Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report. The company, perhaps best known as a manufacturer of laptop and tablet computers, is looking to expand its ...
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The US Department of Energy is planning to install 100+ petaflop supercomputers within the next four years as the famous national laboratories at Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore upgrade to more powerful machines. The labs, which ...
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Newly formed Wren Sound Systems, LLC, introduces the Wren V5AP wireless speaker. The Wren V5AP harnesses Apple’s AirPlay which lets users stream iTunes music from a Mac or PC, or directly from their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The ...
eRacks Open Source Systems has integrated the latest 4TB Western Digital and Seagate drives into their NAS50 network attached file server. Users can now store up to 1.6 petabytes in a customized two rack system. The NAS50 will enable users ...
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The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging client. Shylock, named after a character from Shakespeare's ...
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Foxit released version 5.4.5 of its Foxit Reader PDF viewer plug-in on Thursday in order to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to compromise computers running previous versions of the ...
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Intel's sales and profits have slumped as the world's biggest computer chip manufacturer feels the impact of a decline in PC sales. The company's fourth quarter report shows year-on-year net income fell 27 per cent to $2.5bn, ...
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Microsoft has released a pre-launch version of its Office 2013 suite for £8.95, but only to those organisations that have a Software Assurance (SA) plan. While Microsoft has not yet announced the official release date for the ...
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In December 2012, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 10.3 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.2 percentage ...
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Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software’s security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on ...
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MONROE, Mich. — La-Z-Boy has unveiled an updated version of its mobile platform that allows consumers to access information through smartphones, tablet computers and other digital platforms. The new platform includes ZIP code-based ...
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Edison Opto Corporation is a Taipei, Taiwan based global leading high power LED manufacturer, established in October, 2001. Edison Opto Corporation is principally engaged in the research, manufacture and distribution of high power light ...
Intel is taking the first steps to implement thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light as a faster way to move data inside computers, replacing the older and slower electrical wiring technology found in most computers today. ...
Longtime VMware Chief Technology Officer Steve Herrod has stepped down from his post, leaving the company during a challenging time. Herrod has taken a job at the venture capital firm General Catalyst, where he will work as a managing ...
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Thirty-nine percent of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 34 would consider replacing their television cable/satellite provider with a streaming media subscription service in 2013, according to the results of a new survey released today ...
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