Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Scientists Teach Rats the Vulcan Mind-Meld
The Vulcan mind-meld, that longtime staple of science fiction, could be a few big steps closer to becoming a reality: researchers have enabled a real-time transfer of “behaviorally meaningful sen… -
EMC’s Pivotal HD Joins the Apache Hadoop Race
When it rains, it pours: not to be outdone by seemingly every other IT vendor on the planet deciding to release an Apache Hadoop-based analytics package, EMC has announced Pivotal Hadoop Distribu… -
HP Boosts Its Security Tools That Leverage Big Data
Hewlett-Packard seems to have jumped on the bandwagon of IT vendors using Big Data to beef up companies’ security: in addition to releasing new research about cyber-security risks, it’s issued ne… -
How Quickoffice Could Threaten Microsoft Office
This is how Quickoffice, the cloud-based productivity software that Google acquired last summer for an undisclosed sum, could truly start to threaten Microsoft Office’s domination. Back in Decemb… -
New Google Plus Sign-In Swipes at Facebook
Not to be outdone by Facebook, Google is introducing an application sign-in via its Google Plus social network. “If you sign in to Gmail, YouTube or any other Google service, you can now use your… -
Cloudera Making Hadoop Even More Enterprise-Ready
Apache Hadoop has proven useful for many companies seeking to wrangle massive amounts of data, but most platforms lack much beyond the actual framework. Businesses still need to audit, manage, an… -
Salesforce’s Service Cloud Mobile Aims to Stay Ahead of the Curve
Salesforce is “doubling down on mobile,” according to the company, with a handful of initiatives including its new Salesforce Service Cloud Mobile. Salesforce Service Cloud Mobile allows employee…