Barnes & Noble bolstering Nook Video catalogue, bringing UltraViolet to the HD and HD+
By Jamie Rigg posted Oct 30th 2012 2:59PM Barnes & Noble is seriously beefing up its Nook ecosystem by striking deals with studios and other providers to bring a ton of new video content to its HD and HD+ tablets. Debuting alongside the slates, expected to start shipping in the US this week, thousands of SD and HD movies and TV shows from the likes of NBCUniversal, 20th Century Fox and others will be available for your...
Mobilicity upgrade to 21Mbps HSPA+ goes live with throttled service to match
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 30th 2012 3:19PM Sometimes the leaks are uncannily accurate. As we’d seen just days ago, Mobilicity has flicked on its 21Mbps HSPA+ network, giving customers of the alternative Canadian carrier up to three times the speed of before if they’re using new $80 Huawei E366 modem or a compatible smartphone. Unfortunately, the other part of the rumor is also true: there’s now a curb on that...
CIOs Must Exploit Smartphones, Tablets and Cloud Services
I’ll never forget a conversation I had with the head of IT at PepsiCo’s Pizza Hut division in 1984. At the time, Pizza Hut’s technology operation was completely mainframe-based. The IT chief (who had a PhD in computer science) told me clearly, and quite loudly, that PCs were toys that would never be part of his organization. Over his dead body. Unfortunately, it turned out that way, figuratively speaking. PCs...
Apple Introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display
OS X Mountain Lion takes full advantage of the incredible technologies in every Mac. It makes a powerful computer intuitive and easy to use. It makes Multi-Touch gestures on the trackpad feel fluid and natural. It makes it easy to find, organize, share, and do just about everything. And thanks to iCloud, it makes your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch work wonderfully together. Learn more See the rest here: Apple Introduces 13-inch...
Cleveland Clinic and IBM team up to make Watson a Doctor (video)
By Daniel Cooper posted Oct 30th 2012 3:46PM Medical research facility Cleveland Clinic and IBM are teaming up to develop ways to let supercomputer Watson become a useful tool for doctors. The machine’s ability to analyze language and scour its database for answers is hoped to offer quicker and more exhaustive diagnoses for patients. As modern medical students spend less time memorizing diseases, they’re focusing on...
