WristQue, a simple, quiet and low-power wristband device which will help in adjusting temperature, humidity and light according to a person’s discretion through the sensors building in and all around in the building. MIT researchers began the project in October and connect with a number of environmental sensors to ensure a “smart” building stays smart yet allows...
The BMW Group subsidiary Designworks USA and Thermaltake has reached to the next level of their collaboration with their Level 10 M Mouse, which is aimed to be launched in spring 2012. Designworks, the design consultancy, works as a Think Tank of BMW Group works for many industries from time-to-time with only one aim, to transfer design with the most innovative,...
Wikipedia, an online collaborative, multilingual Internet encyclopaedia, will go offline on Wednesday to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), as per the site’s co-founder, Jimmy Wales. The announcement was made via a multiple tweets. The tweet says, “This is going to be wow”. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday....
Geek and Nerd, always create confusion, as which one to choose from. Both words sound like synonym, but actually they are not. But how can this are done without a solid argument for both personas? Geeks can be identified as someone with a specific niche interest/lifestyle that they have become the expert on whereas Nerds can be identified as extreme interest or the...
Samsung soon after the release of Linux-based Tizen operating system for mobile’s first screenshot confirmed its plan to merge its Bada OS with Intel backed Tizen project. Tizen considered as the successor of the MeeGo platform. It is expected to go live by next month at Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona. However, Samsung’s Bada OS will cease to exist on its...
With the reports confirmed, Zappos, an online retailer specializing in shoes, suffers from security breach today from a hacker who had gained access to the company’s internal network through company’s server in Kentucky. The attack specifications are still not revealed, Zappos added that credit card and payments data were not affected or accessed by the criminal....
IBM Research demonstrated first of its type, world’s smallest memory bit, using only 12 atoms. IBM’s “Atomic-scale magnetic memory”, is said to achieve storage that is 100 times denser than today’s hard disk, which will stores one bit of data in about 1 million atoms. Punctuating 30 years of nanotechnology research, IBM Research scientists have demonstrated...
Splunk, an enterprise data software company has filed for $125 million IPO on January 12. San Francisco based Splunk offers businesses software used to report, monitor and analyze the machine data produced by the applications, systems and infrastructure that runs a business. The company’s focus is to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone....
Whenever you sit on the internet, the first thing we do is to open your web browser. Whether it’s Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Chrome or Safari, the browser is one such important software or app that we use almost daily. Have you ever wondered why and how the browsers get its name? Microsoft’s web developer, Martin Beeby, has put together a wonderful history...
Acacia Research Corporation, known for its 200+ technology patent portfolios, announced that it has acquired ADAPTIX, a 4G wireless technology company. The company is paying $160 million for the acquisition. ADAPTIX, which is having its 230 issued and pending patents portfolio in 13 countries, is recognized well in the industry as one of its first developers of cutting...
