Friday, September 19, 2014

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Multiferroics could revolutionise memory devices

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 03:13 AM PDT

memoryfutureA team of researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) claims to have discovered new complex oxides that have both magnetic and ferroelectric properties.

That opens the possibility of producing advanced memory devices that can use both properties.

The CCNY team have made a mineral that isn't found in nature and is based on barium, titanium and manganese, according to lead researcher Professor Stephen O'Brien. more»

LTE to boost broadband access for homes

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:59 AM PDT

wirelessmastThe widespread  adoption of LTE for fast internet access on smartphones and tablets will have a knock on effect on the broadband wireless market.

That's according to ABI Research, which foresees the widespread adoption of LTE making it easier for people without DSL, cable or fibre optic broadband to have fast internet connections in their home. more»

Bug slows Apple’s health push

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:39 AM PDT

gala_appleApple said a problem with its iOS8 means that apps for fitness and health are likely to be delayed.

The problem comes from Apple's HealthKit – a developer tool that lets third party developers like their own applications and devices communicate with Apple's own features. more»

Thin clients have their day

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:26 AM PDT

Dell logoAs many as 97 percent of enterprise client device are now thin clients and share continues to grow.

That's according to market research firm IDC, reporting on sales in the second calendar quarter of this year.

Growth in these type of devices is epected to be 5.8 million units, that's growth, year on year, of 6.2 percent. more»

Amazon introduces more tablets

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:17 AM PDT

Fire HD6 from AmazonInternet giant Amazon announced the Fire HD6 tablet, at a price of £79 for the base model. It also introduced the Fire HDX8.9 at £329, and two Kindles.

The cheap and cheerful Fire HD6 comes in two configurations, an 8GB and a 16GB version – the latter costs £99. more»

Larry Ellison quits

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:05 AM PDT

Larry EllisonMuch feared Oracle founder Larry Ellison has surprised everyone by stepping down as CEO and replacing himself with a two headed monster made from the bodies of Safra Catz and Mark Hurd.

Ellison will still be the executive chairman of Oracle’s board, as well as the company’s chief technology officer. more»

SAP agrees to Concur

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:01 AM PDT

Clouds in Oxford: pic Mike MageeSAP, the maker of expensive business software, which no one understands,  has written a cheque for expense management software maker Concur Technologies.

The all-stock deal is valued at $7.3 billion and will help SAP expand its esoteric presence in cloud computing. more»

Mozilla closes its labs

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:57 AM PDT

scilence-will-fall-doctor-who-21732985-1152-792Open Sauce Mozilla Labs has been closed and the shutdown was either kept under wraps for months, or just forgotten about.

When Google Labs closed there was much fuming – after all it meant that the search engine outfit had also closed many projects.  more»

There’s a billion websites on the internet

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:56 AM PDT

sir timThe number of websites has gone above one billion for the first time and is still growing.

According to figures updated in real time by online tracker Internet Live Stats and tweeted by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, considered the father of the World Wide Web, more than a billion companies and individuals have their own page. more»

Apple’s iPhone6 will be tricky to fix

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 01:54 AM PDT

maxresdefaultGadget repair firm iFixit has voided the warranty on an iPhone 6 to see what was under the bonnet and found that it would be a major headache to repair.

Apparently to get inside you have to extract two proprietary Pentalobe screws, and then lever the entire front display assembly away from the rest of the body with a suction cup, being careful not to rip the TouchID sensor wire clean off. more»

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