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The new land grab for chip makers: The internet of things

While they may be selling the "picks and shovels" associated with the internet of things gold rush, the world of connected devices is a rich opportunity for semiconductor companies. The new land grab...

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Survey: How apps can solve photo management

A recent survey found that 76 percent of respondents store their digital photos on multiple devices using multiple services.That means ample opportunity exists for companies offering solutions that...

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Doug Engelbart and the vision thing: Is Silicon Valley suffering from a...

Computing pioneer Doug Engelbart -- who passed away earlier this week -- had a vision of how the technologies he developed could help us to create a better world, not just a way to sell more smartphone...

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Pebble, Android & Twilio founders to discuss the future of computing at Mobilize

The founders of Twilio, Android and the Pebble watch will all be onstage at Mobilize 2013 in October as well as a host of experts in design, infrastructure and data. Make sure you come. Pebble, Android...

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At Stanford, carbon nanotubes are the computer

Carbon nanotubes can be used to create smaller transistors, leading to more powerful and efficient computers. At Stanford, carbon nanotubes are the computer originally published by Gigaom, © copyright...

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New trends defining the new business intelligence landscape

A set of redefining technological trends is reshaping the business intelligence landscape from a slow and cumbersome process practiced mainly by large enterprises to a much more flexible, agile process...

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Is a database bloodbath on the horizon? Mitchell Kertzman doesn’t think so

In this week's Structure Show, Mitchell Kertzman -- former Sybase CEO and current managing director at Hummer Winblad -- says there's lots of room for databases outside the Oracle price umbrella. Is a...

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Intel to open brick-and-mortar pop-up stores this month

Perhaps in an effort to gain a little more buzz (and holiday sales), Laptop Magazine reports that Intel will be opening a series of pop-up stores this month, starting in New York City’s Nolita...

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Google books a copyright win, printing gets metal, and the UP24

It's a heavy duty podcast this week as we talk book scanning, printing metal and quantifying yourself with the new UP24. Google books a copyright win, printing gets metal, and the UP24 originally...

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Roadmap Rerun: The industrial design language of Microsoft’s Xbox One

Just in time for the release of the Xbox One, we talk with one of its industrial designers about the challenges of creating a modern media machine. Roadmap Rerun: The industrial design language of...

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DDoS threats: The disruption your organization can’t afford to ignore

The threat of a distributed denial of service attack has to be taken seriously, but what that threat is masking might be the real cause for alarm. DDoS threats: The disruption your organization can’t...

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Arm yourself: The API wars are coming

The arms merchants of the cloud and a new wave of developers armed with APIs are going to cause massive technology disruption. Arm yourself: The API wars are coming originally published by Gigaom, ©...

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The sorry state of server utilization and the impending post-hypervisor era

Server virtualization was supposed to make utilization rates go up. But utilization is still low and solutions to solve that will change the way the data center operates. The sorry state of server...

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Gamer fan fave Valve Software joins Linux Foundation

Valve Software has been leaning toward Linux for some time. By joining the Linux Foundation it will contribute tools and expertise to make the open source OS more gamer friendly. Gamer fan fave Valve...

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Ubuntu to add torrent search to Unity desktop

Ubuntu will add a new default scope set for Unity to allow users to conduct BitTorrent searches directly from the desktop, according to TorrentFreak. The feature, developed by Ubuntu software developer...

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Why do U.S. ISPs want to charge for peering? Peering makes the internet...

The practice of network peering is gaining ground, which is good news for everyone on the web except for those companies providing transit. Will that continue? Why do U.S. ISPs want to charge for...

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IBM’s SyNAPSE chip moves even closer to brain-like computing

Lead researcher Dharmendra Modha described the chip as "a supercomputer the size of a stamp, the weight of a feather." IBM’s SyNAPSE chip moves even closer to brain-like computing originally published...

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Check out IBM’s proposal for an internet of things architecture using...

Combine Bitcoin's block chain technology, BitTorrent and a secure messaging protocol called telehash and you get a distributed infrastructure that some IBM researchers think would be ideal for the...

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Oracle launches upgraded cloud platform with its database and Java available...

While Oracle has a cloud platform that it’s been trying to spread to the masses for a few years, the biggest deal regarding the new cloud upgrade is supposedly the ability for people to use Oracle’s...

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In China, the internet of things is a social phenomenon

China is an ardent adopter of technology trends and its enthusiasm for the internet of things is no exception. In China, the internet of things is a social phenomenon originally published by Gigaom, ©...

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