Raspberry Pi plans new modular computer for maker audience
Raspberry Pi -- popular for its $25 PC -- plans later this year to ship new hardware in the form of a smaller board that plugs into a custom motherboard slot, which could appeal to a new audience of makers, enthusiasts and enterprise users. The new computer has similar circuitry from the current Raspberry Pi design, which is an uncased board with key components on it. The smaller Raspberry Pi board can be plugged into SODIMM slots, which are typically found in small computers with custom motherboards. The new Pi will be more like a mini-computer inside a computer.
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Seagate releases 6TB hard drive, its fastest yet
Seagate has released its first 6TB, enterprise-class hard disk drive, which is 28 percent faster than its earlier 4TB drive and doesn't use helium. Western Digital became the first company to release a 6TB drive; that drive was also its first helium-filled model -- something the company sees as crucial for the future of high-capacity drives.
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Businesses face rising political pressure from data breaches
The data breaches like the one at Target and more recently a unit of credit bureau Experian are fueling consumer protection efforts that could have an impact on business. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission urged Congress to pass national breach notification legislation, while in California, a bill introduced recently in the state Legislature would ban businesses from storing certain customer data for long periods of time.
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Qualcomm adds fastest ever 64-bit Snapdragon mobile chip
Qualcomm is getting high on 64-bit chips with its fastest ever Snapdragon processor, which will render 4K video, support LTE Advanced and could run the 64-bit Android OS. The new Snapdragon 810 is the company's "highest performing" mobile chip for smartphones and tablets, Qualcomm said in a statement. Mobile devices with the 64-bit chip will ship in the first half of next year, and be faster and more power-efficient. Snapdragon chips are used in handsets with Android and Windows Phone operating systems, which are not available in 64-bit form yet.
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IT salary survey 2014: Who's hot, who's not
It's poaching season at Truven Health Analytics. The Santa Barbara, Calif., company has been up to its eyeballs in new projects since the federal government's Medicaid business systems group enlisted Truven's help to improve its Web-enabled reporting systems.
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Apple v. Samsung: a 'holy war' for $2 billion
Apple and Samsung were back in San Jose federal court alst week arguing over more patents and another set of devices. Apple is demanding more than $2 billion in damages, in the second case between the companies in California. Jury selection began Monday with roughly 130 prospective jurors, who were whittled down to 10 people. Many are iPhone and iPad users and just one has a Samsung smartphone, but many have Samsung TVs.
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Teradata's QueryGrid to power multi-database analytics
Teradata is hoping to gain ground in the hotly competitive data-warehousing and analytics market with QueryGrid, a new product that allows users to run a single SQL-based query across multiple data stores, from Teradata's own system to Hadoop and rival databases. QueryGrid will be available in the third quarter and is aligned with the release of Teradata Database 15, which was also announced Monday.
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IT job growth jumps for third month in a row
Is there finally light at the end of the IT jobs tunnel? According to Janco Associates's latest IT job market report, the answer is a qualified yes.
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Microsoft yanks SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1, KB 2817429
On Feb. 25, Microsoft announced that SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 was available at the Microsoft Download Center.
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