Dell has laid out a plan to dramatically grow its software business by targeting mid-sized companies that it says are under-served by rivals such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Its plan is to target four key areas: security, ...
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PayPal today confirmed its latest acquisition,buying mobile payment start-up Card.io. The San Francisco company's technology enables users to make payments by capturing the details from the front of their credit card with a smartphone ...
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The stakes for Microsoft, which is outlining the next version of its profitable Office suite, are extremely high because that part of its business generates more revenue than any other, an analyst said today. According to the company's ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the next version of Office as the company launched previews of the suite for consumers and businesses. "This is designed from the get-go for Office as a service,"said Ballmer as he ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (July 12th, 2012) – NEXT Lighting Corp., a leading developer of LED-based linear lighting products, announced the addition of Steve Paolini as Chief Technology Officer. Paolini will be responsible for overseeing NEXT's ...
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SoloPower Inc of San Jose,CA,USA,which makes thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)photovoltaic(PV)cells and lightweight flexible solar modules using a proprietary roll-to-roll electro-deposition process,has received certification ...
In conjunction with the SEMICON West 2012 event in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven,Belgium has announced what it claims is the first realization of functional sub-100nm photonics components ...
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Belgian lab IMEC is claiming over 20% efficiency from silicon solar cells designed for mass-production. The 125x125mm p-type silicon cells are 'passivated emitter and rear cell' (PERC) construction, with a simple homogeneous emitter, ...
In booth 5648 at the Intersolar North America 2012 trade show in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),Brooks Instrument LLC of Hatfield,PA,USA,a provider of low-flow and pressure/vacuum analytical instruments,is unveiling its new XacTorr CMX0 ...
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A jury in San Francisco on Tuesday decided to fine Toshiba?$87 million for colluding with other vendors to keep LCD prices artificially high, but the Tokyo-based company doesn't expect to have to pay anything. U.S. antitrust law calls for ...
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For the second time in two months, Apple has disputed ownership of a domain associated with one of its products. The company has filed a claim for the ipad3.com domain with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United ...
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Vacuum and exhaust-abatement equipment maker Edwards Ltd of Crawley,UK has launched its iXH645H dry pump,which is optimized for MOCVD processes used in LED manufacturing,as well as for compound semiconductor manufacturing using III-V ...
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At the Intersolar North America 2012 trade show in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),Indium Corp of Clinton,NY,USA will feature its enhanced copper-indium-gallium(CuInGa)and copper-gallium(CuGa)rotary sputtering targets,which are now ...
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field Conditions,on view from September 1,2012,through January 6,2013 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art(SFMOMA),bends and blurs the boundaries between conceptual art and theoretical architecture,using the notion of the"field"to ...
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Procedure for treating chronic atrial fibrillation,a condition that causes palpitations and fainting,features a laser balloon catheter. Green light for laser heart treatment? A follow-up study of 56 patients with chronic atrial ...
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