Boston Scientific has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its IntellaTip MiFi XP catheter and 510(k) clearance for its Zurpaz 8.5F steerable sheath. The IntellaTip MiFi XP is a high resolution catheter that ...
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Researchers based in the USA have used a double-heterostructuring based on order-disorder properties of aluminium indium phosphide (AlInP) to produce 'amber-green' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Theresa M. Christian et al, J. Appl. Phys., ...
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As Windows 8 struggles to take off, Microsoft has decided to hire a new ad agency to handle the digital promotion of both the operating system and Microsoft Surface tablets. The company has awarded the contract to Razorfish, according to ...
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The market for x86 open-source PCs is now a two-horse race, with GizmoSphere releasing schematics and design documents for hobbyists to build from scratch a Windows 8 computer based on open design. The barebones PC runs on an Advanced ...
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According to reports, Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., announced on August 14 that it has stocked the new XLamp XH-B & XH-G LEDs from Cree, featuring unique ceramic packaging for long calculated L70 lifetimes. Cree XLamp ...
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Windows 8's user share growth slowed significantly last month, hinting at further trouble for the struggling operating system, new statistics from an analytics company showed today. The operating system's user share grew by the smallest ...
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Henkel will exhibit its labeling and packaging adhesives for the beverage and liquid food industries at Drinktec 2013 trade fair taking place between September 16 and 20 in Munich, Germany. The company will introduce its casein-free ...
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SanDisk today announced a line of wireless flash drives that can store up to 64GB of data. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive The new drives include the Connect Wireless Flash Drive -- a thumb drive -- and the Connect Wireless ...
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Although a historic downturn in PC shipments has made headlines since April, "Peak PC" -- the moment when personal computers crested -- was two years ago, according to data from researcher IDC. In the third quarter of 2011, global PC ...
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A mysterious McLaren P1 prototype has been spotted undergoing high-speed testing at the Nurburgring in Germany, fuelling speculation the British supercar maker is working on a more potent version of its upcoming flagship model. ...
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Omni mini XP is an ultra-lightweight, one-piece and linerless 28-mm closure, compatible with the 1881 bottle finish. Weighing less than 2 grams, this closure offers high-quality capping application performance, CO2 retention, impact ...
Companies buying new PCs to avoid the end of support for Windows XP helped the computer industry dodge an even gloomier quarter, IDC said Thursday. Although the research firm was unable to quantify the impact that migrations had on PC ...
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Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter. PC shipments in ...
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Microsoft will hand over its most recent version of the operating system Windows 8.1 to OEMs in late August, Microsoft's Windows marketing chief told its partners on Monday morning. Speaking at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Tami ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is now a more popular operating system than the reviled Windows Vista, eliminating a source of embarrassment as Microsoft's latest OS slowly continues to gather steam. According to?Net Applications' NetMarketshare ...
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