IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
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POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
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Asicminer, a Hong Kong–based bitcoin mining operation, has taken an unorthodox step to gain an advantage over other computing systems running the algorithms that generate the virtual currency. To save money on energy, Asicminer puts ...
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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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Apple has been awarded patents that include one for an accurate touch and hover panel, originally filed back in 2010, and another for an embedded heart rate monitor, originally filed in 2009. Details of the patents were reported by ...
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PeopleNet today announced an integration with McLeod Software’s LoadMaster LTL to better address the complexities of the companies’ less-than-truckload customers. “In the dynamic LTL environment, driver’s ...
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Networking giant Cisco is to buy scalable solid state memory system provider Whiptail in a deal worth about $415m. According to Cisco, the deal would strengthen its Unified Computing System (UCS) strategy and allow it to better support ...
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Barcode printing and labeling solutions provider SATO has announced the launch of the new SATO CUPS Drivers which enable customers to print labels from Linux and Mac OS X systems to its printers. According to the company, the users can ...
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China has produced a supercomputer capable of 54.9 petaflops, more than twice the speed of any system in the U.S., according to a U.S. researcher who was in China last week and learned the details. China's latest system was built with ...
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The decline in PC spending has hit Dell hard, but the company’s server business is growing, said IDC in its first quarter report on the worldwide server market. Dell’s share of worldwide server revenue reached 18.5 percent ...
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Data centre and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become ...
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Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become ...
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SATO America Inc., a pioneer in thermal barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions, announces the first-ever Linux and Mac OS X drivers developed for use with its thermal printers. Extending the compatibility to include additional ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a new patent to DR Systems' system and method for viewing medical images at full resolution. The patent no. 8,244,014 describes that for certain medical images, it is important that a ...
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Cisco?last week extended its?data centre?product line to support Microsoft's?Windows Server 2012?hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align the two companies' data centre and cloud architectures for joint customers. The ...
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