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Oracle adds Micros for $5.3 bn to boost cloud effort
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
Business software giant Oracle said Monday it was buying rival Micros Systems for $5.3 billion in a deal to expand its big data efforts in key retail sectors. T...
Crowdsourcing the phase problem
Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)
Compared with humans, computers have the capacity to solve problems at much greater speed. There are many problems, however, where computational speed alone is ...
NIST technique could make sub-wavelength images at radio frequencies
Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)
Imaging and mapping of electric fields at radio frequencies (RF)(1) currently requires the use of metallic structures such as dipoles, probes and reference ante...
3D Printers for Home-Use to Generate Hardware and Material Spending
Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)
New findings from leading hi-tech analysts, Juniper Research, reveal that the combined market value from consumer 3D Printer hardware sales and material spend i...
Researchers develop efficient approach to manufacture 3D metal parts
Jun 17, 2014 (SPX)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a new and more efficient approach to a challenging problem in additive manufacturing -- using ...
SanDisk buys storage rival Fusion-io for $1.6 bn
Jun 16, 2014 (AFP)
US computer storage company SanDisk said Monday it was buying flash memory firm Fusion-io for $1.6 billion. The deal will help SanDisk, a maker of memory cards ...
Breakthrough for information technology using Heusler materials
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
It is the breakthrough that physicists and chemists around the world have long anticipated and it will play a pivotal role in information technology in coming y...
3D printer cleared for lift-off to ISS in August
Jun 16, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
NASA has cleared a 3D printer for launch to the International Space Station in August. The decision follows trials at Marshall Space Flight Center in the state ...
The Inflatable Concrete Dome
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
When concrete shells are constructed, they usually have to be supported by elaborate timber structures. A revolutionary technique developed at the Vienna Univer...
Augmented reality puts players into video game action
Jun 13, 2014 (AFP)
A street luge rider races down a winding mountain road, zips under a truck and through a curve and into the path of an oncoming car. The vulnerable rider whips ...
PlayStation lets Sony grab for home entertainment crown
Jun 12, 2014 (AFP)
Sony's new-generation PlayStation 4 console ramped up its winning momentum at international E3 video game show that wraps here Thursday. PS4 arrived at the majo...
Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation System SKorea's KOMPSAT-2 Birds
Jun 11, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide space inertial reference systems for the GEO-KOMPSAT-...
NASA Beams 'Hello, World!' Video from Space via Laser
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument. T...
Nintendo jumps on toy figure trend to boost Wii U
Jun 10, 2014 (AFP)
Nintendo on Tuesday said it is adding real-world game figures to Wii U play to help boost the popularity of its console, which has lagged rivals in the market. ...
Modeling and simulation in the big data era
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
The big data era bring the confusions, challenges and opportunities to the modeling and simulation field tightly associated with big data. The Chinese Associati...
Boeing Completes 2nd 702HP Satellite for the Government of Mexico
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and Boeing are a step closer to enhancing Mexico's mobile communications capabilities for govern...
Toxic computer waste in the developing world
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
As the developing world continues to develop, standards of living and access to technology increases. Unfortunately, as personal computers, laptops and mobile p...
Just add water: 3-D silicon shapes fold themselves when wetted by microscopic droplets
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have taken the precise art of origami down to the microscopic scale. Using only a drop of water, th...
Shatterproof screens that save smartphones
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
University of Akron polymer scientists have developed a transparent electrode that could change the face of smartphones, literally, by making their displays sha...
A new way to make laser-like beams using 250x less power
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
With precarious particles called polaritons that straddle the worlds of light and matter, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a new, practical ...
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