[Techtaffy Newsdesk] A former program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to engaging in a scheme to conceal gifts and fraudulent payments he received. Dr. Shih Chi Liu, 73, of Silver Spring,…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] SmartDigital (Elevate Digital), a developer and provider of street-level digital interactive technology, has secured $2.7 million in Series A financing led by Advantage Capital Partners. Metropolitan Capital Bank is also participating in the round. Elevate Digital is also in…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Windows 8 Release Preview is now available for download. Since the February release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which was downloaded more than 1 million times in the first 24 hours, Windows 8 has become the most…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] MIT has won a national search to become the newest Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Big Data, which will be hosted by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Justin Rattner (Chief technology officer, Intel): We are…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] HP has hired Jan Zadak to assume the newly created position of president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), HP Enterprise Services. Mr. Zadak, a 20-year veteran of the IT industry, will report to John Visentin, executive vice president and…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Quinne Larsen of Northridge, Calif. has been named the winner of the 2012 Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) Scholarship awarded by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). Now in its fifth year, the scholarship program was established to encourage women…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] HP has named Bill Veghte chief operating officer (COO). He will oversee HP’s corporate strategy. Mr. Veghte was executive vice president of the company’s Software business, a role that is now going to George Kadifa. As COO, Mr. Veghte will…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] InstaEDU, a new website that offers one-to-one academic instruction to users, has raised $1.1 million in a seed round of funding. Led by The Social+Capital Partnership, the round also includes angel investors Bobby Yazdani, Dylan Smith, Todd Bradley,…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Facebook and others have made getting online less expensive and complicated than traditional Web site development; as a result, social platforms are becoming key enablers of the promotional and commercial activities of home-based businesses, says a IDC study…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Web application company 37signals is selling off its Sortfolio business. Sortfolio connects users to Web designers.The site presents designer results graphically so users can view, compare, and browse by visual style, location, and budget. While the basic listing…
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