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Thursday, 21 Mar 2013
Piz Daint Supercomputer to be Enhanced with NVIDIA Tesla K20X GPUs
Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) is upgrading its Piz Daint supercomputer with NVIDIA Tesla K20X GPUs, with the assistance of Cray, the supercomputer company. After this upgrade, Piz Daint will be the first petascale supercomputer in Switzerland.
Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013
Yahoo May Buy Stake in Video Sharing Site Dailymotion
There are unconfirmed reports circulating that Yahoo might be in talks to purchase a major controlling stake in video sharing site, Dailymotion. If the deal goes through, it would be Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer's first major acquisition since taking over Yahoo.
Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
Google Maps Street View Takes to the Mountains
Google Maps Street View doesn't only include panoramic views of streets around the world, but also many interesting landmarks and sites such as the Grand Canyon. And being added to the list now are four out of the Seven Summits for those who love mountains.
Friday, 1 Mar 2013
Google: Motorola Devices Not Up to Their Standards
Google admitted that Motorola devices aren't up to their standards in a telling press conference, a full nine months after their acquisition.
Thursday, 28 Feb 2013
Microsoft Next-Gen Office 365 for Business Released
Microsoft has announced the worldwide availability of a major new update to its Microsoft Office 365 services for businesses. Microsoft's most complete Office cloud service to date has new features and offerings tailored to the needs and budgets of small, medium-size, and large organizations.
Chrome for Android Updated, Now Plays Audio in the Background
The Google Chrome team has released an update to the Android version of Chrome. Changes include the ability to have music from a web app continue playing while Chrome is running in the background. Read on for more information.
Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013
ASUS Announces Open Cloud Strategy and New Mobile Devices at MWC 2013
At MWC, ASUS also announces its open cloud strategy, dubbed ASUS Open Cloud Computing (AOCC), which consists of four distinct services: AOCloud, AOLink, AOStream and AOHelp.
LG Electronics Acquires webOS from HP for Smart TVs
The story of WebOS takes another turn as LG Electronics has bought the platform from HP. Rather than being used for smartphones and tablets, LG will be utilizing WebOS for its Smart TVs.
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013
Firefox Phones to Hit Market Later This Year, First Commerical Build of OS Debuts at MWC (Updated with Video)
Four hardware makers - Alcatel, LG, ZTE, and Huawei - are set to build Firefox phones, which will start retailing from 17 carriers globally, later this year. Mozilla has also announced that it is also demonstrating its first commercial build of its Firefox OS at the MWC 2013.
Nokia Announces Lumia 720 & Lumia 520 at MWC 2013
Nokia has added two new Windows Phone 8 devices to their current Lumia portfolio. Joining the flagship Lumia 920 are the Nokia Lumia 720 and 520.