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Cloud computing rains billion-dollar deals
June 5, 2013 11:05 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | CommentsA decade ago, the mere idea of cloud computing was a difficult concept to explain, let alone sell. Today, the technology is spurring a high-stakes scramble to buy some of the early leaders in the cloud-computing movement. The latest examples of the trend emerged Tuesday as two major technology companies announced acquisitions...
Microsoft unveils operating system update
June 5, 2013 11:03 am | CommentsSoftware giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world's second largest computer show in Taipei. Tami Reller, chief financial and marketing officer of the company's Windows Division, said that Windows 8.1 would be available on both PCs and tablets later this year.
Former dot.com star wants entrepreneurial Japan
June 5, 2013 11:00 am | by AZUSA UCHIKURA, Associated Press | CommentsTakafumi Horie, the Japanese dot.com celebrity imprisoned for nearly two years on securities fraud charges, is cooking up dozens of ventures and demanding the nation reduce regulation to give more opportunities to young entrepreneurs. Japan has embarked on an ambitious attempt to break its economy out of two decades of stagnation.
EDS 2013 Show Wrap Up
June 5, 2013 10:52 am | CommentsWelcome to the Wednesday, May 15 wrap up edition of Perspectives: EDS 2013 Show Daily featuring highlights from this year’s conference and exhibition. Click here for complete coverage of the show’s news and events. Don’t miss the following coverage in this wrap up edition.
Cyber experts say calling out China may be working
June 5, 2013 10:48 am | by LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press | CommentsAfter years of quiet and largely unsuccessful diplomacy, the U.S. has brought its persistent computer-hacking problems with China into the open, delivering a steady drumbeat of reports accusing Beijing's government and military of computer-based attacks against America.
Microsoft unveils operating system update
June 5, 2013 5:04 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSoftware giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world's second largest computer show in Taipei. Tami Reller, chief financial and marketing officer of the company's Windows Division, said that Windows 8.1 would be available on both...
A Highway Without Speed Limits
June 4, 2013 9:48 pm | by Duke University | CommentsFrom Duke Engineering Research magazine Stefano Curtarolo jumped for joy when he heard President Barack Obama’s call fo...
Apple poised for hiring spree in Silicon Valley
June 4, 2013 9:46 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsApple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years, signaling the company's faith in its ability to keep coming up with hit products like the iPhone and iPad. The projections detailed in a report released Tuesday envision Apple hiring 7,400 more...
ITC rules for Samsung, bans iPhone 4 imports
June 4, 2013 8:20 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. Because the devices are assembled in China, the import ban would end Apple's ability to sell them in...
iPhone 4 imports banned in US patent case
June 4, 2013 7:03 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. It was the latest shot in a global legal battle between the two smartphone makers. Because the devices...
An urban challenge: diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis infection
June 4, 2013 11:59 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsA new study from Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health reveals the challenges in identifying high-risk people in urban settings, especially foreign-born individuals, who may have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The study appears in the Journal of Community Health....
Detecting disease with a smartphone accessory
June 4, 2013 11:47 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsEngineers have created a new smartphone-based system, consisting of a plug-in optical accessory and disposable microfluidic chips, for in-the-field detection of the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's. "The accessory provides an ultraportable way to determine whether or not viral DNA is present in a sample," says mechanical engineer David Erickson
Bringing cheaper, 'greener' lighting to market with inkjet-printed hybrid quantum dot LEDs
June 4, 2013 11:45 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsA promising line of research involves combining the OLEDs with inorganic quantum dots, tiny semiconductor crystals that emit different colors of light depending on their size. These "hybrid" OLEDs, also called quantum dot LEDs, increase the efficiency of the light-emitting devices and also increase the range of colors that can be produced.
Solar plane lands successfully in St. Louis
June 4, 2013 11:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA solar-powered plane attempting to fly across the United States has landed at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Solar Impulse landed about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It's the first attempt by a solar plane capable of being airborne day and night without fuel...
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
June 4, 2013 10:55 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsMIT professor Angela Belcher, one of the world’s leading nanotechnology experts, has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. “It feels fantastic,” says Belcher, the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT and a faculty member at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. “There’s been so many great ...
