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Freescale Unveils Smaller Controller Chip for Internet of Things

Freescale Semiconductor in March will begin sampling a tiny ARM-based microcontroller that company officials say will be ideal for the burgeoning Internet of things.Introduced...

eWEEK at 30: Tablet Sales Surge After 20 Years of Development

The phenomenal success of tablet computers since the introduction of the Apple iPad in April 2010 gives the impression that these computers burst suddenly...

Parallels Introduces New Cross-Platform Cloud-Building Tools

NEW ORLEANS--The world is on its way to becoming a truly cross-platform environment in which to live and work, a place where the Internet...

eWEEK at 30: The Lamp Stack Switches on Large-Scale Web Development

For much of computing history, application delivery came by way of proprietary, vertically integrated application stacks that were designed and engineered by IT vendors....

How Enterprises Can Get Better Access to Real-Time Data

C-level executives are struggling with a very real problem: how to gain access to the real-time data that drives their business. In the new...

eWEEK at 30: Google’s Wealth Brings Diversification, Public Scrutiny

When it began operating in 1998 from a garage in Menlo Park, Calif., Google was a pure-play Internet search company with a starkly simple...

How Much Risk Is Facebook Taking in $19B WhatsApp Deal?

With the Feb. 19 announcement that Facebook is planning to spend about 10 percent of its total market value -- or about $19 billion...

Google Project Tango Offering Prototypes to Those With Big Ideas

Google has introduced Project Tango, an initiative to compress current understandings about robotics and computer vision into a mobile phone."Mobile devices today assume that...

Yahoo Gifts Carnegie Mellon $10 Million to Create a Siri Crusher

Yahoo wants a smarter Siri, and it’s hoping Carnegie Mellon University can help develop it.Yahoo has made a $10 million grant to the university,...

Broadcom Unveils Global Location Chip for Wearables

Broadcom is readying a chip with global location capabilities that will give people with wearable devices like fitness trackers and smartwatches more accurate activity...