Amazon.com is introducing a new e-reader called The All-New Kindle Paperwhite for $ 119 with Wi-Fi and $179 with Wi-Fi and 3G just in time for the upcoming holiday season. The unit is acclaimed for not having glare and for its e-ink technology. It weighs 7.3 ounces compared to Apple’s iPad Mini that weighs 10.9… Read more

By Phin Upham Are you able to drink milk and eat cheeses without feeling sick? If so, you can likely trace your ancestry to a single line of Hungarian farmers and herders from 7,500 years ago. According to an article in Nature, most Europeans are lactose tolerant because of a single genetic mutation that was… Read more

Clouds are everywhere. It appeals to many businesses because they can avoid buying expensive storage equipment and software, maintenance and staff to run them. For a fraction of that cost, companies can get the same service from cloud. Among the providers of software for businesses to run their operations Apple’s iCloud and Dropbox lead the… Read more

If you’re aware of the benefits that remote desktop management has to offer, then there should be no doubt as to how valuable it can be for your business. As a manager or a businessman, it’s important to understand how your company is functioning, in terms of productivity, both at the individual and collective level…. Read more

HP (Hewlett-Packard) is going head to head with corporate data mining giants IBM and others. In early June 2013, HP introduced the HAVEn, a software package that ties together its data analysis system. The new product offers a way for its clients to sift through corporate data. It was made possible due to HP’s recent… Read more

Tablets are taking over the computer market once dominated by the laptops and PCs. A more recent estimate by NPD DisplaySearch forecast worldwide sales of 256.5 million units sold this year compared to expected laptop sales of 203.3 million units. The increase in expected sales of tablets represents a 67 percent increase over the last… Read more

Washington thinks companies are hesitant to disclose all attacks on their computer systems. Yet Cyber attacks are continuing. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Citigroup disclosed that it experienced limited losses from cyber attacks on its computers. An attack in November 2011, hacked more than 360,000 credit card accounts at Citigroup totaling $4.4 million unauthorized charges and… Read more

Google, Facebook and Amazon.com are shaking the worldwide server market.  Instead of relying on two big server vendors, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, they are picking parts and assembling their servers at other low-cost places such as Asia where smaller Inventec, Quanta, and Wistron are located to serve their needs.   These providers make up of about… Read more

Vacuum deposition systems can really help companies with the production of high-quality semiconductors.  Thinking about the production of something such as semiconductors is not an easy thing to wrap your head around, and rightfully so, but engineering can really help. Engineering is something that can change the world when it is done properly.  Engineering, when… Read more

Intel, the world’s greatest chip developer and manufacturer recently announced that its CEO, Paul Otellini is retiring in May 2013.  It is also announced that it is going to spend more than $13 billion in 2013 to outfit its factories with advanced chip manufacturing equipment in order to capture what is known as “Branch Prediction.” … Read more