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Brilliant Brunch at SXSW 2013
Excerpts from Brilliant Brunch at SXSW 2013 in Austin featuring: Jake Lodwick (Vimeo and Elepath, Founder) Carla Diana (Creative Director, Carla Diana Design)Bre Pettis (Makerbot, Founder)Beth Comstock (GE, CMO)
Danny Hillis: The Internet Could Crash. We need a Plan B
In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the Internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of people, machines and essential pieces of infrastructure — leaving us vulnerable to cyber-attack or meltdown. Internet pioneer Danny Hillis argues that the Internet wasn’t designed for this kind […]
Author Andrew Solomon to be honored at Neuroscience 2013
Award-winning writer and lecturer Andrew Solomon ’85 will be the featured speaker and awardee at Neuroscience 2013, an annual symposium showcasing advances in basic and clinical neuroscience, to be held on Saturday, April 6. The event will take place 8:15 a.m.–1 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The theme of […]
Gulf Spill Trial: Claim Dropped Against Contractor
A federal judge has dismissed all claims against BP’s drilling fluids contractor on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. After plaintiffs rested their case Wednesday in the trial over the Gulf oil spill, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled […]
Robots to spur economy, improve quality of life, keep responders safe
A new roadmap for robotics presented to Congress today Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years. That is the message Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech’s KUKA Chair of Robotics in […]
Comcast to open doors on new customer support center in Pa.
Comcast announced this morning that it will open a new, state-of-the art customer support center this summer in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, which is near Harrisburg Pa. Comcast will fill 425 new jobs at the facility, which brings its total number of employees across the state to 12,000. “I’d like to thank Comcast for bringing […]
Comcast strikes up free Wi-Fi at Citizens Bank Park
Baseball fans can tap into Comcast’s Wi-Fi access points for free during Phillies games at Citizens Bank Park. In its hometown of Philly, baseball fans at the games can access the hotspots with their wireless devices even if they’re not Comcast Xfinity Internet subscribers. “The addition of Xfinity WiFi at Citizens Bank Park is another example […]
Bribery Probe Targets Microsoft Partners
Microsoft is entangled in a U.S. government investigation into whether the software maker and some of its business partners resorted to bribery to close deals in China, Romania and Italy, according to a report published Tuesday. Citing anonymous people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said the Justice Department and the Securities and […]
McLaren Apologizes to Red Bull for Software Glitch
McLaren has apologized for a software-related issue on an engine control unit it supplies to Formula One teams and which contributed to Red Bull driver Mark Webber’s poor start at the Australian Grand Prix. McLaren said in a statement Wednesday that the “electronic units themselves ran without incident in Melbourne” but that a software glitch […]