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TECHNOLOGY News, Aug 21, 2011

Technology deals hotting up as big-hitters spend cash

Technology deals hotting up as big-hitters spend cash
Telegraph.co.uk
The markets may have been plummeting on both sides of the Atlantic, but this was the week that technology stocks went up - literally and metaphorically. The price tag on Motorola valued the company at a 63pc premium to its share price, prompting many ...
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Hospital turns to smart technology
Hartford Business
By Greg Bordonaro Middlesex Hospital is nearing completion of a new $12 million critical care center that will nearly double room sizes, provide a new facility layout and put the not-for-profit health care provider on the cutting edge of technology. ...
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Courts grapple with GPS technology in criminal cases
The Olympian
US District Judge Susan K. Gauvey in Maryland recently refused to issue a warrant sought by federal authorities to find a suspect through his cellphone's GPS data, saying the government was trying to use technology in a new way – “not to collect ...
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Is Language a Technology?
Huffington Post (blog)
But what if language is a technology? If so, then, given the ban on technology, the human warriors must leave language in the locker room. So, which is it? Is language part of our nature, or is it atechnology? We need to find out before we can start ...
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Experts call for a technology driven economy
NEXT
By Daniel Osunkoya With the various efforts of the Nigerian government in ensuring that the nation's economy ranks among the top 20 in the world by 2020, business solution experts said that without atechnology driven economy Nigeria's vision will not ...
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AP Technology NewsBrief at 4:57 pm EDT
TMC Net
Hewlett-Packard overhaul exposes underdog statusSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's largest technology companies, finds itself the underdog as it ditches most of its consumer businesses to become more like the well-oiled, ...
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Grant gives boost to science, technology, engineering and math education
Kansas City Star
In a presentation and panel discussion Thursday at Union Station, Bayer and other players in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — repeated a growing cry of concern about the number of jobs they will need to fill with locally ...
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Technology buzz led to the bust (Part 2)
Manila Standard Today
by Jose P. Ardivilla There is no way as yet to know what history will say about Mideo Cruz's incendiary installation art. But what is of interest is that, this art was propelled into this frenzy by media—both traditional and the new social media. ...
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Success story: Technology firm The Client Server grows
The News-Press
ANDREW WEST/news-press.com • What: The Client Server, a communications technology firm. • Involve the team in decision making, team building, and corporate planning, which helps create unity within the workplace. • Offer customers product alternatives ...
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Is marine technology the next economic engine?
SunHerald.com
By DAVID TORTORANO - Special to Sun Herald With the amount of work in South Mississippi in the fields of shipbuilding and marine science, it's possible the Gulf Coast region could develop into a key marine technology cluster, according to an organizer ...
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Massive solar project on hold
The Desert Sun
Technology: Reflective solar troughs that collect the sun's heat and use it to heat liquids that run a power plant turbine to generate electricity. Power reliability: Because the power is generated through a plant, it is more consistent and less ...
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Technology 'drives up health costs'
Radio New Zealand
New technology is a major factor driving up costs in the health sector, Health Minister Tony Ryall says. Sector leaders are considering what changes will be needed to ensure the public health system remains sustainable while confronting a growing and ...
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Juvenile defendants help seniors tackle technology
MiamiHerald.com
AP JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Florida juvenile offenders are partnering up with seniors to teach them computer skills through a teen court program. The program offers teenage defendants in the diversion program sentences that include things like jail tours, ...
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Geocaching teams parlay technology in West Bend area
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The goal of each team was to use GPS technology to find caches hidden in sites from Hartford to the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit. Several sites were in and around event headquarters at Regner Park. Others required a two-mile hike along ...
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In Silicon Valley, the Night Is Still Young
StarNewsOnline.com
Even now, technology types in their 20s and 30s are dropping a million-plus each on modest ranch houses in Palo Alto in Silicon Valley and Victorian duplexes in San Francisco, and home prices in some parts have jumped nearly 50 percent in the last six ...
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Star Analysts Are Back (No Autographs, Please)
New York Times
But not since those heady days of the Nasdaq stock market bubble has working as atechnology analyst seemed so, well, sexy. Even as the economy wobbles again, there's money to be made in providing banking advice to big names like Facebook. ...
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New York Times
'The very latest' technology just doesn't compute
Springfield News Sun
Because in modern technology, there's no such thing as “the very latest.” Last year, I went to a phone store and bought “the very latest” BlackBerry, which came with a whole bunch of features I didn't need and wouldn't be able to operate even if I did. ...
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SMS ban to stay for now: Pilot
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Srinagar, Aug 20: Union Minister of State for Communication and InformationTechnology, Sachin Pilot, today hinted that lifting ban on prepaid SMS services in Jammu and Kashmir is not possible in near future. “The decision on how the issue on the SMS ...
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GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
It's Worth the Trip: Exploring comes before technology for map makers
Press Herald
By JOSH CHRISTIE Map makers Angela Faeth and Steve Bushey, working out of their Peaks Island office, have created six guides to Maine hiking destinations, including one for their home island. When film director Lennart Meri said those words, ...
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Press Herald
Technology pushing farming into the future
cbs4qc.com
Technology is really what has been pushing farming into the future. "Technology is gonna play a big role between using less nutrients, less water," said Drew Yotter, a local Muscatine farmer who hosted the exhibit. Yotter said conservation is key for ...
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Adept Technology rises 1.6%, for a 3-day rise of 10.6%, on high volatility and ...
Vision Systems Design
Adept Technology (ADEP.O), NASDAQ's 82nd largest computer software company by market capitalisation, traded between an intraday low of US$3.50 and a high of US$4.11. The price range has expanded in the last two days (from 20.0c two days ago to 60.0c ...
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Defence testing is a boost to our technology
The Canberra Times
The United States is well advanced when it comes to investment in clean technology in the military, according to the University of NSW. There are American fighter jets that can run on bio-fuel and electric-powered cars in the US military, ...
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The H&N View: OIT and solar power: It's a technological marriage that looks ...
Herald and News
Klamath Falls: City of Sunshine and home of Oregon Institute of Technology. That fortunate combination makes OIT a leader in the use of sustainable technology. Coming next for OIT will be construction of a 7.5-acre solar array below the "O" on the hill ...
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W.Va. agencies look to cloud computing as IT solution
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia's Office of Technology is examining a new way to deliver subscription-based software, document management and data storage services to state government agencies whose workers would tap into the "cloud computing" network via the Internet. ...
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New embryo transfer technology to boost dairy farmers' fortunes
Daily Nation
Photo/FILE By JAMES KARIUKI kariuki@ke.nationmedia.com A new breedingtechnology is set to revolutionise the dairy industry as farmers can now have a hybrid cow capable of producing 60 litres of milk per day. And this will only require only two years ...
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Daily Nation
High-Tech Product, Low-Tech Pitch
New York Times
Information technology products, like e-mail archivers and Web site security software, are increasingly being promoted on the radio — not just in major cities but also in smallish ones like Redding, Calif., or Bend, Ore. ...
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On the cutting edge - in the arms of Morpheus
Boston Globe
Now, technology wants to cuddle close and join us in bed, to help us sleep better - and perhaps preserve domestic peace. Companies like Zeo, Nyx Devices, Lark, and WakeMate - all with links to Boston - are designing a new category of devices that I ...
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Technology and the Franchise
TheFranchiseHound
It's hard to ignore the rapid pace of technology growth and change today. While your business may be running successfully on technology platforms and systems that were put in place when you opened, it certainly … It's hard to ignore the rapid pace of ...
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Parking? Yes, there's an app for that
LubbockOnline.com
That's where “smart parking” comes in — the use of wireless technology and smartphone apps to make parking far easier, from directing you to open spots to facilitating online payments. Streetline, a San Francisco-based startup, makes sensor technology ...
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Weekly: Value Added Technology weakens 2.3% on high volume falling for a ...
Dentistry IQ
Value Added Technology (A043150.KQ) fell KRW2,440.0 (or23.2%) on high volume to close at KRW8,060.0. Compared with the KRX 100 index which fell 107.0 points (or 2.9%) in the week, this represented a relative price change of 0.6%. ...
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Is Technology Running Your Life? Set Some Boundaries
PsychCentral.com (blog)
and can hurt relationships, according to psychologist and coach Dana Gionta, Ph.D. At her practice, she's seen how technology can compromise one's connection with loved ones. For instance, after work, some of her clients head straight to their ...
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PsychCentral.com (blog)
Rusk buses see better technology
Jacksonville Daily Progress
RUSK — The days of mischief at the back of the bus may be over for Rusk students — the district plans to have new DVR recording devices installed. “We have had cameras on busses for years, but we had the old VCR system that was unreliable,” ...
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Officials from WVU, China sign coal deal
Daily Mail - Charleston
20--WVU officials signed a technology management plan with Chinese officials on Friday as the two groups research ways to make coal more environmentally friendly. Morgantown is home to a group of universities, government agencies and businesses that ...
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How Will Personal-Feedback Loops Affect the Hispanic Population?
Huffington Post
It utilizes an old idea that technology has revitalized and that many experts believe is "a profoundly effective tool for changing behavior." The tool in question is the personal-feedback loop, and while the concept is not the domain of any one ...
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VP of Information Technology – Pandora (San Francisco)
The Music Void
With our phenomenal growth and ambitious plans for the future, we currently have an outstanding technical leadership opportunity for a Vice President of Information Technology. This key organizational position is perfect for an experienced technical ...
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Technology reviews
Taipei Times
By David Chen / Staff Reporter Wenlin, which was recently updated to version 4.0, is one of the oldest examples of computer software that caters to students of Mandarin. Favored by academics and scholars, the program has been around since the days of ...
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The Sad Statistic That Trumps the Others
New York Times
Because America remains a leader in technology and innovation, it is also a matter of concern for the entire world. Productivity statistics are hardly exciting reading, but they are important. Our society is wealthy precisely because it can churn out ...
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With Great Startups It's All About The Execution
Forbes
Both had access to the same technology, people, and market. So what could have happened here? I found a good summary of the relevant keys to business operational excellence in a new book by Faisal Hoque, called “The Power of Convergence. ...
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Flingo Technology Means Your TV watching Gets Tracked
World Internet TV on PC (blog)
Technology has been released that makes your TV smart, especially when it comes to watching what your doing in front of your TV. The software that will be built into future connected tv sets and will be able to track what your watching with what apps ...
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World Internet TV on PC (blog)
RI Commerce / Consumer Digest: IBM says Providence should boost technology ...
Providence Journal
A team of international business consultants recommends the City of Providence improve itstechnology systems, knit together planning-related departments and raise communication and training levels among city employees. A consultant team from IBM came ...
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Advertisers start using facial recognition to tailor pitches
Los Angeles Times
Once the stuff of science fiction and high-tech crime fighting, facial recognitiontechnology has become one of the newest tools in marketing, even though privacy concerns abound. NEC employee Olga Foster demonstrates a facial recognition system's ...
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Los Angeles Times
New program helps District 6 students get jump-start on medical training
Greeley Tribune
By Sherrie Peif Instructor Jennifer VanderMeer, center, shows incoming Health Science TechnologyEducation and Health Occupations Students of America participants their classroom at parent and student orientation Tuesday at Greeley Central High School. ...
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Mosaic Project For Windows - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
Microsoft's attempt to establish an alternative user interface in the upcoming operating system Windows 8 has received praise and criticism. Many believe that.
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Freed 'West Memphis 3' Enjoy Family, Food, Technology - News Story ...
By wsbtv
(CNN) -- The "West Memphis Three," freed Friday in Arkansas after a complicated plea arrangement, spent time with family, friends and supporters. Saturday, August 20, 2011.
HUBSPOT TWEETS ONEFORTY INC. ACQUISITION - eBrandz Search ...
By Jitesh Pillai
There has been an important announcement making rounds which is not related to any giant in thetech world. However, its importance is crucial for many as social media marketing and analytics company, HubSpot Inc. tweeted on Thursday a ...
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British Riots Spread Across The Country: Security Tech. News
Blazing, violent riots hit Britain. Police struggling to control, people homeless and businesses unable to trade.
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Latest And New Computer Technology News A user now will be navigating a picture gallery, sending SMS, and placing a call, all with swipe gestures performed ...
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