“computing

Huawei Consumer Business Group has unveiled the Huawei Mate 9 and the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 mobile smartphones. The newest members of the Mate Series feature the Kirin 960, which is claimed to offer the fastest computing performance, SuperCharge technology and a new UX. “In developing the HUAWEI Mate 9, we started with a … Continue reading Fast computing performance with Huawei Mate 9 smartphone →

When the iPad was released in April 2010, champions of the form factor said tablets were going to change the landscape of personal computing forever. And they did. For a while. Six years later, and with a plethora of devices available, the tablet market is in decline. Market research company IDC latest research shows tablet … Continue reading Why is the tablet market shrinking? →

Imagine being able to press fast-forward on efforts to cure cancer while you sleep. Seem impossible? Well it’s not. This ground-breaking idea has earned the creators of DreamLab a nomination for Research Australia’s newest award, the Data Innovation Award. Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab app uses the collective processing capacity of smartphones to crunch numbers and compare … Continue reading Smartphone cancer app slashes research time →

Panasonic has launched a light, rugged Android 10.1-inch Toughpad tablet, which is claimed to have protection against drops and shocks, heat and cold, vibration, contamination, dust, rain and more. Today, 84 per cent of Australian organisations have staff who regularly perform their jobs outside of the traditional office environment. These flexible workers are turning to … Continue reading Toughpad tablet can survive 1.2m drop →

The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) was first used back in 1956 to describe the title of a workshop of scientists at Dartmouth, an Ivy League college in the United States. At that pioneering workshop, attendees discussed how computers would soon perform all human activities requiring intelligence, including playing chess and other games, composing great music … Continue reading Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent? →

IFS IoT Business Connector is a new product that claims to shorten the time from ideas to tangible benefits for customers’ IoT initiatives by providing an end-to-end architecture and the ability to turn IoT discoveries into actions. The product has been designed to de-risk and accelerate IoT initiatives in areas such as predictive maintenance, service … Continue reading IoT solution to drive digital transformation →

Hitachi Data Systems has announced the next generation of its Storage Virtualisation Operating System, SVOS 7.0, featuring enhanced QoS, new adaptive data reduction and support for all-flash cloud tiering. Available on all Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) arrays, including new, enterprise VSP systems, SVOS 7.0 is designed to help businesses deliver better customer experiences and … Continue reading Hitachi’s next generation SVOS released →

Microsoft has announced the introduction of Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a new Surface Book. Surface Studio is a new class of device that transforms from a workstation into a digital canvas, unlocking a more natural and immersive way to create on the thinnest LCD monitor ever built, claims the company. With an ultra-HD 4.5K … Continue reading Microsoft laptop’s new screen delivers more pixels than 4K TV →

Mirai has struck again, hacking IoT devices to take out major websites such as Twitter, Spotify, Amazon and Paypal. Chinese electronics manufacturer Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology has admitted its inadvertent role in the attack. As reported by PACE earlier this month, a malware source code dubbed ‘Mirai’ has been publically released. Within two weeks of its … Continue reading Chinese manufacturer admits fault in massive cyber attack →

Brisbane-based Accelerated Concepts has appointed Melbourne’s Network Professional Services (NPS) as a reseller of its Australian-designed 4G failover routers. Designed by an engineering team based in Brisbane, Accelerated routers use an embedded, carrier-certified cellular modem to provide Internet access via 4G LTE and 3G cellular wireless data networks when primary access fails. With a long … Continue reading Home-grown routers for 4G market →

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has announced the availability of Intel Xeon D-1500 family processor-based single-board computers, which support up to 16 Xeon-class cores in a single, power-efficient, System-on-Chip (SoC) package with native extended temperature support on four-, eight- and twelve core-count SKUs. Originally available with only up to eight cores, the processors are now available … Continue reading Intel Xeon D-1500 processors support up to 16 cores →

HP has announced a new series of laptops – that HP ProBook 400 G4 Series. It comes with the latest seventh-generation Intel Core processor, or seventh-generation A-Series APUs from AMD. Its graphics are powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX, and is paired with 16GB of RAM. The laptop has full HD displays, USB-C ports, and … Continue reading HP releases new laptop with huge battery life →

HP is buying Samsung’s printer business for US$1.05 billion with an eye on integrating the best of both companies printing technologies in a move that the HP believes will “disrupt and reinvent” the copier industry, which it says hasn’t innovated in decades. “Copiers are outdated, complicated machines with dozens of replaceable parts requiring inefficient service … Continue reading HP buys up Samsung’s printer business →

NextComputing’s smallest power-packing portable workstation now offers the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 processor line. The Radius mobile workstation is optimised for processing intensive applications in industries such as broadcast, military, big data, medical imaging and many more. The latest Intel processors are claimed to power through the most demanding tasks users can throw at it. Whether an animator, … Continue reading Radius mobile workstation has latest Intel processors →

Mathsworks today introduced Release 2016b with new capabilities that are said to simplify working with big data in MATLAB. Engineers and scientists can now work with data too big to fit in memory. R2016b also includes additional features in Simulink; a new product, Rick Management Toolbox; and updates and bug fixes to 83 other products. … Continue reading New release and bug fixes for Mathsworks suite →

RESEARCHERS at Griffith University have overcome one of the key challenges to quantum computing by simplifying a complex quantum logic operation.

Bittium will exhibit its customized, secure IoT solutions and engineering services at Wearable Technology Show 2016, to be held in ExCel, London, the United Kingdom March 15-16, 2016.

Today’s industrial machinery is more reliable and efficient, but can also be more difficult to troubleshoot because of the complexities of its advanced systems.

The traditional power utility’s electrical network moves vast amounts of energy from power stations to a large number of customers.

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and ARCCORE AB, the independent software company for AUTOSAR solutions, announced a strategic cooperation that significantly reduces the cost, risk and time-to-market for customers developing embedded automotive systems based on the AUTOSAR framework.