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It's a cute little robot learning how to say "green" and "blue." And as part of a major project undertaken by robotics researchers at the University of Hertfordshire, it's also promising to transform perceptions of how robots -- and humans -- learn language. DeeChee, which is built to look, act and ...
IBM's Sequoia supercomputer has headed up the most recent Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. The list, released on Monday at the 2012 International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, is compiled twice a year. Sequoia has overtaken Fujitsu's K Computer, installed at the RI...
When testing a new operating system from Microsoft, finding the right hardware is often the biggest problem. Many of the negative reviews of Windows 8, including my own, are tied to the hardware that just wasn't designed for it. I was at Microsoft's TechEd last week, and after hearing presenters dri...
Vizio rolled out its first line of computer devices Thursday, including CN15 laptops, the CT14/C15 Ultrabooks, and CA24/CA27 all-in-one PCs. The thin, metallic devices in the computer line have drawn comparisons to products made by Apple. And with the clean Microsoft Signature user interface, they g...
AMD on Wednesday announced it will develop a platform security processor based on the ARM Cortex-A5 processor. The company has entered a strategic partnership with ARM that will let it use ARM's TrustZone technology. AMD plans to provide development platforms with TrustZone security features on sele...
After several missed deadlines, Asus has finally introduced a combination smartphone, tablet and notebook computer aimed at consumers who are tired of toting around disparate devices. However, delays in bringing the product to market, coupled with developments in wireless pricing and cloud storage, ...
Microsoft put its updated cloud offerings and business tools in the spotlight Monday for the start of its annual TechEd Conference. In the keynote address kicking off the confab, Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft server and tools business, discussed Microsoft's focus on helping consumers transit...
Windows 8 is a make-or-break platform for Microsoft and likely the most complex operating system launch ever attempted. It comes at a time when Microsoft is losing share on both operating systems and browsers, when Apple has once again replaced Microsoft at the top of the tech heap, and many would a...
Epic Games on Friday officially announced its upcoming Unreal Engine 4 technology, which could be the foundation for the next decade of graphics technology in video games. This comes the day after the close of E3, the video game industry's largest trade show, and it's notable in that the current vid...
Google unveiled new features to its mapping technology Wednesday, including an offline mobile version of Google Maps and 3D enhancements to Google Earth. The announcement comes just before Apple is expected to drop Google Maps from its built-in mapping application on the iOS platform and pursue adva...
If you've been waiting with the patience of biblical figure Job for your handset maker to release a hardware-specific version of Android's latest incarnation, the 4.0 operating system called "Ice Cream Sandwich," or ICS, and it hasn't yet, you can try cloning it. You can achieve this without rooting...
Mozilla released Firefox 13 Wednesday, which it says is a speedier, safer version of the open source web browser. The newly launched Firefox also boasts a new home page and tab page layout similar to those of competing browsers such as Google's Chrome. Before the upgrade, when Firefox users clicked ...
Corning unveiled a new flexible glass -- called "Willow Glass" -- at the Society for Information Display's Boston Display Week on Monday. It's about as thick and flexible as a piece of paper, while having the strength, durability and other qualities of existing glass. Willow Glass can be made as thi...
Asus on Monday unveiled an array of new hardware, including a hybrid Windows 8 desktop-cum-Android tablet at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. The Transformer AiO has an 18.4-inch screen that can be detached and used as a standalone tablet. The Transformer AiO boots into Windows 8 and will only tra...
Any vendor can be beaten, and Apple was beaten badly in the years between Steve Jobs' termination at the company and his triumphant return. On the other hand, Apple continues to execute very well, even though Cook is making what appear to be critical early mistakes in terms of priorities. The compan...
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