Archive for the ‘Tech News’ Category
A Bicycle Built For None
The 1949 movie Jour de Fete shows a postman frantically chasing his bicycle, which rides away on its own and now scientists and engineers have been trying to explain bicycle self-stability ever since the 19th century, a new analysis says the commonly accepted explanations are at least partly wrong.Bicycles are stable because of the gyroscopic effect of the spinning front wheel or because the front wheel trails behind the steering axis or both………
Neonode Z Force Optical Touchscreen Coming in ASUS Tablets
Neonode zForce optical touchscreen is a new tablet that will soon be launched this year. zForce, Neonode’s touch technology for mobile devices, is touted to be relatively more cost effective than current high performance solutions out in the market. It rubs along well with high resolution pen writing blended with finger navigation such as gestures, multi-touch, sweeps and more. It also happens to be operable with newer reflective display panels.
NFC Smart Poster Tags For Google Places Service
Google expands NFC check-ins, clutters more restaurant windows and the once-upon-a-search company is expanding its NFC check-in program to four new cities.The company wants to be the best in the location-based service market and NFC is its crane kick, while Foursquare and Facebook users are forced to do silly things like track down the right business in an endless list of nearby results or try and focus their cellphone’s camera on a dimly lit QR code…………
Intel And Micron Announce New 20nm NAND Flash
Intel and Micron extend NAND Flash technology leadership, introduce industry’s smallest and most advanced 20-Nanometer process and this new 20nm, 8-gigabyte device delivers highest capacity in smallest form factor for tablets, smartphones, SSDs and Other consumer and compute devices.IM Flash Technologies leads the industry with 20nm process and quick transitions of the entire fab network and this device measuring just 118mm2, the 8GB MLC NAND device provides high capacity for smartphones, tablets, SSDs and more……..
Larry Page Expected To Deliver Good Financial Results on Q1
As it has already been in the news for a while, Larry Page became the new CEO of Google Inc. earlier this month. The 38 year old was the co-founder of the internet search giant. Since the introduction, Google has been a great success.
Microsoft Announced Skype Windows Phone 7 App At MIX11
At the Mix11 conference Microsoft has announced that Skype be coming to Windows Phone 7 this Fall. According to the report, Microsoft representative stated “Skype will be coming to the Windows Phone 7 platform this fall”. So Windows Phone 7 users who are also Skype lovers, be ready for it.
IBM Power7 Systems
IBM to deliver new optimized POWER7 products, inspired by Watson Technology and new blades, upgraded servers built to handle world’s most demanding emerging applications.IBM Power7 systems s used in the company’s Power 750 series of servers and new products include blade servers and beefed-up Power 750 systems, all supporting AIX, IBM i and Linux operating systems……….
Fujitsu Bringing 1Gbps Fiber Optic In UK
Fujitsu to build 1Gbps fiber optic broadband network in the UK, but needs BT to allow competitors control of its fibre cables in a move designed to promote the take-up of superfast broadband services.Built on hardware provided by Cisco and supported by Virgin Media and TalkTalk, this network will focus on channeling fiber directly to the home an to provide symmetrical 1Gbps bandwidth with up to 10Gbps speeds considered possible down the line………..
IBM Smarter Traveler Traffic Prediction Tool
In Moscow, drivers reported an average delay of two-and-a-half hours when asked to report the length of the worst traffic jam they experienced in the past three years and the recent IBM Commuter Pain Study paints a grim picture of metropolitan-area commuters in many cities struggling to get to and from work each day, often with negative consequences.IBM, Caltrans and UC Berkeley aim to help commuters avoid congested roadways before their trip begins, shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool,first-of-a-kind collaboration to analyze real-time traffic patterns and individual commuter travel history to forecast faster and safer routes………….
Adobe TV Is Available for iPhone and iPad
Adobe has launched Adobe TV for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android phone, and Android tablet. You can now watch all your favorite Adobe TV videos on your iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android phone, and Android tablet. It definitely is amazing news for someone who relies on Adobe’s Online Tutorials to learn Creative Suite apps.
The End of Content Ownership and Beginning of Cloud Age
It has been a while since we came to know about the cloud concept. But most of the internet users kind of failed to fully comprehend it. Even the ones who thought they have comprehended it may still be confused if asked what they understand by cloud.
Facebook Will Develop An Ad Network Just Like Google
Facebook has been the biggest competitor for Google for a while now. The way Facebook is gaining popularity among internet users is fascinating. There was a time when people used to spend more time on Google than Facebook. But it seems that the time has changed.
Apple Will Launch Video-Focused Cloud Service
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek released a research note Apple (AAPL) is about to launch a new video-focused cloud-based service. The firm believes this likely represents the introduction of a new TV-like device and they’ve reiterated its “buy” rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $450.
JetBlue To Bring Ka-band High-speed Internet
Formalized agreement with JetBlue Airways for Ka-band in-flight high-speed internet service and contract includes initial equipment and services order for over $30 million.In an agreement with ViaSat, the airline intends to bring the service to its more than 170 aircraft and beginning installation in 2012………
Apple AirPort Express Private Key Called Shareport Discovered
According to MacRumors developer James Laird was able to reverse engineer the Airport Express key and posted an open source emulator he named Shareport. It is an open-sourced AirPort Express emulator that contains an RAOP server to stream music from iTunes and iPods to third-party software and hardware.
