Another blow to the IoT is the US Supreme court’s decision that the police can search, via the internet, any computer within US jurisdiction. It is probably only a matter of time before our government passes a similar law. And, of course, the definition of what is within a country’s jurisdiction can be extended pretty …

The Knock On The Door

Siemens is planning to make the internet of things (IoT) useful and relevant to creating smart factiories. The German firm was one of the originators of the smart factory concept know as Industrie 4.0. Now it believes the hardware systems and software tools are available to make it a reality. The aim, says Siemens, is …

Siemens makes IoT relevant to smart factories

AWS DevDay is a free full-day technical event on June 21 at the AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco. New developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services. 

We are excited to announce the release of Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.2, which includes 218 new improvements, fixes, and features to Amazon’s free, cross-platform, 3D engine that enables developers to create the highest-quality games, connect their games to the AWS Cloud, and engage fans on Twitch. Lumberyard Beta 1.2 introduces improvements to 20 of Lumberyard’s technology components, including the particle editor, networking, FBX importer, Cloud Canvas Resource Manager, and more. Read about the update in the Lumberyard blog or for more detail check the full Lumberyard Beta 1.2 release notes .

BACKUP NO option when creating tables: You can now use the BACKUP NO option with the CREATE TABLE command , and improve data loading and cluster performance. For tables, such as staging tables, which contain only transient and pre-processed data, specify BACKUP NO to save processing time when creating snapshots and restoring from snapshots. This option also reduces storage space used by snapshots.

State-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has tendered for advisory
services for its plans to up its water production capacity from 2022.



Company has invested approximately $150 million in water infrastructure since the last base rate increase.

The International Desalination Association (IDA) has invited nominations for three awards recognizing achievemnts in water reuse and conservation that will be presented at the association’s first ever conference devoted to water reuse.

Poor old Tsinghua has had another investment bid rejected – this time by the Taiwan assembly house SPIL (Siliconware Precision Industries). Tsinghua had offered to buy 25% of SPIL for $600 million. The sale to Tsinghua would have thwarted a bid by fellow Taiwanese assembly company ASE to take over SPIL. The Taiwan Fair Trade …

Tsinghua rebuffed again

After Micron bought Elpida it was expected that the memory industry would consolidate around four players Samsung, Micron, Toshiba/SanDisk and Hynix. But, according to Bernstein analyst Mark Newman, Samsung’s strategy is to expand its shares of the DRAM and NAND markets from its current 40% to 50% each. This will hit competitors Hynix and Micron …

Operation Crush at Samsung