Google launches corporate video conferencing product ‘Chromebox’ The Hindu Google took aim at office meeting rooms with the release of a Chromebox for video conferencing. | “These days, we often connect with each other from far-flung locations, coordinating time zones and dialing into conference calls from our phones,” product management vice president Caesar S...
A look back at Sony's iconic VAIO computers The Verge Sony has announced plans to sell off its iconic VAIO brand of PCs to a Japanese investment fund. While Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) will continue selling VAIO-branded computers in Japan, Sony plans to now focus on its mobile lineup of smartphones and tablets. VAIO, which stands for Visual Audio I...
Here's Bill Gates' Vision For The Future Of Computing Business Insider Somewhat lost in the commotion of Microsoft appointing Satya Nadella as CEO was the fact that Bill Gates is coming back. | Gates will spend about a third of his time working at Microsoft. He's a technical advisor to Nadella, and will help with future...
Ray Kurzweil Explains How Our Brains Will Be Powered By Computers In 2035 Business Insider We've previously reported on transhumanism, the odd combining of man and machine that forces us to ask a lot of complicated questions about what it means to be a human. | One of the great thinkers on the topic is Ray Kurzweil, noted for his work on t...
The Latest Boeing Dreamliner Problem Is A Computer Glitch Business Insider WARSAW (Reuters) - A computer malfunction on a Boeing <BA.N> 787 Dreamliner forced LOT <LOT.UL> to call off a transatlantic flight from Warsaw late on Monday and switch the passengers onto another jet instead, the...
The 'World's Most Portable Computer' Is The Same Size As Your Smartphone Business Insider Tiny Tango | See Also | Joining the trend toward tiny computers, Tango has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to create the “world’s most portable computer.” | The company says it can pack a full quad-...
Apple Is Embracing The Future Of Personal Computing Business Insider Mobile Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. | APPLE IS POST-PC: A chart (below) ...
Facebook Saved 'Over $1 Billion' By Inventing Its Own Computers Business Insider Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg | | See Also | One unique thing that Facebook does is something called the Open Compute Project. That's where Facebook builds it own hardware-like computer servers, hard drives and networking equipment that it uses...
Israeli Defense Computer Hacked Via Tainted Email Business Insider Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | JERUSALEM/BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers broke into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software that looked like it had been sent by the country's Shin Bet secret securi...
Sony to cut 5,000 jobs Independent online Tokyo - Sony on Thursday warned it would book a $1.08 billion annual loss and cut 5,000 jobs while exiting the stagnant PC market this year as the once-mighty electronics giant struggles to reinvent itself in the digital age. | The shock news comes a week after Moody's downgraded the firm's credit rating to junk, saying the maker of Bravia televisi...
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Four arrested 'over Philip Seymour Hoffman death' BBC News Four people have reportedly been arrested as part of an investigation into the suspected heroin overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. | Some 350 bags of heroin were also seized during the arrests in Lower Manhattan, unnamed police officials were quoted by US media as saying. | The Oscar-winning star, 46, was found dead at his Greenwich Vi...
