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1 hr ago | Times of Oman

Lenovo sees no limit to size for acquisitions

The move into smartphones, tablets, TVs and home entertainment systems is already paying off, as Lenovo reported a 90 per cent jump in quarterly profit.

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Related Topix: Lenovo, Audio and Video, Electronics, PC, Science, Computer Science

Fri May 24, 2013

Local NEWS 8

Google's quest to get more women in tech

Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science, Computer Science, Larry Page

EETimes

24/7 PC Guard Announces the Launch of a New Service Plan for Computers

The 24/7 PC Guard 365 Plan features 100 percent remote PC support for one full year for up to three personal computers.

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Related Topix: PC

ComputerWorld

Oracle, managed services provider to settle suit over third-party support

Oracle and managed services provider ServiceKey have come to a proposed settlement of an intellectual-property lawsuit Oracle filed against the company last year.

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KSDK-TV Saint Louis

5 things to know before cutting cable

Need more proof that the world is changing? Last week, the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Michael Powell, told the Senate that "the largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix." If you haven't paid attention to the entertainment landscape for the last few years, Netflix is an online ... (more)

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Related Topix: The National, Entertainment, Television, Watches, WebMD

Inside Bay Area

Magid: Cellphone camera is a helpful tool

Like most people, I carry a digital camera with me everywhere I go. But of course, it's not a stand-alone camera; it's built into my smartphone.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Cellphones

News Observer

Vintage Apple I computers fetch sky-high prices

More than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, Retail, Auctions, Sothebys Holdings, World News, Germany, Mountain View, CA

Customer Interaction Solutions

Nasa Ames Selects Sgi Uv, the Big Brain Computer, for a Wide Range of Research

ENP Newswire - 24 May 2013 Release date- 23052013 - Fremont, CA. - SGI , the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI UV 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active users around the country who are doing research for earth, space and aeronautics missions.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, SGI, Computers, Silicon Graphics, Rackable Systems, Startups, Fremont, CA

Wireless Design & Development

Cradle Turns Smartphone into Handheld Biosensor

Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones.

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Related Topix: Food Science, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, iPhone, Cameras

Thu May 23, 2013

CIO

Could the Bitcoin Network Be Used As an Ultrasecure Notary Service?

Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science

Patch.com

2013 Hurricane Season: Potential Flooding, Power Outages On Tap This Summer

Hurricanes and severe storms are a part of summertime in Northern Virginia and experts predict that this year's season could yield four major hurricanes this year in the Atlantic in the 2013 season.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Social Security, Personal Finance

SooToday

TV importers cry foul, say misled on tariffs

Importers of popular electronics such as big-screen TVs and MP3 players are ramping up their fight against federal tariff changes, accusing the government of misleading them by offering tariff breaks that it planned to claw back later.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Music Players

Bangkok Post

Amazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries

Online retail titan Amazon announced Thursday it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries.

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Related Topix: Amazon

ComputerWorld

New Kinect for Windows to improve human interaction with computers

Human interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice.

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Related Topix: Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, Microsoft, Startups, X360, Microsoft Xbox

GPB.org

The First Web Page, Amazingly, Is Lost

This computer was the first Web server. It was used by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 to develop and run the first multimedia browser and Web editor.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology

WMUR-TV Manchester

Spectacular tech 'firsts' up for auction

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, World News, Germany, Inventions, Jobs

Modern Healthcare

Audit: N.C. Medicaid claims system untested, flawed

An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released Wednesday says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1. The report issued by the office of State Auditor Beth Wood raises serious questions about the process used to affirm that the complex ... (more)

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Related Topix: CSC, Computers, IT Services

Vallejo News

News Summary: HP's stock rises despite 2Q erosion Mixed Bag:...

Co.'s latest quarterly report showed the company's earnings are holding up better than management and analysts anticipated, even as the world's largest personal computer maker struggled to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.

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Related Topix: PC

Scotsman.com

Lights from computers blamed for poor sleep

ELECTRIC lights, including those illuminating laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, often play a key role in causing people to sleep badly, an expert has said.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Reuters

China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals

Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.

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Related Topix: HP, Computers, Dell, IBM