As China surges towards becoming the 21st century’s dominant economy, its progress may be hobbled by a growing gap between its electrical production and demand. According to the China Electricity Council, the country’s ...
Lenovo has just announced today that they have become the second largest PC manufacturer in the world, and in the process taking Dell’s place to become it. According to preliminary data, Lenovo now holds a record 13.7-percent share in the PC market and holds a quarterly shipment value of 12.6 million units. Yang Yuanging, CEO of Lenovo, said in just
Mozilla has released Firefox 7. Thanks to the faster release cycle, Firefox 7 comes just six weeks after Firefox 6 and brings some significant speed boosts that make it well worth the upgrade. If you'd like to take Firefox 7 for a spin, head over to the Mozilla downloads page. Current Firefox users will be automatically
When we kissed the 1990s goodbye, none of today’s major social networks existed. LinkedIn was the first to launch, but that wasn’t until 2003, followed by Facebook (founded in 2004), YouTube (founded in 2005) and Twitter (launched in 2006). In a lot of ways these social networks are still “babies.” Their “parents” are working to grow them up in...
The way we walk could be used as an accurate way of identifying us, according to an international team of bioengineers who analyzed the foot pressure patterns created by 104 subjects. They found they were able to identify individuals with a 99.6 percent accuracy.
Most renewable energy sources involve an obvious source of energy -- light, heat, or motion. But for the second time this year, scientists have focused on a less obvious source: the difference between rivers and the salty oceans they flow into.
While I was at SMX East last week I had the opportunity to sit in on the SoLoMo Landscape session (my liveblog) that was taking place there. The goal of the session was to look at the convergence happening among social media, local search and mobile, and discuss how small business owners could take advantage of it....