Exactly how many Tweets does it take to get to the truth?  Exaggerated posts and even some outright lies about damage from Hurricane Sandy are putting even more stress on people already worried about family and friends out on the east coast.  One Tweeter may even face criminal charges for spreading rumors.  Here to discuss ...

Superstorm Sandy has primed the pump for social media services, such as YouTube, Facebook and now Twitter, to gain respect and legitimacy as world-changing agents.  These services have begun to play an active role in news gathering, as well as providing useful information during crises such as natural disasters and tragedies, when victims have no ...

AMD is finally taking the plunge and making the big commitment to build ARM-based server CPUs.  AMD has put forth some serious internal efforts into the low power processor which indicates they do not intend to be left behind.  Joining Kristin Feledy on this morning’s NewsDesk segment to discuss AMD’s latest venture is Chief Wikibon Analyst ...

Despite Hurricane Sandy’s best efforts to derail them, Google went ahead with an unofficial online version of their Android event. Not surprisingly, they announced their Nexus series, which consists of the Nexus 4 smartphone, the Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus 10 tablet. Here to discuss the latest movements from Google, along with some theories as ...

Two Apple executives have been asked to leave the company for unrelated reasons, leaving big shoes to fill. Scott Forstall, who was in charge of Apple’s mobile software unit, was let go after he refused to sign his name to an apology letter about shortcomings in Apple’s new mapping service. John Browett, who spent a ...

Four out of the six available iPad mini models are sold out on the Apple online store, pushing their shipping date back by several weeks.  If this is any indication of what their holiday demand will be like, Apple should have a very merry Christmas indeed.  However, with the announcement of their 4th Generation iPad ...

Last week was SiliconANGLE’s Big Data week, with intense coverage coming out of IBM’s Information on Demand conference as well as O’Reilly and Cloudera’s Strata conference out of New York City.  Every year brings proof that big data is not just a passing fad, and this year was no exception.  SiliconANGLE highlighted the returning “tech ...

  The U.S. government has funded the development of an automatic video surveillance technology by a pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers who say the technology has the ultimate goal of predicting what people will do in the future.  Not only will this technology be able to recognize whether any illicit activities are currently taking ...

Yesterday Microsoft put its Surface tablet on center stage at its Windows 8 launch event, hoping the new device will compete with the likes of Apple and Google in the mobile computing market.  With interest in traditional computers on the decline, the software giant is attempting to re-invent the Windows PC in a new format ...

The 2010 Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities proved that anyone with sufficient know-how in terms of cyber-warfare can inflict some serious physical damage upon any infrastructure in the world, even without an internet connection.  Retired US Air Force Colonel Phillip Meilinger expects that “[a]… bloodless yet potentially devastating new method of war” is coming. ...