News Briefs

Volume

47

Issue

8

fYear

2014

fDate

Aug. 2014

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

18

Abstract

Topics include new technology that promises to revolutionize Web development, Hewlett-Packard\´s plan to reinvent the computer, a Microsoft antimalware operation that took innocent companies offline, a US Supreme Court decision that has sparked fear for cloud services\´ future, a malware campaign that threatened big companies in several countries, a new technology that "increases" wireless bandwidth, a report that indicates a slowdown in supercomputer performance growth, virtual reality coming to gaming, tech companies hardening their systems to fend off government spying, and movie theaters banning Google Glass.

Keywords

AT&T; Aereo; Alamo Drafthouse chain; Cinema Exhibitors´ Association; Dragonfly; Edward Snowden; Facebook; GL DSS; GSM; GSM-LTE Dynamic Spectrum Sharing; Global System for Mobile Communications; Google; Google Glass; HP; Havex; Hewlett-Packard; Huawei Technologies; LTE; Long Term Evolution; Microsoft; NUDT; National University of Defense Technology; No-IP; No-IP.com; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oculus Rift; Oculus VR; Richard Domingues Boscovich; Sony; Symantec; The Machine; Tianhe-2; Titan; Top500; Trojan.Karagany; US National Security Agency; US Supreme Court; VR; Verizon; Vitalwerks Internet Solutions; Vodafone Group; Vue chain; Web Components; Web development; World Wide Web Consortium; Yahoo; antimalware; copyright; gaming; government spying; malware; memristors; piracy; security; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2014.215

Filename

6879718