Researchers from Boston University have invented a unique way of using LED lights to transmit location information to mobile devices within buildings. Researchers Dan Ryan and Aaron Ganick’s start-up, ByteLight, is based entirely ...
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Germany - Bosch Communications Systems once again invited international distribution partners to its annual in-house trade fair (Hausmesse) in Straubing, which ran from 16-18 January. This year, Robert Hesse, vice president sales ...
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ByteLight lamps send information about products and collect data on how consumers move within spaces The US-based indoor-lighting positioning specialist Bytelight has signed a deal to allow LED luminaire manufacturer Solais to sell and ...
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U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Wednesday that prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Internet activist Aaron Swartz that warranted severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has been criticized for her ...
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Information flicks onto an iPad screen of its own accord as I walk through a technology exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science. Extra details about rovers and planetary exploration pop up as I sidle over to the Mars Yard, and are replaced ...
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A draft bill to exclude terms of service violations from the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed amendment to the anti-hacking law comes in the wake of the suicide on ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft will issue an emergency update to patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) in the next two weeks to fix a flaw criminals have been using for more than a month, researchers said Tuesday. The company will ...
, the co-founder of popular website Reddit and the co-creator, in his teens, of the RSS syndication tool, has been found dead in his home in New York in an apparent suicide. The precocious programmer and internet activist had been due in ...
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Aaron Swartz, 26, hanged himself in his flat weeks before he was to go on trial on accusations that he stole millions of articles from an electronic archive to make them freely available. If convicted he faced decades in prison and a ...
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At the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show(CES),Mimoco,creator of the MIMOBOT®brand of designer USB flash drives,is proud to announce their first music-inspired collaboration with none other than the"King of Rock and ...
XXXX Island is billed as the ultimate bloke's getaway destination; an island created by a beer company specifically for beer lovers. XXXX Island is 15 kilometres off the Capricorn Coast at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. ...
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The attackers who recently infected the website of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) with an exploit for an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer, also targeted the website of Capstone Turbine Corporation, a U.S.-based ...
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Usually, when we reference the offices of yesteryear, we’re pointing out how much better things are today than they used to be. After all, who among us would trade a flexible work schedule and wireless networking for the 9-to-5 grind ...
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The American Association of Textile Chemical and Colorists has organised a Materials Research Poster Competition. Winning entries in each area, whether submitted by an individual or a team, will be awarded. First Place: US$1,000 Second ...
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ATLANTA — Aaron's largest franchisee, SEI/Aaron's, has opened its 100th store with a new location in Concord, N.H. SEI/Aaron's was established in 1995 by Charles Smithgall and has opened rent-to-own stores in the Northeast and ...
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