‘Hardware’ Archives
Monday Briefs!….On Tuesday
Welcome back, I hope everyone had a nice independence day! Now you can archive the internet - Seagate has just unveiled a new portable 3 TB storage device called FreeAgent GoFlex Desk . It has USB 2.0 adapter that can be upgraded to USB 3.0 or Firewire 800. Let them have bandwidth - Finland has become the first country in the world [...]
Cisco… the latest tablet vendor???
Rumors that have been running around Silicon Valley the past few months that Cisco Systems Inc. plans to sell a tablet computer. On Monday Cisco confirms those rumors by unveiling it's latest whiz-bang! According to a Cisco announcement on Tuesday the new device will be called Cius, and will be targeted at business customers. For [...]
Cloud Computing – 5 reasons why not!!
Understanding there is a lot of hype around Cloud Computing technology being the latest savior (a new, or repackaging of an old, technology that comes up on the radar and it seems to become the rage) for IT and business, you hear a lot of hype and rhetoric from the technology pundits and evangelists touting all of the virtues of Cloud Computing. [...]
Smart Phones & After Market Device will Dominate LBS!
According to iSuppli, a marketing research firm, the usage of smart-phone-based and aftermarket on-board navigation systems will grow considerably in 2014 from the 8 million units sold in 2009. iSuppli sees smart-phone-based OEM and aftermarket on-board navigation systems growing to "81 million units in 2010", and believes it will rise to "297 [...]
Apple Buys Voice Technology Start-Up
The war between Apple and Google continues to heat up. The question is has Apple just taken the first steps into the search business? Apple recently acquired Siri, a mobile “assistant” app maker, as confirmed by a Siri representative. Siri allows users to perform web searches using voice commands such as "You can ask Siri to find a [...]
Sabal Medical Launches New SabalRx™ Pharmacy Software at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center
Charleston, SC (PRWEB) April 22, 2010 -- Sabal Medical, Inc., a privately held company whose products are helping hospitals deliver medications to their patients more safely and efficiently, announced today that their customer, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS), went live March 30, 2010 with Sabal's new comprehensive [...]
Researchers Discover New, Controllable State in Ferroelectric Nanowires
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices. Lydie Louis and Laurent Bellaiche of the University of Arkansas; P. Gemeiner, G. Geneste and B. Dkhil of the [...]
Chattanooga Based Company has the Technology to run the Railroad!!
When thinking about cutting edge technology, generally people don’t think about railroads and their related infrastructure. Most times the first thing that comes to mind, for me at least is the old steam engine from the 60’s TV show “Petticoat Junction”, alright so I am ancient! However, I am telling you that you need to change that mind [...]
Friday Blurbs…. April 9th, 2010
Search Numbers - The March U.S. search share numbers are out. During march Google dropped nearly half a point to 65% which is unusual as it generally goes up! However, Yahoo gained a tenth of a point, which is not significant and Bing continues to slowly gain higher number with 2 tenths increase to 11.7%. However, according to [...]
Unity Medical Announces New iPad Application to be Piloted at Florida Hospital for Children
New iPad App Utilizes Interactive Video to Enhance Patient Experience at Point of Care and Beyond BOISE, Idaho, April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Unity Medical, Inc. a premier provider of digital health tools that enhance the patient experience today announced that two pioneering hospital systems will pilot the company's new Medical Video [...]
NC State Breakthrough Design Opens Door to ‘Full Screen’ Braille Displays for the Blind
ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2010) — Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing -- reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer users today. But new research from North Carolina State University is moving us closer to the development of a [...]
New iPhone is on the way!
The Wall Street Journal, in a story today said that Apple will be releasing a new iPhone this summer. The latest iPhone allegedly supports the CDMA technology which is used by Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and a handful of cellular operators in countries including South Korea and Japan. AT&T, along with a number of other cellular [...]
Friday Blurbs…. 26th of March
Netflix does Wii - According to Jessie Becker, a spokes person for Netflix, said in a blog posting on the site. Netflix is getting ready for the launch of streaming to Wii. On Thursday Netflix started sending out instant streaming discs for the Wii to some of our Netflix members. This will allow customers to watch movies and TV episodes from [...]
WePad may be to royal for the Ipad
The day the iPad was launched it got two main complaints: (1) The name was atrocious and (2) It was underpowered and lacking some simple niceities. Say what you want about the WePad name – in terms of taking the closed Apple approach and bringing it to the masses with Android’s open community nature – I think “We” works very well. [...]
Weak Laser Can Ignite Nanoparticles, With Exciting Possibilities
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design. A paper about the research appears in this week's advance online [...]
