Industry

IBM launches business unit to make Watson a moneymaker

The newly formed Watson Business Group will be based in New York and offer cognitive computing systems and services

Windows Phone 8.0 is upgradeable to 8.1, Microsoft says

Microsoft's updated mobile operating system is expected to launch this spring

Apple, Samsung CEOs agree to mediation in court dispute

The mediation will be held by Feb. 19 ahead of a March trial for the patent dispute

How two cities brought fiber to the home when the carriers couldn’t

Think government can't provide cheap, efficient, high-speed connectivity? Two very different locales show it can

For four-eyes only: The Google Glass future is here

Google started it; now the peeper parade has taken over CES, where several strains of smart glasses litter the show floor

Intel set to bring DDR4 DRAM to computers in third quarter

Intel is bringing support for DDR4 memory to its server chips code-named Grantley, which are based on the Haswell architecture

Riverbed may go private in a $3 billion deal

An investment company wants to acquire the WAN optimization vendor

Vendors demo wireless charging for iPhones

Apple has yet to bring native wireless charging to its lineup of iOS mobile devices, but third-party solutions were on display at CES

Citrix buys Framehawk to give virtual desktops a boost

Framehawk's technology will improve performance over Wi-Fi and cellular networks for XenApp and XenDesktop users

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