Battery Ventures, which last year bought testtest is test and measurement company Data Physics, has bought two other companies in ithe industry — Monterey-based Lansmont Corp. and Burlington, Washington-based Team Corp. Battery ...
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US-based measurement company Agilent Technologies has opened a $25m Spectroscopy Technology Innovation Center in Mulgrave, Australia. The center features research and testing laboratories as well as customer demo and training facilities. ...
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After 10 years, developers of Camino, a Mac-only browser built atop Mozilla's Gecko engine, called it quits yesterday. "Camino is no longer being developed, and we encourage all users to upgrade to a more modern browser," stated a message ...
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) doubled its usage share last month, and now accounts for nearly 11% of all copies of IE in use, a Web measurement company said today. IE10, which Microsoft launched last October for Windows 8 and in ...
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Electro Test Expo 2013 takes place at Hampshire Cricket Ground (the Rose bowl) near Southampton on March 26th. The events is organised by a group of test and measurement companies on a 'not for profit' basis. Exhibitors include: ...
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With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, data from a Web measurement company showed. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's online usage share through ...
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Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed. The last three versions of Apple's ...
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On the same day Microsoft loudly proclaims Windows 8 in New York, the aging-but-still-going Windows XP today quietly celebrated its 11th birthday. On Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft launched Windows XP, unknowingly unleashing its most successful ...
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Google's Chrome browser lost usage share for the fifth time in the last seven months, while Mozilla's Firefox gained share for the second consecutive month, a Web measurement company said Wednesday. Net Applications, which calculates ...
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More Mac users took to OS X Mountain Lion last month even as its explosive growth in August slowed dramatically, Web measurement company Net Applications said Monday. The ebbing uptake fit earlier OS X upgrade trajectories. Mountain ...
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Older customers are now Apple's biggest fans, said a brand perception measurement company Friday, citing shifting demographics that indicate the company's appeal to the young and technology-enamored has been slipping. The finding from ...
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Mozilla today launched Firefox 15, boasting that users will see "drastic improvements in performance" because of new code that stops add-ons from leaking memory. The open-source developer also patched 31 vulnerabilities, 23 of them dubbed ...
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After a month on the market, Windows 8's usage uptake resembles 2007's Vista -- ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft -- rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, a Web measurement company said Saturday. According to Net ...
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Japanese measurement company Konica Minolta Optics has acquired Instrument Systems, the German supplier of LED test and measurement equipment. Instrument Systems GmbH, one of the LED industry's best-known light measurement companies, has ...
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The acquisition of privately-held Orb Optronix will enhance CSA's ability to provide testing and certification services to LED and lighting manufacturers globally. CSA Group,a global testing and product-certification organization,has ...