Today’s topics include Intel’s release of its long-anticipated Xeon Phi “Knights Landing” processor, Apple’s announcement that it won’t be a financial sponsor of the 2016 GOP National Convention, Google’s new medical symptom search service and Spotify’s user numbers hit 100 million. Intel officials for months have been talking about its many-core Xeon Phi “Knights Landing” […]
Today’s topics include Dell’s decision to sell its software unit to two private equity firms, China’s success in the supercomputing race, LG’s introduction of the K3 budget smartphone and the container orchestration technology built into Docker Engine 1.12. Dell is selling its software business to two private equity firms as the company continues to shed […]
Today’s topics include the halt of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China, a lawsuit against Google, Facebook and Twitter, the unveiling of Bluetooth 5 with better Internet of things capabilities and the refactoring of Microsoft’s Visual Studio to make it more streamlined. Chinese officials have ordered Apple to stop selling its iPhone […]
Today’s topics include a claim of responsibility from a hacker known only “Guccifer” for the breach of the Democratic National Committee’s network, the decision by mobile device maker OnePlus to discontinue its budget OnePlus X smartphone, Microsoft’s launch of a crowd-sourced debugging effort for the Windows 10 platform and the Pentagon’s bug-bounty contest yielding big […]
Today’s topics include a study by IBM and Ponemon Institute that finds the average cost of data breaches continues to rise, IBM’s enhanced support for Apple’s Swift programming language, AMD’s latest graphics cards that are based on its new Polaris architecture and the U.S. government’s tests of biometric analysis technology at Atlanta International Airport. Year […]
Today’s topics include Apple’s plans to boost the performance of watchOS 3 and open Siri to developers, the Democratic National Committee’s discovery that Russian hackers infiltrated its network, and Nokia’s new Internet of things management system. The third generation of the Apple Watch operating system, watchOS 3, will debut this fall and include a wide […]
Today’s topics include three major corporate acquisitions, Microsoft’s plan to purchase the LinkedIn social network, Symantec’s buyout of Web security company Blue Coat, and VMware’s bid for network virtualization firm Arkin Net. In addition, Google’s Larry Page has invested in two flying automobile startups. Microsoft announced June 13 that is acquiring LinkedIn in an all-cash […]
Today’s topics include the New York attorney general’s insistence that Time Warner improve its Internet speeds in the region, Android’s debut of its new “Nearby” feature, Apple’s use of Intel modems in some of the upcoming iPhone devices and Avaya’s unveiling of its Oceana platform. Complaints about slower-than-advertised Internet speeds from Time Warner Cable customers […]
Today’s topics include the improvements to Apple’s App Store, the new threats from the Crysis malware, the auction of 3,000 Yahoo patents and the release of security enhancements to Intel’s Unite conferencing product. Apple is making changes to its App Store to help increase the earnings potential of the developers who create apps for Apple’s […]
Today’s topics include HPE’s development of a reworked data center computer architecture, Cisco’s reorganization causing engineers to resign, the government’s new act that will limit software spending and Lenovo’s plan to improve its presence in the virtual reality sector. Hewlett Packard Enterprise officials want to get open-source developers involved early with the development of the […]