A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC said. Worldwide PC shipments in the ...
According to Gartner, over 2.4 billion devices will be sold worldwide during 2013, marking a 9 percent increase from 2012. In its latest report, the research firm used the term “worldwide devices” to mean the combined ...
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A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...
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STMicroelectronics says it has shipped three billion MEMS sensors to date. ST’s total MEMS and sensor sales grew more than 19% in 2012, reaching a total of approximately $800m, according to market analyst IHS. ST’s MEMS ...
A rugged server from NCS Technologies introduced on Friday can withstand drops, will work in extreme temperatures and can be deployed via parachute into crisis areas or war zones if needed. The Bunker XRV-5241 is a 1U rack server designed ...
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The company that invented NAND flash, Toshiba, plans to become the third hard drive manufacturer to offer a hybrid drive. Hybrids combine a spinning disk with flash cache to offer near solid-state drive (SSD) performance at a fraction ...
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NASA's control room erupted with cheers as confirmation reached Earth that the Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars. Scientists and engineers hugged, sobbed and punched the air as the first images from the rover's cameras came down. ...
Research from the European Space Agency has resulted in an aircraft grade titanium and aluminum alloy that has properties similar to nickel superalloys but weighs half as much.The research was conducted by participants in the Intermetallic ...
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Tablet announcement alienated customers and partners... even though no product was even shipped, Michael Saylor said Microsoft's recent Surface tablet launch has been labelled the worst technology product launch in ten years by Michael ...
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Nut, fruit and vegetable processors have a new weapon in their quality control arsenal in the form of Tomra Sorting Solutions’ Best Nimbus N sorter, which can sort products in free fall. The 640mm or 1,200mm sorter uses ...
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Skanska USA, a New York-based general contractor, has objected to American Architectural Inc.'s (AAI) recent motion to sell its assets, including several outstanding subcontracts, via an auction process. The objection and motion both were ...
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The government recently published its white paper on open data,with the newly-created Open Data User Group having met to discuss the next phase.But despite these moves,campaigners are worried that plans to create a£16bn stimulus to ...
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For Italian textile machinery, 2012 begins with greater stability than the previous year. In fact, in the first quarter of the year, orders are up by a modest 2% compared to the last three months of 2011. According to joint surveys ...
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Turnover achieved by German plastics processors made a rebound in 2010, with 14% growth to 1.3bn, bringing turnover close to the record 2008 level of2.3bn. At the GKV association's traditional annual Ash Wednesday briefing on 9 March, GKV ...
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