laptops after hearing loud complaints from many users about...