In many ways the Internet is like another country. It has its own communities, cultures and even currency. But its infrastructure - the fibre optic cables that span the globe, and the thousands of buildings housing servers and routers - passes through almost every nation. Internet cartographers have tried for years to chart its extent in the physical world, in order to manage traffic and assess weaknesses.
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Wind River Linux goes Carrier Grade under Yocto Project
Wind River has introduced its first Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) profile for its Linux OS software offering
Augmented reality comes to Unity game design
"Right now is the perfect time for augmented reality to gain new momentum because hardware finally has the needed sophistication of built-in cameras," said Orbotix Co-founder and chief technology officer Ian Bernstein
China to create its own open-source OS, based on Ubuntu
Government agency, the China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre has selected Canonical’s Ubuntu for a reference architecture to be the basis of a standardised operating system
Science: Quantum computer could tackle prime number mystery
A million-dollar puzzle relating to prime numbers could be tackled using only a mid-sized quantum computer.
Space: SpaceX Grasshopper rocket reaches new heights
In a real-life demo conducted on Saturday, a hovering rocket made by commercial space-flight wunderkind SpaceX climbed 80 metres, or 24 storeys, doubling the rocket's previous reach into the sky.
People will communicate directly, in spite of the Cloud
We are complex beings and signs are emerging that some sections of society are concerned about areas of technological ‘advance’ in the area of privacy, writes Armin Derpmanns, general manager business development at Toshiba Electronics Europe.
Google reveals Android version splits
Every month Google publishes the relative number of (active) devices running a given version of the Android platform, and the figures for the last month have just been released.
MWC: Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom in internet partnership
Qualcomm has partnered with Deutsche Telekom to demonstrate an Internet of Everything (IoE) development platform, based on Qualcomm's Gobi QSC6270-Turbo chipset
Space: ISS Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer results delayed
A high-profile dark matter-hunting experiment that sits atop the International Space Station allegedly has interesting results - but its researchers are not telling.