Windows 8 RT Poses Security Dilemma
When Windows 8 hits the street later this year it will represent the boldest overhaul of the dominant desktop operating system to date. Aside from the Metro interface, one of the biggest departures from Windows tradition will be the addition of a new variant that runs on ARM hardware. While What’s…
Windows 8 Pro: Features IT Pros Need to Know About
Microsoft announced last month that Windows 8 will be sold in three editions: two for PCs powered by x86 processors and one for ARM-based tablets, called Windows RT. The Windows 8 quiz The “PC versions” are divided into “Windows 8” and “Windows 8 Pro,” a simplified structure that harkens back to the Windows 8,…
Baidu says to launch new smartphone next week
BEIJING May 11 (Reuters) – Baidu Inc, China’slargest search engine, will launch a new smartphone partnershipnext week, that will see the smartphone use an upgraded versionof its mobile operating system, a senior company executive saidon Friday. Baidu will announce the tie-up next week for new mobiledevices, similar to Baidu’s partnership with…
Giant robot puts you in the driver’s seat
Tomorrow’s world is staring you in the face, in the form of a 13-foot-tall robot capable of fitting a human pilot inside. Japanese robot enthusiasts have begun building that futuristic vision and they have several clever ideas for controlling the nearly five-ton robot in ways that evoke different science fiction…
Neato Robotics Selects John Niedermaier As New CFO To Guide Company’s …
NEWARK, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Neato Robotics(TM), a Silicon Valley company that pioneers new technologies and products to free people from household chores, today announced the appointment of John Niedermaier as the company’s new chief financial officer. Niedermaier, who reports to CEO Warren Flick, will manage the Niedermaier,…
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze
Foursquare doesn’t want to be another popularbut unprofitablesocial network. Its new plan to make money? Personalized coupons. The company, which lets users alert their friends to their location by “checking in” via smartphone from coffee shops, bars and other locations, revealed for the first time that it plans to let…
Neato Robotics Selects John Niedermaier As New CFO To Guide Company’s …
NEWARK, Calif., May 9, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Neato Robotics, a Silicon Valley company that pioneers new technologies and products to free people from household chores, today announced the appointment of John Niedermaier as the company’s new chief financial officer. Niedermaier, who reports to CEO Warren Flick, will manage the (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120509/AQ04160)…
Twitter Japan Blog Post Says Company Leaked No User Data
None of the recently leaked Twitter logins and passwords came from within the company, according to a message posted on Twitter’s Japanese blog Thursday. “We have confirmed that no one’s information has been leaked from Twitter,” the blog said, after apologizing to users for their concerns. The comments came after…
Are Generation Y ‘careless’ in their use of Wifi?
Public Wifi services are being expanded across the West from entire cities using smart grid technology to support wireless connection for its citizens, to stores offering access to the Internet in return for buying a coffee or book. However, do the younger generation consider the security implications of using such…
UC Berkeley tests floating robot sensors to track environmental concerns
IDG News Service – It’s been a couple of years and a couple of million dollars. Finally, researchers and graduate students who have spent years developing intelligent water sensors released them into the Sacramento River on Wednesday, about 80 miles east of San Francisco. That area of the river is a…
