Amazon is working with two firms to acquire COVID-19 testing equipment that it can use to ensure members of its workforce are not infected. The tests check for existing cases rather than antibodies.
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Microsoft has quietly run battery tests with its Edge browser in Windows 10 October 2018 Update, once again finding it to be more power efficient than Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Nokia and Qualcomm have announced the successful completion of their tests of OTA 5G NR data calls. The achievement sets the firms up for making their products commercially available in early 2019.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given Tesla's Model 3 perfect scores for the levels of safety it provides. The car also gives drivers the lowest probability of injury.
Tesla has stopped running brake and roll tests on Model 3 units coming out of the Fremont, California factory. Stoppage of the test coincided with Tesla meeting its goal of producing 5,000 units.
Microsoft has conducted tests, such as the Weissman Score introduced by the TV show Silicon Valley, on Google's Brotli. It's endorsed the compression algorithm and announced an alpha preview for .NET.
Xiaomi has confirmed, through Hugo Barra, that it has started tests on US carrier networks with a specially made Mi 5. The tests indicate that the company is looking to expand into the US soon.
In its latest series of video tests, Microsoft is once again touting the better battery-saving capabilities of its Edge browser, claiming that it is much more efficient than the competition.
Dozens of companies, including Orange, BMW, Vodafone and VW are begging the EU for money to test out self-driving cars across Europe's roads and borders. The tests are crucial for the future of AVs.
The folks at Display Mate took the Surface RT into their labs to compare the screen to other tablets on the market. They reveal that Microsoft has indeed made a pretty great screen despite the low res
We're just in a session on design practices in Windows 7. Microsoft just demonstrated a usability test where a user hovered over the new taskbar and was impressed so much they just continued playing around...
Vista's UAC has a security feature that marks it out from any other type of Windows security program -- it can spot rootkits before they install. This is one finding buried in a report published...
Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service that's based on standard cell phone technology. The catch: It's only available on a single Airbus A318 aircraft in the...
No. 1 movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc said on Thursday it was testing pricing for its rental formats and will experiment with its store layouts to add downloading stations, books or beverages in a bid...
Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish...
Detroit automaker General Motors Corp. says it is testing a new combustion process that could increase fuel economy in conventional engines by up to 15 percent. The announcement comes as fuel economy has become an...
Nintendo is testing a pilot program this season at the Mariners' Safeco Field. For a fee, the Nintendo Fan Network will upload a program onto the user's DS Lite and allow fans to order food...
Using Windows Update, Microsoft has quietly rolled out an update for beta testers using the next version of Windows Live Messenger. The obvious advantage is having the option of being able to update yet another...
Symantec is launching a software-as-a-service platform aimed at bringing security offerings to small- and medium-sized businesses. The Cupertino, California-based security company has announced that the Symantec Protection Network – Online Backup Service has gone into...
Google has staged on-and-off again tests stretching back to 2002 of ways to allow phone users to use their voices to ask for information, rather than telephone keypads or other more cumbersome approaches. Now, the...
Yahoo Incorporated is quietly testing a search engine which users can customize by adding, removing and rearranging components. Yahoo Alpha, which is hosted on an Australian domain, offers a default results page with a list...
Microsoft has been quietly testing a new "pay-as-you-go" software rental service in South Africa, Mexico and Romania. The service allows users to pay a monthly fee of around $15 for the use of Office 2003...
Deciding that 5.9% search share isn't enough, InterActiveCorp (owner of Ask.com) has launched a publically available search site with a new three-paned interface. The left pane of the search results provides a control panel that...
IT LOOKS like there is still a lot of confusion about what software and hardware combinations Microsoft's super soaraway operating system Vista will run on. We have already mentioned how Vole has tried to be...
Google is testing an enhanced search feature that presents users with additional result information. Screenshots of the service appeared on the web earlier this week showing search results with an expansion button that presents longer...
A recently identified Internet Explorer security hole is now being exploited and Microsoft hopes to include a fix for it in its April 11 patch or maybe even earlier, according to a posting on a...
Best Buy today confirmed that four stores in Illinois and California have begun selling used video games, a market that major retail chains have kept away from and left to stores such as Gamestop and...
Google has launched an experiment to speed Web site information and changes to its index. Web site administrators--whether they manage a single-page site or corporate Web site--can use the free program called...
Yahoo Inc. is preparing to introduce a new service that blends several of its website's popular features with two of the Internet's fastest growing activities — blogging and social networking. The hybrid service, called "Yahoo...
As an unsigned band, the Shazam has never gotten the perks enjoyed by acts attached to major record labels. "The budgets we've used probably wouldn't even pay the catering on a major-label...
America Online on Thursday confirmed that it is testing a new search engine that scans for files on a PC's hard drive, mirroring a similar product unveiled this week by Google. AOL's...
Microsoft is alpha-testing its upcoming antivirus product, according to industry sources. They claim the antivirus software works as a "behavior blocker" that monitors different events and actions on computers. If the event or action is...
C|Net News.com reports that one of the webs most popular sites Yahoo is giving its home page a new look and feel. What's odd about this is how Yahoo is slowly making the changes....
Microsoft and RSA Security on Wednesday started beta testing a product designed to phase out the use of traditional passwords and replace them with automatically generated passwords from a SecurID token. SecurID...
Apple's iTunes has emerged victorious in a series of listening tests run by the CD Freaks Web site. The report explains that a number of tests were run by members of the public of five...
Sony Ericsson has begun trials on a multiplayer mobile gaming system that will allow up to eight players to compete in real-time. The multiplayer mobile gaming service will initially include two games....
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a bare-bones Web site Thursday to test its new 88-cents-per-song online music service, hoping that its cheaper price will lure listeners from more expensive competitors. Other sites, such as Apple Computer...
America Online is quietly testing streaming video for its instant-messaging products now that the government has lifted restrictions against launching such a feature. [U]Later this year the Internet giant plans to release a beta version...
Adobe Systems Inc. has begun testing online activation of its Photoshop 7.0 application in Australia as a way of stemming the illegal use of its software. If the pilot is successful, and so far it...
An increasingly popular technique for preventing e-mail abuse is frustrating some visually impaired Net users, setting the stage for a conflict between spam busters and advocates for the disabled. Many companies have...
