For someone who is in engineering, I have heard quite a number of jokes regarding our profession; some shining the spotlight on our common inner pride, while others throw a tongue-in-cheek outlook at our personalities. One particular story came to my mind when I began to compose this review. It talks about a mathematician and an engineer sitting at a table drinking at the bar when a very beautiful woman walks in and sits down across the room. The...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft blew it Tuesday when its Exchange Online hosted email service went dark for much of the business day, an expert said. But he wasn't referring to Exchange's technical failure.
"Three hundred and sixty-four days of excellent service can be undone on the 365th if a company...
From GreenBot: Google's Nexus line is not dead yet, according to Google's Android engineering chief. "People have been commenting about Nexus because there is something else and they think that means the end of Nexus. That is the totally wrong conclusion to make," Google's Dave Burke told ReadWrite...
From CNET: Android hogged the spotlight at Google I/O, but performance improvements in Google's Chrome browser show that the company hasn't given up on trying to advance its other programming foundation -- the Web.
The mobile version of Chrome has become much more responsive since 2013, said Paul...
From DailyTech: Nikon announced the D810 HD-SLR today, which aims to replace the D800 for professional photographers and cinematographers.
The D810 sports a new 36.3-megapixel, full-frame FX-format sensor without an optical low pass filter for increased resolution and dynamic range (the base ISO...
From InfoWorld: Google has unveiled the first three smartwatches that will run Android Wear, a cut-down version of Android for wearable devices, and we got our hands on one of them: the Samsung Gear Live.
The watch, which is available now in Google's Play Store, retails for $199 and will compete...
From PC World: This year’s Google I/O wasn’t as dramatic as the I/Os of yesteryear. Nobody jumped from a blimp with a radical new face computer strapped to his face, and Larry Page neglected to step foot on stage, much less wax poetic about the infinite sadness in the world. But despite the lack of...
From CNET: Handset maker HTC said Wednesday that it plans to bring Google's newest Android operating system to its flagship phones as soon as it's able, though it couldn't yet provide a timeline.
The move is part of the company's campaign to retain customers amid years of flagging sales. Despite...
From DailyTech: Remember the iPod? You know, that small MP3 device that helped turnaround Apple’s fortunes and eventually paved the way for the iPhone? Apple has given little thought to the product line for the past year or so, but today is finally making some worthwhile changes to its iPod touch....
From InfoWorld: Oracle's pending acquisition of retail and hospitality technology vendor Micros is its biggest since scooping up Sun Microsystems in 2010, which begs questions about why it's willing to pay so much.
Micros is going for $4.6 billion, net of its cash, while Sun cost Oracle $7.4...
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