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How many “cloud giants” are there anyway?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, IBM and Google are blazing a trail as the “Big Four” leaders in cloud infrastructure services, seizing control of over half the market, according to a new report from Synergy Research Group. The research outfit compiled second quarter earnings data that suggests the big four have boosted their dominance of ...
Sri Lanka to get blanket Web access via Google’s Project Loon
Sri Lanka is all set to receive blanket Internet coverage throughout the country after it penned a deal with Google to deploy its Project Loon across its territory. On Wednesday, Sri Lanka said it would become the first country in the world to provide a universal Internet service for its citizens through the deal with ...
Intel & Micron unleash 3D XPoint, a new class of memory tech
Silicon chip giants Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have unveiled a totally new kind of memory technology called 3D Xpoint that they say offers up to 1,000 times the performance and endurance of regular NAND flash. The two partners are so excited that Rob Cooke, a Senior VP at Intel charge of non-volatile memory, ...
Amazon proposes dedicated airspace for commercial drones
Far from being a joke, or some astute marketing ploy, Amazon.com Inc. is deadly serious about its audacious plan to create “delivery drones”, and has drafted new proposals to regulate commercial UAVs in the U.S. According to The Guardian, the company has suggested that U.S. officials designate a 200-foot high stretch of airspace especially for ...
Microsoft scrambles to fix Windows 10 bugs ahead of launch
With less than two days to go before Windows 10 is launched, it looks like Microsoft is scrambling to iron out numerous bugs in its eagerly anticipated operating system. Although Build 10240, released two weeks ago, was widely believed to “release to manufacturing” (RTM) build of Windows 10, Computerworld‘s Gregg Keizer reports that Microsoft has ...
Cisco’s new CEO Chuck Robbins announces two executive hires on day 1
Cisco Systems Inc. announced two new executive hires on Monday as John Chambers finally stepped down from his role as company CEO, to be replaced by Chuck Robbins. The company has pulled off something of a coup with the hiring of venture capital specialist Zorawar Biri Singh as its new CTO for platforms and solutions, ...
Brain-powered gadget sales to top $200M in 2020
The Brain-to-Machine (BMI) product niche has been a little obscured by more well known concepts like the Internet of Things and software-defined this and that, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth a second glance. For according to new findings from ABI Research (Allied Business Intelligence, Inc.), the market could be worth $200 million a ...
Pakistan squashes BlackBerry’s secure messaging service
Pakistan is about to shut down access to BlackBerry’s secure messaging services due to unspecified “national security concerns”, according to media reports from the country. Pakistan’s Express Tribune obtained an unverified memo (.PDF) that was purportedly leaked from the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), which allegedly shows the minutes of a meeting that took place one ...
Intel creates a ‘Cloud for All’ to hasten enterprise adoption
Intel Corp. is stepping up its cloud game with the introduction of the Intel Cloud for All. Announced last Friday, the initiative is aimed at bringing the undeniable benefits of cloud computing to more and more businesses, and will take the form of new “industry investments and collaborations to unleash tens of thousands of new ...
Researchers unveil Hornet, a faster, more secure alternative to Tor
While it’s long been possible to peruse the Internet privately using a range of encrypted tools, such measures often demand that browsing speed is sacrificed in order to keep your identity a secret. But now, researchers claim to have developed a method to browse the Web anonymously at the same speed as your standard ISP ...