Tag Archives: Computer

Google and NASA Snap up D-Wave Quantum Computer

D-Wave, the small company that sells the world’s only commercial quantum computer, has just bagged an impressive new customer: a collaboration between Google, NASA and the non-profit Universities Space Research Association. 

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The Upcoming Intel Media Box Could Be the Gateway to 4K

Intel’s media box is coming and it may be the 4K device we’ve been waiting for. 

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Another wave of computer failures rings alarm bells in South Korea.

A number of government and civilian organizations experienced network and website malfunctions on Tuesday, unnerving government officials just days after computer networks at banks and broadcasters crashed due to cyber attacks. 

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Thus SkyNet begins: Darpa Sets Out to Make Computers That Can Teach Themselves

The Pentagon’s blue-sky research agency is readying a nearly four-year project to boost artificial intelligence systems by building machines that can teach themselves — while making it easier for ordinary schlubs like us to build them, too. 

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Vancouver BC company may be first into Quantum computing.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Our digital age is all about bits, those precise ones and zeros that are the stuff of modern computer code. 

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Google Glass Already Has competition.

Google is not the only company working on Internet-connected glasses. At South by South West Interactive, former Tonchidot CEO—probably best known for inventing augmented reality camera app Sekai—unveiled a prototype for his new wearable computing device, Telepathy One.  

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Video: Here is what could be the NEXT JUMP in computer developement

If you wonder why HP, Dell and other leading computer manufacturers believe the end of the computer as we know it is near. It’s not the iPad that has them concerned about the future. It is developments like the ones … Continue reading

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White House confirms hack came from China.

White House sources partly confirmed an alarming report that U.S. government computers — reportedly including systems used by the military for nuclear commands — were breached by Chinese hackers. 

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Raspberry Pi computer review: ‘a great step forward’

The Raspberry Pi, a credit-card sized computer designed to encourage children to learn programming, caught the imagination of millions when it was unveiled in February.

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Researchers Release: New Exploits to Hijack Critical Infrastructure

Researchers have released two new exploits that attack common design vulnerabilities in a computer component used to control critical infrastructure, such as refineries and factories.

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