In the first round of this suit, Google scored at least a temporary victory in that the judge ruled that a copyright claim could not hinge on simple facts of where points of interest are located. From arstechnica.com : Google, the owner of the traffic app Waze, has managed to beat back a copyright…

IEEE Collabratec is a very useful online community that can be used by both IEEE Members and Non-Members. I am finding great benefit in easily establishing private groups to collaborate, share documents, and message between the group members. IEEE Collabratec™ is an integrated online community where technology professionals can network, collaborate, and create —…

The 2015 Flash Memory Summit (FMS) is a premier event for Flash Memory technology. Many new product announcements and technology developments are first revealed at this annual meeting. The rapid evolution of 3D Flash and also Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) technology were two items that I found particularly exciting. Several IEEE-CNSV members attended the…

Apple over the last few years has leveraged its growing chip design knowledge to gain an added edge in performance and battery life. For example, in the iPhone 6S Apple optimized the flash memory controller, which improves the speed of accessing flash data.

"’The Martian’ movie is a dream come true, a faithful elucidation of the central technical dramas that made the Andy Weir novel it’s based on the surprise ‘space geek hit’ of the decade. The tale is something of a Robinson Crusoe in space: Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on the surface of Mars when…"