Government-sponsored servers designed to keep DNSChanger-infected PCs and Macs online were switched off earlier today as scheduled,but several major U.S.Internet service providers downplayed problems to their customers. The number of IP ...
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Amit Rohatgi,principal architect for mobile at MIPS Technologies, considers the Android apps development landscape and offers a positive view of the significant progress that has been made towards unification. We often hear in the media ...
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Smartphones running Google's Android operating system(OS)have been hijacked by a botnet,according to a Microsoft researcher. Researcher Terry Zink said he had come across spam being sent from Yahoo e-mail servers by Android ...
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A construction company in Maine may stand a greater chance of recovering some of the $345,000 it lost in fraudulent wire transfers that it blames on poor online banking practices of its bank. Patco Construction Company, based in Sanford, ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has agreed to acquire RED-C Optical Networks Inc,a Delaware corporation with subsidiary operations in Tel Aviv,Israel.Founded in 2000,RED-C has more ...
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IDG News Service-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded ICANN the mandate to manage the assignment of IP addresses and the management of top-level domains until September 2015,the government agency announced ...
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Table of contents Public Wi-Fi hotspot dangers Security of 3G and 4G-based hotspots Network access requires careful management Educating users about security risks Network security controls and practices are among the most mature,but can ...
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Free design tools and low cost board prototyping means development kits do not necessarily have to be the inevitable starting point for many designs,writes Mark Cundle,head of technical marketing at RS Components. Experience tells us that ...
Dwell on Design and Design Within Reach unveiled the winner of the Live/Work Design Contest,Chicago-based designer Amanda Ip.The contest challenged designers to come up with a new home-office solution that would meet the demands of form and ...
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Kidderminster-based Betalite has become the first UK customer for SGM's new Palco 5+ LED colour changer - an upgrade of the popular Palco 5. Eight of the new fixtures were sold by long-term SGM customers Gradav, via dealers Central Theatre ...
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The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory(RAL)in Oxfordshire has developed a high-resolution wafer-scale image sensor for medical imaging,that can be butted on three sides for 2xN applications. The sensor is 120x145mm,including a 139.2x120mm ...
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Imagination had a 53% rise in profits to$57.7m and a 30% rise in revenue to$200m for the financial year to the end of April. Royalty revenue was up 55%to$100m.Licensing revenue was up 21%to$54m.Revenues from the Pure digital radio ...
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High-reliability must be combined with low power design for space systems which is why choice of an IP processor core can be critical,writes Chris RobertsChips used in space,cars and medical devices face some of the harshest operating ...
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LAS VEGAS,Nev.—CHAUVET®Professional products are out on the road this summer with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Wrecking Ball Tour.With stadium performances in Spain,France,Germany,and other European countries,followed ...
Do not get hung up on the need for high functionality ARM processor-based system-on-chip devices,there is still a lot of action in the low and mid-range of the market,writes Douglas Hunter corporate v-p marketing at Lattice Semiconductor ...
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