The Top500 organization has just released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world. For the third list running, the Chinese Tianhe-2 supercomputer tops the list. This time around, the top ten fastest supercomputers was almost identical to ...
When Amazon.com Amazon.com unveiled its Fire Phone on Wednesday afternoon, critics quickly lambasted the company for producing a device that resembles a hand-held cash register more than a personal cell phone. But with the Fire Phone poised to ...
The U.S. dollar continued its decline versus the euro and yen after the Federal Reserve quelled market fears of a possible interest rate-hike yesterday. For the Fed Chair Janet Yellen and her crew, only two things ended up mattering: yesterday's Federal Open ...
The U.S. dollar continued its decline versus the euro and yen after the Federal Reserve quelled market fears of a possible interest rate-hike yesterday. For the Fed Chair Janet Yellen and her crew, only two things ended up mattering: yesterday's Federal Open ...
Facebook suffered a worldwide outage this morning that stopped users across the globe from accessing the social network. The website and smartphone apps were unable to reach Facebook from about 9am GMT, and resumed normal service at 9:24am GMT ...
Much to the chagrin of CEO Jeff Bezos, it didn't take long for consumers to voice harsh criticisms on Amazon's first smartphone, unveiled this Wednesday. From “being 7-years late†– it's rumored to have been in development for 5-years! – to “I can already ...
There are plenty of places in the world where aggression would require an American military response. Mexico, NATO, and South Korea to name a few. However, Iraq does not belong on that list. As most Americans understand all too well, U.S. forces should ...
The Central Intelligence Agency gets Twitter Twitter and by that I don't mean it now has a handle on the site and sent out its first tweet on Friday to much acclaim. Rather, it understands that the best way to defuse the rough and tumble and usually quite vicious ...
Ending weeks of rumors, Apple announced Wednesday that it would be buying popular audio products manufacturer Beats Electronics and its fledgling music service business Beats Music for about $3 billion, making it the largest acquisition in the company's ...
In December 1996, then Apple Apple CEO, Gil Amelio, paid $400 million to acquire Steve Jobs' NeXT. Jobs' second coming as CEO turned Apple into a powerhouse. And 18 years later, Tim Cook spent $3 billion — 2% of its cash — to acquire Jimmy Iovine's ...
The announcement of a 'conference' on any issue is a sure sign that the topic has 'arrived' as a draw for big business. Today London is host to the Conference on Inclusive Capitalism – with the subtext 'Building Value, Restoring Trust.' This invitation-only ...
Petro Poroshenko, the mild-mannered chocolate tycoon, is poised to become the next Ukrainian president after exit polls in that country's Sunday elections showed him winning by a wide margin. Poroshenko ascends to his nation's highest office after months ...
The respiratory virus responsible for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) was confirmed in a second traveler to the US from the Arabian Peninsula on May 12, according to a statement from the CDC. The second case represents another ...
The respiratory virus responsible for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) was confirmed in a second traveler to the US from the Arabian Peninsula on May 12, according to a statement from the CDC. The second case represents another ...
A new study casts more doubt upon the health benefits of resveratrol, the red wine antioxidant that has garnered so much interest from researchers and the public over the last decade. The compound, found in red wine and chocolate, two indulgences that ...
A new study casts more doubt upon the health benefits of resveratrol, the red wine antioxidant that has garnered so much interest from researchers and the public over the last decade. But the compound, found in red wine and chocolate, two indulgences that ...
Taking a look at Apple's purchase of Beats, more iPhone 6 rumours, killing the heartbeat buds rumor, staff movements, legal requests, an upset Swatch, and the progress of the circular HQ. Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many things that ...
We've been expecting this for awhile, but Netflix just sent out an email to subscribers informing them that the monthly rate for new subscribers to the streaming service is bumping up a buck from $7.99 to $8.99. The short email contained a bold-faced (in red, ...
Power to the people (and Facebook). CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the f8 Facebook Developer Conference on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot). One of the most important revelations at Facebook's developers conference on ...
Unlike last the last time Apple Apple upgraded its MacBook Air, I'm not about to buy the latest model. That's not because it isn't a great product at a fair price, but because it's only marginally better than the one that I bought last June. When it comes to specs, ...
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