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Rackspace results fall short of expectations
May 8, 2013 5:20 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRackspace Hosting Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose, but the results fell short of Wall Street expectations. Its stock dropped 17 percent after-hours trading. "We got off to a slow start for the year," Chief Financial Officer Karl Pichler said in a statement, adding that "our...
Microsoft appoints new CFO from Office division
May 8, 2013 4:40 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMicrosoft says its new chief financial officer is Amy Hood, previously CFO of the Office division. She replaces Peter Klein, who announced his departure three weeks ago. He has been CFO for four years. Hood, 41, joined Microsoft Corp. in 2002. Before that, she worked at Goldman Sachs. She has a...
Compact vane axial fans deliver airflows up to 283 CFM
May 8, 2013 3:23 pm | Product Releases | CommentsOrion Fans has developed a new series of small, powerful vane axial (VXC) fans for harsh, high-static pressure environments for medical, networking and telecom equipment. Designed to deliver airflows of up to 283 CFM in a compact package...
Backplanes designed for speeds from 3.125 Gbaud/s to 6.25 Gbaud/s
May 8, 2013 3:10 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPixus Technologies has announced new 3U OpenVPX backplanes in 5-slot and 6-slot sizes. The 5-slot OpenVPX backplane from Pixus features a mesh topology. The versatile backplane topology and slot size makes it an attractive choice for many development systems.
SEMI Applauds President Obama’s Planned Visit to Applied Materials in Austin
May 8, 2013 2:23 pm | by SEMI | News | CommentsSAN JOSE, Calif. — May 8, 2013 — SEMI applauds the White House announcement that President Obama will visit Applied Materials facilities in Austin, Texas on Thursday, May 9, as part of his focus on manufacturing jobs, high-tech skills and technology that will drive long-term economic growth. The administration’s announcement cited Applied Materials’ contribution to innovation and job creation....
Triple-play platform connects Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and 32-bit embedded ARM
May 8, 2013 2:18 pm | Newark | Product Releases | Commentselement14 launched the low cost triple-play Embedded Pi platform that bridges the massively popular design worlds of Raspberry Pi, Arduino and 32 bit embedded ARM. One of a strong pipeline of exclusive Raspberry Pi accessories to be launched this year...
Fusion-io says CEO, Chief Marketing Officer resign
May 8, 2013 2:04 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsData-center technology company Fusion-io Inc. said Wednesday that the two co-founders of the company, president and CEO David Flynn and Chief Marketing Officer Rick White, have resigned. The company's shares plunged more than 20 percent in afternoon trading. It develops computer storage memory...
Implementing remote tamper detection with wireless and capacitive sensing technologies
May 8, 2013 1:51 pm | by Parker Dorris, Senior Applications Engineer, Microcontroller Products, Silicon Labs | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | Articles | CommentsThe advent of wireless connectivity in the home automation market has enabled developers to create many innovative products that make end users feel safer and more aware of their personal property. Remote tamper detection is one example of innovation made possible through wireless connectivity.
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
May 8, 2013 1:00 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsAnyone who has seen pictures of the giant, red-hot cauldrons in which steel is made — fed by vast amounts of carbon, and belching flame and smoke — would not be surprised to learn that steelmaking is one of the world’s leading industrial sources of greenhouse gases. But remarkably, a new process developed by MIT researchers could change all that.The new process even carries a couple of nice side benefits: The resulting steel should be...
Connectors satisfy solid state lighting fixture applications
May 8, 2013 12:13 pm | Hirose Electric Usa | Product Releases | CommentsHirose Electric has developed a complete series of wire-to-board, board-to-board joint, and in-line connectors to satisfy solid state lighting fixture applications. Providing space savings, high cable pull force, and a secure connection upon installation, the DF Series connectors
Quantum optics with microwaves
May 8, 2013 12:07 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsQuantum mechanics, famously, is full of effects that defy our basic intuition. A fine example is the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, which occurs when two light quanta (or, photons) arrive simultaneously at a so-called beam splitter. As its name implies, a beam splitter is a device that splits one beam of light into two...
NREL quantifies significant value in concentrating solar power
May 8, 2013 11:52 am | by National Renewable Energy Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power plants can add to an electric grid. The NREL researchers evaluated the operational impacts of CSP systems with thermal energy storage within the California electric grid...
Illuminated pushbutton switches offer RGB color options
May 8, 2013 11:51 am | E-Switch | Product Releases | CommentsE-Switch announced its LP6 Series LED illuminated pushbutton switch includes a color option. The switch is available with either SPST or DPST circuit options, and it is a momentary switch. It offers a 15-mm square sculptured cap with LED color options that now include
UF launches HiPerGator, the state’s most powerful supercomputer
May 8, 2013 11:45 am | by University of Florida | News | CommentsThe University of Florida today unveiled the state’s most powerful supercomputer, a machine that will help researchers find life-saving drugs, make decades-long weather forecasts and improve armor for troops. The HiPerGator supercomputer and recent tenfold increase in the size of the university’s data pipeline...
An electronic nose can tell pears and apples apart
May 8, 2013 11:41 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsSwedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odors more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can distinguish between the odorous compounds emitted by pears and apples. Researchers have created an electronic nose with 32 sensors...
