May 15, 2014 Autodesk Unveils Open-Source 3-D Printing System by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The software company’s new Spark operating system will run on its new model and be available at no cost to users…
May 15, 2014 Fast Internet Is Chattanooga’s New Locomotive by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Internet service that is inexpensive and lightning quick has allowed the city to attract high-tech businesses, talent and capital. Published: February…
May 14, 2014 Senators Intend to Amend Federal Student Privacy Law by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER To beef up protections for the personal information about students that schools may share with technology vendors, two prominent federal senators…
May 14, 2014 Some Predictions About the Internet of Things and Wearable Tech From Pew Research by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Get ready for a world where your refrigerator, car and plant pots are all connected to the Internet and able to…
May 14, 2014 Privacy Group Challenges Surveillance Practices in Britain by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The case follows revelations that Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or G.C.H.Q., developed so-called malware that allowed the government to turn on…
May 14, 2014 NetSuite: Enterprise Software Still Follows a Manufacturing Model by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Thanks to cloud computing, some enterprise software makers say, all businesses are service companies now, attuned to every customer twitch. But…
May 14, 2014 To Compete With PlayStation on Price, Microsoft Offers Xbox Without Kinect Motion Sensor by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD In an effort to increase sales of the Xbox One, Microsoft said it would sell an entry-level version without the Kinect…
May 14, 2014 A Trip in a Self-Driving Car Now Seems Routine by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF A test ride of the latest version of Google’s self-driving car could be best characterized as underwhelming. And that is not…
May 14, 2014 Without a Hit Wallet, Square Tries Another Approach by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Even after scoring a big partnership with Starbucks Coffee and offering a futuristic app that let people pay for things…
May 14, 2014 Eric Schmidt Has an Interest. Is It a Conflict? by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, was appointed last month to a commission advising New York State on how to…