Nvidia updates programming tools to boost mobile device speed
Nvidia wants to accelerate mobile-device performance with underlying tools that enable CPUs and graphics processors to work in a coherent manner. The company released on Tuesday its CUDA 5.5 programming tools, which will for the first time support ARM CPUs used in most smartphones and tablets. The tools could bring the type of performance gains that have helped supercomputers surpass petaflops in performance. But with mobile devices, the performance boosts will fit within a specific power limit.
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Internet-facing SAP systems suffering increased attacks
Hundreds of organizations around the world are running unpatched, Internet-facing versions of SAP software, exposing them to data theft,
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NewsGator's SharePoint add-on tries to filter and reduce enterprise social noise
NewsGator has upgraded its Social Sites ESN (enterprise social networking) add-on for SharePoint to make the software better able to tailor the content, notifications and capabilities it displays for each user. The overall goal is to make it easier for Social Sites users to stay engaged with work tasks, information and colleagues.[ Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. ]
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Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities
The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page. Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, signed the letter. Co-signers include Europe's privacy watchdog the Article 29 Working Party and as well as the privacy commissioners of New Zealand and Australia and their counterparts in Mexico, Israel, and Switzerland, among others.
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HP shakes up management team of PC division
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group to become executive vice president of Strategic Growth Initiatives, where his first order of business will be "enhancing HP's business in China."
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Deep discounts on Nook tablets may have Windows tie-in
In a move reminiscent of Microsoft's ongoing Surface fire sale, Barnes & Noble has chopped from 35 percent to almost 45 percent off th
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Microsoft kills linked accounts in Outlook.com
Microsoft said Monday that it is eliminating the ability to link accounts within Outlook.com, replacing them with aliases instead. Currently, Outlook users can link their account with others from within Outlook.com. Outlook allows users to not only read email from within the Outlook.com context, but also send emails as if they were in those other domains.
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AMD reboots server strategy with first ARM chips
Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors -- which will be released in the second half of next year -- will be faster and more powerful than its existing low-power x86 server processors.
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Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite
Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones. Responding to a significant increase in mobile usage of its product, Jive has developed its first native iPad application, enhanced its existing iPhone application and upgraded its iOS software development kit.
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NSA can access data without court approval, leaker says
Analysts at the U.S. National Security Agency can gain access to the content of U.S. targets' phone calls and email messages without court orders, NSA leaker Edward Snowden said, contradicting denials from U.S. government sources.
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Microsoft hopes to win over students with cheap Surface RTs
Microsoft has found a face-saving way to put a dent in its stacks of unshipped Surface RTs: The company has confirmed it w
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Developers catch on to Cassandra's database dexterity
Apache Cassandra is attracting developer attention as a highly scalable database, with user sites eyeing the open source project as a mechani
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