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IBM uses Watson as part of new cloud service
IBM announced late Wednesday that it's making its artificially intelligent computer system, Watson, available to researchers as a cloud service.Scientists from universities, pharmaceutical companies and commercial research centers have been using Watson, which was built to understand human language, to analyze and test hypotheses in their data, along with data held in millions of scientific papers available in public databases.Early adopters have been trying out the cloud service, but it's officially available today, according to Rob Merkel, vice president of IBM's Watson Healthcare Group.Merkel declined to talk about the cost of the service.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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NASA green-lights plans to build world's most powerful rocket
NASA's program to build a heavy-lift rocket capable of launching astronauts into deep space is moving from the design to the development phase.The Space Launch System, which is designed to have an unprecedented lift capability of 143 tons, is scheduled to make its initial launch no later than November 2018."We are on a journey of scientific and human exploration that leads to Mars," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement. "And we're firmly committed to building the launch vehicle and other supporting systems that will take us on that journey."The rocket is part of NASA's plan to get humans to Mars by the 2030s.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Samsung Gear S: Smartwatch like Dick Tracy (but it doesn't run Android)
Samsung unveils Gear S smartwatch. It doesn't need to pair with a phone and it eschews Android Wear. With a release date sometime in October, it's one of several devices to be shown off in Germany, at next week's IFA. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it rules or sucks. Read More
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Here goes the Apple vs. Samsung smartwatch showdown
Samsung's aggressively trying to steal some Apple glory, announcing its new 3G Gear S smartwatch just hours after Re/Code revealed Apple's plans to announce its own "iWatch" on September 9, with iPhone 6. Read More
HP recalls 6M laptop power cords that can pose fire hazards
There have already been almost 30 reports of power cords overheating and melting. Read More
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This year's PC market will be a bit less dire than earlier thought
The PC market is still a bleak place to be, but not as bleak as expected, according to new figures released Wednesday. Worldwide PC shipments will decline at a slower pace in 2014 than previously thought, as Chromebooks and Windows XP upgrades help drive new purchases, IDC said. Global PC shipments will decline by 3.7% this year, IDC said, revising its previous forecast of a 6% decline. The new prediction came with a caveat, though: IDC says the future of the PC market is still "tenuous." IDC predicts PC shipments this year will reach 303.5 million, comprised of 133.5 million desktops and 170 million laptops. The market will do much better this year than in 2013, when shipments declined by 9.8% from 2012.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Broadcom wants to let 1,000 IoT devices bloom with $19.99 development kit
The Internet of Things has been the talk of the tech industry for months now, but communications chip maker Broadcom thinks the conversation's just getting started. "It's a totally new space. It offers ... a massive number of projects and efforts and new ideas," said Brian Bedrosian, senior director of Broadcom's embedded wireless business, at a media event in San Francisco on Tuesday night. "There's no monopoly in any particular market." Broadcom has a big stake in IoT because it makes the kinds of chips that will connect many home devices, wearables and industrial sensors to wireless networks. On Wednesday, the company introduced the latest tool it hopes will expand that market, a US$19.99 development kit built around its BCM20737 Bluetooth Smart chip with five built-in sensors and a free Apple iOS app. An Android app is coming Oct. 1.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Wireless competition heats up, and so do changes in executive ranks
As competition heats up dramatically in the wireless industry, changes in the executive ranks are taking center stage.Part of the reason for the changes is to prepare for greater potential competition from cable companies in the wireless realm, analysts said. Comcast is seeking federal regulatory approval to buy Time Warner Cable, and both companies are relentlessly building out millions of interconnected Wi-Fi hot zones to give wireless service to their customers across entire cities.Another reason for the executive shifts is that AT&T and Verizon Wireless remain staunch competitors in a breakneck battle to be No. 1, with both focused on winning lucrative revenues from large business customers, analysts said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft reissues patch that crippled Windows PCs
Microsoft today re-released a security update that was pulled two weeks ago after users packed the company's support discussion forum with reports of crippled computers. The update, MS14-045, was originally issued on "Patch Tuesday" -- Microsoft prefers the blander "Update Tuesday" -- on Aug. 12. Within 24 hours, customers started posting messages on an eventually-lengthy thread saying that their systems, mostly PCs running the 64-bit version of Windows 7, had been bricked with an error message and ensuing "Blue Screen of Death." While some of the affected customers were able to regain control of their computers, others could not, stymied even when they tried to boot their machines in Safe Mode.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Samsung starts production of 3D DDR4 DRAM modules
Samsung has started producing 64GB DRAM modules for servers based on emerging DDR4 (double-data rate 4) memory using 3D "through silicon via" (TSV) package technology. The 64GB capacity is the largest for DRAM modules yet, which will improve application performance because data will be kept in memory longer so that bits don't have to be transferred as often between DRAM and other components such as storage. Memory chips are currently placed horizontally on DIMMs, a technical term for memory modules plugged into motherboards. But memory chips are getting smaller, so stacking them vertically provides an opportunity to make better use of the space available on DIMMs, which is the approach Samsung is taking.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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