Wednesday, April 16, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 17/04/2014





Intel reports first-quarter financials
Notably, Intel's PC Client Group reported $7.9 billion in first quarter revenue. This was down 1% year-over-year.

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Microsoft formally announces SQL Server 2014
Today, Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella revealed more about its Big Data strategy with the announcement of the following products:

SQL Server 2014. This release completely brings in-memory capability to all workload – OLTP, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
Analytics Platform System (APS). APS combines the best of Microsoft’s SQL Server database and Hadoop technology in one low-cost offering that delivers “big data in a box.”
Azure Intelligent Systems Service – a cloud-
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4K display, Radeon GPU team up in $1,500 Toshiba laptop
With the PPI arms race raging on in the phone world, I was starting to think display makers had forgotten about laptops. Happily, that's not the case. Earlier this morning, Toshiba announced the Satellite P55t, a 15.6" notebook outfitted with a 4K touch-screen display.
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U.S. residents can purchase Google Glass today
Here's a reminder: if you have $1,500 burning a hole in your pocket and are dying to look like some kind of cyborg secret agent, now's your chance. For a limited time, Google is allowing any U.S. resident over 18 years of age to purchase a set of its Glass, uh, glasses.
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Google updates its terms of service
Yesterday, Google updated its terms of service. In so doing, Google has revealed that they in fact scan outgoing and incoming e-mails so that they can send targeted ads to you:
Users of Google's services—just about everybody?— are encouraged to read ...
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Rumor mill suggests Apple's iPhone 6 will cost more
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek has put out a report suggesting that Apple's next iPhone will cost $100 more. In a bit of irony, wireless telecom carriers are said to be balking at this development.
It has been long-rumored that the next iPhone will feature ...
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Coverage of NSA snooping nets Pulitzer Prize for The Guardian and The Washington Post
The Guardian and The Washington Post received journalism's most prestigious award on Monday. Edward Snowden's leaks about the NSA's surveillance program has led to the Pulitzer Prize being awarded to the two news organizations.
In reaction, Mr. Snowden said the event was "vindication for everyone ...
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Here are the specs and prices for Intel's Haswell Refresh CPUs
With little fanfare, Intel has let slip the official specifications and pricing for its Haswell Refresh CPUs. This is just a speed bump, folks—in most cases, no more than an extra 100MHz at the same price point. That's something, I guess.
Unfortunately, the official price list (PDF) revealing the refreshed CPUs doesn't detail their Turbo frequencies. We'll have to wait for Intel to update its ...
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