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TECHNOLOGY News, Oct 09, 2011


Technology Employment Fell 2% in 2010 With 115800 Jobs Lost
BusinessWeek
By Juliann Francis Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The US high-technology industry lost 115800 jobs in 2010, a 2 percent decline that marked the industry's second consecutive year of falling employment. The job losses were less than half the 249500 positions ...
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Akamai Lets IBM, Verizon Vie for Takeover
Bloomberg
Akamai Technology Inc.'s Network Operations Command Center (NOCC) at their headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusettes. Source: Akamai Technology Inc. via Bloomberg Worth as much as $9.9 billion last year, the shares have plunged 57 percent in the past ...
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OCZ Technology Acquires UK Design Team From PLX Technology
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are pleased to augment our engineering organization with the UK Design Team as they have been providing best of breed system-on-chip designs, software, and firmware since 1992," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "We believe the additional ...
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Technology Executives Comment on Steve Jobs's Death
BusinessWeek
He knew technology. He understood it. We talked about the philosophies of the day --the counterculture was strong, the hippy movement, words in songs -- and went to concerts together. It was a strong friendship. “I think most people are going to miss ...
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BrightSource Energy Delivers World's Largest Solar-to-Steam Facility for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The solar facility, built for Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA, commenced operations today in Coalinga, California, and serves to demonstrate BrightSource's solar thermaltechnology's ability to cleanly and cost-effectively ...
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Samsung, Micron Back New Memory Type to Challenge DDR3
PCWorld
By Agam Shah, IDG News Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology on Thursday announced the creation of a consortium around a new low-power memory called Hybrid Memory Cube, which could challenge DDR3 memory in high-performance computers in a few years. ...
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Hercules Technology Growth Capital Expands Geographic Reach to Mid- and South ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Ms. Young will lead the Virginia office as part of Hercules' Technology Group investment team. She is a seasoned executive with more than 16 years of experience in sourcing and providing growth capital loans to venture-backed technology and life ...
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Apple's Speech Technology is a Watershed, AVIOS Claims
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Siri's focus as a company before the Apple acquisition was on natural language understanding; the company's credentials as a spinout of SRI International (guess where "Siri" comes from) suggest solid core technology. The speech recognition used by Siri ...
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China Bullet Trains Trip on Technology
Wall Street Journal
SHANGHAI—China celebrated its bullet trains as the home-grown pride of a nation: a rail system faster and more advanced than any other, showcasing superior Chinese technology. Take a look at how Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. became a key ...
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New technology helps Hispanics trace their roots
Boston Globe
By Laura Wides-Munoz AP Hispanic Affairs Writer / October 5, 2011 MIAMI—Programs such as NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" and PBS' "Faces of America" are helping fueling the trend in genealogy. But for many Hispanics, tracing the family tree hasn't ...
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Crocus and IBM Sign Technology Development and Patent License Agreements
MarketWatch (press release)
The patent license provides mutual access to patents that will enable the companies to collaborate and integrate magnetic technology into semiconductor products. Under the technology agreement, Crocus and IBM will jointly develop semiconductor ...
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GSI Technology Responds to Comments by Cypress Semiconductor Regarding Pending ...
MarketWatch (press release)
According to Lee-Lean Shu, President and CEO of GSI Technology, "Fearing GSI's superior and faster products, Cypress's misleading press release of October 3, 2011 is just its latest effort in its campaign to unfairly compete with GSI. ...
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Firan Technology Group (FTG) Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 05, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Firan Technology Group Corporation /quotes/zigman/30619 CA:FTG 0.00% today announced financial results for the third quarter 2011. "FTG continues to perform well in the face of a strong Canadian ...
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PRESS RELEASE: Best Buy Strengthens Investment in Technology with Plans to ...
Wall Street Journal
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) today announced plans to hire more than 200 information technology professionals, with over 100 new positions to be posted in the next several weeks. The new hires will join the ...
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Sprint will use long term evolution technology in 120 markets
Kansas City Star
Sprint is announcing this morning that it will be “aggressive” about deploying 4G high-speed wireless service on a technology that it has previously left to its competition. The move will “improve performance and coverage for our customers,” said ...
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Deloitte Business and Technology Specialists to Deliver Four Speaking Sessions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
What: Business and Technology specialists from Deloitte member firms, an Oracle Diamond-level alliance, will speak in four specialty sessions today. Deloitte member firms are the Marquee sponsor of Oracle OpenWorld 2011. ...
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Crofton Likes Technology, Energy, `Backbone Industries'
Washington Post
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Crofton, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Trust Co., talks about Federal Reserve monetary policy, the economies of Europe and the US, and his investment strategy. Crofton speaks on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness ...
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Align Technology Introduces Invisalign G4
MarketWatch (press release)
Align Technology designs, manufactures and markets Invisalign, a proprietary method for treating malocclusion, or the misalignment of teeth. Invisalign corrects malocclusion using a series of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently ...
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Cantor Gaming Wins Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology Category at the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cantor Gaming announced today that it was awarded first place in the Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology category at the Tenth Annual Gaming & Technology Awards. The award will be presented on ...
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Kerio Technologies Named a 2011 Tech Innovator by UBM Channel's CRN
MarketWatch (press release)
CRN's 9th annual Tech Innovator listing celebrates vendors that have introduced new products or solutions to drive advances in the technology channel. Companies on this exclusive list recently implemented innovative methods to bridge the gap between ...
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Michigan tops nation in new high-tech jobs
The Detroit News
After eight years of decline, Michigan added technology jobs last year, gaining the most high-tech workers of any state, according a report released this week. The state added 2700 high-tech jobs between 2009 and 2010, a nearly 2 percent rise, ...
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Jobs's Death Leaves Hollywood Without Trusted Technology Envoy
San Francisco Chronicle
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs's death leaves Hollywood without the trusted technology envoy who helped push the film, TV and music industries into the digital age. In the 25 years after he bought director George Lucas's digital animation business ...
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Technology a buzzword in St. John Parish court clerk race
NOLA.com
She said she would also like to upgrade the technology of the office by introducing electronic filing and allowing online access to documents. "It would be so much more convenient for the citizens of St. John the Baptist Parish, as well as attorneys ...
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Forrester Research Names First Chief Business Technology Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Peltzman is responsible for ensuring that the company's business technology (BT) strategy is tied directly to the company's overall business goals and mission. This includes leading the implementation of all major business technology initiatives and ...
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Five SC Launch Companies Named InnoVision Award Finalists
MarketWatch (press release)
GREENVILLE, SC, Oct 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SCRA, on behalf of its SC Launch program, today announced that five of its companies have been selected as finalists for this year's InnoVisionTechnology Awards. Dreamweaver International, SensorTech ...
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Apple May Unveil Voice-Recognition Technology for New IPhone
BusinessWeek
Voice technology is emerging as the latest arena for Apple's rivalry with Google Inc., which has spent years promoting speech technology. Current Google features transcribe voice messages to text and perform Web searches based on verbal commands. ...
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APNewsBreak: Slotmaker IGT licensing Sony content
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Slot machine maker International Game Technology is getting first dibs through a new licensing deal on developing new gambling titles based on movies and television shows owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Eric Tom, IGT's executive ...
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Evolution1 Participates in HR Technology(R) Conference & Expo
MarketWatch (press release)
It does all this on one technology platform comprised of Lighthouse1(TM), PayDirect(R), the Benny(R) Prepaid Benefits Card, Lighthouse1 OneCard(TM) and integrated web portals. "In the midst of extraordinary change in the healthcare industry, ...
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What the iPhone 5 could mean for mobile payments: nothing yet
ZDNet (blog)
By Rachel King | October 3, 2011, 2:00am PDT Summary: Whether or not the iPhone 5 is built with NFC technology, it probably won't make a difference for mobile payments just yet. Rumors have been swirling all year that the iPhone 5 (or whatever it might ...
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GreenChek Technology, Inc. Provides 2011 Operational Update
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- GreenChek Technology, Inc. /quotes/zigman/4156534 GCHK -21.05% is pleased to provide its investors and general public, a corporate update for 2011. For the year 2011, the Company has been focused ...
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CSUN and Harbor College awarded federal science and tech grants
Los Angeles Times
Two Southern California colleges have been awarded multimillion-dollar federal grants to increase the number of low-income and minority students studying science and technology. Cal State Northridge received $5.5 million from the Department of ...
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Technology News Site Tecca Adds Two More Reporters - FishbowlLA
By Richard Horgan
On the heels of reaching the one million unique visitors plateau in September, LA based technology news site Tecca has announced some new hires. Ross Rubin comes aboard as contrinbuting editor while Emmy Award nominated Jennifer ...
FishbowlLA
Adobe Releases Flash Player 11, Air 3 - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
Adobe software today has released the final versions of Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe Air 3. Probably the biggest feature of Flash Player 11 is hardware.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Jobs Remembered As 'Creative Genius' - Technology News Story ...
By wpbf1
(CNN) -- Steve Jobs was mourned Thursday by admirers and competitors as much of the world awoke to news of his death. Thursday, October 6, 2011.
In Technology News : Apple introduces the iphone 4S with Siri voice ...
By isps
Now you can use your voice to use your iPhone. Just talk to Siri as you would to a person: Do I need an umbrella? or Any great burgers around here? or.
TheOriginalWinger.com
Chrome Remote Desktop Beta Extension - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
I think it was last year when Google first mentioned that they would add remote desktop capabilities to Chrome OS and the Chrome web browser. Yesterday Google.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Search Marketing & Technology News Roundup, Oct. 4, 2011 ...
By Megan Marrs
Read about the latest search marketing & technology news for Oct. 4, 2011. Learn about Google's new circular ads, Rhapsody's acquisition of Napster, Facebook's new metrics, ads, and timeline feature, and Apple's iPhone event today.
Internet Marketing Blog by WordStream
Logitech To Launch Cloud Video ... - Technology News & Gossip
By admin
Technology News & GossipLatest Technology Happenings. Logitech To Launch Cloud Video Conferencing Service. Posted on October 5, 2011 by admin. Cisco Umi. Slideshow: Cisco Umi Takes Telepresence To The Home. (click image for ...
Technology News & Gossip
Windows 8: Start Screen Not Final - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
If you had the chance to play around with the Windows 8 developer preview that Microsoft released publicly last month you have noticed that it feels different.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
New Study Reveals Student Perspective on Technology Use in ...
College students believe that technology has a direct impact on their academic performance, according to findings from a new student-driven study out of the Lone Star College System.
Campus Technology: News
CCleaner Network Professional - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
CCleaner is an indispensable tool for many Windows users to clean up temporary files and other leftovers on the system. The core benefit here is that running.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Technology News: Community: Will Linux Be Locked Out of ...
By vladared
Technology News: Community: Will Linux Be Locked Out of Windows 8 PCs? Posted on October 5, 2011 by vladared. No sooner had bloggers decided that Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) widely trumpeted Windows 8 wouldn't pose any serious ...
Linux Info
Yahoo, ABC joining forces in news partnership (Technology News ...
By admin
Technology News - ABC News is joining forces with Yahoo to deliver more digital news content to their audiences. With the deal, the companies say ABC News content will be prominently featured on the Yahoo News and Yahoo front page.
AnexTek - Technology Blog, Tech...
The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted (Technology ...
By admin
Technology News - In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It's as if he's on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And ...
AnexTek - Technology Blog, Tech...
Steve Jobs Dead at 56 -- Campus Technology
Home · News · Features · Opinion; By Topic. Administrative & Business · AV & Presentation · Cloud Computing · Collaboration ... Jobs was one of the original founders of Apple, along with inventor Steve Wozniak, and contributed to the development of some of Apple's earliest and most recenttechnologies, with more than 300 inventor or co-inventor credits to his name from patents held by Apple. He was forced out of the company in 1985 by former PepsiCo President John Sculley, ...
Campus Technology: News
Steve Jobs As Master Showman, Cult Hero - Technology News ...
By koat
(CNN) -- Dozens of video-capable smartphones -- most of them Steve Jobs' own creations -- peered out over the sea of technology journalists like digital periscopes. ... Thursday, October 6, 2011.
New iPod nano no threat to smartwatches…. yet. — Mobile ...
By Kevin C. Tofel
My first foray in this area was back in 2004 with a Microsoft SPOT watch; it used FM radio waves to shoot news updates, text messages, event notifications and weather to my wrist. The service was quickly leapfrogged by smartphones and cellular wireless technology. More recently, I tried a Sony Ericsson(eric) Live View watch but it lost connectivity to my Android handset far too much. The MetaWatch prototype I reviewed back in June worked far better and is a reliable solution. And the ...
GigaOM
Electric airplane wins big money | Technology News Blog - Yahoo ...
Read 'Electric airplane wins big money' from our blog Technology News Blog on Yahoo! News. NASA has awarded a Pennsylvania company a $1.35 million ...
news.yahoo.com/.../electric-airplane-wins-big-money-224503...
Search, Forward: Time for Computer-Assisted Coding
A federal judge discusses the merits of replacing manual document review and keyword searches. Andrew Peck All Articles. Law Technology News. October 01 ...
www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id...
Japan eyes private firms help on cyber attacks: report | Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-japan-cyber-idUSTRE79106V201110...

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