Strange Big Data: Can We Really Predict Everything?
Anyone who knows anything about Big Data understands that, at the end of the day, it all boils down to guesswork. The reason we accumulate so much data, and store it, and try to…
Minecraft Success Made Notch Richer by $101M
By Saroj Kar
Minecraft has become one of the revelations in the world of video games in recent years. The creative freedom provided by this title has created large communities of players who are dedicated to recreating…
Top 5 Open Source Projects in Big Data – Breaking Analysis
Big Data is a booming area that is receiving more widespread attention, especially since technology research company Gartner has projected that Big Data will drive $34 billion in IT spending in 2013. Abhishek Mehta,…
HP Chromebook: Sleeker, Bigger, and — Worse Off
HP follows the footprints of Acer, Lenovo, and Samsung as it releases its own version of Chromebook, most notable for the 14-inch screen which is by far largest for laptops that run Chrome OS.…
Amazon Needs More than Cheap Cloud Prices to Tackle the Enterprise
Amazon Web Service owns 70 percent of the $2.5 billion public cloud IaaS market, and its business is expected to nearly double this year – is there any hope left for the competition? The…
Is Google Being Racist?
A new study of Google’s search engine has found that searches for names typically associated with black people are far more likely to throw up ads relating to criminal activity, leading one Harvard professor…
Android Malware Infects PCs, Records Conversations
Kaspersky Labs identified a new kind of Android malware that does more than infect your mobile phone, as it also infiltrates your Windows PC. In January, Kaspersky identified two apps on Google Play that…
The Ultimate Smart App is One that Anticipates + Answers
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a recent interview with LucidWorks CEO Paul Doscher, who touches on an important consumer trend that’s hit the enterprise: Smart Apps. Doscher discusses the enterprise’s growing need…
Super Bowl on Twitter & Facebook: Power Outage and Beyonce Steal the Show
Facebook and Twitter saw more than their fair share of action during yesterday’s Super Bowl, and not surprisingly the power outage that left the Superdome in the dark was among the ‘biggest trending’ topics…
Game Time Black Outs: 5 Power Outages that Shook the Sporting World
The Superdome was ecstatic after watching Super Bowl 2013’s electrifying and sultry half-time performance from Beyoncé, complete with the special appearance from Destiny’s Child. And everyone was hyped when the second half kicked off…