Industry News
Sector Snap: Makers of Computer Networking Gear
May 17, 2013 8:27 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsInvestors snapped up the stocks of companies that make computer networking gear Thursday after industry leader Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest quarterly earnings raised hope that business is picking up after a long stretch of lackluster demand. Cisco led the rally as its shares surged to their biggest one-day gain in 21 months. The stock had gained $2.59, or more than 12 percent, to $23.80 in afternoon trading.
Dell's Dismal 1Q Illuminates PC Maker's Challenges
May 17, 2013 8:25 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsDell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.The dismal performance announced Thursday provided the latest evidence of a technological shift that is making it difficult to sell laptop and desktop machines.
Inmarsat Acquires TC Communications
May 16, 2013 6:25 pm | by Inmarsat | News | CommentsInmarsat has acquired TC Communications Pty Ltd of Australia, the award winning satellite communications specialist. Inmarsat will integrate the company into its existing operations with a particular focus on supporting its expanding Global Government and Enterprise Business Units.
Gemalto Recognized by IDG as Computerworld Honors Laureate
May 16, 2013 6:23 pm | by Gemalto | News | CommentsGemalto has been named a 2013 Laureate of IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program. Gemalto was recognized in the World-Good category for its leading-edge Cinterion M2M technology used in an innovative device and pilot program that helped thwart illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
Pasternack Enterprises Appoints New Distributor for Poland
May 16, 2013 6:20 pm | by Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., Meratronik S.A. | News | CommentsPasternack Enterprises, Inc. has nnounced that it has appointed ZEAP Meratronik S.A. (Meratronik) as Pasternack’s exclusive distributor for Poland. Meratronik joins a growing list of international distributors who are partnering with Pasternack to expand their product offering and customer service worldwide.
Agilent Technologies Collaborating with Nallatech on High-Speed Signal and Monitoring Systems
May 16, 2013 6:16 pm | by Agilent Technologies Inc., Nallatech | News | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] has announced it is collaborating with Nallatech, a subsidiary of Interconnect Systems Inc, a leading provider of accelerated computing solutions, to develop high-speed signal acquisition and network monitoring systems that address the high-throughput processing and signal diversity requirements of LTE/SAE core and access optical networks.
Aricent’s Intelligent Switching Solution Becomes More Advanced
May 16, 2013 6:13 pm | by The Aricent Group | News | CommentsThe Aricent Group has announced the addition of more timing and synchronization features to its award-winning routing and switching framework, Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS).With the proliferation of data-hungry smart devices in the market, service providers are turning to Ethernet technologies to provide simple...
New World Record in Wireless Data Transmission
May 16, 2013 5:12 pm | by Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology | News | CommentsResearchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have achieved the wireless transmission of 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer. Their most recent demonstration sets a new world record and ties in seamlessly with the capacity of optical fiber transmission.
Making Frequency-Hopping Radios Practical
May 16, 2013 10:13 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | News | CommentsThe way in which radio spectrum is currently allocated to different wireless technologies can lead to gross inefficiencies. In some regions, for instance, the frequencies used by cellphones can be desperately congested, while large swaths of the broadcast-television spectrum stand idle.
GPS Satellite Launched into Space from Florida
May 16, 2013 10:05 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA new GPS satellite has been launched into space. An unmanned Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this afternoon. It was the fifth time since December that an unmanned Atlas V rocket has been launched. The GPS 2F-4 spacecraft will join a constellation of other satellites circling already orbiting 11,000 miles above Earth.
Ultra-Broadband Passives Enable Broadband Communications
May 16, 2013 10:02 am | by Edgardo Menendez, Field Applications Engineer, AVX | Articles | CommentsThe fiber optics market has experienced a significant increase in demand over the last decade, largely driven by the rise, availability, and affordability of sophisticated portable electronics, such as mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. These devices have accelerated global connectivity, simultaneously driving the need for a fast and reliable Internet infrastructure.
Google's Products Dig Deeper into People's Lives
May 16, 2013 9:48 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThis year's event mostly consisted of upgrades to existing Google services that have already become daily habits for millions of people — one of Page's main goals. The new features assume most people want more help managing their lives from Google's brainy engineers and the sprawling data centers that house its millions of computers around the world.
Tech, Labor Spar on Immigration
May 16, 2013 9:41 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | News | CommentsTo the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
Challenges with Microcell Deployment & Configuration
April 19, 2013 10:11 am | by Sinisa Peric, Chief R&D Engineer, QRC Technologies and Thomas Callahan, GM & CTO, QRC Technologies | Articles | CommentsWith cellular phones becoming not just voice, but now also data appliances, there is a growing need for operators to provide wide area (3-5 mile) coverage that assures high-rate data and voice services in nearly every location. What used to be considered “acceptable” gaps in coverage, like isolated homes...
New App Helps Icelanders Avoid Accidental Incest
April 19, 2013 9:50 am | by JENNA GOTTLIEB,Associated Press JILL LAWLESS,Associated Press | News | CommentsA new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users "bump" phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related. "Bump the app before you bump in bed," says the catchy slogan. Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment.
Discovery Paves the Way for Ultra-Fast, High Resolution Imaging in Real Time
April 19, 2013 9:44 am | by University of Melbourne | News | CommentsIn work published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coherent Xray Science have demonstrated that ultra short durations of electron bunches generated from laser-cooled atoms can be both very cold and ultra-fast.
Big Questions for Big Data
April 19, 2013 9:39 am | by Kelly Servick | Stanford Engineering | News | CommentsBut for Stanford Computer Science Professor Jure Leskovec, the most interesting answers are under the hood, in the data of our online habits. His research uses information collected from sites like Twitter, Wikipedia and Facebook to tackle big questions about how society works.
Microsoft Beats Street, Readies New Mobile Devices
April 19, 2013 9:38 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. is struggling to extend its software into smartphones and tablets as consumers are turning away from PCs, the foundation of its empire. Over the winter, it launched two larger tablets under the Surface brand. And in October, the company took a large stake in Barnes & Noble's digital unit...
Pong Game Will Be Writ Large on Philly Skyscraper
April 19, 2013 9:23 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsHundreds of built-in LED lights embedded in the north face of the Cira Centre will replicate the familiar paddles and ball with gamers controlling giant, table-mounted joysticks across the Schuylkill River from the building. The event starts at 8 p.m. It just might be the world's largest "Pong" game...
Blackstone Drops Out of Race to Buy Dell
April 19, 2013 9:16 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDell says buyout specialist Blackstone Group is ending a bid to buy the slumping computer maker, less than a month after pitching a plan to trump an offer from the company's CEO and founder. A letter to Dell Inc. from Blackstone and others involved in the bid says a steep...
Glasses Read to the Blind
April 18, 2013 2:52 pm | by Laboratory Equipment, Florida International University | Videos | CommentsA unique pair of eyeglasses developed by a Florida International Univ. (FIU) student team could revolutionize the lives of the blind, enabling them to walk into a library or a store, pick up any book or a can of soup and read it.
Engineering Newswire 34: Designing a Demonic Child
April 18, 2013 2:06 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower, the premier supplier of power system components for worldwide markets, we’re writing with fire, practicing with the Webb telescope, and writing emails with a guitar. This episode features, David Neevel has built a system...
IAR Embedded Workbench Certified for Functional Safety Development
April 18, 2013 11:48 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIAR Systems has announced that the build chain of the tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM has been certified by TÜV SÜD as a qualified tool for development of safety-related applications. In conjunction, IAR Systems also announced the availability of...
New Keyboard for Touchscreens
April 18, 2013 10:18 am | by Max Planck Institute for Informatics | News | CommentsThe research team of Antti Oulasvirta at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics has created a new keyboard called KALQ that enables faster thumb-typing on touchscreen devices. They used computational optimization techniques in conjunction with a model of thumb movement...
M2M Combo Chip: In the Driver’s Seat for Reducing Cost in Automation Industry
April 18, 2013 9:52 am | by Satish Melukadavan, Vice President, Product Design, Redpine Signals Inc., M2MCombo, M2M communications, machine-to-machine communications, M2M cloud applications, automation industry | Articles | CommentsThe era of the Internet began in 1980s by networking organizations like the military, government agencies, corporate, and universities. If we talk to any user from that time, they wouldn’t have the slightest clue of what the future of this technology would be.
