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Facebook buys visual artificial intelligence company, GrokStyle Inc.

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:38:01 +0000

Facebook has confirmed its acquisition of GrokStyle Inc. a firm that developed a visual search engine powered by artificial intelligence to help users snap photos of products and find them online. Read more...

Leaked document details Apple employee injuries, hints at possible future products

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:06:01 +0000

A leaked incident report offers some interesting insights into what Apple could be working on. It hints towards everything from improvements to Watch, to possible AR glass prototypes. Read more...

Microsoft announces deadlines for end of support for various products

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has cautioned that some of its older software products are reaching end of support soon. The company has detailed workarounds and upgrade paths for each of them as well. Read more...

Apple's Eddy Cue: We've got the best product pipeline in 25 years

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 29 May 2014 08:18:21 +0000

Eddy Cue, SVP at Apple said publicly he believes the upcoming products are the best the company's had in 25 years. Some of these new products are expected to be unveiled next week at WWDC. Read more...

Sales in Apple retail stores decline as customers await new product categories

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 05 May 2014 14:56:40 +0000

According to analyst Charlie Wolf, sales in Apple's retail stores have declined as customers await new product categories and products, such as the iPhone 6 in the summer and possible smart watch. Read more...

Google reveals Chromebox, targeted at the enterprise for $999

Daniel Hull — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:57:00 +0000

Less than 24 hours ago, Google revealed a new product in their ever expanding line-up, the Chromebox. This video-conferencing system is available for $999 in the US today with a free one year license. Read more...

Woz: "Apple working on new things that will surprise and shock us all"

Ben Buffone — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:40:37 +0000

Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder has spoken recently at the Login technology conference in Lithuania, making bold claims about the future of the company, including new products. Read more...

Microsoft opens fourteen Innovation Centres across India

Paul Ferson — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:52:29 +0000

Microsoft has launched fourteen Innovation Centres across four Indian states. The centres allow for students to gain certification with Microsoft's products, with seven in Andhra Pradesh alone. Read more...

TechSpot: Biggest Tech Failures of The Last 10+ Years

Julio Franco — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:43:13 +0000

There are two surefire ways to have your name immortalized in history: succeed in your stride toward greatness or, as so many tech firms did in 2011, faceplant trying. Read more...

Apple's obsession with secrecy

Sam Symons — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:21:30 +0000

Remember that iPhone 3G ad that Apple ran when the phone was first announced? It turns out that it might not be so far from the truth after all. Apple seems to be a company... Read more...

Apple sells used products for less in China

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:34:18 +0000

Apple announced on Tuesday that it has launched its online store to sell quality-tested second-hand Apple products in China, to increase its sales. The available refurbished products in Apple's Chinese store include iPod Shuffles and... Read more...

PCWorld : The 10 Most Overrated Products

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:51:06 +0000

An interesting slide show from PCWorld about the 10 Most Overrated Products against Underrated ones. Hype springs eternal. Lots of technologies, products and services don't merit the praise heaped on them. Here... Read more...

PC World names the 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:52:41 +0000

PC World has put together a top 25 list of the most innovative products of the year 2007, noting the “Innovation”, the “Benefit” and a brief overview of each. All entries on the list are... Read more...

No price cuts yet for 802.11n products in 4Q07

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:23:10 +0000

The three leading branded consumer networking device vendors in North America – D-Link, Linksys ( a division of Cisco Systems) and Netgear – have mostly kept the price of consumer networking devices, especially 802.11n products,... Read more...

Samsung Stops Selling Most Products in Japan

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:15:20 +0000

Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will no longer sell consumer electronics in the country of Japan. While Samsung will continue to do business to business sales involving LCD computer monitors, memory, and mobile... Read more...

UWB group certifies first products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:48:22 +0000

The industry group behind UWB (ultrawideband) high-speed wireless has certified the first UWB chipsets, a move that helps usher in technologies including wireless USB and the next generation of Bluetooth. UWB is the radio technology... Read more...

Asustek releases Xonar audio card products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:05:34 +0000

Asustek Computer has introduced the PCI Express interface Xonar D2X and the USB interface Xonar U1 audio devices. The Asustek Xonar family of audio cards utilizes an Asustek exclusive technology – the new DS3D GX... Read more...

Intel launches quad-core products for multi-processor server

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:57:30 +0000

Intel has finally completed its transition to replace Netburst with its Core microarchitecture by launching its Caneland platform for multi-socket (4-way) servers and six Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series (Tigerton) CPUs. At the heart of Caneland... Read more...

AMD Showcased Upcoming Products Again

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:21:11 +0000

Last weekend AMD hosted a large demonstration of their upcoming new processors in Japan. Namely, they showcased their new Athlon 64 6400+ and Phenom FX processors. This event has become the second place where a... Read more...

F-Secure Patches Flaws in Products

Thu, 31 May 2007 21:00:37 +0000

Finnish security vendor F-Secure has patched multiple vulnerabilities in three product lines: F-Secure's Anti-Virus, Internet Gatekeeper and Internet Security product suites. A buffer overflow vulnerability lying in the processing of LHA archives could have allowed... Read more...

Legacy Microsoft Products Get Security Support

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:26:18 +0000

Shavlik Technologies is offering a free download of its network solution to detect security misconfigurations and missing critical updates in older installed Microsoft products. The solution is for networks running legacy Microsoft software that is... Read more...

Microsoft Sued Over Windows, Office and SQL Products

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:19:22 +0000

James Taylor, a Texas inventor, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas against Microsoft, claiming that the software giant's Windows operating systems, Office applications, and SQL database technology violate his... Read more...

Adobe: No Plans to Make Current Products Vista Compatible

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:21 +0000

According to a statement posted on Adobe's Web site, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver won't be getting updates to run on Windows Vista, users will have to shell out the cash for new versions (slated for shipping... Read more...

Highly-Critical Flaw Discovered in Trend Micro Products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:33:49 +0000

A dangerous buffer-overflow flaw in Trend Micro anti-virus software products was reported by Trend Micro and confirmed by security researchers at iDefense Labs. Researchers at Secunia have also posted an advisory on this vulnerability and... Read more...

Microsoft, ISVs Set To Ship Vista-Ready Security Products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:43:47 +0000

Microsoft said this week that its security unit and top security ISVs -- including Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro -- plan to release Windows Vista-ready products and services on Jan. 30, when the operating system... Read more...

AMD to Partners: Produce your Own-Designed High-End products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:22:29 +0000

ATI, a division of AMD that develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and core-logic sets, is expected to allow graphics boards makers to design and produce certain high-end graphics boards on their own manufacturing facilities. The... Read more...

Final shipment of Intel Napa products set for end-2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:08:20 +0000

Intel will complete the last shipment of its 65nm dual-core Yonah processors used in the Napa platform in November of 2008, notebook makers familiar with Intel's latest product roadmap indicated. In addition, the last shipment... Read more...

Microsoft Unveils Details of First Products Under Zune Brand

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:49:23 +0000

Available this holiday season in the United States, Zune includes a 30GB digital media player, the Zune Marketplace music service and a foundation for an online community that will enable music fans to discover new... Read more...

Symantec updates Norton products

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:15:53 +0000

Norton AntiVirus ($39.99) and Norton Internet Security ($69.99) have hit the 2007 version. Upgrade versions will be available. Both products detect entire families of threats, without the need of signatures. NAV2007 can now detect rootkits... Read more...

Logitech offers new VOIP products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:38:23 +0000

Logitech introduced an array of new products on Monday designed for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) users, including a keyboard with dedicated call management buttons and a speakerphone. VOIP service provider Skype worked with... Read more...

Taiwan to commercialize consumer fuel cell products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:03:47 +0000

Taiwan-based startup Antig Technology plans to commercialize its direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology later this year. The company will formally announce its first DMFC product in the third quarter. Shipments are planned to start... Read more...

Apple Forced to Withdraw Certain Products from EU

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:09:38 +0000

Apple Computer, the maker of the world's most popular iPod player and Macintosh computers, will be forced to cease import of certain products into the European Union (EU), as they are not compliant with ROHS... Read more...

Critical Flaw Discovered in Symantec AntiVirus Products

Fri, 26 May 2006 13:49:29 +0000

Affected products include Norton AntiVirus and Symantec Corporate AntiVirus. Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control... Read more...

Microsoft officially rebrands multiple products

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:00:14 +0000

At the Microsoft Management Summit this week, Microsoft execs provided some official names and more specific timetables for several products under development. "Monad," the Windows scripting shell, is now "Windows PowerShell." PowerShell is slated to... Read more...

Don't Buy CRAP Products

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:53:50 +0000

ZDNet have published a rather amusing video be-moaning the ever encroaching spectre of Digital Rights Management - aka DRM. Rather than accepting the lingo del MPAA and RIAA,... Read more...

Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:34:03 +0000

The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition... Read more...

First WiMAX Products Officially Certified

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:48:50 +0000

The first four WiMAX products have received certification from the WiMAX Forum, the organization said yesterday. Though more than 150 deployments and trials of WiMAX products have already been launched and tested, the certification... Read more...

Security in Microsoft Products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:55:14 +0000

Join Mike Nash, Vice President for the Microsoft Security Business Unit, and his team of security experts each month. Microsoft is working hard to improve security and Mike and his team invite you to join... Read more...

MSN Beta Team Recruiting for Windows Live Products

Tom Warren — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:50:40 +0000

The MSN Beta team is currently recruiting likely candidates to test an array of new services and products from the Windows Live family. Successful applicants may be asked to test MSN Messenger 8... Read more...

Security in Microsoft Products Chat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:35:23 +0000