Archive for April, 2010

To print out a document, you rely on your local operating system, which must have a driver installed for the printer you intend to use. Most of the time, it’s not an issue; at home, you probably have one printer and all of your PCs have the required drivers.
Things get a bit more complicated when [...]

The creator of Java, James Gosling, has handed in his notice to the bosses of Oracle.
Following Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, Gosling had taken on the role of chief technology officer for Oracle’s client software group after holding the position of chief technology officer (CTO) for Sun’s developer products group.
He confirmed his resignation on his blog [...]

Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 has just been announced, and here we have all you need to know about the new collection of creative tools, including step-by-step guides to the main applications. It’s expected to be on the shelves by the end of May, featuring revamped versions of its leading arts, design, video and animation tools [...]

According to Wall Street Journal, Google just purchased Plink Visual Search Engine for an undisclosed amount. This is Google first acquisition in the UK.
Plink’s founders, Mark Cummins and James Philbin, are both joining Google to work on Google Goggles.
Plink makes visual search engines that let users find out more about something by taking a photo [...]

Today, Google gets over 9.5 billion searches per month in the United States. Although search engines like Microsoft’s Bing compete for a share of the market, they present no real threat to Google’s dominance. In reality, it is not other search engines that should have Google concerned. The search juggernaut faces a much greater threat [...]

A new robot programmed by UC Berkeley researchers may make the manual folding of clothes a thing of the past.
Researchers have developed software allowing a robot to fold towels without human help, a feat previously not accomplished in robot history due to the complexity of handling non-rigid objects. The researchers will present their findings at [...]

Business software company CA Inc. announced on Tuesday that it is planning to cut 1000 jobs, or about 8 percent of its workforce, in an effort to trim costs and become leaner. The US-based company will also consolidate offices, according to documents filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission.
“I recognize that the actions we’re [...]