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Samsung's Galaxy Devices Don't Infringe on an Apple Multitouch Patent
Dec 26, 2012Samsung's Galaxy devices don't infringe on an Apple multitouch patent that describes technology that prevents smartphone users from pushing two on-screen buttons at the same time, the Court of The Hague ruled on Wednesday. The technique ...
Tags: Samsung, Galaxy devices, Apple, multitouch patent, smartphone, Dutch Court
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The Vendor's New Surface Tablet Can Withstand a Fall From Several Feet Onto a Floor
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft officials on Thursday demonstrated that the vendor's new Surface tablet can withstand a fall from several feet onto a carpeted floor and is strong enough to be used as a skateboard. Steven Sinofsky, the president of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface tablet, carpeted floor, skateboard
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Manufacturing Employment Has Been a Job Bright Spot for The Economy Except IT Workers
Dec 26, 2012Manufacturing employment has been a job bright spot for the economy, but IT workers aren't benefiting from it, a new report finds. In the manufacturing sector, research firm Computer Economics found that about half of the manufacturers in ...
Tags: manufacturing employment, job bright spot, economy, IT workers
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Ofcom's Decision Means Everything Everywhere
Dec 26, 2012Ofcom today gave the go-ahead for Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum allocation for 4G mobile services in the UK. Ofcom's decision means Everything Everywhere – formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile – ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G mobile services, mobile operator, digital television switchover
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Microsoft Has Unveiled Its Windows Phone 8 Mobile Operating System
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, but disappointed its current customers by confirming they won't get the update. Instead, users of Windows Phone 7.5 – codenamed Mango – will only be upgraded ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, mobile operating system, handsets
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NASA Today Blunted Reports of a Potentially History-Making Discovery on Mars
Dec 26, 2012NASA today blunted reports of a potentially history-making discovery on Mars. NPR.com had reported last week that John Grotzinger, NASA's principal investigator for the Mars rover Curiosity mission, told it the rover's SAM instrument, ...
Tags: NASA, reports, history making discovery, Mars
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Internet Access in Syria Has Been Shut off Nationwide
Dec 26, 2012Internet access in Syria has been shut off nationwide, and network watchers Akamai and Renesys have issued charts illustrating the dramatic traffic collapse. RELATED: Anatomy of an Internet blackout Syria has experienced partial ...
Tags: Internet access, Syria, network, Akamai, Renesys
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Credit Card Issuer Visa USA Plans to Create a Global It Center in Austin
Dec 26, 2012Credit card issuer Visa USA plans to create a global IT center in Austin and hire about 800 people to run it. Visa's agreement with the state of Texas for its Global IT Center sets year-by-year average annualized compensation levels ...
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The SuccessFactors BizX Suite Will Provide The Main Database for All Staff Information
Dec 26, 2012Welcome Break Group, which runs UK motorway service stations and hotels, is starting a project to deploy SuccessFactors, the cloud-based human resources (HR) system from SAP. The SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) Suite will provide ...
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Six Sewing Machines Is Slected From Digest Best Buy Rating
Dec 26, 2012SVP Worldwide, the world's largest consumer sewing company, has announced that a total of six sewing machines from the SINGER, HUSQVARNA VIKING, and PFAFF brands have received the distinguished Consumers Digest Best Buy rating. According ...
Tags: sewing machines, sewing company, sewing machine brands, sewing community
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Challenge Launches Competition Aimed at Addressing a Critical Linux Security Skills Gap
Dec 26, 2012The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at addressing a critical Linux security skills gap. The majority of internet infrastructure is based on Linux, but Linux is rarely taught in schools and Linux ...
Tags: Cyber Security Challenge, critical Linux, internet infrastructure
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Internet and Mobile Communications Were Shut Down in War-Torn Syria
Dec 26, 2012Internet and mobile communications were shut down on Thursday morning in war-torn Syria. Renesys Corp., a global Internet monitoring firm, earlier today reported a "major outage" in Syria, and added that a kill switch had been thrown ...
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Otto Derives Revenue of €11.6bn Revenues From Operations in 20 Countries
Dec 26, 2012Five years after German retail giant Otto provided investment capital for a start-up analytics software supplier, it achieved a 40% improvement in demand forecasting from the resulting technology. Otto derives revenue of €11.6bn ...
Tags: German, Computer Products, Retailer, Otto, Neural Software
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Blackberry 10 Platform Is Awarded The US Government's FIPS 140-2 Security Certification
Dec 26, 2012BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its yet-to-be-launched BlackBerry 10 platform has been awarded the US government’s FIPS 140-2 security certification. The Federal Information Processing Standard ...
Tags: Blackberry, Consumer Electronics, US
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Computer Sellers Have Scaled Back Their Expectations of The Sales Pop
Dec 26, 2012Computer sellers have scaled back their expectations of the sales pop they'll get from Windows 8 this year, an analyst said recently. Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets said that his checks of Asian computer manufacturers -- the ...
Tags: Computer, sales pop, Windows 8, PC vendors
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