Day: January 12, 2017

My month with the Surface Book i7 with Performance Base

CIO.com’s Sarah White reflects on her past month using the Microsoft’s top-tier hybrid laptop, the Surface Book i7 with Performance Base. When Microsoft held an event last October , everyone thought it was prepping to announce the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 or Surface Book 2. Instead, we got the new Surface Studio, Windows Creative Update and a beefed-up Surface Book i7 with Performance Base.

HTC phones tell users to wrap up warm

HTC’s latest smartphones use software that studies its owners’ behaviour and plans, and then makes recommendations based of what it has gleaned. The larger of the two devices – the U Ultra is also marked out by the fact it has two separate displays.

360-degree replays at Super Bowl a taste of whata s next

Have you ever wanted to know what Tom Brady sees as he stares down a pass rush, scans the field for an open receiver or brushes his teeth in the morning? Thanks to a 360-degree replay technology called “Be the Player,” Fox TV broadcasters will be able to show a play from virtually any spot in the stadium within minutes of the action taking place. The spin around and zoom “freeD” system has been used at other sporting events – including the NBA and baseball All-Star Games and the Olympics – but this will be the first that goes the last step and shows things from the athlete’s perspective .

Would-Be Kingmaker Calls Out Iron Giants in Ore Tax Battle

The world’s biggest mining companies producing iron ore from Australia aren’t paying their fair share in taxes, according to a lawmaker who wants a 20-fold raise in a state levy that’s been unchanged since the 1960s and the era of imperial pounds, shillings and pence. The proposal has “overwhelming” support and Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd.’s objections don’t stack up, according to Brendon Grylls, Western Australia’s Nationals party leader.

EDA programme launched to improve IED Detection

A new promising EDA research and technology programme aimed at improving Member States’ capabilities in detecting Improvised Explosive Devices was launched on 23 December 2016 when four EDA Member States as well as Norway signed an agreement for the 3-year ‘IED Detection’ ad hoc R&T programme with a total budget of a 14 million. The main objective of the IEDDET programme is to develop, improve and field-test IED detection capabilities in order to better protect troops and increase Armed Forces’ operational freedom of movement.

People attracted to financial advice from robots

More than two-thirds of UK consumers would use software robots for banking services and a quarter are attracted to the impartiality of advice given by robots. Access this guide to aid you in facing the challenges, opportunities and key actions need to consider in preparing your organisation for GDPR.

UC Irvine Drama Presents a Dystopic Visioning of Shakespeare’s Roman War Tale CORIOLANUS

UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents its first offering of 2017, Shakespeare’s classic military tragedy based on the life of legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. UCI Drama’s current season explores xenophobia in its various forms, and perhaps there is no greater manifestation of pitting “us” against “them” than the intercultural alienation that culminates in war.

Blackstone Said to Vie With Warburg, Chinese Group for GLP

Blackstone Group LP is considering an offer for Global Logistic Properties Ltd., potentially pitting it against Warburg Pincus and a separate Chinese group in the bidding for the $8.6 billion warehouse operator, people with knowledge of the matter said. Warburg Pincus is forming a consortium to bid for the Singapore-based company and has been speaking with banks and potential bidding partners, according to the people.

Asia Pacific Spending on Robotics Will Reach $133 Billion in 2020, according to IDC

According to the newly released IDC Worldwide Commercial Robotics Spending Guide , Asia Pacific spending on robotics and related services will more than double, growing from $60 billion in 2016 to over $133 billion in 2020 – a compounded annual growth rate of 22%. This new robotics spending guide now includes data on commercial and consumer purchases of drones and after-market drone hardware in addition to spending data on robotic systems, system hardware, software, robotics-related services, and after-market robotics hardware.

W3C and OGC put more Spatial (and space-born) Data on the Web

The Standards News Portal is updated on a daily basis to bring you the most important news about standards – how they are created, how they affect you – and who’s doing what to whom. The Standards News Portal was launched in February 2002 and currently contains 8375 categorized, searchable articles, perhaps the largest archive of its type in existence.

Walgreens, FedEx to offer package pickup and drop-off at pharmacies

By the end of next year, most Walgreens customers will be able to pick up prescriptions and packages in a single stop. To accommodate a growing number of e-commerce packages – particularly for customers who can’t easily have orders shipped to their homes – Deerfield-based Walgreens will let customers pick up and drop off packages shipped through FedEx at thousands of pharmacies, the companies said Wednesday.

Edmonds CC students participate in NASA-funded undergraduate research

From left, Edmonds CC students Cali Drake, Stephanie Bernard, Chris Nguyen, and Thinh Pham participated in a NASA-funded undergraduate research project during fall quarter. Edmonds Community College students have partnered with a local technology company to test how well plasma jets can eliminate specific types of bacteria from the surface of spacecraft.

Amazon removes Indian flag doormat link after visa threat

Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the US company’s employees if they did not stop selling the product. “If this is not done forthwith, we will not grant Indian Visa to any Amazon official,” she added.

7 Discoveries and Observations from the CES 2013 Conference Floor

These big and beautiful TV’s show virtually no pixelation when displaying UHD content . Also present were new curved televisions that enable viewers to have a more balanced viewing experience , and an impressivedual-view 3D TVby Samsung that enables two people to watch different high definition 3D broadcasts in full screen at the same time from the same television.2. It’s more fun to use human interfaces and have physical interaction.While TV’s, phones, computers and cameras steal the headlines at CES, smaller companies tucked away in the corners innovating in ways you can’t imagine are much more fun.

Morgan leads Illinois to 85-69 win over Michigan

After the Houston Texans secured a spot in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs with a wild-card win Saturday over the Oakland Raiders, there was a trend among many Texans fans on social media that I found peculiar – their rooting interest in Sunday’s Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers wild-card game. Friday night, the Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual event and meeting at Moody Gardens Convention Center.

Anderson, Dulin lead Navy to 75-62 win over Loyola

After the Houston Texans secured a spot in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs with a wild-card win Saturday over the Oakland Raiders, there was a trend among many Texans fans on social media that I found peculiar – their rooting interest in Sunday’s Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers wild-card game. Southeasterly breezes returned and the water is warming.

China’s EasyStack Raises $50M for OpenStack

EasyStack, a start-up based in Beijing, announced that it closed US$50 million in Series C funding for its OpenStack cloud enterprise solutions. EasyStack, which claims to be the leading OpenStack cloud platform and service provider in Asia-Pacific, was founded in February 2014 by the core team of IBM China R&D Center.

Aptilo Powers Wi-Fi in the London Underground

Aptilo Networks confirmed that its Wi-Fi service management solutions are being used by 3UK to serve some 500K subscribers with Wi-Fi in the London Underground. 3UK, which had no Wi-Fi capabilities prior to the launch in 2014, built its Wi-Fi service from the ground-up using the Aptilo Managed Service through an existing Wi-Fi access network deployed across the London Underground by Virgin Media.

China turns to robots as workers age

With China’s labour force shrinking under the impact of the now abandoned one-child policy, the world’s second-largest economy is turning to machines to try to fill the gap. Flat, orange robots glide under stationary cars and ferry them to empty Chinese parking bays, using space more efficiently and, their creators say, reducing driver stress.

Data Center Liquid Cooling Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size,…

Zion Market Research published new report on “Data Center Liquid Cooling Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024” in it’s database Global Data Center Liquid Cooling Market: Overview Data center liquid cooling is also known as liquid immersion cooling. The data center liquid cooling works on the key principle of technology based on liquid submersion.