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NSS Labs Introduced What It's Calling The "Security Value Map"

Aug 14, 2012

Network World - NSS Labs, which tests security products, today introduced what it's calling the "Security Value Map," a graphical evaluation of security gear based on the relative merit of each product's technical and cost advantage. The ...

Tags: Security, Equipment, Protection

Competition Commission of India Investigate Google for Alleged Anti-Competitive Practices

Aug 14, 2012

IDG News Service - Competition Commission of India, the country's antitrust agency, is investigating Google for alleged anti-competitive practices following a complaint by a consumer watchdog group, a federal minister told Parliament on ...

Tags: Google, India's, investigation

Android Continued to Increase Its Dominance of The Smartphone Market in Q2

Aug 14, 2012

IDG News Service - Android continued to increase its dominance of the smartphone market during the second quarter, powered by Samsung's success. Competitor Apple in contrast struggled somewhat as consumers held out for the next iteration of ...

Tags: Android, Smartphone, consumers

Mac Owners Want Microsoft to Update Office So It Supports Retina-Equipped MacBook Pros

Aug 14, 2012

Computerworld - Mac owners want Microsoft to update Office for Mac so it supports Retina-equipped MacBook Pros because they say the suite is unusable as it is. "The whole suite look absolutely dreadful," said someone identified as "James" ...

Tags: Microsoft, Retina-equipped, top-end laptop

Salesforce.com Plans to Announce a New Application on Tuesday

Aug 14, 2012

IDG News Service - Salesforce.com plans to announce a new application on Tuesday that lets companies create enterprise social networks where they can interact with customers and partners. Salesforce.com already offers Chatter, an ...

Tags: Companies, Online, Communities

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Has Dubbed a"Brain Transplant."

Aug 14, 2012

Computerworld-NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is three-quarters of the way through a major software upgrade NASA has dubbed a"brain transplant." The four-day software upgrade started Saturday and,if all goes as planned,should wrap up by ...

Tags: NASA, software upgrade, backup computer

The All-Electric Tesla Model S

Aug 14, 2012

IDG News Service - If you want to impress people in technology-drenched Silicon Valley, you need a pretty special gadget. An iPhone 5 prototype would definitely do it, and something related to the Mars Curiosity rover would probably earn ...

Tags: electrifying ride, high-tech, interior

a Way Around The Lack of Footprint Standards Amongst Lighting LEDs Was Found by Osram

Aug 14, 2012

Solder pad patterns and shapes underneath lighting LEDs are not the same from different manufacturers,forcing users to re-lay their PCB if they change suppliers. In a neat side-step,Osram is proposing a six-pad PCB pattern that will ...

Tags: LED, Osram, underneath

Super Low Power Chips Were Pointed by IBM Research in Zurich

Aug 14, 2012

IBM is working with scientists at ETH Zurich to demonstrate the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix in a semiconductor.This has implications for the use of electron spins for storing,transporting and ...

Tags: IBM, Power, ETH

Researchers Reported Surrounding-Gate Transistors (SGTs) Using Compound Semiconductor

Aug 14, 2012

Researchers at Hokkaido University and Japan Science and Technology Agency—PRESTO have reported surrounding-gate transistors (SGTs) using compound semiconductor core–multishell (CMS) nanowire (NW) channels on silicon that ...

Tags: Nanowire, transistors, PRESTO

First Solar Inc of Tempe Has Established The Operating Subsidiary First Solar

Aug 14, 2012

First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA–which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services–has established the operating ...

Tags: Solar, power, CdTe

Emcore Corp of Albuquerque Has Reported Revenue of $41.1m

Aug 14, 2012

For its fiscal third-quarter 2012 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $41.1m. This is down 17% on $49.5m a ...

Tags: Emcore, Further, Corp

CREE Has Reported Revenue of $1.16bn, up 18% on $988m for Fiscal 2011

Aug 14, 2012

For full-year fiscal 2012 (ended 24 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.16bn, up 18% on $988m for fiscal 2011. This consisted of $757m for LED products (components, chips and materials), $335m for lighting products ...

Tags: Cree, LED, expenses

LED Tower Light Can Provide 14 Hours of Illumination in Any Location

Aug 14, 2012

KEMP, Texas, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The WAL-18LED-BP portable and rechargeable LED light tower from Magnalight.com provides the high output of LEDs and the portability of rechargeable battery powered operation in a compact and easily ...

Tags: Power, LED, illumination

Epileds Net Operating Profit of NT$61 Million Hiking on Quarter by 265%

Aug 14, 2012

Epileds, a Taiwan-based maker of AlGaInP and InGaN LED chips for use in LED lighting, on August 13 released financial report for the second quarter of 2012, with net operating profit of NT$61 million (US$2.0 million) hiking on quarter by ...

Tags: profit, Taiwan, LED