Companies using internet of things

Welcome to Windows Inception Scott says the pieces to this project have been in his hands for some time. For starters, the software: "As a software curator, I've been collecting pretty much everything, from driver CDs for old network cards all the way through to applications and grabbing collections that other people have carried," Scott said to Ars. "Along with the emulation, where we can make something run again, I try to first make sure we have everything. At one point, I had a group go through and grab stuff from every existing FTP site, for example. 'Grab every piece of software!'" … [Read more...] about 1,500 Windows 3.1 shareware apps are now free, immortalized on your browser

This two-bay unit can produce a mirrored backup of your data, duplicating your files on both drives, using RAID configuration. That's quite an advanced feature for a consumer unit. Just keep in mind that you end up paying quite a lot for that capability and WD's user-friendly presentation, including an easy-to-master, browser-based control screen. … [Read more...] about Best NAS devices of 2021: top Network Attached Storage for the home and office

And safety of course is goal number one in industrial settings. There are a number of health and safety aspects to consider when working in an industrial environment such as physical hazards including activities that pose health risks. Extreme temperatures, poor air quality, dangerous chemicals, excessive noise and radiation also need to be managed very carefully. Wearable computing offers the industry the opportunity to use cutting-edge technology to step-change the way organisations protect people and assets, improve workforce capability and operational efficiency, while optimising safety. The importance of wearable technology being hands-free is paramount when it comes to operational safety. Advancements in speech and voice recognition have meant that wearables can be operated in extremely noisy industrial settings and without these advancements the technology would simply be ineffective and its benefits negated. … [Read more...] about Why hands-free, wearable computing has become a necessity for industrial work environments

The company was a year old when Google offered to buy it for $30 million in shares - which would be worth over $1 billion today. But Abrams had a bunch of high powered and successful investors telling him they could help turn Friendster into a multi-billion dollar company. … [Read more...] about The man who could have made $1 billion in Google shares – but turned it down

A content delivery network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of Points of Presence (PoP) designed to provide faster and reliable content delivery to users. Whether we know it or not, every one of us interacts with CDNs daily; when reading articles on news sites, shopping online, watching Netflix, or scrolling through social media feeds. CDN is the helper behind your seamless experience. It helps minimize loading time, costs, delivery latency, and operational complexity by physically reducing the distance between content providers and users worldwide. … [Read more...] about Best CDN providers of 2021 to speed up any website