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Pioneer to crowdsource car navigation, add augmented reality

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:46:08 +0000

Pioneer will soon launch a new car navigation system in Japan that uses dashboard cameras to scan the road ahead for approaching street signs and other cars, and will share images of road conditions with other vehicles.

There's an app for that: Avoiding the ugliest business problems

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:17:17 +0000

Kindergarten rules for living well can get you in trouble in the corporate world. Now, there is an app for business complications of the worst type.

Sony profitable again, but core electronics still struggling

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:28:15 +0000

Sony made good on a promise to return to profitability after offloading a number of valuable assets last year, but its core electronics business is still losing money.

California may outlaw 3-D printed guns

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:48:24 +0000

Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online.

Silicon Valley tech incubator hosts Norwegian royals

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:32:29 +0000

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit tried touchless gesturing systems and other technologies developed by Norwegian startups at a tech incubator in Palo Alto on Wednesday afternoon .

Intelligent IT operations: Making IT smarter with advance event correlation and management

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:45:18 +0000

Consolidating IT event management in a centralized operations bridge can help you increase efficiency in the short term while setting the stage for greater competitiveness over the long term.

Webinar: Create Competitive Advantage, Featuring Synchology

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:45:14 +0000

Learn how they were able to quickly build interactive dashboards to offer clients real-time insights, as well as provide internal reporting for Synchology to analyze performance across their entire population of accounts.

San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:01:24 +0000

San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 20:30:23 +0000

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Study: US military too reliant on foreign-made equipment

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:05:32 +0000

The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations will stop selling vital items, according to a new report from the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:57:36 +0000

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

EMC lays off more than 1,000 as restructuring continues

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:27:59 +0000

As part of its ongoing restructuring, EMC today announced its latest round of layoffs, which are expected to include 1,004 positions.

Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:48:21 +0000

Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.

Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:49:55 +0000

Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, the lawmakers said Wednesday.

Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:56:35 +0000

A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday.