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London,, Jul 07, 2009 -- NYSE TechnologiesSM, a world leader in low latency trading technology and the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext , today announced that AHL, one of the world's largest quantitative investment managers and a division of Man Group, the global leader in alternative investments, has selected OneTick to serve the ...

Much has been made of the 32MB of Goldman Sachs' proprietary algorithmic trading code allegedly stolen by Sergey Aleynikov, now portrayed in the financial media as the new Julius Rosenberg, Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen and John Walker all rolled into one.

Most of the PC vendors Google listed on its blog as partners for the new Chrome operating system say they're evaluating the software but have not committed to creating devices around it, a far less upbeat message than Google had portrayed.

RTS co-locates algo platform to provide low-latency access to U.S. Treasury futures via BGC's eSpeed platform, along side ELX Futures.

Google Inc. made waves in the tech world this week when it announced plans to release an operating system called Google Chrome OS that would encourage wider use of something called cloud computing.

So Google and Microsoft, the superpowers of the computing desktop, are going to war.

Doug Rushkoff is bullish on Google's plans to launch a Chrome OS . Snip from his essay today in The Daily Beast: In a sense, Google is just bringing computing back to the way it was supposed to be.

NEC Electronics today announced the availability of 15 new 32-bit All Flash V850 microcontrollers for inverter control and motor control applications such as air conditioners, washing machines, dryers, factory automation equipment, and photovoltaic power systems.

Errant pixels and blurry regions in a photo, whether digital or scanned, are the bane of photographers everywhere.

European clouds should be set up within the next five years to encourage small business take-up of on-demand IT services, the European commissioner for telecoms and media has said.

Apple's iPhone sparked an explosion in consumer awareness of mobile applications.

A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning.

It's easy to see the benefits of using encryption to protect sensitive work-related email, confidential electronic files or other business communications.

North Korea, which has been firing missiles and spewing threats against the United States, was identified by South Korea's main spy agency Wednesday as a suspect in the cyber attacks targeting government and other Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea.

IBM was awarded the prestigious Coffey International Award for its application of technical expertise in innovative ways to address the greatest societal challenges of our time at the annual Business in the Community Awards for Excellence yesterday.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:10 PM PDT After being hampered by slow adoption, laptops with quick-boot capabilities may soon be upgraded with new features that could make them attractive to users.

Micrel Inc. a company that specializes in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions reportedly introduced Hyper Speed Control PWM controllers, the MIC2164, MIC2164-2 and MIC2164-3. The Hyper Speed Control architecture of these ICs reduces required output capacitance and allows optimum transient response at the same time making ...

That Google operating system rumor is coming true--and it's based on Google's browser, Chrome.

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out how to predict Social Security numbers from publicly accessible birth data with frightening accuracy.

Palm Inc. said Tuesday its Pre smart phone will be available on the O2 network in the U.K., Ireland and Germany and Movistar in Spain in time for the holiday season.