Tagged: Hardware
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China takes lead in supercomputer stakes for Milky Way-2 News
17.06.2013 A supercomputer by the name of Milky Way-2 that has been developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology has managed to oust the US from the top spot in the... -
Google invests US$7m in bid to eradicate child abuse imagery online News
17.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to step up its efforts to eradicate child abuse imagery online and is investing US$5m as well as supporting organisations in the frontline fighting this...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Wireless DIY: start-up Spark Devices raises US$567,968 on Kickstarter News
14.06.2013 When the going gets tough – just keep going. That’s the logic that Zach Supalla of connected device player Spark Devices applied and in just a few months has executed a pivot... -
Facebook opens hydro-electric powered data centre in Sweden News
13.06.2013 Facebook’s newest data centre in Luleå, Sweden, has just gone live and is handling traffic from the company’s 1.1bn global users. The facility is also powered by... -
Console wars return as Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 to take on Microsoft’s Xbox One News
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along...Tags: Games Consoles, Video Games, PS3, PlayStation Vita, Activision, Bungie, Hardware, Xbox One, Xbox, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sony -
HP’s second-quarter revenue, profit reflects decrease in PC sales News
23.05.2013 A slump in sales of personal computers has been reflected in a decrease in second-quarter revenue and profit for HP. The computer maker posted revenue of US$27.6bn, compared... -
How to tune into what’s happening at Google I/O 2013 News
15.05.2013 Google’s annual developers conference, I/O, takes place in the Moscone Centre, San Francisco, California, today and tomorrow amid expectations of exciting new product and... -
Google reveals the tech specs behind Glass – 16GB storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth News
16.04.2013 The tech specs for Google’s forthcoming wearable computing device Google Glass are out. The first big revelation is that the eyewear won’t actually be cellular but will interact...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Cork’s Firecomms in fibre components deal with global player News
28.03.2013 Cork-based fibre communications technology company Firecomms has secured a major deal with a global supplier of fibre components to the automotive sector and other industries,...Categories: Multimedia, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Development, Design, Deals Done, Communications -
Eight start-ups to emerge successfully from SELR8R global sales programme News
22.03.2013 Eight promising young technology companies are due to complete the intensive 50-day SELR8R sales accelerator programme in Cork next week equipped with the skills to sell to the... -
Can we make computing greener? (Infographic) News
12.03.2013 Workers can not only make computing greener, but they can do so quite easily by modifying how they use the hardware at the office, a new infographic reveals with some surprising... -
Dell goes private in US$24bn transaction - founder regains control of company he started News
05.02.2013 Computer giant Dell is to go private under a US$24.4bn transaction led by founder Michael Dell and global tech investment firm Silver Lake and involving loans and financing from...Categories: Storage, Servers, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, IT Management, Internet, Hardware, eCommerce, Digital Business, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Computers -
New US$25 version of Raspberry Pi computer released in Europe News
04.02.2013 A new US$25 Model A version of the innovative Raspberry Pi personal computer – a credit-card sized single board computer that could potentially revolutionise the teaching of... -
Michael Dell to lead buyout of Dell Inc by next week News
01.02.2013 Michael Dell, with the support of a consortium of investors that includes venture capital firm Silver Lake Partners and software giant Microsoft, could take control of the... -
NVIDIA reveals world’s fastest mobile processor – 4G connectivity and 45pc less power consumption News
07.01.2013 Just in time for CES, electronics player NVIDIA has unveiled what it claims is the world’s fastest mobile processor – the Tegra 4 – a quad-core A15 chip with built-in 4G LTE...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Communications