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Watson wins Jeopardy quiz show

...day totals highlighted the extent of the victory for Watson, which uses question-answering technology. IBM's Watson had $77,147 (£47,842) at the... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Larry Dignan

IBM to collaborate with universities on Watson's QA tech

...world will collaborate on developing the company's Watson supercomputer and the question-answering technology behind it. IBM's Watson supercomputer uses QA technology. Photo... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Larry Dignan

The three big questions about Facebook's IPO

The three big questions about Facebook's stock exchange launch are: (1) Is it worth all... Read more

18 May, 2012
Should software be patentable? That's the wrong <endeca_term>question</endeca_term> to ask

Should software be patentable? That's the wrong question to ask

...years those for or against software patents have been debating the wrong question. They've been asking: "Is software patentable?" A very different debate I... Read more

29 October, 2011 by Marty Goetz

ACTA: Facts, misconceptions and questions

It's good to see that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, otherwise known as ACTA, is at last getting the attention... Read more

29 January, 2012

To BYOD or not to BYOD â?? that is the question

There are two main schools of thought out there in the industry concerning BYOD: the BYOD school argues that it is... Read more

11 May, 2012

Expert questions TalkTalk's HomeSafe service

A researcher has questioned the efficacy and privacy implications of TalkTalk's anti-malware HomeSafe service, which scans all URLs regardless of whether a customer opts to use the service Read more

11 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Facebook starts to roll out Questions (beta

Facebook users have always asked each other questions, and friends have quite often been good at answering them. But Facebook... Read more

28 July, 2010

Google posed 69 privacy questions by EU

...Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) sent Google 69 questions in a letter (PDF) on Friday, CNIL said in a statement on... Read more

20 March, 2012

Seek not the answer before you know the question

...is steadily getting worse." The data analytics equivalent to the age old question, “what comes first, the chicken or the egg?â€� is â... Read more

1 November, 2011

Is buying a .brand domain worth it? Nine questions to ask before you bid for .yourcompany

...months left before the generic TLD (gTLD) bidding process kicks off, what questions should businesses be asking now? 1. Do you really need to get... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
SAT English Grammar Practice Prep <endeca_term>Questions</endeca_term> 1.0.11

SAT English Grammar Practice Prep Questions 1.0.11

...Software.* See our PERFECT SCORE Authors at http://AllenPrep.com* Multiple-Choice Questions: Every subject is covered.* All SAT Subjects: Focus on any subject you... Read more

21 July, 2011

Apple, Google face US Senate questions over privacy

...are expected to appear again in Washington, DC on Thursday to answer questions from US lawmakers in a new hearing that will also include Facebook... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Democratising machine learning; ask the right questions

Big data - turning masses of data into useful information - is by definition too big to handle individually. You don't... Read more

11 May, 2011

A few key questions about HTML5 video

...Hachamovitch, the corporate VP in charge of IE, brought up Microsoft's questions about WebM back in February and it's fair to say that... Read more

11 April, 2011

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

9 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

11 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

15 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

16 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

19 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry