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Motorola Droid 4 (photos)

February 8, 2012 4:00pm PST

With dual-core processing and 4G LTE, the long-awaited Motorola Droid 4 could be the answer to the prayers of Android keyboard addicts on Verizon.

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Modeling of Reliability for Programmable Nanowires Interconnect

February 7, 2012 12:00am PST

A Field-Programmable Nanowire Interconnect (FPNI) is from hybrid CMOS/nano circuit family, that generalizes CMOL (CMOS/molcular hybrid) proposed by Likharev, that reparieren technology for a...

Provided by: International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)

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Geek Trivia: What Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy after the loss of that mission's crew?

January 27, 2012 7:11am PST

An Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy following that mission's fatal accident, in part as a memorial to the astronauts, and in part because it was a good idea.

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Nokia Lumia 800 Teardown: Skip it, wait for the Lumia 900

January 25, 2012 10:54am PST

Nokia's Lumia 800 is a solid Windows Phone 7.5 handset. But with the Lumia 900's release on the horizon, Bill Detwiler thinks you should skip the 800.

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Telefonica Moves Into the Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

Telefonica is one of the world's leading integrated operators in the telecommunication sector, providing communication, information and entertainment solutions, with a presence in Europe, Latin...

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Accelerating Innovation and Savings with R&D Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

DuPont is one of the world's premier science companies. Its Central Research & Development (CR&D) IT leaders wanted to provide the company's scientists with the power and flexibility of...

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Expanding the Cloud

January 25, 2012 12:00am PST

Leading cloud computing provider Savvis needed to build an infrastructure for a new cloud computing offering while expanding existing environments to support continued customer growth. By...

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AMD: AMD Boosts Data Warehouse Performance With Parallel Processing Appliance

January 23, 2012 12:00am PST

AMD is a global semiconductor firm with a presence in the graphics, personal computing, and server markets. At different points in the semiconductor wafer fabrication process, AMD performs a...

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Motorola Xyboard 10.1 Teardown: Overpriced, soon to be outdated

January 19, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Motorola Xyboard 10.1's excellent build quality and decent hardware are overshadowed by its high price and quad-core tablet competitors.

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Intel gets touchy as it touts future of ultrabooks (photos)

January 9, 2012 12:00pm PST

Vice President Mooly Eden leads a CES press conference this morning, during which the chipmaker highlights its ultrabook efforts, including a touch interface, NFC, and gesture-based recognition.

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AtG: Aussie slim wires, wiping Windows 8, is net access a human right?

January 5, 2012 5:31pm PST

Today's Around the Grounds features Aussie universities creating wires only four atoms wide; Vint Cerf claims that net access is not a human right; Ed 1.6 appears; and Windows 8 comes with wipe...

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Fixing Fedora's Wi-Fi with Wicd

January 3, 2012 7:24pm PST

If you've had trouble getting Fedora to connect to WPA2 Wi-Fi access points, then throw out NetworkManager and replace it with wicd.

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Remove impediments to getting the contract

January 3, 2012 12:23pm PST

If a prospect presents one of these five objections to hiring you, here are possible responses you can give to help eliminate their concerns.

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IBM eX5 systems help Acxiom transform IT With 5th Generation IBM Enterprise X-Architecture - A Case Study

January 3, 2012 12:00am PST

Acxiom is a leader in marketing services and technology, supporting successful marketing campaigns worldwide. IT issues and increasing costs prompted Acxiom to expand its cloud computing...

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Medio's analytics transform mobile data into business action. IBM System x and Intel Xeon processors helps take the guesswork out of CRM

January 3, 2012 12:00am PST

Based in Seattle, Medio Systems is a leader in the emerging field of predictive analytics, quickly analyzing data streams to give mobile phone carriers and providers actionable insight into their...

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Study of the Ultrafast Configuration and Efficient Performance Mechanism of SOA-MZI Switching Devices

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

In the paper, the inference of Cross-Phase Modulation and Cross Gain experiments on InGaAsP-based semiconductor optical amplifiers and Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) switches along with a novel...

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MacromatiX Rings Upstart IT Growth

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

MacromatiX, a leading provider of end-to-end retail management software solutions for global retailers, needed to improve availability and transaction speeds for its cloud services. MacromatiX...

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Comparative Study of 4G Technology, Applications and Compatibility in Prevailing Networks

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

With increasing end user demands for wider service due to the rapid growth and variety of IT (Information Technology) industry, the service with the data rate of 30 Mbps cannot accommodate the...

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Software Company Optimizes Development While Reducing Costs

December 20, 2011 12:00am PST

Leading semiconductor manufacturers rely on Magma Design Automation for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software wants to reduce time and cost associated with managing complex multivendor...

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