Smartphone Shipments Overtake Client PCs In 2011 For The First Time Ever

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:30:11 +0000

The year 2011 marked a beginning of an important trend in mobile computing. Smartphone shipments topped PCs for the first time ever last year, by 73 million units, according to figures published by research firm Canalys. The total global shipments of smart phones for the whole of 2011 was 487.7 million units, up 63% on [...]

MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:24 +0000

Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores. With a revolutionary new chip architecture and programming [...]

The Text Message/SMS Turns 19 Years Old

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:54:29 +0000

  According to Wikipedia, the first SMS text message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1992, from a man named Neil Papworth using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset. The text of the message was “Merry Christmas”. The technology behind [...]

Top 10 Key Information Technology Trends For 2012

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:34:36 +0000

At the Gartner Symposium IT/Expo, David Cappuccio, managing vice president and chief of research for the Infrastructure teams with Gartner, said the Top 10 Trends show how IT is changing in that many of them in the past been outside the traditional purview of IT, but they will all affect how IT does its job [...]

Consume Less Energy With Blade Servers

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:48:06 +0000

In this extremely competitive market, well-informed business owners know that reducing power consumption is a smart and environmentally friendly way to cut operating expenses without reducing product quality or employee output. Switching IT processing to a Dell Blade system can save money while increasing productivity. Improved Design Traditional rack servers bundle components into individual cabinets [...]

Royal Society Makes 350 Years Of Sciene Papers Freely Available Online

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:48:49 +0000

BBC reports that the world’s oldest scientific academy, the Royal Society, has made its historical journal, which includes over 8000 scientific papers, permanently free to access online. You can reach all the old journal articles from this page at the Royal Society by selecting a journal and going to past issues.” The plague, the Great [...]

Mobile Phone Brain Cancer Link Rejected

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:03:56 +0000

Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than 350,000 people with [...]

Steve Jobs’ Golden Words

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:22:40 +0000

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow [...]

Future Tech: Visible Light Communications

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:53:03 +0000

Visible Light Communication uses light emitting diodes (LEDs), for the dual role of illumination and data transmission. Using the visible light spectrum, which is free and less crowded than other frequencies, wireless services can be piggy-backed over existing lighting installations. With this leading edge technology, data including video and audio, internet traffic, etc, can be [...]

Facebook Adds Skype Video Chat Feature

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:22:40 +0000

Facebook has announced a partnership with Skype to add video chat to the social networking site. The move is likely to be seen as a shot across the bow of Google, which recently launched a Facebook rival, Google+, also featuring video calling. This is not the first time Facebook and Skype have teamed up – [...]