Robotic butlers, bartenders and receptionists at Carnegie Mellon (video)
By Brian Heater posted Oct 24th 2012 10:03AM At school like Carnegie Mellon, it sort of figures that you’d find robots just about everywhere, performing the sorts of tasks we’ve traditionally left to us more fleshy types. In the two days we’ve spent on campus, we’ve seen ‘bots do just about everything — some far more autonomously than others. Take Roboceptionist — the robotic secretary was one...
Over 60 Barnes & Noble locations victims of PIN pad tampering, customer data at risk
By Ben Gilbert posted Oct 24th 2012 10:21AM Book retailer Barnes & Noble this morning revealed that 63 of its stores have been victims of PIN pad tampering, following an internal investigation of “every PIN pad in every store” (just under 700 locations). B&N calls the tampering, “a sophisticated criminal effort to steal credit card information, debit card information, and debit card PIN numbers,” and...
Broadcom’s 2012 Q3 sees $2.13 billion sales turn into a $220 million profit
By Daniel Cooper posted Oct 24th 2012 10:56AM If you need to borrow a couple of bucks to tide you over until payday, then the folks over at Broadcom should be feeling altruistic. The chip maker’s latest financials show that it pulled in $2.13 billion turnover and a cool $220 million profit. While that’s more than the $160 million it pulled in in the second quarter, it’s a little off the $270 million it made in the...
Meet Baxter, the huggable industrial robot
MIT kicked off this year’s EmTech conference Wednesday with a presentation in which Rodney Brooks, the founder, chairman and CTO of Rethink Robotics, welcomed attendees to an interactive hug from its safe manufacturing robot called Baxter. Follow this link: Meet Baxter, the huggable industrial robotread what he said
Apple Unveils New iTunes
Apple today announced the new iTunes for Mac and PC, featuring a redesigned player, seamless integration with iCloud, and a new look for the world’s most popular online music, apps, TV, and movie stores. The new iTunes features a simpler, cleaner interface that keeps your favorite iTunes content at the forefront. With iCloud integration, music, movie, and TV purchases made on any of your iOS devices or computers is displayed in your...
