Barnes & Noble deal hints at possible new Microsoft tablet today

US reclaims top spot on Top500 supercomputing list | Samsung targets enterprise BYOD with SAFE-branded Galaxy S III

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Barnes & Noble deal hints at possible new Microsoft tablet today
Rumors that Microsoft may unveil its own e-reader or tablet later today would be confirmation of speculation that dates back more than a month, not just to last week. Monday afternoon, Microsoft will hold a hastily-called press conference in Los Angeles, that may, depending on the buzz of the hour, center on an iPad-style tablet or a smaller device designed primarily for e-reading, akin to Amazon's Kindle Fire. Read More


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US reclaims top spot on Top500 supercomputing list
The U.S. once again has the most powerful supercomputer in the world, thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy's Sequoia, according to the latest edition of the Top500 supercomputer list, ending Asia's hold on the top spot. Sequoia's 1.57 million processor cores can perform 16.32 petaflops (quadrillion floating-point calculations per second). Read More

Samsung targets enterprise BYOD with SAFE-branded Galaxy S III
Samsung announced a new program on Monday to help enterprise IT shops feel more confident about allowing workers to use the coming Galaxy S III smartphone on the job. Galaxy S III smartphones sold by all five U.S. mobile carriers starting later in June and early July will be branded SAFE, for Samsung Approved for Enterprise. Read More

Google: Western democracies seek to censor political content
Western democracies, which are not typically associated with censorship, have demanded that Google take down certain political videos, blog posts, and other content, the company said Sunday. The company as on previous occasions has been asked to take down political speech in many countries, Google said. Read More

US-CERT discloses security flaw in Intel chips
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has disclosed a flaw in Intel chips that could allow hackers to gain control of Windows and other operating systems, security experts say. Read More




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