Fred Jansen: How to land on a comet

As manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In this fascinating and funny talk, Jansen reveals some of the intricate calculations that went into landing the Philae probe on a comet 500 million kilometers from Earth -- and shares some incredible photographs taken along the way.

IBM sets new record for tape storage -- and why you should care

If you began your IT career in the 1980s or before you probably have fond memories of spooling up half-inch, nine-track magnetic tapes. You'd be forgiven for thinking that in the age of affordable large capacity hard disks and SSDs tape storage was now firmly confined to the past, but not so. IBM scientists working with FUJIFILM of Japan, have demonstrated a recording density of 123 billion bits per square inch on tape, the equivalent of a palm-sized 220 TB tape cartridge. To make that a bit more meaningful 220 TB is equivalent to 1.37 billion text messages or the… [Continue Reading]

Teen developer takes down desktop Instagram app, but not before making $6,000

A 17-year-old Los Angeles high school student who developed an Instagram app for the desktop took it down after he was emailed twice by Instagram. The developer made around $6,000 in app revenue. The post Teen developer takes down desktop Instagram app, but not before making $6,000 appeared first on Digital Trends.

First major update to Windows 10, 'Redstone', reportedly coming next year

Windows 10 -- the forthcoming operating system for desktop, mobile, gaming console, and IoT devices -- will hit the shelves this summer. While there is still some time left for it, according to a new report by Neowin’s Brad Sams, the Redmond-based software giant has already started to work on the "next Windows update". Codenamed "Redstone", it is the first major update to Windows 10 and will be released in 2016, ZDNET’s Mary Jo Foley confirms, citing her sources.

New Oracle cloud services seek retailers’ hearts and minds

Oracle Corp. is rolling out six new services to its burgeoning cloud arsenal that are meant to help large retailers address their evolving operational requirements more effectively. The additions continue the trend of providers increasingly turning to industry-specific functionality for … Continue reading →

Salesforce.com targets B2B lead nurturing with new services

Salesforce.com Inc. is expanding its cloud-based marketing platform with two new services that draw on real-time data about prospects to increase the success of deal-making. The launch promises to help extend the scope of targeting efforts beyond the initial engagement … Continue reading →

Domo raises $200m Series D, obtains unicorn status with $2b valuation

Business Intelligence startup Domo Inc. has raised $200 million Series D in a round led by BlackRock that also included Capital Group, Glynn Capital and GGV Capital. Founded by former Omniture CEO Josh James in 2010, the company has remarkably … Continue reading →

Microsoft unloads virtualized containers for Windows Server

Microsoft had a busy day at the office yesterday, announcing the launch of its very own container technology that’s designed to run on its Windows Server operating system. In addition, it also announced the general availability of its Azure DocumentDB … Continue reading →

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