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TECHNOLOGY News, Feb 05, 2012


Micron Technology chief Steve Appleton killed
New York Daily News
By AP Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., died in a small plane crash Friday. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, ...
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New York Daily News
Technology Companies Confront a Scourge of the Internet
New York Times (blog)
For the past 18 months, engineers at PayPal, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft and nine other technology companies have spent their off-hours (and some on-hours) working hand in hand to tackle the problem that plagues them all: e-mail phishing.
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Rudolph Technologies To Present at Stifel Nicolaus 2012 Technology & Telecom ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FLANDERS, NJ, Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rudolph Technologies, Inc. /quotes/zigman/81215/quotes/nls/rtec RTEC +0.49% , a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, ...
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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
The Seattle Times
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email accounts.
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My View: Technology and engineering, the forgotten part of STEM education
CNN
By Matt Walton, Special to CNN (CNN) -- Editor's note: Matt Walton a technology and engineering education teacher at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County, Virginia. He has a master's degree in education and a bachelor of science degree in ...
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TECHNOLOGY: Super Bowl marketers bet on mobile
Delmarva Daily Times
Even the year's grandest TV event isn't enough to get smartphone addicts to look up. In what is being marketed as the first "second screen" Super Bowl, the game's promoters and advertisers are offering interactive experiences aimed at getting people to ...
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AMD Will Incorporate Others' Technology in Its Chips
Wall Street Journal
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the microprocessor maker whose fortunes have long been closely tied to the same technology as bigger rival Intel Corp., is planning a more flexible future. The company on Thursday said it may pursue what it calls an ...
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U.S. Clean Technology Venture Funding Declines 4.5% in 2011
Bloomberg
US venture capital investment in renewable power and energy-efficiency technologydeclined 4.5 percent to $4.9 billion last year from 2010, according to an Ernst & Young LLP study. A total of $940.5 million in 70 funding rounds was provided in the ...
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BrightSource Energy's Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol for South ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today announced that Sasol has selected BrightSource's power tower solar thermal technology following a worldwide review of solar ...
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AECOM Technology Increases Sales but Misses Estimates on Earnings
DailyFinance
By Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool Posted 1:16PM 02/02/12 Investing AECOMTechnology (NYS: ACM) reported earnings Feb. 2. Here are the numbers you need to know. For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q1), AECOM Technology beat expectations on revenues and missed ...
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Microchip Technology Announces 85th Consecutive Quarter of Profitability and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Our SuperFlash technology continues to be recognized as the best-in-class flashtechnology for embedded applications. We continue to expand the number of licensees that are using this technology at various wafer foundries, as well as fabs owned by ...
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Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?
Los Angeles Times
(Mark Wilson, Getty Images / February 5, 2012) By Michael Hiltzik Something sounded familiar last week when I heard US Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's ...
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Los Angeles Times
Education technology: trust, but verify
The Seattle Times
The release of Apple's computer-based textbooks last month had the usual technologytriumphalists buzzing. "Apple And The Coming Education Revolution," blared the headline at Fast Company magazine. "Apple puts iPad at head of the class," screamed...
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Facebook's IPO Filing Reveals Technology Details
CIO
In addition to disclosing just how rich the company is, Facebook's S-1 filing shines a light on the company's IT infrastructure, technology patents, hacker mentality and need for speed. By Kristin Burnham CIO — One of the most anticipated tech IPO ...
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Bally Technologies Expands Mobile App Games Library with Four New Titles
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bally Technologies, Inc. /quotes/zigman/410333/quotes/nls/byi BYI +7.17% , a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, mobile and interactive solutions, and networked systems, today announced the ...
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Cameras vs Fists: Can technology save Palestinians?
RT
Now an Israeli human rights group is using technology to tackle the problem. Israel is continuing construction of new homes for its settlers in occupied Palestinian territory, despite numerous calls from the UN and many national governments to stop the ...
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Technology giant Sony set for change of guards
DAWN.com
TOKYO: Troubled Japanese tech giant Sony's president and CEO Howard Stringer is to step down, the firm said Wednesday as it looks to staunch four years of losses in the face of fierce competition. Sony has been assailed on multiple fronts, ...
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DAWN.com
Seagate Technology Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Seagate Technology plc /quotes/zigman/118457/quotes/nls/stx STX +23.18% today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 30, 2011. The company shipped 47 million disk drives and reported ...
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OCZ Technology: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Motley Fool
By Harsh Chauhan | More Articles A few days back I had written about OCZTechnology's (Nasdaq: OCZ ) strong performance in the third quarter and told you why the stock looks like a long term buy. Now, a SWOT analysis will give you a clear picture of ...
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Microchip Technology Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of 34.9 Cents Per Share
MarketWatch (press release)
CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Microchip TechnologyIncorporated /quotes/zigman/53421/quotes/nls/mchp MCHP +1.06% , a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has ...
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Avid Technology Earnings Preview
DailyFinance
By Motley Fool Staff Posted 1:34PM 02/03/12 Investing Avid Technology (NAS: AVID) will look to avoid missing estimates for the third consecutive quarter when its earnings are released. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday.
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Texas Emerging Technology Fund's $169 Million Created 820 Jobs
BusinessWeek
1 (Bloomberg) -- Texas's Emerging Technology Fund, used by Governor Rick Perry to attract business to the second- most populous state, has committed $192.7 million in 133 awards since 2006, resulting in 820 new jobs, the fund said.
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Buying Purdue technology
Journal and Courier
Millions of dollars in revenue could be flowing into Purdue University in the next year from three new technology agreements with private companies. Software developed by researchers and supercomputers managed on campus are being sought out by ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
MERRIMACK, NH, Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GT Advanced TechnologiesInc. /quotes/zigman/6105033/quotes/nls/gtat GTAT +1.55% today reported results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended December 31, 2011.
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Blue Spark Technologies Opens Battery Printing and Assembly Facility
MarketWatch (press release)
CLEVELAND, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible, eco-friendly printed batteries, announced it has opened a new high-volume printing and production facility located in West Bend, Wisconsin.
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Daily Education and Technology News for ...
By coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/29/2012. Posted by Vicki Davis. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook. Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com. There is a human cost ...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
The Quadrocopters are Swarming! | Geek Beat Technology News
By Leland Flynn
Students at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab have been doing some really interesting experiments with quadrocoptors. They've built quads that can.
Geek Beat Technology News
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (Technology News ...
By publisher
Technology News - Trading jokes and swTechnology Newsping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a ...
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Can A Robot Improvise Comedy? - Technology News Story - KERO ...
PITTSBURGH (CNN) -- The comedian, a small robot named Data, takes the stage. Saturday, February 4, 2012.
TurnTo23.com - National News Headlines
Facebook just revealed its Kryptonite: mobile — Mobile Technology ...
By Kevin Fitchard
In its S-1 it mentions the possibility of inserting “sponsored stories” in its members' newsfeeds. Though it didn't mention it in its filing, Facebook may also be investigating nonadvertising means of monetizing mobile traffic. While the social ...
GigaOM
SlingPlayer for Kindle Fire Review | Geek Beat Technology News
By Mark Zamora
If you have a Kindle Fire, the SlingPlayer app will let you take your TV and home-based media with you!
Geek Beat Technology News
Broadband Technology Driving Growth of Consumer Web » Castrillo ...
Indeed, TV and internet have revolutionized news reporting and brought it to an entirely new level. “Reporting broadband technology news is always a challenge,” lamented journalist Hunkele Stetzel, who works for the Tribune Review, “but ...
Broadband Technology Driving...
How To Install A Motherboard | New Technology News
By admin
New Technology News. Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of ...
New Technology News
Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B | Technology News ...
Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.
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Pentagon Spends $18 Million to Improve Battlefield Energy ...
By American Forces Press Service
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