AppliedMicro offers first development kit with 64-bit ARM server chip
Developers who want to work with one of the first 64-bit ARM server chips can now order an AppliedMicro board with its X-Gene chip.
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San Francisco gives its main street free Wi-Fi, eyes citywide service
If you want something done, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. The city and county of San Francisco teamed up with Earthlink and Google nearly a decade ago to build what was planned as a citywide Wi-Fi network, […]
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Microsoft ‘compiler-as-a-service’ project emerging from secrecy
By Serdar Yegulalp | InfoWorld For over two years now Microsoft has been working in near-complete silence and secrecy, with only the occasional blip of publicity, on a new compiler technology.
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Manufacturing Transformations in 2014
IndustryWeek asked CEOs from a variety of fields for their take on what next year will bring for manufacturers. Rebirth of Auto Industry Will Contine to Drive 2014 Results The recent trend of U.S. manufacturing growth will continue and most […]
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Why Saudi Arabia Is the Next South Africa
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel basks in the glow of reelection and Hillary Clinton ponders another run for the presidency in 2016, it’s worth remembering how far much of the rest of the world is from gender equity. Last week, […]
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Republicans Are No Longer the Party of Business
T.J. Gentle, chief executive officer of Smart Furniture, an online custom furniture maker in Chattanooga, employs 250 people, has seen sales grow 25 percent this year, and was planning another round of hiring—until Republican hard-liners forced the federal government to close on […]
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Microsoft Reports 37,000 Law Enforcement Requests in First Half of 2013
WASHINGTON – Microsoft said Friday it received more than 37,000 government requests for information in the first half of 2013 — excluding any national security requests. In only its second report on the matter, the U.S. tech giant’s figures appeared […]
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Australia Researchers Unveil ‘Attention-powered’ Car
SYDNEY, September 25, 2013 (AFP) – Australian road safety researchers on Wednesday unveiled a pioneering “attention-powered car” which uses a headset to monitor brain activity and slow acceleration during periods of distraction. The car, commissioned by the Royal Automobile Club […]
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