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Newcomer Skyera Brings Fresh Approach to SSD Storage

New-generation approaches to solid-state storage systems, based on firsthand experience with both the successes and failures of past development initiatives, continue to come to...

Surface Touch Cover

Surface Touch Cover The 3mm Touch Cover represents a step forward in human-computer interface, according to Microsoft. Using a unique pressure-sensitive technology, the Touch Cover...

Facebook Acquires Facial-Recognition Site Face.com

That€™s a lot of face. Social networking giant Facebook officially acquired the Israeli facial-recognition company Face.com, which uses face-recognition technology to scan photos and...

JetBrains Ships dotCover 2.0 .NET Code Coverage Tool

JetBrains, the maker of popular productivity-enhancing tools€”such as IDEA IntelliJ€”for software developers, has released a major update version of dotCover, the company€™s .NET code...

Windows 8, Ultrabooks Could Give PC Market a Modest Push: IDC

The PC market should expect no miracles this year, research firm IDC shared in a June 19 report. Pointing to global economic uncertainty and...

Intel Continues Mobile Push With Deal for InterDigital Patents

Intel's $375 million purchase of almost 1,700 wireless patents from InterDigital subsidiaries is the latest move by the giant chip maker to expand the...

What Is Big Data?

What Is Big Data? Big data is comprised of structured data, which is data that fits cleanly into spreadsheets and databases, and unstructured data, which...

Microsoft Surface vs. iPad: 10 Reasons to Ditch Apple’s Tablet

Microsoft on June 18 unveiled its new Surface tablet. The device, which will launch later this year, comes in two flavors€”an Intel-based option and...

Google Discovers 9,500 New Malicious Sites Every Day

Roughly 9,500 new malicious sites are caught and flagged by Google every day, according to statistics released by the company on June 19.The statistics...

Cisco Brings Online Collaboration Solutions Under WebEx Name

Cisco Systems executives are bringing their disparate Web collaboration solutions under the WebEx umbrella, and expanding the capabilities of its enterprise social networking offering...