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Learn More>> Air Force evaluating high-frequency, focused mobile networks In its Request For Information, the Air Force said this so-called directional networking would focus a greater amount of radiated energy on an intended receiver through a combination of transmitter and/or receiver aperture improvement. "The increased signal to interference-plus-noise ratio improves jam resistance from intended or unintended interferers and increases the potential capacity of the link. Additionally, if one considers noise and interference at receivers other than the intended receiver, narrower transmit beams reduce signal to interference-plus-noise ratio to receivers outside the transmit beam, thus potentially increasing network capacity, spectral efficiency, and reducing observability by passive threats outside the radiated energy pattern," the Air Force stated. Read More Apple Watch and Android Wear: Same destination, different paths The more we learn about the Apple Watch, the less it seems like a complete departure from the existing wearable market. Read More INSIDER Review: Spark lights a fire under big data processing Apache Spark got its start in 2009 at UC Berkeley’s AMPLab as a way to perform in-memory analytics on large data sets. At that time, Hadoop MapReduce was focused on large-scale data pipelines that were not iterative in nature. Building analytic models on MapReduce in 2009 was a very slow process, so AMPLab designed Spark to help developers perform interactive analysis of large data sets and to run iterative workloads, such as machine-learning algorithms, that repeatedly process the same data sets in RAM.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Mainframe Excellence 2025 With the right long- term strategy, next-generation IT leaders can leverage their mainframe application portfolios in ways that generate transformative business value and competitive advantage for the next 10 to 15 years - and beyond. Learn More Florida: Land of the mobile technology store Skyhook Wireless releases shopping trends infographic in time for Black Friday. It shows that Florida has more mobile technology stores per capita than any other state. Read More Why It Sometimes Makes Sense to Go Slow With Mobile Development At Westinghouse, developers work slowly and steadily to avoid bugs in mobile apps used for testing the nuclear power plants that the company builds for electricity providers around the world. Read More 14 go-to tools for Mac sysadmins Mac pro Gerard Allen shares his must-have sysadmin tools for enterprise Apple deployments. Read More : Venafi Securing Keys and Certificates to Critical Assets Today's most devastating cyber attacks—including ShellShock, Heartbleed and Zombie Zero—prey on trust. And that puts your digital certificates at risk. This informative resource center explores how next-generation trust protection can help you combat today's attacks, ensuring trusted access to critical assets. Learn More Five top tips for Android 5.0 Lollipop Want to get more out of Android 5.0? I've got tips for you, including how to find the hidden free game in its depths. Read More New IBM service shines a light on mobile device and app performance The company is also unveiling cloud-based virtual desktops for mobile devices Read More Jolla's open-source tablet might actually stay the course The Jolla Tablet, an open-source device that promises privacy, ease of use and comparable hardware to late-model Android tablets and iPads, has demolished its funding goals on IndieGoGo in just the first few days of its campaign. Read More Mobile broadband modems are losing their appeal with consumers Shipments are expected to decline by 24 percent year on year Read More The techiest ways NASA flies with you everyday NASA's techie waysAs many of you know, NASA just doesn’t focus developing high-tech tools for spacecraft, it also specializes in a number of such tools for aircraft, large and small. 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