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Under the Hood: Designers boost DRAM efficiency
Recent analysis of some of the latest DDR2 and DDR3 DRAM devices from leading manufacturers has revealed a couple of interesting trends.
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Wireless providers agree to hold down LTE patent royalty costs
The agreement, signed by seven of the industry's powerhouses, calls for keeping patent royalties under 10% of handset and laptop sales prices.
EETimes |
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Research and Markets: Role of Wireless Communications in Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies and Markets
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88755) has announced the addition of Role of Wireless Communications in Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies and Markets to their offering.
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Mediacom and CSG Systems Extend Partnership
Leading customer care and billing solutions provider CSG Systems (NASDAQ: CSGS) today announced that Mediacom, a cable company serving 1.4 million consumers nationwide with television, Internet and voice services, has extended its relationship with CSG Systems through July 2014.
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Scientists Reconstruct the Pioneer Spacecraft Anomaly [News]
Editor's Note: JR Minkel is in St. Louis this week for the annual "April meeting" of the American Physical Society. See his other blog posts on dark matter, the Higgs boson, and the timeline for the Large Hadron Collider, and check back for frequent updates. Ten years ago, NASA researchers discovered that Pioneer spacecraft 10 and 11 had fallen slightly behind course during their 35 year ...
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Sun Microsystems Announces MySQL 5.1
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the pending general availability of MySQL(TM) 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/.
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Sun Celebrates Third-Party MySQL Storage Engines
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced new and enhanced third-party support for the MySQL(TM) database's unique pluggable storage engine architecture. The MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program (www.mysql.com/engines) enables commercial and community database engine developers to certify that their software has been tested and is compatible with Sun's MySQL Database Server - ...
Centre Daily Times |
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National Research Corporation to Broadcast Its First Quarter 2008 Conference Call Live on the Internet
LINCOLN, Neb.----National Research Corporation , a leader in healthcare performance measurement, today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its first quarter 2008 earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
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Fans Fight for XP's Life
Microsoft's operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. However, you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire.
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InsiderScore.com: Tiger Global Marks Territory at Sina
A hedge fund that recorded huge returns in 2007 has taken a 5% stake in Chinese portal operator Sina. Shares of the $2.0B market cap company have underperformed those of rivals despite increasingly bullish sentiment from analysts and solid 1Q08 top-line guidance.
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Google's cookie crumbles under scripting attack
Taking the biscuit Security researchers have unpicked a flaw in Google spreadsheets that allows cookie stealing. The cross-site scripting vulnerability enables attackers to use stolen cookies to access any Google service a user has registered, including accessing a victim's Google mail account.…
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MySpace launches Korean-language site
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The co-founder of MySpace said he believes the popular online hangout is poised to succeed in South Korea after closely scrutinizing U.S. Internet services that have faced challenges making inroads here.
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Radio Coalition Kicks off Initiative to Reinvigorate Medium
WASHINGTON----In a world of mobile digital devices, digital downloads and streaming audio, one of the most venerable and pervasive forms of media - radio - is launching a major initiative designed to underscore the broadening versatility of its content, the pioneering innovation of its technology and the continuing relevance of the medium in Americans' lives.
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Maximizer Software Announces Increased Revenues for First Quarter 2008
Vancouver, BC, April 15, 2008--(T-Net)--Maximizer Software (TSX:MAX), a leading provider of simple, accessible customer relationship management solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended February 29, 2008. All results are reported in US dollars.
T-Net British Columbia |
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StarCite Secures $15 Million of Funding To Meet Rising Demand For Meeting Management Solutions
StarCite, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand meeting and event management solutions for corporations and hotels, venues, and other meeting suppliers, today announced that it has secured $15 million in funding from current investors, including Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE), TPG Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). StarCite plans to use the proceeds from the funding primarily ...
Centre Daily Times |
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iPodObserver - A Million Songs in Your Pocket?
Apple advertises the 160GB iPod classic as holding 40,000 songs, an absurd concept not so long ago, but some new science may make that as quaint as a 1MB hard drive seems today. Two researchers at Glasgow University have announced a molecule-sized switch that they say could allow up to 500,000GB to be housed on one square inch of substrate. Think: A few million songs in your pocket
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Louisa Task Force Makes First Arrest
It hasn't been around for long, but Louisa County's new task force aimed at preventing Internet crimes against children already has its first arrest.
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Triant Appoints Nihon Aim as an Authorized Distributor in Japan
Vancouver, BC, April 15, 2008--(T-Net)--Triant Holdings (TSX: TNT) reported the appointment of Nihon Aim Co., Ltd. as an authorized distributor in Japan with a non-exclusive right to market, distribute and support ModelWare, Triant's FDC (Fault Detection and Classification) productivity software for the semiconductor, flat panel display and adjacent markets.
T-Net British Columbia |
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Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Sloppy users could pick up tab for online losses…
Silicon.com |
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Psystar's Mac clones: The pics
Anyone tracking the news about the latest round of Mac clones has learned the following: Psystar's site is barely holding up, there will be a run in with Apple and there's a lot of interest. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes told us about the bold monopoly talk coming out of...
ZDNet |
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MySpace launches Korean effort
MySpace, the world¡¯s most-visited social networking site, launched its Korean service yesterday.
JoongAng Daily |
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STEC responds to Seagate patent lawsuit
The company says it will "aggressively" defend itself against Seagate Technology's four patent infringement claims.
CNET |
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Stelera provides Internet option to area residents Wilson County News April 15, 2008
There are many choices for area residents seeking access to the Internet. But are any of these options ideal? Most would agree they aren’t, but a new company, Stelera Wireless, is hoping to change that, as they provide a new Internet option many Poth and Floresville residents will appreciate.
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Listen: 911 call from teen beaten & videotaped
Victoria Lindsay called 911 after she was brutally beaten by several of her classmates. Investigators say the girls videotaped the attack with the intent of posting it on the Internet.
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Microsoft looking for embedded innovations
Ever dream of designing a toaster that sears a design of your own making on a piece of bread? If that's the kind of project you might like to tackle in your spare time, Microsoft has a new program that could help. At the Embedded Systems Conference this week in San Jose, California, Microsoft is set to introduce a low-cost hardware and software bundle designed for hobbyist developers of ...
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