In the past, laptops could only dream of being gaming powerhouses. Now, however, Lenovo changes that notion once again.
Month: January 2017
Nokia Returns With the Nokia 6 Smartphone
HMD Global announced this month their newest acquisition – the rights and license to the Nokia brand of phones. Thus, HMD Global unveils its launch of the Nokia 6, the latest in the famed Nokia phone line.
The Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga X1 – Versatility Maximized
We recently reported about the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon , an ultrathin but ultra powerful laptop. But, there is another member to Lenovo’s X series; the Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga X1 .
The Updated Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Tablet – It’s More-in-1
Most high end tablets these days are 2-in-1, the tablets having a detachable keyboard thus giving users a laptop as well. However, Lenovo’s update to the Thinkpad X1 Tablet makes it more than that.
1 Company Is Already Winning AI
The debut of the Graphics Processing Unit in 1999 provided gamers with faster, clearer, and more lifelike images. The GPU was designed to quickly perform complex mathematical calculations that were necessary to accelerate the creation of realistic graphics.
SpaceX rocket launch delayed a week by poor weather – CNET
The company had planned to resume liftoffs on Sunday after finishing its investigation into the spectacular explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket in September. But inclement weather in California has forced the rocket’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base outside of Los Angeles to be delayed until at least January 14, SpaceX said in a tweet Sunday morning.
AMD: Zen architecture has lifetime of 4 years, promises hard launch
AMD chief technology officer Mark Papermaster confirmed at CES 2017 that the firm’s new Zen architecture has a projected lifespan of four years. Poking fun at Intel, Papermaster claimed AMD isn’t going to follow a “tick-tock” model but that Zen will be going “tock, tock, tock”.
‘Rogue One’ wins weekend with $22M, narrowly beating ‘Hidden Figures’
Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” edged “Hidden Figures” in the race for the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated $22 million at 4,175 locations, estimates showed Sunday. “Hidden Figures,” a comedy-drama about pioneering African-American women in the early days of the American space program, trailed by only $200,000 with $21.8 million at 2,471 sites.
How to stay online in impossible circumstances
How to stay online in impossible circumstances The irony: the huge high-tech convention is notorious for terrible connectivity. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2i6Oz9X Jefferson Graham and his camera walks you through the busy, ultra-crowded booths in the CES Central Hall.
“Power Rangers” VR Shows Off New Artwork
New artwork has arrived from the Power Rangers Virtual Reality experience at this past week’s 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Qualcomm Technologies worked with Lionsgate on a VR experience tie-in for the film.
How Does a President Settle on His Science Policy?
One of the president’s most important responsibilities is fostering science, technology and innovation in the U.S. economy. The relationship between science and policy runs in two directions: Scientific knowledge can inform policy decisions, and conversely, policies affect the course of science, technology and innovation.
Parallel Execution of Prioritized Test Cases for Regression Testing of Web Applications
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. We present a new approach for automatically prioritizing and distributing test cases on multiple machines.
NASA announces two new asteroid missions
Lucy, which will launch in 2021, is going to visit the mysterious Trojans – a group of asteroids in orbit around the planet Jupiter – while also paying a visit to a separate, smaller asteroid on the way. Psyche on the other hand, which launches in 2023, will be heading towards 16 Psyche – a 130-mile-wide object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The Desktop CPU Isna t Dead, It Just Needs A Swift Kick In The Butt
This author thinks that the answer to making desktop processors exciting again is to add more cores, like Intel has done for their enthusiast line. The trouble with that is cost, but he hopes that potential competition from AMD will ultimately help with that.
HTC is readying a Vive-branded smartphone
For weeks, HTC has been teasing a January 12th event that will show what it has in store “for U” in 2017. But just what does that cryptic clue mean? We might have a better idea.
Google Welcomes More Devices To Its Daydream Family
Google introduced its new Daydream virtual reality platform last year. Its Pixel smartphones were the first Daydream-ready smartphones that were launched late last year alongside the Daydream View virtual reality headset.
Nine ways the iPhone has changed our lives in the last 10 years
The iPhone, the device which redefined the mobile phone and helped make Apple the most valuable company in the world, marks its 10th anniversary tomorrow. It was on January 9, 2007, that late Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs went on stage at the company’s Macworld event to announce the tech giant was to reveal “an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator” – but rather than three separate products being revealed, one of the first truly smart phones was unveiled.
OmniVision launches 1.4MP image sensor bringing best-in-class…
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, introduced the OV9716 1.4 Megapixel image sensor, which brings 1392 x 976 resolution at up to 60 frames per second in a 1/3.8″ optical format with more than 120dB dynamic range to automotive imaging applications. Built on OmniVision’s 2.8-micron OmniBSI-2 Deep Well pixel technology, the OV9716 delivers low-light sensitivity and high dynamic range performance even in challenging lighting conditions.
Louis Tomlinson’s ex Briana Jungwirth deletes Instagram account after hacking scandal
An avid social media user, the 24-year-old – who has 11-month-old son Freddie Reign with the One Direction singer – revealed her account was hacked last week. Following the cyber intrusion, the LA based stylist admitted she has now decided to leave photosharing site due to ‘privacy concerns’.
What to expect at work in 2017: Fewer raises, different perks
Like so many things for the year ahead, many changes coming to the workplace are surrounded by questions. If Congress repeals or replaces the Affordable Care Act, what will that mean for employee health insurance? Will companies still have to publish the potentially embarrassing CEO-to-worker pay ratio, or will that part of the Dodd-Frank act be repealed, too? Will my employer or state join the bandwagon of those who have recently expanded paid parental leave? The answers to many of these questions are unknown.
CES 2017: Best of the Best
I love two things in life: tech and casinos. When I think of those two things, I think of the Consumer Electronic Show .
Is The C Programming Language Declining In Popularity?
An anonymous reader writes: Java overtook C as the most popular language in mid-2015 on the TIOBE Programming Community index . But now over the last 13 months, they show C’s popularity consistently dropping more and more .
Lands’ End, Inc. (LE) Short Interest Update
Lands’ End, Inc. was the target of a large drop in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,432,478 shares, a drop of 5.7% from the November 30th total of 5,759,403 shares.
The complexity of plastic bags
As societies face increasingly complex problems, design is emerging as the tool to solve some of Asia’s biggest issues. Through field trips with designers skilled in human-centered design, the team behind Ethnographers’ Field Guide to Innovation , a new series on Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia, see how meaning is found in everyday surrounds and how people are key to unlocking innovation.
Fifty Years Ago
Miss Anita Lynn Gaines of Horseleg Creek Road, a 17-year-old student at Thornwood School will represent the Rome Lions Club as its entry in Lions Internation’s $50,000 Peace Essay Contest.
UK’s May denies her government ‘muddled’ about EU exit
In this Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 file photo, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session, in parliament in London. Prime Minister Theresa May’s office says Thursday Jan. 5, 2017, the British leader will meet Donald Trump in Washington in the weeks following his Jan. 20 inauguration as U.S. president.
Oklahoma Public Records, Penn Museum, Historical Istanbul, More: Sunday Buzz, January 8, 2017
Genealogists! The state of Oklahoma is preparing to launch a new Web site and make it much easier to access vital records . “The Oklahoma State Department of Health will debut on Monday a new website, OK2Explore where users can search vital records as well as purchase copies.
Size of New ‘High End’ iPad Pro Still Unclear, Said to be Between 10 and 10.5-Inches
Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new research report underlining his expectations for the future of Apple’s iPad line-up, with slightly revised predictions for a new “high-end” middle-size tablet to be released later this year. According to Kuo, Apple is planning to introduce three iPads in 2017: a 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 and a “low-cost” 9.7-inch iPad, along with a new bezel-free, mid-size model in the range of between 10 and 10.5 inches.
Harvard Schools Trust funds grants for Bromfield, Hildreth
At its December board meeting, the board of directors of the Harvard Schools Trust voted to fund the following five educational grants for the Bromfield School and Hildreth Elementary School. Bromfield Robotics Club: Bromfield Robotics is a new school club with the objective of fostering more interest in Bromfield students for science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
My Firsthand Account of a Third-Party Problem | @DevOpsSummit #APM #DevOps #WebPerf
The buzz continues for cloud, data analytics and the Internet of Things and their collective impact across all industries. But a new conversation is emerging – how do companies use industry disruption and technology enablers to lead in markets undergoing change, uncertainty and ambiguity? Organizations of all sizes need to evolve and transform, often under massive pressure, as industry lines blur and merge and traditional business models are assaulted and turned upside down.
CES 2017: Bosch Debuts All-Electric Concept Car With touchless Haptic Tech
Bosch had introduced a very impressive technology laden concept car in the last year’s CES. That concept got a lot of attention and praise from car enthusiasts.
CES 2017: Furrion Showcases World’s First Ever Exo-Bionic Racing Mech
Debuting at CES2017 Furrion’s Prosthesis is the world’s first exo-bionic mech. Prothesis stands at nearly 14 feet tall, 16 feet wide, weighs more than 8,000 pounds and is electric powered.
Top Science Stories This Week
A mighty membrane in our digestive system had been considered a fragmented structure for hundreds of years but it turns out to be single, continuous. Named the mesentery, the structure has been upgraded to an organ.
Nokia returns to market with first Android smartphone, Nokia 6:…
Nokia will be back can be now written as ‘Nokia is back’. HMD Global, the Finnish company that reserves the rights to use brand Nokia on mobile phones, finally announced its first smartphone on Sunday via official website.
Digital economy to create 400 million jobs in China: report1 hour ago
Beijing, Jan 8: China’s digital economy is predicted to create over 400 million jobs by 2035 with e-commerce giant Alibaba generating 100 million of them, ?a new report has said. Internet-based economy could be worth USD 16 trillion by then, according to a Boston Consulting Group report that was released at a new economy summit sponsored by Alibaba Group yesterday.
Jet.com Was Just the Start of Wal-Mart’s E-Commerce Acquisitions
Wal-Mart is kicking off the year with the acquisition of ShoeBuy.com, an online shoe retailer that competes with Amazon ‘s More telling are comments from Wal-Mart’s head of e-commerce, Marc Lore, who said Jet and Wal-Mart will likely pursue more acquisitions like ShoeBuy. In particular, he pointed to “categories where they are long-tail, high-margin products and harder-to-crack brands.”
Intel PC Chief Talks Average Selling Price Trends
It’s no secret that the personal computer market is shrinking. There are many common explanations about why it’s happening, but whatever the reasons, this is the reality that personal computer manufacturers, as well as their many component vendors, must cope with.
Hubble creates interstellar road map for future galactic trek
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is creating a road map for the two Voyager spacecraft, that will travel through unexplored territories beyond our solar system, by measuring the material along the probes’ future trajectories. Even after the Voyagers run out of electrical power and are unable to send back new data, which may happen in about a decade, astronomers can use Hubble observations to characterise the environment of through which these silent ambassadors will glide.
Tough challenge for Trump: Getting more men back to work
In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, people wait in line to sign up for unemployment in Atlantic City, N.J. The proportion of men in their prime working years who have a job has been steadily declining _ and holding back the United States’ growth potential.
LG Electronics to decide on building new plant in US by H1
LG Electronics’ newly-appointed CEO Jo Seong-jin said Sunday that the South Korean electronics maker will finalize its decision on setting up its first home appliance manufacturing plant in the US within the first half of this year. “We’ve been considering the possibility of building a new plant in the US for a long time,” Jo said during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.