There is no doubt consumers are returning to both brick-and-mortar stores and online shopping channels with renewed confidence. Recent increases in household savings levels and lower unemployment rates – along with an $800 billion ...
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Broadcom plans to bring IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi to smartphones starting early next year, using a chipset announced Tuesday that the company said can deliver about 300Mbps of real-world speed. The 802.11ac standard is the next generation of ...
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US-based Baker Hughes on Tuesday became the second large-capital oil service company in as many weeks to issue a warning of lower fourth-quarter earnings because of weaker North American and international activity. Baker Hughes' North ...
Nicira is a start-up right out of the Silicon Valley playbook with a $1.26 billion ending, in just five years. VMware's decision, announced Monday, to buy this network virtualization company will likely be cited as a starring example of ...
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Hitachi has developed a glass-based data storage medium that is highly heat and water resistant, capable of holding data for hundreds of millions of years, and says it may be able to bring it to market by 2015. The company's main research ...
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The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) offers free Linux Essentials Pilot exams at Zarafa SummerCamp 2012 in Kerkrade / the Netherlands on June 21 and 22, 2012. The number of 'Pilot' exams is restricted to 30. Besides these new exams, every ...
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The Douglas Stewart Company is proud to announce today its expansion into the Apple Specialist reseller market. The distributor kicked off its new partnership by exhibiting at the third annual Apple Specialist Conference (May 8 -May 12) ...
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In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will feature the ability to host database tables ...
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The U.N.’s civil aviation body will recommend creating a cyber security task force at a meeting next week in Canada, as new technologies introduced into aviation systems are increasing the risk of cyber attacks. The International ...
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Starbucks is investing $25 million in mobile payment venture Square, and will allow customers to use a Pay with Square smartphone application to buy coffee at its retail stores starting this fall, the companies announced Wednesday. As ...
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eHosting DataFort has been selected to host and manage DMCC Tradeflow, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s (DMCC) online trade enabling platform, which enhances commodity trade flows and offers a central registry of ownership for ...
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Teleflex has completed the acquisition of Hotspur Technologies, a developer of catheter-based technologies, for an up-front payment of $15m. The acquisition will add a new technology to Teleflex's product portfolio, which is designed ...
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An effective warehouse control system is agile, reliable and responsive to the changing supply chain. The software must provide connectivity, visibility and real time analytics to streamline processes, reduce costs and meet customer ...
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UK-based food company Lycotec has developed a new technology that can help identify anti-inflammatory substances in Roquefort cheese. These substances are formed during the ripening of the cheese. According to the company, extensive ...
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Logistics company DHL’s Supply Chain division in Japan has developed new Multipurpose Returnable Containers (MRC) that can cut down the environmental footprint during shipping of precision equipment. The containers will be used in ...
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