Articles associated with topic: hardware

• Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC

  PC shipments are tumbling into the basement, and IDC partially blames Windows 8. The research firm estimated worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2013 at 76.3 million units, down 13.9 p…
• How Google Fiber Could Do Some National Good

  Within hours of Google announcing that Austin, Texas would be the next lucky recipient of its Google Fiber initiative, AT&T released a statement indicating that it was willing to build a high-spe…
• Intel Details New Chips' Feeds (But Not Speeds)

  Intel executives have confirmed an earlier leaked roadmap, revealing three new Xeon microprocessors for the data center as well as new Atom chips for specialized purposes, including the "Avoton"…
• Google Fiber Expands to Austin, Texas

  [caption id="attachment_9060" align="aligncenter" width="497"] Keep Austin weird, but give it more high-speed Internet options.[/caption] Google Fiber’s next stop: Austin, Texas. That’s not a tot…
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  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Technology Roles at The Walt Disney Company

  At Disney, we are committed to celebrating an inclusive, respectful world. Our technologists are behind creating authentic and unforgettable experiences and products for the stories and character…

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• Checking a Smartphone Map While Driving Banned in California

  According to an appellate court in California, checking your smartphone while driving your Volkswagen (or any other vehicle) is officially verboten. In January 2012, one Steven R. Spriggs was pul…
• HP Hopes 'Moonshot' Servers Will Kick Off Big Shift

  Hewlett-Packard has announced its first "Project Moonshot" servers, which company executives described as "software-defined servers" that could be used with a variety of microprocessor architectu…
• Leaked Intel Roadmap Tips Haswell, Avoton Release Dates

  A leaked Intel roadmap gives additional detail on the proposed ship dates of Intel's next microprocessors, including the next Xeon Phi coprocessors and the "Avoton" system-on-a-chip for microserv…
• IBM Doubling Down on Big Data with Hadoop, In-Memory Offerings

  IBM is betting it can leverage its name to become a big player in the Apache Hadoop market. Big Blue claims its PureData System for Hadoop can speed the time necessary to deploy the open-source f…
• HP's Project Moonshot To Lift Off Next Week

  [caption id="attachment_8936" align="aligncenter" width="618"] HP's Redstone development platform, part of the company's "Project Moonshot" efforts.[/caption] Hewlett-Packard plans on unveiling “…
• World's First Petaflop Supercomputer, "Roadrunner," Retired

  This past weekend, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) decommissioned Roadroader, the first petaflop supercomputer. It was only five short years ago that the machine took the crown as the world…
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  Walmart Global Tech: You Belong

  People-led, tech-powered. That’s what Walmart Global Tech delivers every day, while helping people save money and live better. And that’s not just for customers. Living better is also a goal the…

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