Flash memory is fantastic stuff. It's small, it's fast, and it's robust. It's also absurdly expensive if you want a lot of it, which is at odds with our evolving media-hungry mobile lifestyle. Google, Apple, and Amazon would like us to ...
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Factors determining the frequency and magnitude of volcanic phenomena have been uncovered by an international team of researchers. Experts from the Universities of Geneva, Bristol and Savoie carried out over 1.2 million simulations to ...
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An Indonesian volcano that has erupted relentlessly for months shot volcanic ash into the air 30 times on Saturday, forcing further evacuations with more than 20,000 people now displaced, an official said. Mount Sinabung on the western ...
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Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off? Upstart entrepreneurs and major manufacturers such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Sony certainly hope so. Gadgets that you snap, buckle or fasten to your body are already ...
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High-tech manufacturers are failing in their customer ERP strategies, according to an IDC whitepaper. The analyst’s “Manufacturing Insights Whitepaper: Get Customers Inspired – A Call to Action for High-tech ...
Aruba Networks is set to host the final leg of its EMEA Mobility Roadshow with an event in Saudi Arabia that will be held tomorrow at the Holiday Inn, Izdihar. The event has been designed for networking managers, IT managers, architects ...
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The computing cloud may feel intangible to users, but it has a definite physical form and a corresponding carbon footprint. Facebook's data centers, for example, were responsible for the emission of 298 000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in ...
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According to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, fourth quarter online sales were up 10.3 percent year over year. For the period from 10/1/13 through 12/31/13, key drivers were: Mobile Traffic and Sales: Mobile traffic soared, ...
Biosign Technologies is pleased to announce the execution of a Share Purchase Agreement under which it has agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Saint John NB based IBL Internet Business Logic, a practice management ...
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Roughly 40 percent of all medications act on cells' G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). One of these receptors, beta 2 adrenergic receptor site (B2AR), naturally transforms between two base configurations; knowing the precise location of ...
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has found that a species of hornworm uses nicotine it gets from eating tobacco plants, as a means of defense. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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Global average temperatures will rise at least 4°C by 2100 and potentially more than 8°C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced according to new research published in Nature. Scientists found global climate is more ...
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Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today's forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds. A team of scientists led by researchers in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the ...
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Morega Systems said Friday that it has successfully developed "the industry's first Ultra HD 4K media mobility solution," enabling the viewing of Ultra HD content on any screen. Morega working with long-term partner ViXS Systems will be ...
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Cloud's Meats, Inc., of Carthage, MO, is voluntarily recalling beef and pork products that may possibly be contaminated with E. coli after positive test results in samples of items produced in mid-November. According to a Dec. 2 news ...
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