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AT&T; Innovation Showcase

Scientists tout advanced process to find surgical robot bugs before the bot cuts off something important | HP's first Moonshot server with Atom processors priced at $61,875

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AT&T; Innovation Showcase
A sampling of some of AT&T's top research projects, highlighted at the company's Innovation Showcase in New York Read More

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Scientists tout advanced process to find surgical robot bugs before the bot cuts off something important
When it comes to having robotic surgeons slicing around inside your brain, heart or other important body organ, surgeons and patients need to know that a software or hardware glitch isn't going to ruin their day. That's why a new technique developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory that promises to reliably detect software bugs... Read More

HP's first Moonshot server with Atom processors priced at $61,875
Hewlett-Packard's new densely packed low-power Moonshot server has finally come out of the company's labs and is available to customers in the U.S. and Canada starting at $61,875. Read More

Tech workers anti-poaching suit fails to get class action status for now
A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel. Read More

3D printers: Not for the average consumer
Consumers getting excited about the idea of at-home 3D printers may not want to get their hopes up anytime soon, Gartner research director Pete Basiliere says. Read More

Rutgers AD lost his job, but not his iPad or laptop
You might think the man could afford his own iPad and laptop. Former Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti, forced to resign over his role in a scandal that also cost basketball coach Mike Rice his job, is leaving with some swell parting gifts: $1.2 million in salary, car allowance, health insurance ... a laptop ... and an iPad. Read More

Knocking down the myths of why enterprises need MPLS
If you're responsible for a serious enterprise WAN, do you need MPLS? Until recently, the answer to this question for almost all larger enterprises, many mid-sized and some smaller ones as well, was a resounding yes. Thanks to the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture, the answer going forward is: probably not. Read More

No, Windows is not dying (although Microsoft is strangling it)
It's always amazing how people interpret the stats from the market research firms and tell you what to think of them. Today is a pretty good lesson in lies, damned lies, and statistics. Gartner issued a report that predicted worldwide devices, which includes PCs, tablets and mobile phones, will grow 9% this year to 2.4 billion devices, and will reach 2.9 billion by 2017. Read More

The 5 biggest online privacy threats of 2013
Your online life may not seem worth tracking as you browse websites, store content in the cloud, and post updates to social networking sites. But the data you generate is a rich trove of information that says more about you than you realize--and it's a tempting treasure for marketers and law enforcement officials alike. Read More

Network heavy hitters to pool SDN efforts in OpenDaylight project
Software-defined networking, a set of technologies to help networks better adapt to user needs with less manual effort, may at last be getting the common foundation it has needed for interoperability and efficient development. Read More

Software engineers spend lots of time not building software
Administrative tasks, brainstorming, and waiting for tests combine to overtake the hours spent designing and coding Read More

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