One of the nation's biggest private hospital operators, the Calvary group, is holding discussions with a range of multi-national and local IT companies to roll out a range of cutting edge tele-health services across its nationwide network. ...
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Hardware manufacturers met in Silicon Valley last week to continue drafting new open standards for data centres and servers with components that can be put together like Lego. The Facebook-sponsored Open Compute Project summit in Santa ...
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Queenland utility company Energex has long required a device able to withstand extreme temperatures, dust and rain for its staff working in harsh weather conditions. It first turned to the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 in 2006, but the need ...
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UTAH-based Fusion-io is making waves in Silicon Valley. With companies such as Facebook and Apple as clients, the $US2 billion ($1.9bn) start-up produces so-called NAND flash boards that are becoming a building block of modern data centres. ...
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VODAFONE has renewed calls for a review into how much telecom companies pay one another when their customers make calls to mobile phones, claiming that consumers have been ripped off to the tune of $1.3 billion by Telstra's intransigence to ...
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THINGS are getting increasingly touchy in the computer world. Touchscreens, which most of us have on our smartphones or tablets, are spreading to the full-size personal computing arena. They're increasingly common on notebook PCs, ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda has signed a deal with Italian carmaker Fiat to produce an open-top two-seater sports car for Alfa Romeo brand at Hiroshima plant in Japan from 2015. The new Alfa Romeo under the agreement that was initially signed ...
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The UK faces a shortage of 33,300 skilled IT and tech workers by 2050 due to a skills deficit, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policies, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies. The firm based its findings on the ...
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Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) technology is poised to take a bow in the high-performance computing space as a potential answer to the problem of one of the main bottlenecks in computing - the poor relative-performance of memory. After that, the ...
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Tablets hamper the chip vendor's sales Intel has reported a 3% decline in its fourth quarter revenue to $13.5bn, compared to $13.9bn for the corresponding period in 2011, partly down to a PC sales slide. The company's net income fell ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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Bevolo Gas and Electric Lights (also called Bevolo or Bevolo Lights) is a family business that manufactures traditional and antique lighting. It was founded in 1945 by Andrew John Bevolo, a craftsman who worked to help build the famous New ...
Mindsharp and Earley & Associates are teaming up to present a SharePoint for Business webinar on February 13, 2013. A free webinar, entitled "SharePoint for Business" will be hosted by Mindsharp and Earley & Associates on February 13, ...
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eRacks Open Source Systems has integrated the latest 4TB Western Digital and Seagate drives into their NAS50 network attached file server. Users can now store up to 1.6 petabytes in a customized two rack system. The NAS50 will enable users ...
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The 2013 North American Auto Show in Detroit has revealed several new developments in auto glass. Various vehicles have shown innovation directed at both practical and fantasy applications for glass in cars. Several of the concept cars ...
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