Rapidly declining pricing, softening demand and a still uncertain global economy are creating challenges for manufacturers at all stages of the optical industry supply chain, according to the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound ...
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Bandit Lites recently wrapped up another successful New Year's Eve show with rock band, Widespread Panic. The second annual event took place at the Time Warner Cable Arena and included a canned food drive. While New Year's Eve is ...
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CORNING, N.Y., January 07, 2013 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today will introduce Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 with Native Damage Resistance™ at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this ...
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In a neighborly gesture, Google, with the help of a local development association, is rolling out free public Wi-Fi to the area surrounding its New York City offices. The Wi-Fi network, covering more than eight blocks in the bustling ...
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IDG News Service - As TV makers show off UltraHD TVs at CES, communications chip maker Broadcom is introducing the guts of future gateways that will be able to bring video for those sets into viewers' homes. Broadcom's BCM7445 silicon ...
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IDG News Service - As TVs get higher resolution and bigger displays, while getting cheaper over time, cable operators may be able to cover an entire wall of your home with a screen that includes two full-size TV shows plus weather, upcoming ...
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Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- LaCie today announced at CES the 5big storage box, a RAID array with Thunderbolt that comes in 10TB and 20TB capacities. The LaCie 5big array comes with dual-core 2.13GHz Intel processors. The dual Thunderbolt ...
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Most of the tablets, TVs, ultrabooks and smartphones on display at International CES this week ultimately are bound for someone's home, where they'll have to talk to each other. Six major home networking technologies to make that happen ...
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VANCOUVER, BC (BRAIN) — Kickstarter.com continues to be a popular tool for innovators in the bike industry, who increasingly are using the crowd-funding site to complement other investment possibilities. The latest example is the ...
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January 7, 2013 - Steve Douglas, senior technical code specialist for Toronto-based QPS Evaluation Services Inc., has been named the 2012–2013 international president of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors ...
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South America - Armenian symphony orchestra and choir Kohar has enjoyed remarkable success since it was formed 15 years ago. Performing across the world, the ensemble recently returned from a series of shows in South America, at which three ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer General Motors has recalled 68,000 vehicles, due to a problem in the park lock cable and malformed steering column lock. The recall is being carried out for 54,686 vehicles in the US, 6,310 in Canada, 710 ...
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The code of practice for emergency lighting,BS 5266-1 was revised and then reissued in November 2011.To help installers and specifiers keep up with these requirements,Prysmian has published a guide,the latest in its series of FP guides to ...
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Day one of the Consumer Entertainment Show(CES)2013 in Las Vegas has seen a couple of reveals to potentially bend the rules of the existing mobile technology market. First up was the unveiling of Nvidia's Tegra 4 mobile chip,which the ...
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Nora Lighting introduces Nicolas,a new series of hand-blown Italian art glass pendants that accept a wide range of lamp sources,including 10W LED luminaires with dimmable drivers. With sleek modernist styling,Nicolas features an ...
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