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Wolfram bids to make the Internet of Things actually work
If the Internet of Things is ever going to realize its true potential, then all of our connected gizmos, gadgets and sensors are going to need to speak the same language at some point. Wolfram, which runs the Wolfram Alpha computational search engine and is already familiar with Big Data sets, is a logical choice ...
Sony’s PlayStation Now signals hardcore gaming intent
Sony took to the stage at CES yesterday to announce its brand new cloud-based gaming service, called PlayStation Now, which aims to bring a range of classic PlayStation titles to all kinds of different gadgets, including smartphones and tablets. PlayStation Now will be available to US gamers in limited beta later this month, before rolling ...
Intel & AMD want to force Android & Windows into bed together
Cohabitation has never been easy, as anyone who’s tried it will tell you. And it gets even harder when you’re talking about tech, and particularly operating systems, which are generally about as incompatible as its possible to be Or at least, that’s how things used to be. But that could be about to change with ...
John McAfee’s just too mental for Intel
Security firm McAfee might be something of a household name these days, but that has more to do with the over-the-top antics of the company’s founder rather than what it’s achieved in the security space. That’s in spite of the fact that John McAfee hasn’t worked for the company in almost two decades. But apparently, ...
Bitcoin begins new year with a bang, value soars close to $1,000
Bitcoin has staged a dramatic comeback over the last 24 hours, with its price edging towards the $1,000 mark for the first time since mid-December, propelled by the news that several major businesses have begun accepting the cryptocurrency as a means of payment. The most important of these was online games company Zynga, which said ...
Yahoo ads dumped malware on visitor’s PCs
Following all the bad publicity over its Yahoo Mail service last year, with user’s accounts being constantly hijacked and a disastrous, weeks-long outage in December, Yahoo was probably hoping for some better press going into 2014. Sadly though, the opposite has happened, with reports over the weekend warning that the company’s home page has been ...
3 Big Data problems facing businesses in 2014
Few trends in technology were hotter than Big Data over the last 12 months. In fact, so much has been said about it during 2013 that it’s hard to see what else we can say in 2014. But of course, there’s sure to be plenty of developments we don’t know about yet, as trends like ...
Cybercriminals set sights on Internet of Things in 2014
Connected devices are becoming increasingly attractive targets for cybercriminals, and while we saw few such attacks in 2013, the number is likely to surge in the year ahead. That’s the opinion of a number of security experts, who say that the rapid adoption of networked devices and wearable tech will leave the Internet of Things ...
Facebook accused of ‘reading’ your private messages
Facebook has found itself in hot water for the umpteenth time, and once again it’s due to alleged privacy violations. So what has the social media giant done this time around, you ask? Well, all of the ‘private’ messages sent to your friends aren’t nearly as private as you might have hoped, for Facebook apparently ...
Windows crash reports give the NSA ‘passive access’ to your PC
If you’re a Windows user – as the vast majority of desktop owners are – you’ll be entirely familiar with that irritating message that follows a system crash: “The system has recovered from a serious error. A log of this error has been created. Please tell Microsoft about this problem,” followed by the option to ...