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UNICEF taps tech gadgets to save lives

UNICEF is best known for its children's aid efforts, but it turns out that the U.N. agency has an small arsenal of surprisingly innovative gadgets that it uses to improve the lives of underprivileged kids and families worldwide.

UNICEF taps tech gadgets to save lives
Who is Xiaomi? A pictorial look at China's hottest smartphone maker

The 'little rice' that could

Who is Xiaomi? A pictorial look at China's hottest smartphone maker
Larry Ellison's distractions

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has a lot more on his mind these days than running the giant hardware and software company -- a fact made evident by his recent last-minute decision not to deliver a highly anticipated speech at Oracle's most important user conference. Here's a look at the many, mostly pleasant distractions in the billionaire's life.

Larry Ellison's distractions
A tale of two Lenovos: how the company thrives in China

Consumers outside of China don't think of Lenovo much beyond laptops, but in that country the company has a wide reach including a growing line of mobile devices. Explore the hidden -- and larger -- side of Lenovo in this slideshow

A tale of two Lenovos: how the company thrives in China
IN PICTURES: 15 Ways iPad goes to work

Apple's iconic iPad reports for work in all sorts of strange places, from archaeological digs in Pompeii to movie sets in Hollywood to cockpits in the sky.

IN PICTURES: 15 Ways iPad goes to work

IBM partners to make mainframes more mainstream

The company is working with Suse and Canonical to expand its offerings
Tianjin explosion shuts down Chinese supercomputer

The Tianhe-1A was still running following the explosion
Dell's Chromebook 13 is the first built for business, starting at $US399

Clad in carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium, and priced up to $US899, the Chromebook 13 is offering choices we haven't seen before.
Dell improves Chromebook's screen, battery for enterprise users

It will start shipping in September in the US and Canada
Don't look for Google to make big, quick changes after Alphabet pronouncement

The declaration Monday that saw Google reorganize under the banner of new holding company Alphabet was Big News, we all seem to agree, but it's ...
Microsoft's Surface Hub collaboration tool delayed until 2016

While it was supposed to ship next month, Microsoft now says the mega-display and conferencing tool will be held back until January

The future of networking is a NOS on your choice of bare metal, says Cumulus Networks

If Cumulus Networks has its way, companies will use its Cumulus Linux to decouple the network operating system from the hardware
Q&A: 3D gun maker Cody Wilson defends freedom to print guns

He's planning another gun-related announcement later this year
Cloud computing causing rethinking of disaster recovery

IBM's Richard Cocchiara gives his perspective
Google making steady progress in the enterprise

Google Enterprise is winning converts to everything from its productivity tools to its cloud offerings
Oracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's HANA

Hurd wishes SAP 'good luck' in its plans to take database market share away from Oracle
UEFI president: We need more key providers

UEFI Forum chief Mark Doran explains how UEFI works and addresses the criticisms around Microsoft's use of UEFI Secure Boot

The top 10 supercomputers in the world, 20 years ago

The Top500 list from June 1995 shows just how far the possibilities of silicon have come in the past 20 years. Performance figures are listed ...
Tech Media Watch: HBO's "Silicon Valley" set to wrap 2nd season – it won't be "Game Of Thrones"-esque but it'll do

The far-and-away best satire of the technology industry on TV airs the last episode of its second season Sunday night, and you really should be ...
Five paths for Moore's Law

Even after the prediction dies, there may be ways to make devices smaller, faster and power efficient, analysts say
If you hate PC bloatware, here are the vendors to avoid

Bloatware or crapware clogs your PC, slowing it down and gobbling up space. A little research can help you avoid the worst offenders.
Top distributed computing projects still hard at work fighting the world's worst health issues

Thanks to thousands of strangers, Ebola researchers are getting the help and computing power they need to shave off the time needed to find new ...
Apple's 12-inch MacBook vs. Windows laptops: Fight!

How does Apple's new 12-inch MacBook compare against similar Windows laptops? We dive into the specs.