Plymouth chip fab Plessey has introduced a family of linear regulators with inputs from 1.7 to 12V. Called PS22921 (0.5A, SOT23-5), PS22922 (1.0A, SOT223) and PS22924, (2.0A, SOIC-8), they are made on the firm's bipolar process. "Many ...
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Next month Toshiba is to sample ARM-based image recognition processors for industrial use. Mass production is planned for January 2014. The industrial image recognition processors are a derivation of its Visconti range of image processors ...
Kemet has announced that it has received Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) certification from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict-Free Smelter Audit Review Committee ...
PA Consulting and Raspberry Pi have selected the finalists of their programming challenge who will present their ideas to six expert judges on 20 March. The competition was intended for school and university students to present ...
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In the 2012 financial year the flooring group Tarkett increased its turnover by 11% to €2.318bn. Organic growth (+4.6%), acquisitions (+3.6%) and favourable exchange rate influences (+2.8%) constituted some of the reasons for the ...
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Windows 8′s uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, an analytics company said today. According to Net Applications, Windows 8′s February usage share — including what the firm labelled as ...
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Dubai-based GEMS Education on Monday announced a collaboration with Aruba Networks, which will install a wireless network solution across all GEMS schools for a BYOD initiative. GEMS claimed that this move will make it the first education ...
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A version of MiniDuke, the cyberspy malware aimed at governments and agencies in Europe and elsewhere, has been operating for at least 21 months, internet security firm Bitdefender has discovered. The newly discovered version also raises ...
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Henan Province-based Pingmei Shenma Group has established its second joint venture, called Zhongping Echeng Integrated Coking Co., with Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO), according to Chinese ...
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Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by some ...
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Cree, Inc. introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs, with bulbs starting at a new low price of $9.97 for a 40-watt bulb. The new bulbs shine as brightly as comparable incandescents, while saving 84% of the energy compared to ...
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Dutch financial conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 36.5% % stake in Brazilian joint venture (JV) SulAmérica, to its partner Larragoiti Family, for an undisclosed sum. Without revealing further terms of the agreement, the ...
Dell on Monday unveiled its SonicWALL SuperMassive 9000 Series next-generation firewall. The solution provides advanced threat protection at multi-gigabit speeds with “near-zero” latency, Dell said in a statement. Unlike ...
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Chemineer, Inc. is offering the new Kenics UltraTab static mixer designed for turbulent flow applications where a high degree of mixing is required in a compact space. The new Kenics UltraTab provides a combination of advantages from ...
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Qatar National Cement Co (QNCC) has announced its net income for 2012 declined to QR425.3m from QR456m in 2011, the Peninsula has reported. QNCC s earnings per share during the year stood at QR8.66, compared with QR9.29 in 2011, it said. ...
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