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2 hrs ago | KRMG-AM Tulsa

Lawmakers round the turn and come down the stretch

Nevada lawmakers are rounding the final turn and heading down the backstretch of the final full week of the 2013 session.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Drugs, Las Vegas, NV

6 hrs ago | CNet News

Intel Chips Could Power Upcoming Samsung Tablet: Reports

Benchmark tests and anonymous sources are fueling speculation that Samsung may tap Intel chips for its Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 device.

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Related Topix: Startups, Intel, Science / Technology

10 hrs ago | Food Quality News

Contaminant-resistant switches and covers for food processors

Food manufacturers have fresh weaponry to aid their fight against factory contamination in the form of electric switches and dust and splash covers with anti-bacterial, anti-mould and anti-fungal coatings.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Food Science, Grupo Elektra SA de CV, Retail

15 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Vanishing into thin [MacBook] Air: Shortages signal WWDC refresh

Apple's lowest-priced MacBook Air was out of stock on Amazon.com as of Friday, hinting that rumors of a refresh in two weeks are on target.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Laptops/Notebooks, Startups, Intel, Computers

Fri May 24, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Google to Fund, Develop Wireless Networks in Emerginga

Google Inc. is working to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, connecting a billion or more new people to the Internet.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Wireless, Getty Images, Science / Technology, Internet

Neepawa Press

Last-minute COOL changes a burn for Canada

Up against the World Trade Organization's Thursday deadline to bring its country-of-origin labelling law into compliance with trade obligations, the U.S. government has chosen to make matters worse for Canadian producers, Canada warns.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Science / Technology, Gerry Ritz

Water Online

Pentair's PolarexA Patent Approved

On April 23rd, 2013 US Patent 8425663 for Polarex, an extractive separations technology was approved.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Pentair, Manufacturing, Science / Technology

R & D

A quantum simulator for magnetic materials

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a quantum simulator that allows arranging atoms in a way that they mimic the behaviour of electrons in magnetic materials.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Physics, Science

DarkVision Hardware

CyberPowerPC adds gaming PCs with the GeForce GTX 780

CyberPowerPC is always quick to adopt the latest hardware so it comes as no surprise that the company already announces the availability of gaming PCs with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 graphics card: CyberPower Inc.

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Related Topix: Startups, NVidia, Science / Technology, mental images, _No Company, indiePub, Storm, Video Games, Way, CoCo & Co., Octagon, Vision, Altar Interactive

WebWire

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

SGI , the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI UVTM 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: SGI, Science / Technology, Computers, Space, NASA, High Performance Computing

Thu May 23, 2013

BroadcastNewsroom

HP Expands Thin Client Solutions for Mobility and Unified Communications

Many organizations provide desktop or mobile thin clients to their employees who work in remote offices, at multiple work sites or frequently travel on business.

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Related Topix: HP, Computers, Unified Communications, VoIP, Science / Technology, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology

ComputerWorld

Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops

Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops than did their Ivy Bridge predecessors, according to the company.

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Related Topix: Startups, Intel, McAfee, Science / Technology, World News, Taiwan

PC World

IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics

Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service for use in data reporting and analysis.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

Electronics Weekly

LG eyes ARM big.LITTLE processors with license deal

ARM says that LG Electronics has extended its license agreements to include the Cortex-A50 processors and next generation Mali graphics processor cores.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Electronics, LG Electronics

PC World

AMD is willing to embrace Android

Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Google, WebMD, Science / Technology, Laptops/Notebooks, Intel

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: Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, Computers, World News, Germany, Inventions, Jobs

CIO

HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'Tablet' Tackles Windows 8 Desktop PC Woes

Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Science / Technology, Games, Board Game

ComputerWorld

Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display

The A6, A8 and A10 chips, code-named Richland, will be up to 12 percent faster than the comparable previous-generation processors code-named Trinity, which were released last year.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Startups, Intela, Intel, McAfee

AndhraNews

AMD Amplifies Mobile Experience With Responsive Performance, Rich...

AMD today launched three new additions to its 2013 A-Series and E-Series Mobile Accelerated Processing Unit lineup -- delivering solutions ideally positioned to address today's evolving PC market with dramatically increased performance and power efficiency, as well as a portfolio of unique user experiences, and superior gaming and graphics: These ... (more)

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Laptops/Notebooks, Computers

SlashGear.com

Amazon Kindle Fire HD and HD 8.9 spreads: over 170 countries [Update: Appstore in nearly 200]

Amazon's Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ereader-tablets are set to spread, with preorders lighting up in over 170 countries from today.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth, Science / Technology

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