Industry News
Google's Products Dig Deeper into People's Lives
May 16, 2013 9:48 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThis year's event mostly consisted of upgrades to existing Google services that have already become daily habits for millions of people — one of Page's main goals. The new features assume most people want more help managing their lives from Google's brainy engineers and the sprawling data centers that house its millions of computers around the world.
Tech, Labor Spar on Immigration
May 16, 2013 9:41 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | News | CommentsTo the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
Challenges with Microcell Deployment & Configuration
April 19, 2013 10:11 am | by Sinisa Peric, Chief R&D Engineer, QRC Technologies and Thomas Callahan, GM & CTO, QRC Technologies | Articles | CommentsWith cellular phones becoming not just voice, but now also data appliances, there is a growing need for operators to provide wide area (3-5 mile) coverage that assures high-rate data and voice services in nearly every location. What used to be considered “acceptable” gaps in coverage, like isolated homes...
New App Helps Icelanders Avoid Accidental Incest
April 19, 2013 9:50 am | by JENNA GOTTLIEB,Associated Press JILL LAWLESS,Associated Press | News | CommentsA new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users "bump" phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related. "Bump the app before you bump in bed," says the catchy slogan. Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment.
Discovery Paves the Way for Ultra-Fast, High Resolution Imaging in Real Time
April 19, 2013 9:44 am | by University of Melbourne | News | CommentsIn work published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coherent Xray Science have demonstrated that ultra short durations of electron bunches generated from laser-cooled atoms can be both very cold and ultra-fast.
Big Questions for Big Data
April 19, 2013 9:39 am | by Kelly Servick | Stanford Engineering | News | CommentsBut for Stanford Computer Science Professor Jure Leskovec, the most interesting answers are under the hood, in the data of our online habits. His research uses information collected from sites like Twitter, Wikipedia and Facebook to tackle big questions about how society works.
Microsoft Beats Street, Readies New Mobile Devices
April 19, 2013 9:38 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. is struggling to extend its software into smartphones and tablets as consumers are turning away from PCs, the foundation of its empire. Over the winter, it launched two larger tablets under the Surface brand. And in October, the company took a large stake in Barnes & Noble's digital unit...
Pong Game Will Be Writ Large on Philly Skyscraper
April 19, 2013 9:23 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsHundreds of built-in LED lights embedded in the north face of the Cira Centre will replicate the familiar paddles and ball with gamers controlling giant, table-mounted joysticks across the Schuylkill River from the building. The event starts at 8 p.m. It just might be the world's largest "Pong" game...
Blackstone Drops Out of Race to Buy Dell
April 19, 2013 9:16 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDell says buyout specialist Blackstone Group is ending a bid to buy the slumping computer maker, less than a month after pitching a plan to trump an offer from the company's CEO and founder. A letter to Dell Inc. from Blackstone and others involved in the bid says a steep...
Glasses Read to the Blind
April 18, 2013 2:52 pm | by Laboratory Equipment, Florida International University | Videos | CommentsA unique pair of eyeglasses developed by a Florida International Univ. (FIU) student team could revolutionize the lives of the blind, enabling them to walk into a library or a store, pick up any book or a can of soup and read it.
Engineering Newswire 34: Designing a Demonic Child
April 18, 2013 2:06 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower, the premier supplier of power system components for worldwide markets, we’re writing with fire, practicing with the Webb telescope, and writing emails with a guitar. This episode features, David Neevel has built a system...
IAR Embedded Workbench Certified for Functional Safety Development
April 18, 2013 11:48 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIAR Systems has announced that the build chain of the tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM has been certified by TÜV SÜD as a qualified tool for development of safety-related applications. In conjunction, IAR Systems also announced the availability of...
New Keyboard for Touchscreens
April 18, 2013 10:18 am | by Max Planck Institute for Informatics | News | CommentsThe research team of Antti Oulasvirta at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics has created a new keyboard called KALQ that enables faster thumb-typing on touchscreen devices. They used computational optimization techniques in conjunction with a model of thumb movement...
M2M Combo Chip: In the Driver’s Seat for Reducing Cost in Automation Industry
April 18, 2013 9:52 am | by Satish Melukadavan, Vice President, Product Design, Redpine Signals Inc., M2MCombo, M2M communications, machine-to-machine communications, M2M cloud applications, automation industry | Articles | CommentsThe era of the Internet began in 1980s by networking organizations like the military, government agencies, corporate, and universities. If we talk to any user from that time, they wouldn’t have the slightest clue of what the future of this technology would be.
Chipmaker TSMC Gets Tablet, Smartphone Boost in 1Q
April 18, 2013 9:21 am | by ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, reported an 18 percent jump in first quarter profit as increased global sales of smartphones and tablet computers boosted demand for sophisticated processors.
Microsoft Offers Security Enhancement for Sign-Ins
April 18, 2013 9:19 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsPeople who turn on the new feature will be asked not just for a username and password, but also a second piece of information, such as a temporary code sent as a text message to a phone on file. Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. already allow two-step verification as an option.
International Network, IX Reach, Opens Global Carrier Centre in Heart of London Docklands
April 17, 2013 1:40 pm | by IX Reach Ltd | News | CommentsIX Reach Ltd has announced the opening of its new colocation suite, the Global Carrier Centre, in the heart of the London Docklands. Housed in TelecityGroup’s Harbour Exchange (HEX) facility and with over 150 global and local carriers available, it’s an ideal location for networks looking to open a physical...
Tekelec Virtualizes the Diameter Signaling Router for Elastic Scalability, Adds New Voice over LTE Services.
April 17, 2013 12:43 pm | by Tekelec | News | CommentsLTE Latin America 2013 Conference —Mobile operators can more efficiently create and manage LTE and 3G mobile data services with the latest version of Tekelec’s Diameter Signaling Router (DSR), available this quarter. The newest release introduces virtualization and adds new emergency Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services...
RFMW Ltd., Announces 10 Year Anniversary
April 17, 2013 11:29 am | by RFMW, Ltd. | News | CommentsRFMW Ltd., has announced that July 1, 2013 will mark the 10-year anniversary of their company. With worldwide headquarters in San Jose, CA. and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East, the company has seen a continual acceptance of their “niche” philosophy in that “RFMW, Ltd.
Wireless "Smart Skin" Sensors Could Provide Remote Monitoring of Infrastructure
April 17, 2013 9:57 am | by John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsMajor bridge failures in recent years have focused attention on the need to monitor America’s highway bridges and other infrastructure. As thousands of bridges, parking garages and other structures age, improved methods for detecting deterioration could save lives and prevent economic disruption.
Layered '2D Nanocrystals' Promising New Semiconductor
April 17, 2013 9:50 am | by Emil Venere, Purdue University | News | CommentsResearchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could replace today's transistors. The layered structure is made of a material called molybdenum disulfide ...
New Microbatteries a Boost for Electronics
April 17, 2013 9:46 am | by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | News | CommentsThough they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery – and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye.
Taiwan Tech Industry Faces up to Samsung
April 17, 2013 9:19 am | by ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean rival as Taiwan's smartphone, memory chip and display panel makers suffered sagging exports.
Engineers Craft New Material for High-Performing 'Supercapacitors'
April 16, 2013 10:18 am | by Bill Kisliuk, University of California - Los Angeles | News | CommentsTaking a significant step toward improving the power delivery of systems ranging from urban electrical grids to regenerative braking in hybrid vehicles, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have synthesized a material that shows high capability for both the rapid storage and release of energy.
Multitasking Runners Can Read On a Treadmill Using New System
April 16, 2013 10:15 am | by Purdue University | News | CommentsA new innovation allows treadmill users to work their bodies and brains at the same time. The system, called ReadingMate, adjusts text on a monitor to counteract the bobbing motion of a runner's head so that the text appear still, said Ji Soo Yi, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University.
