Computers and Peripherals

Climate change ‘dragons’ need early warning system

Abrupt climate risk are real and to prepare, global alert systems -- and exascale computers to run them -- must be built, says National Research Council

Black Friday bargains prompt consumers to self-gift iPad Air

51% week-over-week jump in new iPad Air tablets recognized by mobile analytics firm

Why Are So Many IT Projects Failing?

Hacker-built drone can hunt, hijack other drones

Security researcher releases software to hijack Parrot drones out of the sky

Consumers buy touch notebooks for design, not for Windows 8

1-in-10 laptops shipped this year sport touch, says NPD DisplaySearch

China passes Japan to become world’s 2nd largest IT market

First place U.S. still has IT market 3x size of China, though the latter is seeing far more rapid growth, IDC says

Microsoft on ‘Threshold’ of Windows Phone growth

WP sees some success in U.S., Europe amid continued problems in China

Planned new USB connector will fit both ways

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group plans to publish a final specification for the USB Type-C connector by the middle of 2014

NSA spying scandal accelerating China’s push to favor local tech vendors

The NSA spying scandal has put a strain on the China business of Cisco and Qualcomm, the companies said recently

Fibre Channel hits key landmark on the way to 32Gbps

The specification for the next standard is finished, though products may not ship until 2016