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VMETRO Continues VPX Momentum with Addition of 3U VITA 46 FPGA Processing Engine
HOUSTON----VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC and FMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, today announced the industry's first 3U VPX FPGA processing engine with support for the new FPGA Mezzanine Card standard.
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Cisco Buys Jabber
Terms were not disclosed. Neither was the fact that Jabber’s an open source play so it’s unclear how Cisco will handle Jabber’s open source business model. Intel, France Telecom and Webb Interactive Service put $7.2 million in the thing back in 2003 and Jabber is believed to have had revenues of $2.9 million last year. Webb started it in 2000 and said that given the acquisition it expects to be ...
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Wall St. havoc deals strong blow to mobile phone makers Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul
SUNNYVALE, California - Yahoo Inc., moved ahead this week with a radical redesign of its home page — the most heavily trafficked site on the Web — making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.
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'America's Army' finds place in classroom
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Army commands are teaming up with the Ohio Department of Education and "Project Lead The Way" to use America's Army computer game to promote student interest in the engineering and technical fields.
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DoD launches online library
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Who goes to the library at 2 a.m.? Anyone can now, thanks to an initiative that makes Defense Department library materials available online.
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Aspyr launches game download service
GameAgnet is now online, Aspyr Media's online e-store that lets you buy games and download them.
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Opinion: Three ways Wall Street hurts tech
The debacle on Wall Street will cool a hot beta market once hungry for the latest high end computer and communications gear, tighten a source of financing that has helped companies soldier through tough times and create a difficult economic climate that will color all markets and initiatives.
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Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
ATLANTA -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad. ... - By GREG BLUESTEIN The Associated Press
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Polishing the chrome
We rarely review software in its beta format, because it might still have kinks and known issues left for official testers to hammer out. ...
The Nashua Telegraph |
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How the cookie crumbles
Q: You've mentioned setting Web browsers to refuse the cookies set by advertising networks. How do I do that, exactly? ...
The Nashua Telegraph |
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Green news harvest: wave power moves ahead
Carbon trading in U.S. begins, a hydrogen car reality check, range of solar technologies dominate this quarters VC investments, Dell's LED screen make laptops greener, stolen solar panels a growing problem.
CNET |
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Google Helps Presenters Prioritize Questions
Google has released a tool (in beta of course) called Google Moderator to help you prioritize questions for Q&A sessions. It's hosted by the Google App Engine and lets users submit questions directed toward certain people. Then others can vote on the question's worth. Google Platform Engineer Taliver Heath talks a little bit about how the tool came to fruition : read more ...
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Opinion: Three ways Wall Street hurts tech
The debacle on Wall Street will cool a hot beta market once hungry for the latest high end computer and communications gear, tighten a source of financing that has helped companies soldier through tough times and create a difficult economic climate that will color all markets and initiatives.
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Ubuntu Mobile: Canonical create Ubuntu mini-me
A pre-release version of another flavour of Ubuntu has been released by the developers, and the first screenshots have begun to appear online. Ubuntu Mobile is more or less what it sounds like - Ubuntu customised for use on so-called "Ultra-mobile PCs", UMPCs for slightly-shorter.
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ProTee Releases the Ultimate Golf Game for PC: ProTee Play 2009
World's number 1 indoor golf simulator company ProTee United boosts virtual indoor golf by launching ProTee Play 2009. This advanced computer game for the PC platform enables golfers and gamers from all over the world to play golf on many international golf courses against the computer or online over the internet with up to 8 players.
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MySpace Music Offers Free Tracks
MySpace is launching a fightback against Apple's iTunes by opening up a catalogue of major label and independent artists' tracks that users can listen to for free.
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Rocky Hill, Connecticut Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion
In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Hartford County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases high-speed wireless data coverage and capacity along I-91, Cromwell Avenue, New Britain Avenue, and Elm Street in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, as well as the surrounding area.
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Lockheed Martin donates laptops to schools
Associated Press - September 25, 2008 5:14 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lockheed Martin Space Systems is donating 1,200 laptop computers to the Recovery School District.
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Lockheed Martin donates laptops to schools
NEW ORLEANS -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems is donating 1,200 laptop computers to the Recovery School District. The donation, which will be made on Friday, means that every...
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Coffee, tea or laptop privacy screen?
As in-flight Wi-Fi becomes reality, so does debate over what is watched.
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MySpace aims to make noise in digital music
SAN FRANCISCO -- Make room, iTunes. MySpace is hoping to shake up the digital music scene. In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch Thursday on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels. The catch: The music can be played only on personal ...
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HP to cut 9,330 jobs in Europe: union source
US technology giant Hewlett-Packard plans to slash 9,330 jobs in Europe as part of a previously announced three-year plan to reduce its workforce by 24,600, a union source said Thursday.
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Ask Eartha Steward: Recycling Week 2008
Why does it cost extra to recycle some things, like computers and appliances? Doesn't that discourage people from recycling? I think it should all be free!
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A Venture Capital Primer, Courtesy of YouTube
The National Venture Capital Association has produced its first online video. The video spoofs the fund raising process, following the desperate protagonist to an Entrepreneurs Anonymous meeting. It might amuse those in Silicon Valley who recognize the deal makers who double as actors in the skit.
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A Venture Capital Primer, Courtesy of YouTube
The National Venture Capital Association has produced its first online video. The video spoofs the fund raising process, following the desperate protagonist to an Entrepreneurs Anonymous meeting. It might amuse those in Silicon Valley who recognize the deal makers who double as actors in the skit.
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