The Large Hadron Collider, which discovered what is believed to be the elusive Higgs boson, is being shut down for a two-year overhaul. The shutdown began Wednesday, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which ...
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President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order, signed on Tuesday, could significantly expand the list of companies categorized as part of U.S. critical infrastructure sector, security experts said Wednesday. The executive order ...
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OTG Management, which runs restaurants and other concessions in airports, is investing heavily in automation -- but it isn't using that as a rationale to reduce its workforce. The company has deployed iPads in its restaurants in airport ...
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Google, AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the top corporate lobbyers of the U.S. government in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released recently by the House of Representatives. In the fourth quarter, Verizon spent ...
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has begun installing sensors to track anything that costs more than $50. The sensors, which will number in the millions, will be used to manage medical equipment, supplies, specimens and implants -- ...
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Researchers have created a way to store data in the form of DNA and retrieve it without errors. The researchers, from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, England, claim to have used such a method to store versions ...
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The company formerly known as RIM delivered on its promise to breathe new life into its aging, iconic BlackBerry product line, but BlackBerry devices still face an uphill battle against Apple's iPhone and myriad smartphones based on ...
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The VCE partnership involving EMC, its subsidiary VMware and Cisco will not change, even after Cisco last month expanded its partnership with EMC rival NetApp to sell preconfigured cloud architectures. "I feel the partnership is ...
The mathematician who found the largest known prime number said the discovery last month was like climbing Mount Everest or landing on the moon. Curtis Cooper, a mathematician and professor at the University of Central Missouri, stands ...
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Computerworld - Amid a flurry of news surrounding the Watson supercomputer, IBM this week released major upgrades to three enterprise storage products, including a self-service software portal for end users. The Log in screen for the ...
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In a question-and-answer session on Reddit Wednesday, Microsoft's Surface Pro team ignored most questions about the tablet's battery life, but hinted that the company might sell an add-on battery pack in the future. Even the team's sole ...
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Dell's buyout deal should give the company renewed business flexibility and stealth, but its customers need to know if Dell will be in the PC market for the long haul. "Now, Dell will be able to better compete with HP, Lenovo, IBM and ...
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Computerworld - When Americans sit down to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday, they're going to be chatting about the game and the commercials with their friends. But they won't necessarily be cracking jokes and commenting on plays with ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today announced that it would open five new retail stores by summer, including one it's transmuting from a "pop-up" outlet created last year to drive holiday sales. The new stores will be in Honolulu (Ala Moana ...
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Watson, IBM's supercomputer that came to fame besting a Jeopardy champion, is going to college to hone its skills. IBM said Wednesday that it will provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ...
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