News Briefs

Topics include a fast new version of the Serial ATA I/O interface, a type of attack now afflicting networks, the increasing use of graphene in transistors and other settings, a new Chinese microprocessor for use in powerful supercomputers, the crash of Amazon´s huge cloud hosting service, fears that a proposed wireless network could hurt GPS services, downtime issues for some important APIs that major online operations use to access third-party services, a new organization that will develop software-defined networking standards, and the use of silk in place of silicon to improve performance in flexible electronic devices.