Industry

NASA picks five companies to study solar electric spacecraft propulsion

NASA says solar electric propulsion could power a spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit

Obama jobs bill includes spectrum auctions

The proposal uses incentive auctions to finance a nationwide public safety network

Fashionistas crash Target’s website

Retailer's new Missoni product line goes a bit off target

Microsoft launches Windows 8 preview

Kicking off Microsoft's BUILD conference, Steven Sinofsky pitches the company's next generation operating system

Mobility trends in SMBs

5,000 Microsoft developers get Samsung preview tablets

Preview units use Samsung Series 7 Slate body

Cisco sees 5 percent to 7 percent revenue growth

The company told financial analysts it is cutting costs in a bid to grow profit faster than sales

Facebook automates, simplifies friend grouping

Several new features aim to make it easier to segment friends into groups and be more precise when sharing

Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

Intel wants to make x86 the architecture of choice for smartphones, and porting Android will help

Windows 8: What it’s really all about