Hardest Problems in Data Management
Overview: Modern hardware trends and economics, combined with cloud and virtualization research are radically reshaping today's data management landscape, ushering in a new era where many machine, many core, memory-based computing topologies can be dynamically assembled from existing IT resources and pay-as-you-go clouds. More...
Will Google Become What It Fears?
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs once warned Google co-founder Larry Page that the search giant was dangerously close to becoming another Microsoft -- in other words, a company that was spreading itself too thin by trying to do everything. More...
Microsoft purchases Spotify, Google spins off Motorola
Fueled by disruption on several fronts, 2012 will see some major mobile industry consolidation, as so then as mobile VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services’ lasting impact on carriers and more options on data pricing plans for consumers. More...
China eyes next-generation internet
Beijing, Dec 24 China will allow commercial use of its straightway-generation internet system by 2015 afterwards putting it on trial in 2013, a media report said Saturday. More...
6 Google projects ripped from sci-fi
December 24, 2011, 7:58 AM — Google has never been afraid to experiment, nevertheless lately the company's curiosities have turned toward the extreme. More...
Eight great gadgets from startups that build hardware
This is a gizmo for those days when you’re at work and all you want to do is see your puppy who’s stuck back at home. Or the weekends away from your startup office when you’re worried about burglars. More...
Devices cut cost of long-distance calls
This used to be the season that saw long-distance phone bills jump as people called friends and relatives around the world. Not so much any more with the lower long-distance costs, flat-rate pricing and a range of options, from Skype and Apple's FaceTime to other services and devices that shrink that long-distance bill. More...
GL Conveys its EC Compliance Testing Solution Per G.168 Using Manual Methods
Speaking to media persons, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, ”GL's Manual Test Suite for testing compliance of ECs with G. 168 provides the ultimate flexibility for nearly any type of network environment and configuration including: Conventional Telephone Networks, Networks With Satellite Connectivity, Wireless Networks just as Cellular and PCS. More...
Future of search is named Siri
If you're lucky enough to receive an iPhone 4S as a gift this holiday season, you should be very pleased. Nevertheless if you're Google, you should be very worried. More...
HTC's German Resellers Sued for Selling Its Phones
HTC last month dropped an appeal of an injunction IPCom got from a German court in 2009. That made the injunction enforceable. The phones enjoined are any devices using UMTS innovation, which is everything HTC sells. More...