CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail photos B.J. Evans, managing director of Aridea Solutions, shows the sensor buoy the company has built for a project outside West Virginia. The Charleston-based company specializes in environmental monitoring and relaying data from rural areas. Aridea Solutions Director of Engineering Rob Moore checks on the remote sensing unit of the buoy […]
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Amazon’s attempt to break into the smartphone market didn’t really work that well for the company, but the retail giant refused to give up its hardware ambitions, finding a gap in the untapped smart home device segment instead, and exploiting it using Amazon Alexa-powered Amazon Echo devices. One big reason for their success is is
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Defining the Internet of Things (IoT) can be simplified down to the connection of everyday things — like homes, industrial equipment, watches, etc. — to the internet, for the purpose of collecting data, tracking usage, and automating systems. While it encompasses many technological devices, it’s important to remember that the Internet of Things spans across
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Kolkata, Mar 18 : The new R&D and support centre of IT major, MSR Group, was launched on Saturday by Rajya Sabha MP Pradip Bhattacharya, MMIC, Parks & Gardens, Kolkata Municipal Corporation Corporation, Debashish Kumar and Principal Commercial Officer of US Consulate, Kolkata, Jonathan Ward, an official release stated. MSR Group also announced the launch
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Top of the weekend to you, my friends! It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and we’re feeling the craic here at the IoT Evolution Week in Review. We’ve had the luck of the Irish this week in the IoT, and you’ve found the pot o’ gold. In our lead story this week, iconic Irish Whiskey brand
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If you bought a used convertible sports car in New York about four years ago, you might want to take it back to the dealership to have it remove the previous owners’ access. There’s a chance it belonged to Charles Henderson, Global Head of IBM’s X-Force Red. He traded in the convertible for something more
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AP file photo The relentless push to add connectivity to home gadgets is creating dangerous side effects that figure to make the internet even less secure. So says an article in MIT Technology Review. Computer hackers are out there, hacking into websites to shut them down, redirecting users to get advertising money, and doing all
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Alexa, open March Madness! Reggie Miller’s ready to dance. Which team do you get down with? Whether you bleed blue and gold or fight like the Irish, listen to any game in the tournament live with the NCAA March Madness® skill (click for more info). To enable, just say, Alexa, enable March Madness skill. Then ask:
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As much as we try, it’s impossible to defeat physics. I’m speaking specifically of data gravity and compute. The internet of things on the edge of the network has a dramatic impact on IT operations and vendor services. For example, internet of things (IoT) forced a change in data patterns, prompting Amazon to release Snowball
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The vast majority of IT security professionals are expecting in an increase in attacks targeting Industrial Internet of Things deployments, finds a Tripwire survey. Cyber attackers have already waged attacks on Internet of Things (IoT) devices to build massive botnets and launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, knocking websites and online services offline. IT security
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