COMPUTERS 
July 12, 2016 Maharashtra Government Bans Use of Private Email Accounts for Employees
HIGHLIGHTS Last month Locky virus infected Maharashtra Mantralaya computers. It encrypted all the files to the Locky type. Private email services have been asked not to be used. After the file-encrypting ‘Locky’ virus infected computers at the Mantralaya (the secretariat) recently, Maharashtra government has banned use of private email accounts by the staff for official […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Toot Toot: The Politely Honking Driverless Car Is Here
HIGHLIGHTS Google’s self-driving cars can honk the horn like a regular human. The system will likely require a lot more fine-tuning. Google’s honking will be more reliable than human honking. Google has revealed that its self-driving cars don’t just know how to change lanes and run yellow lights – now, they can even honk the […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Singapore Blocking Internet Access on Government Computers
Singapore confirmed Wednesday it would cut off Internet access for government work stations within a year for security reasons, a surprise move in one of the world’s most wired countries. The decision will not disrupt government operations, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) said after local daily The Straits Times reported that some 100,000 computers would […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 ‘Press the Big Red Button’: Computer Experts Want Kill Switch to Stop Robots From Going Rogue
Pop culture wants us to fear the artificially intelligent robot: The titular “Terminator” characters goes back in time to kill a mother and her child. Cylons of “Battlestar Galactica” fame destroy Earthly civilization and, bloodthirst not slaked, pursue the remnants of humanity through space. “The Matrix” begat two sequels and “Jupiter Ascending.” Today’s artificial intelligence […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Three Great Projects Using a Raspberry Pi 3 for the Summer
HIGHLIGHTS A Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card. You can use this low-cost device to hack together cool projects. We put together a media centre, game console, and smart assistant. The Raspberry Pi sounds like a dessert for math lovers but it’s really a computer the size of a credit […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 PC Shipments to India Declined in First Quarter: Gartner
HIGHLIGHTS Personal computer shipments to India totalled about 2 million units Besides, mobile PCs declined by 13 percent year-on-year HP was in the number one position in PC shipments to India Personal computer (PC) shipments to India totalled about 2 million units in the first quarter of 2016 – a 7.4 percent decrease over the […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Chipmaker Micron to Cut Jobs After Turnaround Plans Dashed
‘ Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc said it would lower costs, including by cutting jobs and focusing on fewer programs, after its hopes of reversing its fortunes this year were thwarted by a persistently challenging market. Demand for Micron’s DRAM chips for personal computers has continued to fall, while it faces stiff competition from rivals […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 What to Wear to Work? Soon, a Tiny Computer
The wearable technology startups that get attention make products a Silicon Valley executive or journalist might use – fitness trackers, virtual-reality gaming headsets, jewelry that delivers text-message alerts. It’s lifestyle stuff. But wearable development in the near future depends on more workaday equipment. Call them work-wearables: computers worn on the body that help get the […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again
‘ In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralysed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in captivity, said lead author Yoko Sakuraba of Kyoto […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Google Looks to Protect Today’s Encryption From Future Quantum Computers
HIGHLIGHTS Google aims to protect data from future quantum computers The experiment will not compromise user security It will be replaced within two years Many tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and IBM are working on with quantum computers, and while it comes with many benefits, one of those is also a potential threat – the […]
ALL DEALS July 8, 2016 Microsoft Finally Making It Easier to Say No to Windows 10 Update
HIGHLIGHTS The new prompt will roll out to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users The prompt will have clearer options to decline the upgrade offer Microsoft will end its free Windows 10 upgrade offer on July 29 Microsoft is finally stepping back from making it difficult for users to say no to the Windows 10 […]
