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Microsoft Announces Surface: New Family of PCs for Windows

By Guest PostJune 18, 2012Technologyarm processor, aspect ratio, hollywood, human computer interface, Microsoft, microsoft stores, oems, pc, surface, usb port, vapormg, windows, windows 8, windows rt

Microsoft-made hardware to be available starting with release of Windows 8 and Windows RT.

LOS ANGELES — June 18, 2012 — Today at an event in Hollywood, Microsoft unveiled Surface: PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail. Surface is designed to seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise. It delivers the power of amazing software with Windows and the feel of premium hardware in one exciting experience.

Advances in Industrial Design

Conceived, designed and engineered entirely by Microsoft employees, and building on the company’s 30-year history manufacturing hardware, Surface represents a unique vision for the seamless expression of entertainment and creativity. Extensive investment in industrial design and real user experience includes the following highlights: (more…)

First Commercial IBM Hot-Water Cooled Supercomputer to Consume 40% Less Energy

By Guest PostJune 18, 2012Science, Technologyartificial heart valve, computing infrastructure, europe fastest computer, german federal government, hot water cooling, supermuc, supermuc performance, Technology, zero emission

Leibniz’s “SuperMUC” named Europe’s fastest supercomputer

MUNICH – 18 Jun 2012: The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), in collaboration with IBM, today announced the world’s first commercially available hot-water cooled supercomputer, a powerful, high-performance system designed to help researchers and industrial institutions across Europe investigate and solve some of the world’s most daunting scientific challenges. (more…)

Apple, Amazon Dominating Tablet, E-reader Market, RJI Survey Shows

By Guest PostJune 15, 2012Technologybrand loyalty, digital news consumption, internet usage, mobile devices, rji survey

Mobile devices not replacing printed newspapers as quickly as earlier predicted, MU expert says

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Two-thirds of U.S. adults now use at least one mobile media device in their daily lives, according to a national survey recently conducted by the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The RJI survey found that news consumption ranks fourth among reasons people use mobile devices, behind interpersonal communications, entertainment, and Internet usage for information not provided by news organizations. Despite the large number of mobile device users, Roger Fidler, the program director for digital publishing at RJI, says that mobile news products do not appear to be replacing printed newspapers as quickly as was earlier predicted. (more…)

comScore Releases May 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostJune 13, 2012Technologyaol, ask network, Comscore, comscore qsearch, core search market, Google, microsoft sites, organic search, powered by bing, u.s. search marketplace, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, June 13, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in May with 66.7 percent of search queries conducted.

U.S. Explicit Core Search

Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in May with 66.7 percent market share (up 0.2 percentage points), followed by Microsoft Sites with 15.4 percent and Yahoo! Sites with 13.4 percent. Ask Network accounted for 3 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.5 percent. (more…)

Former UA Students Invent Robot, Start Own Company

By Guest PostJune 12, 2012Technologybrains of robot, democratize robotics, prototype robot, smartphone, smartphone controlled robots, techstars

Peter Seid and Phu Nguyen invented smartphone-controlled robots that can learn from their environment and interact with people. Their company, Romotive, is based in Las Vegas.

Ever dreamed of having a robot in your home that you can interact with, talk to and even send on errands? If you have, then your dream is coming true, because two former University of Arizona students have invented just such a robot. (more…)

A Career of Thriving on ‘Impossible Projects’ – Including Kinect for Xbox 360

By Guest PostJune 12, 2012Technologycareer, innovations at microsoft, job, kinect, kinect effect, kinect project, microsoft technology, project natal

Alex Kipman, leader behind Kinect, on making technology ‘disappear.’

REDMOND, Wash. – June 12, 2012 – In June 2010, Alex Kipman sat in Los Angeles’ Galen Center as Cirque de Soleil performers helped introduce the world to Kinect. Acrobats, musicians and 10-foot tall puppets filled the sports arena, where 3,000 people watched a boy onstage discover Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming system. (more…)

Majority of Tablet Users Watch Video on their Device, 1 in Every 4 Viewers Pay to Watch

By Guest PostJune 8, 2012Technologyaudiences, Comscore, comscore tablens, gender composition, mark donovan, media habits, mobile phone subscribers, monetization potential, smartphone users, tv content, us tablet market, video content

comScore Previews Findings from TabLens™, its Forthcoming Syndicated Tablet Measurement Service

RESTON, VA, June 8, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released new insights on the U.S. tablet market from comScore TabLens™, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the U.S. with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. The study also found that tablet users were nearly three times more likely to watch video on their device compared to smartphone users, with 1 in every 10 tablet users viewing video content almost daily on their device.

“Tablets are one of the most rapidly adopted consumer technologies in history and are poised to fundamentally disrupt the way people engage with the digital world both on-the-go and perhaps most notably, in the home,” said Mark Donovan, comScore SVP of Mobile. “It’s not surprising to see that once consumers get their hands on their first tablet, they are using them for any number of media habits including TV viewing.” (more…)

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