From time to time I hear from readers who are convinced the Affordable Care Act will ruin us all financially. Not happening so far. Instead, it has already saved consumers billions. Exhibit A: In 2012, the law directly saved consumers ...
Tags: Obamacare, Health&Medicine
Intel is now looking to the Android operating system as it breaks away from years of optimizing its top line of Core PC processors, including the recently launched Haswell processors, chiefly for Windows. Intel is looking to hire a ...
"Our mission is creating and selling innovative furniture for today's consumers who have a modern sensibility, complemented by original design, superior quality, sustainability, customer service and affordability," company President Rita ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The CIA has selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a US government report. However the decision is under review after IBM lodged a ...
Tags: Amazon, IBM, CIA, Spying Cloud
The successor to LG's Optimus G smartphone, due sometime in the third quarter, will run a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, the companies announced late Wednesday. The 800 series chip is notable for integrating support for faster ...
Tags: Optimus G, LG, Snapdragon 800 Processor
Microsoft has reversed the DRM [digital rights management] policy for its upcoming new console, the Xbox One, only a week after it was announced. The policy, made public on 10 June 2013 at the Electronics Entertainment Expo [E3] in LA, ...
Tags: Microsoft, DRM Policy, Xbox One
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology reported that bite injuries represent 1% of all emergency department admissions in the United States. Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS Group, the firm behind this new type of protective ...
Tags: Textile, Health Care
Sony has been urged to create an independent entertainment arm by New York hedge fund Third Point, which has raised its stake in the struggling electronics giant. Third Point has suggested Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai be made chairman of the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
ABB has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer (in photo), head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as CEO, where he will succeed Joe Hogan beginning September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as senior advisor ...
Tags: ABB, Electrical, Electronics
Tarkett invites architects and designers to participate in its video contest, “Looking Back, Stepping Forward.” This competition challenges entrants to reflect on buildings and interior spaces that inspire them and address, in a ...
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Microsoft let slip its plans for the future life of its ARM-powered Surface RT device recently, during a keynote speech at TechEd Europe 2013 e-learning and and education technology summit. When Computing asked Microsoft strategic ...
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Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors -- which will be released in the second half of next year -- will be faster and ...
Tags: AMD, Server Strategy, ARM Chips
The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. ...
Tags: ABB, Processing Machinery
Nvidia wants to accelerate mobile-device performance with underlying tools that enable CPUs and graphics processors to work in a coherent manner. The company released on Tuesday its CUDA 5.5 programming tools, which will for the first ...
Tags: Nvidia, Programming Tools, Mobile Device
Gasoil exports from China's state-owned trading company Unipec -- which accounted for most of the country's gasoil shipments so far this year -- are expected to be minimal in June and July following reduced volumes in May, because the ...