Oracle's Unveiling of a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors late last month marked what could be the start of an expected shift toward standardizing the vendor's two families of Unix servers on a single chip architecture. ...
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Iran exported petrochemicals worth $12 billion in the Iranian calendar year that ended March 20, Deputy Oil Minister Abdolhossein Bayat said Tuesday, according to Press TV. "During the last [Iranian calendar] year, despite certain ...
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Two decades ago, Novell's network operating system software was almost ubiquitous in the enterprise. Now, its current president wants to restore Novell to a similar level of prominence. "The Novell Corporation was at one time one of the ...
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Vine's branching out. Videos made with the trendy Twitter-owned mobile app can now be posted anywhere on the Web. Previously, Vine posts could only be shared within users' networks on Vine itself as well as on Twitter and Facebook. But ...
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IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
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Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers will be available for less than $2,000 by 2016. With the technology set to become less ...
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With Michael Dell still battling to get his US$24.4 billion buyout deal approved by shareholders, his company needs to avoid a long, drawn-out battle that could erode customer confidence. Dell will soon provide details about any ...
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The French Jewish Students' Union has filed a lawsuit seeking 38.5 million euros (US$50 million) in criminal damages from Twitter and its CEO Dick Costolo over the company's failure to identify those responsible for a series of anti-semitic ...
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Samsung is planning to release a high-end smartphone running on the open-source Tizen operating system in August or September, the company confirmed Friday. Samsung makes half of the Android-based smartphones globally, and Android now has ...
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If you're not sure about the purpose behind Daiyuu Nobori's online thesis project, perhaps the large picture of the collapse of the Berlin Wall will help. Nobori created VPN Gate to help individuals in countries that restrict Internet use ...
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Samsung unveiled its next-generation Galaxy S4 smartphone tonight at an event in New York City and the IDG News Service provided a Ustream live video stream of the announcement. The stakes were high. Analysts have said Samsung not only ...
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Samsung's new Galaxy S4 IDG News Service - Samsung has taken the wraps off of its new Galaxy S4 smartphone, which will support global LTE roaming and has front- and rear-facing cameras that can be used simultaneously, the company said. ...
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Few tech industry buzzwords have gotten as vigorous a workout as "big data," but while the hype remains plentiful, it is starting to give way to real-life successes as well as formal ways companies can develop big data strategies, according ...
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Reporters Without Borders named five countries that regularly spy on journalists and dissidents, a practice the group contends is made possible with advanced technology from private companies. The Paris-based group, which is an ...
Sony Chairman and former CEO Howard Stringer, who has been at the company since 1997, will be leaving the company in June. Stringer led Sony for seven years, facing harsh criticism as losses mounted before he was replaced last year. ...
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