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China Hits Back, Accuses US Of Cyber Attacks Against Its Military
Apparently China isn’t too pleased about recent allegations that its military is behind a spate of cyber attacks on US corporations, infrastructure and media organizations over the last couple of years. Following up from the usual angry denials of responsibility, China went one step further yesterday, accusing US officials of orchestrating similar hacking attacks against its own infrastructure. During a press briefing yesterday, China’s ...
The Big Data Enigma: No Big Data? No Problem!!
The potential of Big Data is no secret – we’ve all heard about it and we’d all like to tap into it and discover actionable insights. But what about those organizations that don’t actually have that much Big Data lying around to dig into? Not everyone has the capability to store up such vast quantities ...
Extreme Weather Forecasting With Big Data
We all worry about the weather from time to time, but where business is concerned these worries are often heightened. Take the example of a ski resort operator, which is trying to determine the best location for its newest hotel. Ideally, it’d want to build its new property somewhere that receives abundant snowfall during December, ...
“Hands On” with SpaceTop, The World’s First 3D Computer Interface
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could, like, actually reach into your computer and touch whatever ‘s onscreen with your own hands? Well, that’s the promise of a futuristic new computing device called the Space Top, which was unveiled at the TED Conference in Los Angeles yesterday. Billed as the world’s first 3D computer, SpaceTop’s ...
Hottest Mobile Accessories On Show At MWC 2013
Gadget fans might have walked away from this week’s Mobile World Congress feeling slightly disappointed by the non-appearance of any glaringly obvious breakthrough products. While smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 and the outsized Asus Padfone represent a trend for bigger, more powerful devices packing all the latest tech available, there were few real hardware ...
RSA Keynote: Big Data Set To Evolve Into “Big Intelligence”
The Big Data era has arrived and IT teams will have to welcome it with open arms if they’re to be successful in heading off a new breed of security threats, says RSA’s Executive Vice President Art Coviello. Speaking at his keynote during the 22nd annual RSA Conference yesterday, Coviello spoke of his belief that ...
Google Says There’s No Need For Retail Stores, But There Really Is
Contrary to reports last week, Google has claimed that it doesn’t have any immediate plans to open up Apple-style retail stores, insisting that it’s perfectly capable of shifting its range of Nexus devices through the Play Store. During a roundtable at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona earlier today, Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin iterated ...
Photoshop Touch Arrives, Alongside Urine & Crash Response Apps
It’s been a while in the making, but Adobe has finally managed to squeeze its Photoshop Touch application into the smartphone, rolling out versions for both iPhone and Android phones, plus a new update for the iPad. The new app sports all the features of the older iPad version, putting the most essential editing functions ...
Copyright Alert System Will “Bully” People Away From Pirates
This week we saw the implementation of a new “six strikes” Copyright Alert System (CAS) that sees five of the US’s major internet service providers team up with media producers in a bid to curb copyright infringement. The system opens a new front in the battle against online piracy by punishing consumers who download illegal ...
Intel Gets Inside Big Data Chips With Hadoop
What with everyone else jumping on the Hadoop bandwagon at Strata this week, Intel clearly doesn’t want to be left out. But instead of simply joining the club, the chip maker seems to have stolen the show altogether, announcing its own Apache Hadoop distribution this morning at an invitation only event. Intel said that it plans to ...