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TECHNOLOGY News, Sep 24, 2011


Mattson Technology Appoints J. Michael Dodson as Chief Financial Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Dodson served as senior vice president (SVP) and CFO of DDi Corp. from 2010 until joining MattsonTechnology. From 2006 to 2009, he was SVP and CFO of eTelecare Global Solutions, Inc. Dodson earlier served as SVP/CFO for Electro Scientific Industries, ...
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GM expands technology investments in China
The Associated Press
SHANGHAI (AP) — General Motors Co. says it is seeking to buy back a 1 percent stake sold to its main Chinese joint venture partner, as it expands its technology investments in a market where it is maneuvering to keep its edge. ...
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Rambus: Hynix, Micron conspired to block chips
Reuters
O) superior chip technology and keep it from becoming an industry standard, a Rambus lawyer argued in court on Monday. Rambus' rivals countered in closing arguments in California state court that its "RDRAM" memory chip technology failed simply because ...
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Facial Recognition Technology: Facebook Photo Matching Is Just the Start
PCWorld
Though critics described that move as creepy, the controversial technology may now be on the verge of widespread use. For instance, this month a Massachusetts company called BI² Technologies will roll out a handheld facial recognition add-on for the ...
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Research highlights telecoms and technology debt
Financial Times
By Daniel Thomas, Telecoms Correspondent Almost half of companies in the global telecoms andtechnology industries face the risk of financial distress owing to more challenging markets and high levels of corporate debt, according to new research. ...
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United Technology Defends Goodrich Deal As Shares Fall
Wall Street Journal
By Andrew Dowell United Technologies Corp. (UTX) defended its $16.4 billion deal to buy Goodrich Corp. (GR) Thursday, saying the acquisition would add to its profits in the second year. However, investors sold off the company's shares. ...
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Republicans target technology program for disaster funds
Los Angeles Times
A House GOP disaster aid bill would require cuts to the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program, which has created more than 40000 jobs in the last two years. By Alexa Vaughn, Washington Bureau When the House Republican leadership ...
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Adchemy Broadens Advertising Technology Partnership With Microsoft
MarketWatch (press release)
FOSTER CITY, CA, Sep 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Adchemy Inc., a leading advertising technology company, today announced that it has broadened an existing technologypartnership with Microsoft Advertising, and completed a $61 million Series E ...
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Nokia Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
Financial News Network Online
Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) announced Thursday it has promoted Henry Tirri to the role of executive vice president, Chief Technology Officer, and a member of the Nokia Leadership Team effective immediately. Tirri will replace Richard Green who moved ...
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Mechanical Technology Appoints Rick Jones as Chief Financial Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
ALBANY, NY, Sep 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mechanical Technology, Incorporated ("MTI") /quotes/zigman/512609 MKTY -21.88% , a company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of test and measurement instruments and systems through its subsidiary ...
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Technology Makes Moms Better Household CEOs
ABC News
And that's because the technology is making moms' lives better. "Mom says smart phones make her feel more organized and connected, empowered and efficient," said said Kristi Manclow, the director of research for Disney Interactive Media Group. ...
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Klawe Says Technology Companies Seeking Women Engineers
Washington Post
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College, talks about the rise in women studying computer science at the school. On Klawe's watch, the percentage of female computer science majors at Mudd, one of California's prestigious ...
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Metso's new technology center will be opened on September 22, 2011 in Vantaa ...
Reuters (press release)
The opening ceremony of Metso's new technology center takes place today in Vantaa. The fastest growing markets of the facility, which is specialized in manufacturing of engineered industrial valves, are the Middle East and China. ...
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Mattson Technology Announces Board of Directors Appointments
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Kannappan commented, "I am pleased to be transferring the role of chairman of the board to Hans, who is eminently qualified to lead Mattson Technology's board. He has strong executive management and diverse global experience as the chief executive ...
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Federal Cloud Crucial To Economy, Tech Chiefs Say
InformationWeek
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The federal government's adoption of cloud computing is not merely critical to technology innovation, but also is crucial to ensure that the United States can remain economically competitive across the globe, ...
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Polycom Helps China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Streamline ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Now, with an advanced UC video solution at the heart of its operations, MOST has been able to successfully complete the review process of its science and technology, and R&D projects in four days, conducting 175 meetings over video, with an average of ...
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Will Technology Rebel Against Us?
MarketWatch (press release)
23, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Science fiction has long painted heavy reliance ontechnology as the first step on the path to unmitigated disaster - think The Terminator, Blade Runner, and Battlestar Galactica, all tales in which machines engage ...
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Hercules Technology Growth Capital Locks $25.0 Million of Borrowings from the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. is a NASDAQ traded specialty finance firm providing customized loans to public and private technology-related companies, including clean technology, life science and select lower middle market technology ...
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H-P shows that in technology, bigger isn't always better; Whitman to grapple ...
Washington Post
With 320000 employees, more than $125 billion in annual revenue and a broad swath of businesses, the technology conglomerate needs a leader who can quickly decide on a clear path and convey that to customers and shareholders. ...
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Quantum Dot Based Technology Alliance Targets Major Diseases
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Alzheimer's, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Breast Cancer and Major Depression are the four theranostic clinical research targets of the new Quantum Materials Corporation (OTC: QTMM) and NanoAxis LLC Technology Alliance. The Alliance will develop new ...
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Solid-State Storage Technology Favored by IT Departments: IBM Report
eWeek
More than 40 percent of IT decision makers say they have plans to use SSD technology in the future or are already using it. IT professionals are embracing high-performance solid-state disks to support growing data storage demands driven by cloud ...
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Humans first, technology second. Why Facebook will win.
ZDNet (blog)
At about 1:50 in, he makes the most important statement about technology and innovation if it is to successfully find its way into the hearts of its users. (Thanks Stephen Chapman for sharing!) After the launch of Timeline, it was made perfectly clear ...
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Mobile technology may affect future work trends
AsiaOne
It may well be the "most important technology" in your life. A survey conducted by Cisco on 2800 respondents found that 66 per cent of students and 58 per cent of young employees consider mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones or tablets to be the...
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AsiaOne
TRX Travel Technology Experts to Share Industry Best Practices via Thought ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are committed to solving complex problems inherent in the world of travel and traveltechnology. Our goal is to provide our clients timely, insightful information to help them remain current in today's fast-paced travel industry," said Shane ...
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IBM Named Corent as First Cloud Technology Provider Partner to Attain Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
IBM named Corent Technology as their first ever cloud specialty technology provider partner to meet the rigorous certification criteria for the IBM Cloud Specialty designation. ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- IBM named ...
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Despite improved helmet technology, concussions still prominent in NFL
Yahoo! Sports
Despite new technology in helmets developed over the past two years, concussions are still at the forefront of the NFL. A lawsuit was filed in July when 75 former players claimed the NFL hid the dangers of concussions from players intentionally. ...
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AboveNet Connects to DuPont Fabros Technology's Data Center in Santa Clara ...
Reuters (press release)
DuPont Fabros Technology's SC1 facility is one of the largest and efficient data centers available to businesses in the Greater San Francisco Bay area. SC1 is comprised of two identical phases, totaling 360000 gross square feet, 176000 raised square ...
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Market Expects Near-Record Swings in Rambus Amid Litigation
Wall Street Journal
By CHRIS DIETERICH NEW YORK—The options market is signaling near-record anticipation for major stock swings in Rambus Inc. as jurors in California are set to deliberate over its long-running legal battle with Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix ...
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How Technology Is Testing the Fourth Amendment
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution protects against “unreasonable searches and seizures” – but what does that mean when it comes to techniques that use technology rather than a physical search that is easy to see? ...
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Pegasystems Advanced Technology Recognized for Customer Service in Lending
MarketWatch (press release)
Building upon a 28-year heritage helping financial institutions adapt to changing market demands and regulations, Pega was recently named as a "Top Service Provider" for 2011 by MortgageTechnology Magazine. Pega's lending solutions enable lenders and ...
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Clean-tech 'accelerator' Greenstart opens in S.F.
San Francisco Chronicle
Will McLeod shows the glass of SmarterShade, a proprietary technology that allows varying levels of light to enter through a window based on user controls. -- Greenstart, an "accelerator" to boost fledgling clean-technology companies, ...
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Use Windows 7 Backup to Schedule ... - gHacks Technology News
By Melanie Gross
Backing up your work is essential. Many of us keep important documents on our computers that include work files, pictures of the kids, insurance documents, even.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Facebook Introduces Top Stories From ... - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
If you are not visiting Facebook on a daily basis, you may have had to read a lot of news stories that had accumulated in recent times. Facebook then did not.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Network Planning, Mapping Software ... - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
It is usually not necessary to use a software to plan a small home network that consists of a couple of PCs, a router and maybe other peripherals like a NAS or.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
PixBuilder Studio, Free Photo Editing ... - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
All I personally need when it comes to photo editing software is a fast loading program that can resize images, make small adjustments like adding blur effects.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Facebook Side Ticker Remover, Hide ... - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of the Facebook sidebar ticker that is now displaying on every page on the social networking site. The ticker displays.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
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By Martin Brinkmann
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Top Technology News You Might Have Missed | HigherVisibility
By ksloan
With all of the attention given to Facebook and its changes this week, many technology stories were just blips on the radar.
HigherVisibility
How to grow your sales faster than the economy - Fortune ...
By Annie
Genentech CIO Todd Pierce says the marriage of tech and life science is rapidly expanding the capabilities of medical research. Play. NEXT. BACK. Your genome in gigabytes. As the cost of gene mapping falls, Genentench CIO Todd Pierce ...
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Japan Probes Cyberattack on Defense Contractor | Defense ...
More Defense Technology News. Lasers could be used to detect roadside bombs · NRO Maintains Nation's Intel Satellite Edge · China takes over as US solar power firms fail · New armour steel showcased at DSEi · Virgin aims for first space ...
DefenceTalk News and Videos
Atop Meg Whitman's worries: H-P's size (Technology News ...
By publisher
Technology News - Meg Whitman's primary job as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new CEO will be to restore a sense of direction at a company that has lost its way after a decade of leadership lTechnology Newsses and disjointed deal-making.
AnexTek - Technology Blog, Tech...
Gartner: Still no true iPad challengers through 2015 — Mobile ...
By twitter:@khannavikas
Gartner: Still no true iPad challengers through 2015 — Mobile Technology News. GIGAOM.COM - Media tablet sales are set to grow from 17.6 million last year to 326.3 million in 2015, and the bulk of them will continue to be Apple iPads. ...
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Report: Next IPhone To Be Unveiled Oct. 4 - Technology News Story ...
(CNN) -- Apple will unveil its next-generation iPhone at an event on Tuesday, Oct. 4, according to a report on AllThingsD, a Wall Street Journal blog network. Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
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Shutdown specter rises again -- Washington Technology
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Technology News: Looking to the Future, Facebook Digs Into Your ...
By Jose Reyes
New developments announced by Facebook at its F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco on Thursday might give the social networking king new advantages over.
CUBANOLOGY.com
Technology - WSBTV.com
WSBTV.com Technology ... To promote this real-time sharing, Facebook announced partnerships with Yahoo News, Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, foodie social network Foodspotting and others. These companies have created Facebook apps that can ...
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Is the app economy killing online publishers? — Mobile Technology ...
By Yaron Galai
A fragmented dev world imposes costs and headaches on those that choose to support the various apps. That might not be a huge tax on tech companies, per se, but for publishers, supporting multiple apps will become a headache and a ...
GigaOM
Lasers could be used to detect roadside bombs | Defense ...
More Defense Technology News. NRO Maintains Nation's Intel Satellite Edge · China takes over as US solar power firms fail · Virgin aims for first space launch within a year · Army researchers support joint experiment to speed ...
DefenceTalk News and Videos
Windows Phone 7, Day 19: Diving Into the Office Hub | PCWorld ...
Business News Daily. Get the latest technology news that's important to you and your business, fresh seven days a week. Best Prices on Smartphones ...
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New Facebook Features: What you need to know | Technology ...
Read 'New Facebook Features: What you need to know' from our blog Technology News Blog on Yahoo! News. Today in a keynote address at Facebook's 2011 ...
news.yahoo.com/.../facebook-features-know-200439695.html

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