How a Phony Tweet and Computer Trades Sank Stocks
April 25, 2013 9:22 am | by BERNARD CONDON, AP Business Writers MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writers | News | CommentsFor a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world's mightiest stock market to tremble. No sooner did hackers send a false Associated Press tweet reporting explosions at the White House on Tuesday than investors started dumping stocks — eventually unloading $134 billion worth.
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Google Makes Concessions to EU Antitrust Body
April 25, 2013 9:11 am | by JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle is offering major concessions on how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its own promoted content and displaying links to its competitors — to appease concerns it might be abusing its dominant market position, the European Union's antitrust body said Thursday.
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Nanowires Grown on Graphene Have Surprising Structure
April 24, 2013 9:30 am | by Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor | Articles | CommentsThe self-assembled wires have a core of one composition and an outer layer of another, a desired trait for many advanced electronics applications. Led by professor Xiuling Li, in collaboration with professors Eric Pop and Joseph Lyding, all professors of electrical and computer...
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Apple to Dole Out $100B to Shareholders
April 24, 2013 9:10 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsApple is opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders by the end of 2015. At the same time, the company said revenue for the current quarter could fall from the year before, which would be the first decline in many years.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Electromechanical / Mechanical | Embedded Systems & NetworkingOnline Privacy is Evolving. Does it Matter to You?
April 24, 2013 9:05 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | News | CommentsMobile applications like Google Maps, Angry Birds and GasBuddy have become popular, inexpensive ways to personalize smartphones or tablets and improve their functionality. Often free or just 99 cents to download, apps can turn a phone into a sophisticated roaming office or game console with interactive maps and 24-7 connectivity.
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Review: BlackBerry Q10, the Keyboard Strikes Back
April 24, 2013 9:01 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time — six years, from the launch of the first iPhone — and it may be too late to save the company that makes it. But the BlackBerry deserves to be taken seriously again.
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Microchip's New Intelligent Network Interface Controller
April 23, 2013 4:22 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP] has announced the OS81118, a MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) with a USB 2.0 high-speed device port and an integrated coax transceiver.
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Brainstorm: RF Signal Interference
April 23, 2013 3:38 pm | by WDD Staff | Articles | CommentsThe cellular basestation industry has dealt rather successfully in mitigating RF signal interference through thoughtful radio system knowledge, cell planning, and appropriately applied standards specifications. Interference -- in-band or out-of-band...
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Smartphone Shakes
April 23, 2013 1:53 pm | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | Blogs | CommentsI recently attended a concert in Madison, WI. I placed my phone in my back pocket to avoid carrying a purse and to have it easily accessible when I wanted to update my status and snap a few photos. Unfortunately, after a visit to the facilities and a horrifying plop, I knew that I was in trouble.
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Hiroyuki Nagatsu Joins Yaskawa Motoman Team as Senior Vice President
April 23, 2013 12:06 pm | by Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division | News | CommentsMr. Nagatsu will serve as a board member and officer of the Motoman Robotics Division. His direct responsibilities will include managing our relationship with our Asian American customers and as advisor to Steve Barhorst, President and COO of Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division.
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Txtng is killing language. JK
April 23, 2013 10:16 am | by TED Talk, John McWhorter | Videos | CommentsDoes texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news. Linguist John McWhorter thinks about language in relation to race, politics and our shared cultural history.
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Drop Tag: Keeping Tabs on Parcels
April 23, 2013 9:27 am | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | Articles | CommentsWe all get a little nervous mailing out packages that have “FRAGILE” written Stamped on the side; keeping our fingers crossed that the contents won’t get damaged, squished, or broken during their transit to point B. MA-based Cambridge Consultants now offers a solution to help calm our nerves...
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UWM Researchers Create Novel Optical Fibers
April 23, 2013 9:26 am | by University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | News | CommentsResearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have found a new mechanism to transmit light through optical fibers. Their discovery marks the first practical application of a Nobel-Prize-winning phenomenon that was proposed in 1958.
LISTED UNDER: Embedded Systems & Networking | Frequency MultipliersSocial Media Editor in Court on Hacking Charges
April 23, 2013 9:09 am | by DON THOMPSON, Associated Press | News | CommentsA social media editor who has worked for two of the nation's largest news-gathering organizations is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday to face charges that he conspired with hackers to deface the website of the Los Angeles Times.
LISTED UNDER: Embedded Systems & NetworkingTelefónica chooses TOA Technologies for Mobile Field Service Management Solutions
April 22, 2013 5:54 pm | News | CommentsAs a central piece of its global business transformation project, Telefónica selected TOA Technologies and its mobile workforce management solution to manage its worldwide field technician workforce. Based in Spain, Telefónica is one of the largest telecom providers...
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