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Hyperloop Project Revs Up

"In terms of building the project, I see a mountain of hurdles. Nothing ever works as planned, especially on this scale," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times." "They are trying something that has never been done before, so the mathema...

New Relic Analytics Aims to Speed IT Problem Solving

"This is a niche category -- application programming management," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "This isn't analyzing consumer data, sales data or anything like that -- it's just analyzing how an IT system is running in terms of resourc...

Deutsche Telekom Pitches NSA-Free German Internet

However, such a venture would also require government funding and the network would require maintenance and -- possibly -- monitoring "in the form of deep packet inspection just to ensure network efficiency," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, pointed out We'r...

Tungsten Discs Could Function as Million-Year Time Capsules

"We should be storing the wealth of human knowledge, but [that] needs to evolve with the technology," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld."It should be passed from one storage technology to the next as it becomes available, and we should find secure ways to store it."

Microsoft Steps on the Glass Gas

"Microsoft, like everyone else, is looking at the potential around wearables," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Wearables combined with Internet of Things and data analytics is likely to create a major market inflection point, equivalent to the PC, Internet or smartphone."

With Pogue Hire, Yahoo May Be Putting Content Horse Before Ad Cart

"I think they are just trying to increase the number of eyes viewing their website to garner more revenue," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times However, "I don't believe this path will lead to a significant increase in revenue, especi...

Lenovo’s Android Laptop Will Bend Over Backwards

Putting Android on a clamshell device "makes sense to me," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "The nice thing is, they're using the microUSB port for power so they can use the same adapter as your cellphone," McGregor continued. "I like that...

Disney Tech Makes Touchscreens Touchy-Feely

The tactile technology could be used in education, medical applications and certain applications for designing products, Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "Probably the most compelling applications," he added, "will be consumer applications...

Microsoft Pays First-Ever $100K Bounty for Windows Bug

While $100,000 might seem like a lot of money, "if it's something that impacts all their products and is related to security, $100,000 is a cheap price to pay," commented Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research The bounty may indeed be cheap at the price: "There ar...

Galileo Gives Gadget Makers Great Power

Intel is "trying to target the next generation of designers" with the Galileo board, Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld Collaborating with Arduino on the Galileo board "is a good strategy" because "the maker community [are] inventive designe...

FreedomPop Could Burst Big 4 Mobile Carriers’ Bubble

"I believe this does aid lower-income users," agreed Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "While the threat is always there for the potential fees, the usage bar is set for a reasonable level. Besides, if you never put your handset down, you are going to face increasing costs or service limitations no matter what service provider your use."

AOL Winds Up for Gathr Marketing Blitz

The company is "just grabbing at everything," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "They really need to find a unique niche in the market where it makes sense for them to be." Gathr might not in and of itself save AOL, "but let's say...

Google Adds Remote Locking for MIA Androids

"Consumers weren't demanding security, so why should Google put it in?" asked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Sure, with the NSA stuff security is important -- but in three months everybody's going to forget about it, and nobody's going to care," McGregor...

Facebook’s Truly, Madly Deeply Learning the Story of Your Life

"Supermarkets spend a lot of money trying to figure out what products they should put next to the checkout register," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "With Deep Learning, you can tell someone's favorite color and target them more closel...

Oracle Plays Catch-Up With In-Memory Database Capabilities

The announcement "is an opportunity for Oracle to sell platforms and not just software," opined Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research What Oracle Said...

Box Unboxes Note-Taking App Beta

"This is the direction everything is going -- to automatically put everything in the cloud," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld However, doing so well "will require a robust application, and even Google Keep has a ways to go before it can ...

Intel Puts Its Chips on Internet of Things

What Intel means by the terms "open architecture" and "open system" is not clear, Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times "The design, manufacturing, and everything else will still be controlled by Intel, whereas you can license ARM archi...

AWS: The Cloud Is Falling

"There are so many factors in these complex networks, including the servers, that nothing will ever be perfect," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "As a result, you have to build in more redundancy, just as the communications vendors have always been required to do."

Facebook Aims to ‘Friend’ the World – With Benefits

"They're not necessarily doing this out of the goodness of their hearts," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "They're looking for eyeballs." After all, Facebook -- like Google -- makes money through ads, and "this boils down to, the ...

Elon Musk Blazes Hyperloop Trail

The project is technically feasible, Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told LinuxInsider. However, he is "not so sure" whether it's economically feasible Elon Musk's Vision...

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