On June 28,Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins announced the company's latest financials in a particularly grim earnings call.Heins reported a first-quarter loss of$518 million,or 99 cents a share.Overall sales for the period were$2.8 ...
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A subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives will hear testimony on Friday about whether the FCC followed its own rules when it gave LightSquared conditional approval for an LTE network early last year. LightSquared wants to build ...
IDG News Service - As expected, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Sunday unveiled a souped-up version of its Exadata database machine that will allow customers to run all of their databases in-memory, providing what Ellison termed blazing ...
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IDG News Service - Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Qualcomm have formed the In-Location Alliance, which will work to improve the accuracy of indoor positioning, the companies said on Thursday. Indoor positioning is the next frontier ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle has finally answered a big question hovering over its emerging family of cloud services: What do they cost? While not giving a public price for every one of its cloud products, Oracle's website now has pricing ...
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Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce event is coming up in just a few weeks, but during Thursday's second-quarter earnings call, CEO Marc Benioff couldn't help but share some of the big announcements the cloud software vendor has planned for ...
Tags: Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, Deeper Workday Links, HTML5
Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stations, shopping malls and museums in nine countries. The indoor maps have previously been ...
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Satellite service provider Dish Network has slammed the FCC's plan to let it use some of its spectrum for LTE, saying the proposal is so restrictive it could delay a network buildout for years. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ...
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There's never a dull moment in the car industry,and 2012 proved to be another year of frenetic new-car activity and drama.So just in case you missed them–or you just want to read them again. Holden Commodore/Chevrolet SS[exclusive] ...
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Stonefield Software is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of the Stonefield Query SDK. Several new features in the latest version. Report Designer You can now create batch reports. A batch report automatically runs several ...
A group of UK workers are driving the use of consumer devices in the workplace and are risking being sacked as a result, according to research. A Unysis commissioned survey of over 350 workers and over 95 IT decision-makers in the UK, ...
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The boss of Land Rover Australia says Germany's three powerhouse luxury brands are taking more notice of the premium British SUV manufacturer today than ever before. Jaguar Land Rover Asia Pacific managing director David Blackhall said ...
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SES has announced that its 51st SES spacecraft is in orbit after successful ILS Proton launch, providing fresh satellite capacity in multiple frequency bands to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. BETZDORF, LUXEMBOURG, July 13, 2012 ...
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Paul Maritz is stepping down as CEO of VMware to take the job of chief strategist at parent company EMC. The chief executive's role will be filled by Pat Gelsinger, currently chief operating officer (COO) at EMC. Paul Maritz ...
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The UK beverage packaging market is experiencing a breakdown in pre-conceptions of the packaging formats for certain drinks. Brands and packaging designers are applying the latest technology across a range of materials in order to meet ...
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