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Nvidia has launched the first graphic processing units (GPUs) based on its next-generation Kepler graphics architecture, which offers the promise to deliver superior gaming performance, according to the company One of the key components of video games on the PC is, of course, the graphics, and as long as there have been games, there have been attem...

I'm attending the IP&TV World Forum, aka the Internet Protocol Television Show, at the Olympia exhibition hall in sunny London I have been checking out technologies being deployed in Europe that we may be seeing state-side very soon. HbbTV is a hybrid television delivery system available now in some European countries that combines synchronized bro...

Executives from Verizon and Comcast went before a U.S. Senate judiciary subcommittee Wednesday to defend Verizon's plan to purchase US$3.6 billion worth of spectrum from cable industry joint venture SpectrumCo. They were met with opposition from other wireless providers and consumer advocacy groups Verizon announced a plan last December to acquire ...

Zynga has inked a deal to acquire OMGPOP, maker of the wildly popular "Draw Something," as well as 35 other social games. When it joins the Zynga fold, OMGPOP will focus on building new mobile products for Zynga. The purchase price is estimated at US$200-$250 million, according to news accounts citing unnamed sources familiar with the transaction....

We have watched the wireless industry grow rapidly and change over the last decade. As we now know, competitors in the industry have suddenly been backed into a corner with limits to wireless data spectrum and growth. This is a growing problem and a real challenge that both Verizon Wireless and AT&T have to face. A change in thinking is required to solve this.

The top 10 trends in CRM was the topic of the lead-off talk by analysts Gene Alvarez and Ed Thompson at Gartner's Customer 360 Summit last week. Most of the items were evergreens that are fixtures when such trend lists are drawn up, but there were two that caught my eye, if only because of their juxtaposition on the list First was the issue of "big...

Developers are losing interest in creating apps for Android because of the continued fragmentation of the operating system, according to a survey conducted jointly by Appcelerator and IDC between January and February Its results show that interest in Android phone app development fell by nearly five percentage points over the past quarter to about ...

New home construction and remodeling projects, from a multimedia wiring angle, have the advantage of incorporating cable management at the design stage. That design is structured into the build. Unfortunately, existing homes don't have this luxury -- tearing into walls is disruptive and expensive....

One of Yahoo's major investors, hedge fund Third Point, is calling upon shareholders to elect four of its nominees to the company's board. This is just the latest round in what could become a very nasty fight "There are a couple of things happening," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. Third Point, which has a 5.8

Internet-delivered television was once thought of "disruptive," but it looks like it's about to be firmly adopted by common television programming suppliers worldwide and incorporated into their delivery systems. Looking around at the IP&TV World Forum, I'm seeing a whole bunch of monkey wrenches sitting on the sidelines ...

Dutch mechanical engineer Jarno Smeets created a stir on YouTube recently with a video that shows him flying by flapping a set of wings attached to his back -- without any connection between the wings and his arms. However, many questions have been raised regarding the authenticity of the video, which is on Smeets' blog....

Oracle released its fiscal third-quarter earnings Tuesday, coming out ahead of Wall Street expectations in regard to profits and new license sales The database software maker saw revenue rise 2.2 percent from a year ago, going from US$8.81 billion to $9.04 billion. It posted adjusted earnings at 62 cents per share, up from 54 cents one year before...

In a sweeping reorganization of its operations, HP is merging its Imaging and Printing Group with its Personal Systems Group, the unit that makes the company's computers. The news delivered a jolt to the industry when it leaked on Tuesday. Although HP's star has dimmed somewhat since its high-flying days in the 1980s and 90s, it remains a major player.

Facebook has apparently taken its massive user base and immense popularity to heart. The company is dictating to Wall Street underwriters what it will pay in fees for its US$5 billion initial public offering, according to news reports. Typically, these fees would range from 3 percent to 7 percent of the offering. However, Facebook is allowing -- a...

If you read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, you get a good sense of the rivalry between Jobs and Bill Gates and Microsoft, or between Apple and the rest of the world more generally. But the rivalries were really between that past/present -- and the future -- and Jobs and Gates were only playing parts that were scripted long ago The play's outlines ...

The TEA Text Editor is a very handy writing tool that delivers a much different user interface. For most computer users cranking out words or program code for digital consumption, text editors are often preferable to feature-bloated word processors. TEA pours on features yet keeps from getting too steamy....

As many active users of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) can tell you, IaaS, whether implemented by an external service provider or provided by an internal service provider team, arguably grants you much more control of the underlying technology "substrate" than other cloud deployment models. In some cases, this is a good thing; for example, when you have unique legacy constraints or technology requirements that must be satisfied for applications to work properly. ...

Users of mobile devices on GSM networks may soon be able to roam seamlessly from one WiFi hotspot to another without having to repeatedly log in and authenticate their devices The GSM Association (GSMA) and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) are collaborating to create technical and commercial frameworks for WiFi roaming....

Today a tattoo is a popular way of showing off a little individuality, but historically tattoos were used as a form of communication. Roman soldiers and slaves were tattooed on the hands, arms or even face as a way to alert those around them to their status, allowing authorities to more easily keep track of those in bondage ...

Amazon has moved to acquire Kiva Systems, a maker of robotic equipment that services warehouses The purchase will be Amazon's biggest since it bought Zappos.com in 2009. Amazon agreed to pay US$775 million for Kiva, which creates equipment, handling technology and software that helps large-scale vendors control inventory and orders. Retailers such ...