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Nokia Lumia 928 “Hero Phone” Debuts on Vanity Fair
Back in March, rumors began spreading that Verizon would be releasing its own version of the Nokia Lumia 920 (so far exclusive to AT&T), which was dubbed the Lumia 928. Well, we can now confirm that the Lumia 928 page is up and running, though there’s nothing much described on it that you haven’t already ...
Smarter Cars : Headlights, Carpooling and More Siri
Driving a vehicle is one of the best ways to get to your destination, putting you in the driver’s seat, literally, freeing you of public transportation schedules (they’re usually late, anyway). Automobiles have already made our lives more convenient, but because of the latest technological advancements, car manufacturers continue to make car-ownership even more enticing. Smart headlights Scientists ...
Your Complete Guide to EMC World 2013: Transitioning to the Cloud
When theCUBE first began broadcasting live events, EMC World 2010 was our first big show. Three years later, we’re excited to return to EMC World, following a timely evolution in the datacenter. EMC has taken the road less traveled in its disruptive tactics to stay ahead of trends, creating what Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Miniman ...
EMC World 2013 : What to Expect + Highlights from 2012
EMC World 2013 will be kicking off next week and it’s going to be all about the transition to the cloud, and fully leveraging Big Data. EMC has been rather aggressive with developments in the past 12 months, creating what Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Miniman calls a “federation of companies,” comprising VMware and the newest ...
Turkmenistan’s President Falls Off Horse – Shuts Down the Web as Video Goes Viral
Do you think your government has absurd internet censorship laws? If you are reading this, probably not, so good for you! But as for our brothers and sisters from Turkmenistan, they aren’t quite so lucky. In the latest example of Turkmenistan’s extreme take on internet censorship, a viral video of a man falling off a ...
Amazon Certifies Web Services & Retail 3D Printing? – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
In today’s NewsDesk news roundup: Amazon launches AWS certification program; Jive reveals StreamOnce and Clara acquisition; Cisco announces support for customers signed-up with gigabit internet speeds; Novell introduces cloudless mobile file sharing system; DreamWorks close to acquiring AwesomenessTV; Paul Otellini urges FCC to approve SoftBank’s plan; Netflix loses more than 2K videos as studios refuse ...
Government Spyware Hijacks Firefox: Mozilla Gets Irate
A new report from Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, has revealed that Gamma International has been busy deceiving hundreds of internet users into installing its lethal spyware program, FinSpy, via fake versions of the Mozilla Firefox browser. FinSpy is part of ...
EMC World Could Show Cloud Growth Opportunities After Q1 Miss
EMC recently posted a six percent increase in its first quarter revenue of $5.39 billion. Though there was an increase in revenue, EMC still failed to reach analysts’ expectations, though chairman and CEO Joe Tucci still described the results as solid, as he maintains a positive outlook for the business. In light of the upcoming ...
Google Proves We Digg Reading – Interest in New Readers Soars
Digg, the social news website, has been vocal about its intent to release a service that would replace Google Reader since the search giant’s announcement of its pending shutdown back March. You have to admire Digg. Instead of just releasing a new service ASAP, it asked Google Reader users which features they want in a ...
AWS Summit 2013 Recap : Amazon’s Disruptive Tech Should Focus on Private Cloud
TheCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s premier video production team, was invited to the AWS Summit where theCube guys, Wikibon Chief Analyst Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick, were able to get a good sense of the momentum, innovation, commitment to the enterprise, and the richness of the ecosystem via interviews with the company’s executives, partners and customers. Vellante and ...