At the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Germany (20-23 September), ABB of Zurich, Switzerland is launching a next-generation battery charger based on silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors for use in all rail applications. Train ...
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International technology company Continental is partnering with the US Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT)'s Smart City Challenge. Continental has initially pledged at least $1m to the winning city to provide improved safety and ...
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The all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is poised to deliver durability and reliability as it arrives in dealer showrooms this spring. Thousands of simulated and laboratory tests conducted on Pacifica set the foundation for the regimented ...
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Peloton Technology, a developer of vehicle systems that deliver advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, today announced an investment agreement with Lockheed Martin to accelerate Peloton’s development and ...
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TowerSec has the system to address automotive cyber security threats and is running projects with automakers and suppliers that integrate its ECUSHIELD software technology into vehicles. A just-released Wired article by Andy Greenberg ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has launched a 200W cw (continuous-wave) power L-band limiter ...
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Software platforms provider QNX Software Systems, a subsidiary of BlackBerry has launched a new operating system (OS), the QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0. The new OS, which is built on the QNX technology, is said to address growing ...
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China's lunar rover is not ready to say "good night moon" just yet. The rover, called Jade Rabbit, has awakened from the long lunar night—but only after Chinese state media reported of its death. This gives Chinese mission controllers ...
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The U.S. government, finally realizing that it has to take action to ensure a minimum level of cybersecurity in networks that manage the nation's energy, water and financial services, presented the Framework for Improving Critical ...
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Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Computer scientist Yi-Kai Liu has devised away to make a security device ...
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HP's fourth quarter results saw its shares jump seven per cent, after sales in its enterprise division grew, reinforcing CEO Meg Whitman's belief that revenue lost from HP's ailingPC business can be clawed back by the enterprise group. ...
Hewlett-Packard has announced a multi-year effort to port its Nonstop server systems, used by banks, telcos and other businesses that need maximum reliability, from Intel's Itanium architecture to x86. HP's latest and perhaps biggest move ...
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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has selected BAE Systems Detica to manage its global IT estate for the next five years. The £40m deal will see BAE Systems Detica take responsibility for Service Management Integration for the ...
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HP CEO Meg Whitman has revealed that the company is still in the market for technology industry acquisitions - but "only" up to $1.5bn in value. Speaking in a US television interview after unveiling lacklustre financial results, Whitman ...
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HP's revenues are continuing to fall, with its third-quarter results showing a decline of eight per cent to $27.2bn - as expected by analysts' (well managed) consensus estimates. All sectors registered falling revenues compared to the ...
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