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Texas Instruments Has Partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems
Dec 31, 2012Texas Instruments has partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems to announce a reference design that will allow Android 4.0 tablets to be built for under US$70, the companies announced Wednesday. The Etab reference design is for a basic tablet ...
Tags: US, Android 4.0 tablet, cooperation, reference design
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Scientists May Be Preparing to Announce They've Found Proof That The God Particle
Dec 31, 2012Scientists may be preparing to announce Wednesday that they've found proof that the God particle,considered a key to understanding the great mysteries of the universe,exists. If that's the case,scientists will have taken a huge step in ...
Tags: God particle, proof
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Two Romanians Have Pleaded Guilty to Participating in a $10m Scheme to Hack Into Computers
Dec 31, 2012Two Romanian men have pleaded guilty to participating in a $10 million scheme to hack into the computers of hundreds of Subway restaurants in the U.S. and steal payment card data, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Iulian Dolan, 28, of ...
Tags: Subway hack, Romanians, Computer Products
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Microsoft Recognizes Online Services Business Won't Grow as Quickly as It Had Forecast
Dec 31, 2012Microsoft will take a$6.2 billion goodwill charge this quarter to recognize that its online services business won't grow as quickly as it had forecast,the company announced Monday. Microsoft will book the pre-tax charge for so-called ...
Tags: Microsoft, online services unit
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Jenkins Is Facing Several Security Vulnerabilities
Dec 31, 2012Jenkins, the open source continuous integration server that forked out of Oracle's Hudson project, is facing several security vulnerabilities Monday, with the Jenkins project leader recommending upgrades to the Jenkins core and some ...
Tags: Jenkins, security vulnerabilities, integration server, Computer Products
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The Rapid Expansion of Business Data Poses Challenges for Companies Across Europe
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-The rapid expansion of business data poses challenges for companies across Europe,especially in the UK,per Aberdeen Group's research report Business Analytics in the UK:Transforming Data into Business Insight. ...
Tags: business data
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Intel Has Purchased Whamcloud So as to Fortify Its Resources for The HPC Market
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-Fortifying its resources for the high-performance computing(HPC)market,Intel has purchased Whamcloud,a commercial purveyor of the open-source Lustre file system.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Intel plans to use ...
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Lucrative Deal The Open-Source Foundation Struck with Fierce Browser Rival Google
Dec 31, 2012Mozilla today said that income from search partners climbed 31% last year, hinting at the reportedly lucrative deal the open-source foundation struck with fierce browser rival Google. Royalties, almost all of which come from search ...
Tags: Internet Search, US, Mozilla, Google
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Nvidia Is Investigating Claims That Hackers Have Compromised Its Online Stores
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia is investigating claims that hackers have compromised its online stores as part of a larger attack that affected several of its websites. On Friday,a hacker group calling itself Team ...
Tags: Nvidia Investigates, online stores, hack
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Federal Agencies and State Attorneys General Filed More Than 70 Civil and Criminal Cases
Dec 31, 2012Three federal agencies and a group of state attorneys general have filed more than 70 civil and criminal cases against defendants offering allegedly bogus business opportunities, with some of the defendants offering to help customers set up ...
Tags: bogus business, US, legal, online business
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10,000 NASA Employees and Contractors Remains at Risk of Compromise
Dec 31, 2012Personally identifiable information of "at least" 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month's theft of an agency laptop, a spokesman told Computerworld via email Thursday. Agency employees ...
Tags: US, computer security, IT industry, NASA
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Amazon Has Scheduled a Press Conference for Sept. 6
Dec 31, 2012PC World - Amazon has scheduled a press conference for Sept. 6, suggesting that new Kindle e-readers and tablets are nearly here. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. Pacific time in Santa Monica, Calif., but no other information was given. ...
Tags: tablets, Kindle Ereaders, Apple's iPad, tablet market
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission Agree a Multibillion Swap of Wireless Spectrum
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S. But for the ...
Tags: wireless spectrum, T Mobile, cable TV system, data roaming
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The First Week of Class Has Been a Tumultuous One for Students and Parents
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - The first week of class at Washington State University has been a tumultuous one for students and parents who depend on financial aid, due to a software glitch in a recently installed Oracle PeopleSoft system. Hundreds ...
Tags: Oracle PeopleSoft system, software, IT, computing
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Mobile Payment Technologies Are Finally Vaulting Forward in The U.S.
Dec 31, 2012Computerworld - Mobile payment technologies are finally vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances. The biggest move ahead could occur in September, when Apple is widely expected to embrace a mobile payment scheme with its ...
Tags: Mobile payment technologies, mobile payment network, Apple, mobile
