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NYSE Technologies: NYSE Technologies Secures OneTick Deal with Man Group

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 ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Automakers, Science

Fri Jul 10, 2009

Bank Systems & Technology

The Real Story of Trading Software Espionage

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.

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Computerworld

PC makers less upbeat than Google about Chrome OS

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.

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Related Topix: PC, Laptops/Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, Computers, Science, Microsoft

TechWeb.com

RTS Realtime Systems Connects to BGC Partnera s eSpeed Platform

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

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Los Angeles Times

Internet users heavily into clouds, most unknowingly

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.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Software, Science, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Social Software

Canada.com

Let the OS war begin

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

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Science, Internet

Boing Boing

Rushkoff: "Google's War On The PC"

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.

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Related Topix: PC, Science, Computers, Steve Jobs

Thu Jul 09, 2009

DesignLines

NEC : Flash MCUs allow fine-grained control

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.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, CPU, Science / Technology, Science

EurekAlert!

Blur's noise and distortion reversed

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

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Related Topix: India, World News, Science

ZDNet UK News

Europe falling behind US in cloud, says Reding

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.

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Related Topix: Science, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

SOA World Magazine

"Cloud Computing" Will Radically Transform Mobile Applications

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

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Related Topix: Science, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing, iPhone

Physics Blog

Robot Learns to Smile and Frown

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.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, UC San Diego, Science

Wed Jul 08, 2009

WVNY

Encryption: A critical layer of protection

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

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Science, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Athens Banner-Herald

North Korea a suspect in cyber attacks in US

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.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea, Prison, Science,

WebWire

IBM Award for Innovative Solution to Tackling World's Most Critical Social and Environmental Problems

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.

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Related Topix: IBM, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Best of 2007, Science, Computers

PC World

Quick-boot Laptops Ready for a Facelift

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.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Phoenix Technologies, Startups, Science, Open Source Software, Science / Technology, Linux

Customer Interaction Solutions

Micrel Intros Hyper Speed Control PWM Controllers

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 ...

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Related Topix: Electronics, Semiconductors, Micrel, Science

CNET News.com

Google plans Chrome-based Web operating system

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

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Computers, Product Management

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Boing Boing

Reverse-engineering SSNs from publicly available data

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

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Related Topix: Science, Personal Finance, Social Security

Clover Herald

Palm Pre to launch in Europe in time for holidays

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.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, BCE Incorparation, Telecom, Science

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