News tagged with information technology industry

For most Mexicans, the digital age is still out of reach

Israel Vasquez, 12, has no computer or Internet access at home, but he needs both to do his homework.

Technology / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French IT company aspires to be email-free within a year

How many work emails do you get a day? 80? 200? 500? More than 1,000?

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

US bill seeks to improve cyber information-sharing

A bill intended to increase sharing of information about cybersecurity threats between government and the private sector was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists identify room temperature quantum bits in silicon carbide - widely used semiconductor

A discovery by physicists at UC Santa Barbara may earn silicon carbide -- a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry -- a role at the center of a new generation of information technologies designed to exploit ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

The art of magnetic writing

Computer files that allow us to watch videos, store pictures, and edit all kinds of media formats are nothing else but streams of "0" and "1" digital data, that is, bits and bytes. Modern computing technology is based on ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM succession chatter heats up near anniversary

(AP) -- As IBM turns 100 this year, the anniversary coincides with another milestone: CEO Sam Palmisano is turning 60, the typical age at which an IBM CEO retires. ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China has over 900 million mobile phone users

China had more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of April with nearly two-thirds of the world's most populous nation using cellular technology, the government said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Gartner: Tech spending will rebound in 2010

(AP) -- Research group Gartner Inc. says the information technology industry is closing its worst year on record, with worldwide tech spending on track to decline 5.2 percent in 2009.

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0