We should legislate that developing, distributing, or running a program on generally used computing hardware does not constitute patent infringement.
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Dennis Decoste, who joined eBay as a research director in January, credits the shift to advances in computing hardware and algorithms.
In the hierarchy of computing hardware, artificial muscle doesn't really even register: it's usually a target for action, not the perpetrator.
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The company hopes to build demand by pitching them as cost-saving "print on demand" machines that work best when connected to HP computing hardware.
High-performance computing hardware vendor SGI this morning said that non-GAAP profits for its fiscal second quarter ended December 28 were better than expected.
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Though you may not be aware of it, these products are found in the computing hardware you probably use every day such as PCs, smartphones and video game consoles.
The advent of modern optimizing compilers and many fold enhancements in computing hardware performance have now eliminated the need to use an assembly language in most applications and most applications are now written in higher level languages.
James, 48, has broad knowledge of the computing industry, spanning hardware, security, software and services, which she developed through leadership positions at Intel and as chairman of Intel's software subsidiaries -- Havok, McAfee and Wind River.
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Despite the consolidation of hardware that grid computing could represent, Sun's Dutra isn't worried about the company's sales.
Once thing is clear: once all the technical challenges of grid computing have been overcome, hardware will have become a true commodity.
So after pioneering online retailing, Amazon has moved into selling all manner of goods including clothes, into providing cloud computing services, and now hardware to give users access to all sorts of media content.
Renting a server from Amazon Web Services promises all the advantages of the Cloud: ephemeral, convenient computing without the nuisance of owning hardware.
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Qualcomm and Samsung became Founder members of the HSA Foundation, adding their support to AMD's vision of delivering a common hardware standard for heterogeneous computing.
Hardware, software, consultware IBM SHIPPED its first Model 650 to an insurance company in December 1954 and for the next quarter of a century this hardware manufacturer owned the computing business.
Since its launch in 2004, it has become the preferred choice for open desktop and scale-out computing, from Fortune 500 companies to hardware makers, content providers, software developers and consumers.
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The hardware evolution that is tablet computing is already having profound effects on social computing, and it was pretty cool that a little molding company in Ohio woke us up to that.
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While DAS connectivity is very important for internal hardware design, connecting storage and computing systems over a network continues to grow in importance to enable movement of these vast data streams.
Atheer, another wearable computing startup, debuted its software and prototype hardware, which amounted to a bulky pair of glasses that allowed the user to switch between maps, newspapers and games with gesture controls.
This liquefaction of hardware, in turn, will allow computing to become a utility, and software a service delivered online.
Cisco also says the new processor is fully programmable, allowing ISPs and corporations to add other edge computing services to the ASR-1000 without adding new hardware, and in some instances, allowing customers to get rid of hardware and cut costs.
Hardware is evolving rapidly into dynamic blocks of utility computing (and storage and networking) that can be standardized, widely deployed, and efficiently utilized.
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Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control.
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Traditional PC gamers are used to paying a premium for computing power and the ability to constantly update and modify their hardware while consoles have historically attracted people looking for a cheaper, simpler and more stable platform on which to play games (the current generation of consoles have been around for six to seven years).
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Such is the current reality in high tech: IBM, Cisco and HP have become giants almost unto themselves, promising big companies a full range of hardware, software and services to run the biggest corporate computing operations.
The virtual servers leverage the computing power of the entire infrastructure without necessarily being dependent on any given hardware.
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As more and more people begin to rely on these devices as their primary means of personal computing, Gilder believes there will be a vast realignment among makers of hardware, software and peripheral devices.
GPUs are moving from video games into high performance computing in a big way since Nvidia began focusing on software and revised its hardware designs to make them easier to use.
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Of course, that seems like the goal of every old-line hardware and software giant who is trying to move to the world of cloud computing.
Hardware advances are as critical as the overall network to the overall success of cloud computing.
Cloud computing runs software applications on remote servers for clients without the need for businesses to make expensive hardware purchases.
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