Seven ways to celebrate Software Freedom Day
"Technologies that matter to our freedom are used in our voting systems, our leisure, our work, education, art and our communication," Waugh wrote in an article on the Software Freedom Day site. More...
Top 10 Ways To Turn Your Retired Gadgetry Into The Technology Of The Future
With the rapid progression of innovation each year, it’s easy to accumulate a pile of obsolete gadgets that you just can’t bear to get rid of. More...
Breitung Township Schools keeping up with technology
This effort to update the school's research was made possible afterwards voters in the school district passed a school bond proposal in May. A portion of that bond money is to replace the old computer equipment. More...
17 downloads you may have missed this week
Another week, another slew of software releases and app updates. The undoubted headline stealer is the release of the Developer Preview of Windows 8, however there have been plenty of other releases worthy of investigation for anyone not interested in Microsoft's up-coming operating system. More...
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Cloud computing is one of those disruptive shifts in research that has Silicon Valley giddy with excitement. Just don't expect to find local governments among those cheering this revolution. More...
Platfora Wants to Make Sense Out of Hadoop
It's aiming to work with existing Hadoop clusters, including Cloudera, MapR and Amazon EMR, among others, and automatically turn the questions business users pose into dimensional and predictive dashboards, reports and insights. More...
Microsoft previews Windows 8
Microsoft pulled back the curtain on new Windows computer operating software designed to power not only personal computers nevertheless also rivals to Apple's iPad. More...
Telstra's WiFi payphone provider scores $2.3m funding
PieNETWORKS, the Perth based developer of WiFi enabled Internet kiosks/payphones chosen by Telstra for large scale rollout has secured an additional $2. More...
An Apple Worth $39.3 Billion
The London-based consulting firm estimates the monetary value of Apple's brand at $39. 3 billion, up from $29. 5 billion previously this year and $19. More...
Google's Milo Medin to Keynote OFC/NFOEC 2012 Plenary Session
OFC/NFOEC has as well tapped Stuart Elby, Verizon's vice president of network architecture and research, and chief technologist of Verizon Digital Media Services to keynote the Service Provider Summit, OFC/NFOEC's flagship show floor program covering topics of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector. More...