Microsoft’s Lync Conference 2013 this week saw a demonstration of the Lync unified communications platform, including clients for Android devices, iPhones and iPads that support VoIP. The VoIP capability means that formerly ...
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Cisco's long-anticipated entry into cellular base stations will come at Mobile World Congress next week, along with the company's familiar promise of an end-to-end architecture. Having the dominant vendor of Wi-Fi gear in the cellular RAN ...
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Cisco Tuesday introduced small cell hardware and intelligent software designed to help carriers and enterprises improve wireless connections over hybrid networks made of 3G and 4G cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. The products, which Cisco ...
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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today named Motorola legend Martin Cooper, leader of the Motorola team that developed the first mobile phone, as the recipient of its highest honor – the Charles Stark Draper Prize. Cooper, ...
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Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is unveiling a new range of 400RXMD panel-mount pumps designed specifically to meet the demands from medical device specialists serving the surgical ablation market. Unique performance and robust modern design ...
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Biodistribution studies are critical in the investigation of novel pharmacological agents, yielding vital information about tissue distribution of drug formulations as well as to characterize non-pharmaceutical agents, particularly in an in ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, has reported improved results for fiscal first-quarter 2013 (ending 28 December 2012). Revenue was $453.7m, up nearly 8% on last quarter’s $421.1m and 15% on ...
Professional golf teed off for another season in 2013 with the use of rugged handheld computers to help lower costs and improve efficiency in scoring and reading tickets at the gate. The PGA of America, made up of 27,000 golf pros, ...
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Over the past 20 years, sandwich panels have increasingly come to serve as the backbone of flooring, wall, and partition manufacturing for aircraft design. Fabricated by sandwiching a relatively thick sheet of honeycomb core between two ...
iOS jailbreaks may come and go, but Apple continues to warn that hacking an iPhone to install unapproved software, while not illegal, may void the device's service warranty. The latest jailbreak -- the term for leveraging a vulnerability ...
Cisco Systems posted higher revenue and profit in its fiscal second quarter as Chairman and CEO John Chambers reiterated the company's ambitious goal to become the biggest company in IT. For the quarter ended Jan. 26, Cisco posted revenue ...
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Dave Stephenson is at the center of one of the most important efforts in mobile networking, the move to shepherd smartphones and other devices among Wi-Fi hotspots safely and automatically. Stephenson has been a key player in the ...
Tokyo's subways will soon offer a new mobile app with free Wi-Fi access, then track if the information it provides changes passenger habits. Tokyo Metro, which operates the city's subway system, said the new portal service will act as an ...
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Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. The report from Counterpoint Research, based in Hong Kong, said Apple had a 15% ...
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Internet use fell in U.S. homes but soared inside the Superdome during this year's Super Bowl. AT&T's mobile network in the Superdome got a workout, carrying 388GB of data over the course of the game, up more than 80 percent from the ...
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