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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...

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...

eWEEKChat April 23: New-Gen Fabrics, Software-Defined Networking: Removing Old Roadblocks

On Wednesday, April 23, at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host a special eWEEKChat event, our 19th. The topic will...

Marketing Automator Act-On Banks $42 Million in VC Funding

Marketing automation software provider Act-On Software, which focuses on small and mid-market enterprises, revealed April 15 that it has landed $42 million in new...

Vein Pattern Scanning Enables Device-Free Instant Payments

We haven't yet reached the point where most consumers can leave their wallets at home and head to a cash register with only a...

eWEEK Launches New Research Center Document Resource

eWEEK’s new Research Center, a collection of valuable how-to's, trend reports and research documents from selected IT thought leaders, is now open for business.The...

Intel, SGI Test 3M Liquid Cooling Technology

Intel and SGI are using a supercomputer to test a data center cooling technology that calls for the system to be fully submerged in...

Samsung Prepping ‘Gear Solo’ Standalone Smartwatch

Samsung has filed a patent for a device it’s calling the Gear Solo, a smartwatch that, as the name suggests, can operate without the...

Google Promotes Google Glass for Business Use

As Google Glass Explorers have been using the eyewear-mounted computers in their communities since the first early Glass devices were distributed in April 2013,...

Brendan Eich’s Departure Will Mar Mozilla but Not Stop Its Innovation

Brendan Eich was a key figure in the foundation of Mozilla, and his departure will be questioned and felt for a long time. Eich...