Information Technology

Traditional network and endpoint protection mechanisms are struggling today to protect our corporate IT infrastructure and computers. Adding the projected billions of nodes that will constitute the Internet of Things exacerbate the problem dramatically. The advantage that the embedded industry has over the traditional computer world, is that the devices are generally being built for a specific purpose, and as ...

Ericsson is to acquire former BBC Broadcast business division Red Bee Media from current owner a Macquarie Advanced Investment-backed venture. The acquisition of the media services business will add to Ericsson’s presence in the broadcast services market. The Swedish telecoms firm is responding to ongoing convergence of video and mobile services. “Video traffic shows very strong uptake in the mobile networks and Ericsson can address the ...

This year’s Future of Wireless International Conference in Cambridge heard Warren East, CEO of ARM explore the future of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). “No one company can own the IoT space and we see collaborations and partnership as being a critical ingredient in its success,” said East. He pointed to the need for low power and low cost. “I believe that ...

Twenty kilometres up, slung under balloons from the same company that helped Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space last year, a payload of solar panels and wireless antennas is helping Google’s Project Loon bring wireless internet access to the most remote parts of the world. The ultimate goal is to connect the two-thirds of the world’s population that ...

Graphene, the wonder material whose glittering array of electrical and thermal properties won its discoverers a Nobel prize in 2010, could soon be helping Apple’s iPhones and iPads pack more power. The company has filed a US patent application (2013/0136966) on a graphene-based heat sink for the lithium batteries and circuit boards in its tablets and smartphones. Graphene is a ...

There will be a new Eureka programme for nanoelectronics innovation after 2015 and, by November, there should be a report on the directions for the new initiative.

Ready to wear a computer on your face? Google thinks you are. The company’s Glass headset seeks to bring wearable computing into the mainstream – but what will the average person do with it? There are privacy fears, but a sneak peek at some of the first Glass apps gives a glimpse of how useful the device might be. Glass ...

Are quantum computers about to revolutionise our lives? You might think so now that Google, together with NASA, has bought one from the only organisation that sells them, D-Wave of Burnaby, Canada. However, questions remain over just how D-Wave’s quantum computers work and whether they would beat ordinary computers in like-on-like tests. D-Wave’s first client was the aerospace giant Lockheed ...

For the first time, a commercially available quantum computer has been pitted against an ordinary PC – and the quantum device left the regular machine in the dust. D-Wave, a company based in Burnaby, Canada, has been selling quantum computers since 2011, although critics expressed doubt that their chips were actually harnessing the spooky action of quantum mechanics. That’s because ...

An annual search for potential wireless technology start-ups in the UK has been launched by Cambridge Wireless and Silicon South West. Free-to-enter, the Discovering Start-Ups competition will give 15 finalists the opportunity to pitch their ideas, technologies and business plans to 20 wireless industry investors and experts. This year, the line-up of judges includes senior executives from companies including BT, ...