9-gigapixel image of the Milky Way reminds us just how small we truly are
By Mark Hearn posted Oct 27th 2012 6:41AM They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this just leaves us speechless. Pictured above is a compressed 108,500 x 81,500 pixel image of 84 million stars across central parts of the Milky Way. Taken by the VISTA survey telescope at the ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, this 9-gigapixel photo is the result of thousands of individual images being meshed together. If it were...
Wall Street Beat: Tech shares tread water in wake of mixed earnings
Tech stocks were flat Friday afternoon after earnings announcements from IT vendors this week and a government economic report offered glimpses of good news, but not enough to dispel the pall that hangs over the technology market. Apple, Facebook, SAP and other major vendors reported mixed third-quarter earnings this week. They followed a string of disappointing earnings announcements from other IT heavyweights this season including...
Controlling Your Home with the Touch of an iPad
When you step off the elevator into the 8,000-square foot Savant Experience Center, it feels less like a showroom and more like a swanky Manhattan abode. “We wanted to develop a space where technology blended in with the environment,” says Robert Madonna, chief executive of Savant Systems, a Hyannis, Mass.-based home automation company. ”We built a high-end New York City ‘apartment’ and…everything is automated.” The Savant Experience...
Clearwire moves forward with Huawei in network upgrades after federal consultation
By James Trew posted Oct 27th 2012 8:37AM China’s Huawei has found itself followed by a cloud of suspicion from governments and national security agencies, both in America, and futher afield. A recent announcement from Clearwire stating it will use the firms hardware in a network upgrade, however, could see some sunshine of confidence finally poking through. Reuters reports that the service provider consulted several technical...
Windows 8 raises the bar for PC security
Windows 8 is officially here. Microsoft held an event in New York yesterday to launch the new OS, and spent a lot of time talking about cool features and introducing a plethora of hardware options available with Windows 8. One thing Microsoft didnt talk about much, though, is securityand the new features in Windows 8 that will keep your PC and data safe. As with every previous iteration of the Windows operating system, Windows 8 is...
