FUTURE computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast. The seventh annual "IBM 5 in 5", a list of innovations that ...
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Forget cheap shoes.China is leaping up the technology ladder at a rate that has caught its competitors off guard,not least in renewable energy. The pace of the country's progress was on full display last week at an energy conference in ...
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Replacing petroleum is a tough challenge. And although many alternatives have been developed, America still doesn't know what to do with them all. At a recent conference in New York City, we caught up with Dan Sperling, arguably the ...
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The holiday season is upon us and if you're in the market for a new car either as a generous gift or for winter family travel, there are plenty of deals available. The 2013 model year is in full swing, but there are lots of incentives on ...
Dutch retailer Ahold has booked an increase in first-half profits but its shares fell amid pressure on margins and the company's caution over future trading. Earnings in the six months to the end of June climbed 8.2% to EUR530m ...
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Business Standard cited Mr Sushim Banerjee director general of INSDAG as saying that iron ore shortage will hit the industry hard but the steel industry did not pay attention to beneficiation or pelletization, which could enable it to use ...
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Embroidery art in dress and adornment also embodies original Chinese Philosophy. Likening human body to the universe, the upper part (the head) is the sky, the lower part (the feet) is earth, and the middle (the pubic area) is the center. ...
That Was Then, This Is Now. Fortunately, those 240-day lead times from back in the early 2000s are a thing of the past. As discussed previously, it’s more like half that nowadays. Marketing communications can be developed and deployed ...
Tony Prestedge is COO at Nationwide.He joined the building society halfway through a GBP1bn IT transformation which he then took charge of.He talks to Computer Weekly about the progress being made,the benefits already being seen and what ...
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CIO-WASHINGTON--Government agencies have been feeling the squeeze in their budgets for some time,but looking ahead the spending cuts can only be expected to slice deeper,regardless of whether or not lawmakers manage to avoid the so-called ...
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US meats and bakery company Hillshire Brands swung to a profit in the first quarter of the financial year. For the three months ended 29 September, Hillshire earned US$53m compared to a net loss of $218m a year earlier, the company ...
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Computerworld-There will be a sea change in the non-volatile memory(NVM)market over the next five years,with more dense and reliable technologies challenging dominant NAND flash memory now used in solid-state drives(SSD)and embedded in ...
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Between all of the interesting shapes and sizes and decoding the letter names, deciding which lightbulb to buy is a lot tougher these days. This constantly cycling lightbulb lab Consumer Reports tests both compact fluorescent and LED ...
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TI has given up on the smartphone and tablet markets for it OMAP processors and connectivity products,and is going to focus those products on the embedded processing market,says Greg Delagi,senior vice president for embedded processing at ...
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The focus of the mobile industry of late has been ensuring the roll-out of 4G begins. However, with only one mobile network operator (MNO) capable of providing the faster network until at least the middle of next year, operators are always ...
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