PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the owner and producer of PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 23-25, 2013; Las Vegas Convention Center), is gearing up for the largest show since the event opened in 1995. As of ...
Samsung today unveiled a smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, and also a new version of its Note smartphone. The new devices were demonstrated to the media today at tech trade show IFA Berlin by the company's president Gregory Lee. Further ...
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Tech companies are hanging onto record amounts of cash, and industry watchers want to see more of it reinvested in the companies or distributed to shareholders. FactSet, a financial research firm, tallied all the cash and marketable ...
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Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said Sunday. ...
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Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, and license the Finnish company's patents for a total of €5.44 billion (US$7 billion) in cash, the companies said ...
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Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
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Microsoft is to buy Nokia's mobile phone business and license its patents in a deal worth $7.2bn (£4.6bn). Further reading Nokia whacked by another downgrade – Moody's rates Nokia four notches below investment grade Microsoft ...
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Online business insurance broker Simply Business has selected Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise to replace Oracle Transactions to enable it to better respond to customer insight by analysing metrics and interactions from its website. ...
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Mobile data services, external controller-based storage systems, business IT services and enterprise application software will all contribute to healthy growth in information technology (IT) in China, according to a new report from Gartner. ...
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Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8′s user share in August is now larger than Vista's at the same point in the latter's post-launch timeline. Windows 8′s user share of all PCs ...
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After seeing its popularity decline, Yahoo's Internet portal in China has formally closed down, in a sign that e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is transitioning away from the brand. The portal went offline on Sunday. Its closure is rooted ...
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Researchers in South Korea have unveiled a new printing technology that apparently allows the production of flexible, organic electronic devices that can be created by drawing figures with a "pen". The technology clearly lends itself to ...
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Troubled smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry can survive as a niche player in the mobile devices market, according to a member of the Canadian firm's board. In an interview published by The Wall Street Journal, newly elected BlackBerry ...
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Researchers in South Korea have unveiled a new printing technology which apparently allows the production of flexible, organic electronic devices that can be created as simply as drawing figures with a "pen". The technology clearly lends ...
Phoenix Software has revealed that public sector enquiries about purchasing Microsoft Surface hardware has "surged" since Microsoft gave the licensing, software and infrastructure solutions firm permission to sell the devices only two weeks ...
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