Healthy Big Data: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Big Data is creating a lot of buzz in the healthcare industry these days, but are our hospitals really ready for such a radical overhaul of the way they go about fighting diseases and saving…
Samsung Galaxy SIV to Feature Eye Scroll, iPhone 5S Coming in June
In today’s mobile news roundup: Samsung’s Galaxy SIV may have an eye scrolling feature; iPhone 5S coming in mid-2013; White House backs phone unlocking petition; Twitter to discontinue Android, iOS, and Air-based TweetDeck; Netflix…
Where to Put Security Systems on Big Data? The Question Lives On…
During the O’Reilly Strata Conference, Dave Vellante led a discussion on security with the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Sqrrl, Ely Kahn, and the Chief Technology Officer at Wikibon, David Floyer.…
The Pirate Bay Relocates To North Korea, Or Does It?
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” or so the saying goes, and given that between them Pirate Bay and North Korea are hated by just about everyone else in the world, in…
Violin Memory Prices New PCIe Chip to Win, Teams with Toshiba to Streamline Supply
It’s turning out to be a big week for flash. Violin Memory, one of the largest suppliers of SSD-based storage solutions, announced a new product line-up called Velocity. The lineup features three PCIe server…
DARPA Project Aims To Record Every Single Word You Ever Speak
We’ve been keeping a watchful eye on DARPA and its catalogue of Big Data projects that threaten to change the world, be it for better or worse. Up until recently, its been fair to…
Seagate Pulls the Plug on Disk Lineup as Flash Performance Proves Better
Seagate just announced that it will stop producing of 7200RPM 2.5 inch disk drives. The manufacturer’s high-end Momentous 7200.4, 7200.2, Momentus Thin 7200, and Momentus XT drives will no longer by the end of…
Original Content Drives Subscription-based Entertainment Industry
Microsoft is keeping its promise of a well-rounded entertainment experience on its popular gaming console the Xbox 360. Debuting on Xbox Live today, the British film Pulp is the first original movie available for…
How To Ditch MS Office – Five Free Alternatives That Are Almost As Good
What with the news that Microsoft’s Office 365 preview is about to expire, there’ll be a lot of worried Windows 8 users out there contemplating having to shell out a small fortune on a…
“We Need an iWatch!” — Do We Now?
Apple is known for making products that people never thought of actually needing, but sure as hell want to have them. And this is the case for the infamous iWatch. An iWatch is a…