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Amazon is building its own coronavirus testing lab for staff

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:58:01 +0000

More than 50 facilities in the U.S. have had coronavirus cases reported, with several involving multiple infected employees. Amazon said that it is taking the initiative to regularly test its workers. Read more...

Building a Hackintosh The Easy Way

Julio Franco — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:51:34 +0000

While Apple has showed openness to run a rival OS on its hardware, it's a different story the other way around. OS X remains mostly locked down to Apple hardware -- mostly being the keyword here. Read more...

Time Lapse: The original Microsoft campus construction

Steven Parker — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:11:31 +0000

Microsoft has uploaded a video to Youtube showing the first of its many buildings going up on the Microsoft campus in a time lapse to complement its 88 Acres initiative. Read more...

Apple's "Spaceship" Campus 2 is $2 billion over budget, behind schedule

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:01:20 +0000

Apple's new "Spaceship" Campus 2 is reportedly $2 billion over budget and will be a year late. According to BusinessWeek, the project is not going according to plan, with some angry investors. Read more...

Building Windows 8: The new ribbon-based Explorer

Denis Wong — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:08:50 +0000

In the latest update to the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft gives a detailed explanation of the new Windows Explorer, whose ribbon-based interface has been hinted at in early leaked screenshots. Read more...

Google buys old Port Authority building in NYC for $1.9B

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:39:00 +0000

Google made a large investment in New York City this week when it purchased the old Port Authority building for a cool $1.9 billion. The building is located at 111 Eighth Avenue and is the... Read more...

Apple building the 15-inch Air?

Brad Sams — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:07:35 +0000

When Apple launched its MacBook Air the industry was thrilled by the idea of a super slim laptop that could fit in a manila envelope. The laptop line is so thin that a reporter accidently... Read more...

Google Gets Into Web Sites Building Business.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:49:23 +0000

Google, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites. It is taking its first step toward that goal, with the debut of a free service designed for high-tech neophytes looking for a... Read more...

Google Building Pacific Fiber Cable

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:44:35 +0000

Google is reportedly in negotiations to build a fibre optic cable across the Pacific to link its US operations with Asia. Australian magazine Communications Day claimed that the search giant is in talks with Asian... Read more...

Japan Building New Internet

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:58:20 +0000

Japan is developing a new generation of network architecture to replace the internet, according to the country's Communications minister, Yoshihide Suga. Mr Suga's department is currently seeking a 7.8 billion yen commitment in the next... Read more...

Building trust in downloads no simple feat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:18:25 +0000

The Truste group's goal of creating an online ecosystem through which software makers are held accountable for the functions of their programs and end users are given the power to keep unwanted applications off their... Read more...

Building a Core 2 Duo gaming system for under $1000

Julio Franco — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:02:07 +0000

When it comes time to build a new computer or upgrade an existing platform most of us will be doing it according to a set budget, always hoping to get the best bang for our... Read more...

Sheriff's Department Building Kids Iris Database

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:28:14 +0000

When it comes to finding missing or abducted children, police have had few tools to help identify them with certainty when they are found. Now the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department has become the first department... Read more...

Building an affordable AM2 Gaming System

Julio Franco — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:50:12 +0000

Currently there is a massive amount of competition in almost every corner of the computer industry. This has resulted in a wide range of products, as manufacturers attempt to capture as much market segment as... Read more...

Microsoft Building Flexibility into Longhorn

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:24:33 +0000

Microsoft Corp.'s "Longhorn" server will be a far more configurable system than past Windows releases, allowing customers to change the server's setup on the fly by selecting which components to load. "We are in the... Read more...

Microsoft Building a 'Team 99'

Tom Warren — Wed, 04 May 2005 08:52:00 +0000

Microsoft geek blogger, Robert Scoble has begun taking nominations for a "Longhorn superuser and superdeveloper blogger group". The group will be 20 strong and members at Channel 9 appear to have the final say... Read more...

Building a better Mozilla

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:17:22 +0000

Wired have a great article on how to get the most out of Firefox or Mozilla; we've written articles like this in-house before. In other news, last week, the group saw a stunning 700,000+ downloads... Read more...

Microsoft Building Integration, Management into Longhorn

Sun, 08 Feb 2004 06:39:09 +0000

Microsoft's upcoming operating system codenamed "Longhorn" is expected to have integrated system services. Though it's no secret that Microsoft makes its operating system play nice with its software but what about compatibility with other software... Read more...

Character Building

Marcel Klum — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:23:27 +0000

Some are celebrities, others are has-beens, some were never meant to be. What is it that defines successful game characters? And how do they go from concept to console? Pac-Man (1980): Inspired by a... Read more...

IBM And GE Team To Improve Computer And Building Security

Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:44:45 +0000

Companies will be able to tighten their security by linking their computer networks with their building monitoring systems as part of a new service coming from IBM Corp. and General Electric Co. ... Read more...

Virginia Tech Building Power Mac G5 Supercomputer

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:51:11 +0000

Using several new technologies and more than 1,000 dual-processor Power Mac G5 computers, Virginia Tech University is building a supercomputer cluster that is likely to rank among the fastest in the world. In addition... Read more...

IBM may be building fab for AMD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 10 May 2003 18:39:56 +0000

A REPORT SAID Big Blue is creating a 12-inch 90 nanometer fab with the aim of turning it over to AMD. According to Silicon Strategies, rumours – which we haven't heard – say that IBM... Read more...

Gateway to go on a building spree

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 10 May 2003 09:45:15 +0000

Gateway plans to return to profitability by quickly evolving from a PC builder to a brand-name purveyor of many things electronic. Executives at Gateway's annual financial analyst meeting in San Diego said Thursday that the... Read more...

Chat : Installing WindowsXP - Building & Deploying an Image

Tom Warren — Mon, 05 May 2003 15:08:42 +0000

Join Microsoft experts in an online chat: Installing WindowsXP - Building and Deploying an Image Are you tasked with deploying Microsoft's latest operating system to the desktop? If you... Read more...

Building Trust in Technology

Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:34:46 +0000

For computing to achieve its full potential -- and to enrich the daily lives of people and businesses everywhere -- it must first be made as secure and reliable as it can be, says Bill... Read more...

Building a better spam trap

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:58:41 +0000

Unsolicited e-mail messages, or spam, are on track to make up the majority of traffic on the Internet. But a group of researchers and developers gathered here Friday hopes to halt that by coming up... Read more...