Fujitsu has shipped more than 2 million rugged washable RFID tags in the first quarter of 2013. Sales of its washable tag have been so robust that the company says it has doubled the production capacity at their manufacturing facility…
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A three-year, $2.4 million grant from the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation has been awarded to scientists at IBM Research and ETH Zurich, among others, to harness the energy of 2,000 suns using a high concentration photovoltaic thermal system.…
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Small businesses are losing more than $24 billion in productivity each year when nontechnical employees, referred to as involuntary IT managers (IITMs), are tasked with managing their companies’ IT solutions. This loss is a direct result of IITMs taking time…
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Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, founding chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife Joan Klein Jacobs, have made a $133-million gift to Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to create the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation…
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San Francisco-based mobile security company Lookout has discovered a new malware family, BadNews, in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play. Affected applications have been downloaded between 2 million to 9 million times, says Lookout. BadNews masquerades…
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Developers can now submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries in the Amazon Appstore, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea and Vatican City. The apps will be made available in the coming…
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Canadian Tire has selected BlackBerry as its official smartphone for its corporate team across Canada. Employees from across the Canadian Tire family of companies, including Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire Financial Services, Mark’s and FGL Sports (Sport Chek, Sports Experts,…
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Cloud security company OpenDNS has opened six new datacenters in Europe. The new datacenters are located in Prague, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania. The company says it plans to continue its global expansion strategy throughout 2013. Upload:…
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Microsoft and Hon Hai (the parent company of Foxconn) signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio. The deal covers devices running the Android and Chrome OS, including smartphones, tablets and televisions. While the…
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Verizon has doubled the capacity of its Fyshwick data center in Canberra. The company now has more than 75,000 square feet of data center floor space in Australia, divided among centers in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. The Fyshwick facility…
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