ARM creates the intellectual property used in the designs of more than 95% of the smartphones in the world, but the company had only a small booth at the edge of Hall 6 at Mobile World Congress here this week. ARM, based in Cambridge, ...
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Microchip has developed a capacitive contactless identification system that relies on near-field effects around the human body. A $1 fob or token, carried about a person, sets up a field that extends to the wearers fingertips, allowing ...
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Small and medium-sized companies around the country are being invited to a series of one-day workshops on Government support for business, research and development (R&D) and innovation. One such event takes place at the ATRiuM, Cardiff on 6 ...
Key Technology, a US-based manufacturer of process automation systems, and Visys, a provider of chute-fed in-air sorters used by food processors and waste recyclers, have entered into a merger agreement. The merger is expected to create ...
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China-based Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is planning to invest EUR100m in UK-based taxi maker Manganese Bronze Holdings over the next five years. Geely acquired the taxi maker on 01 February 2013, which included a plant, equipment, ...
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A US court has dismissed a legal appeal made by Hexbug creators Innovation First International (IFI) against RoboFish manufacturer Zuru Toys. The federal district court in Dallas, Texas affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
Altera has introduced an FPGA-based reference design for smart grid substation automation equipment. Developed jointly with wireless networks firm Flexibilis Oy, the IEC 62439-3-compliant reference design includes Flexibilis Redundant ...
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Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokushima, Japan with global subsidiaries, that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of phosphors, including light-emitting ...
China is by far the most aggressive, but not the only, country attempting the sort of extensive cyberespionage described in security firm Mandiant's dramatic report, released this week. Several other countries, most notably Russia, are ...
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China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage, and said a recent security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. The ministry made the ...
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United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has used this week’s trade trip to India to sign a cyber security deal with the country, over fears that U.K. customer and company data off-shored to Indian companies could be vulnerable to ...
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China’s Ministry of National Defence on Wednesday denied recent accusations that the nation’s military supports cyber espionage, saying that a security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. The ...
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A new report traces a large cybersecurity threat group to China's People's Liberation Army, specifically a unit that goes under the cover name "Unit 61398." Security company Mandiant said in a report released Tuesday that an Advanced ...
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Oracle has sold assets related to the Lustre parallel distributed file system to high-performance computing storage vendor Xyratex, which has pledged to lead further development of the software in its current collaborative open-source ...
Neither snow, nor rain nor gloom of night has taken on a different meaning at the U.S. Postal Service with plans to launch a new product line of apparel and accessories under the brand name, “Rain Heat & Snow.” The Postal ...
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