Thursday, January 31, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 01/02/2013


TechSpot IBM gifts Watson supercomputer to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute A private research university in Troy, New York, has been given a Watson supercomputer similar to the one that competed against (and defeated) two Jeopardy champions back in 2011. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been given the task to further build upon the machine’s reasoning and cognitive abilities, among other... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Apple is awarded a trademark for their retail store design The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a registration certificate for a patent that was filed more than two years ago with regards to the design of their retail stores. The trademark reportedly covers the design and layout of the store which includes details like recessed lighting and... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Catalyst 13.2 beta brings 15% boost in Crysis 3, latency improvements On the heels of Nvidia's performance-oriented GeForce update, AMD has released its own beta driver bringing a handful of frame rate and latency enhancements. Among the speed improvements is a 15% gain when using high MSAA settings in Crysis 3, which is running a public multiplayer beta through February 12,... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Fanless barebones PC from Foxconn lands at Newegg for $250 Silent PC aficionados may be interested to learn that Newegg is now stocking a silent small form factor computer from Foxconn. The aptly named NanoPC, measuring just 7.5-inches x 5.3-inches x 1.5-inches, has a TDP rating of just 9W which explains how Foxconn was able to ship it without active... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Google Giving donates 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to children Google is helping to find the next generation of computer scientists by helping to donate 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to various school-aged children across the U.K. Google’s Eric Schmidt and Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton visited a school in Cambridge recently to distribute the first batch of systems and teach... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
RIM renames itself BlackBerry, launches BB10 and all-touch Z10 smartphone Today’s a big day for the BlackBerry platform. The launch of a new operating system built from the ground up and new hardware to go with it could very well set the stage for a much anticipated comeback into the modern smartphone race, or seal its decline into irrelevancy. The company... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Wednesday tech deals: 500GB external WD HDD $35, 1TB $55 Western Digital 500GB USB 3.0 Hard Drive for $35 after rebate + $4 s&h, more Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Netflix is getting into original content, aiming for five new shows a year Netflix is hoping that 2013 will be a breakout year for the company with regards to how people think about the service. The company that was once known for offering DVDs by mail before providing streaming video is now getting into original content with the first series set to air... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Lenovo challenges PC market trends with record quarter PC shipments may be experiencing a slow decline as more people shift their attention to smaller, cheaper, and more portable computing devices like tablets. But that isn’t stopping Lenovo from posting its best quarter ever. During the three month period ended December 31 the company logged $9.4 billion in revenue,... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Japan to broadcast 4K UHDTV in 2014, 8K as early as 2016 If CES was any indication, Ultra-High Definition televisions will soon be all the rage. While increasing pixel counts are always proportionately more awesome, there's a minor snag: 4K UHD content is nearly non-existent. Japan is aiming to wrestle this problem head-on though with a government-led initiative to roll out 4K... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Amazon Q4 results: revenue up 22% but profit slips 45% Amazon had a predictably solid holiday season that saw revenue climb 22 percent over the same period last year to $21.27 billion. Those fortunes, however, were overshadowed by a 45 percent decline in profit, dropping to just $97 million to close out the year. In 2011, the Internet retail giant turned a profit of $177 million. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Philips quits consumer electronics after 80+ years Philips Electronics has decided to get out of the consumer electronics business as more than 80 years on the job. The Dutch company announced the sale of their audio, video, multimedia and accessories divisions to Japan’s Funai Electric Co. on Tuesday. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
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