Industry News
Microsoft Assault on Google Shows Industry Shift
April 10, 2013 9:30 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.
Google to Invest $390M in Data Center in Belgium
April 10, 2013 9:19 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsInternet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center. Google Inc. said Wednesday it will upgrade the facility in Belgium to meet growing demand for its online services.
Advancing Secure Communications
April 10, 2013 9:17 am | by University of Michigan | News | CommentsIn a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a simpler, more efficient single-photon emitter that can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
A Step Toward Optical Transistors?
April 10, 2013 9:17 am | by McGill University | News | CommentsAs demand for computing and communication capacity surges, the global communication infrastructure struggles to keep pace, since the light signals transmitted through fiber-optic lines must still be processed electronically, creating a bottleneck in telecommunications networks.
Ericsson to Buy Microsoft's TV Software Unit
April 9, 2013 9:35 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsEricsson, the Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment, has agreed to buy Microsoft's Mediaroom business, which makes the software that powers AT&T's U-Verse TV service, the companies said Monday. Neither company said how much Ericsson is paying.
U.S. Says Hacking Undermines China's Interests
April 9, 2013 9:30 am | by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press | News | CommentsHacking that originates inside China is undermining its relationship with the United States and harms Beijing's long-term interests, a top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, in the latest high-level public expression of concern over a problem that has prompted threats of commercial retaliation from Washington.
Review: HTC One Impresses but Software Disappoints
April 9, 2013 9:29 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsReady for the battle of the phones? This year's crop of high-end smartphones is starting to emerge, like bear cubs crawling out of their burrows, sniffing the spring air. First out is the HTC One, a handsome, powerful animal that should do well this year.
Robot Hot Among Surgeons but FDA Taking a New Look
April 9, 2013 9:16 am | by LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier. ut now the high-tech helper is under scrutiny over reports of problems...
NASA Selects MIT-led TESS Project for 2017 Mission
April 8, 2013 10:09 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsFollowing a three-year competition, NASA has selected the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) project at MIT for a planned launch in 2017. The space agency announced the mission — to be funded by a $200 million grant to the MIT-led team — this afternoon.
Online Translation on the Rise, Changing Lives
April 8, 2013 9:49 am | by MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer | News | CommentsYou might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Or, like Phillip and Niki Smith in rural Mississippi, you could use it to rescue a Chinese orphan and fall in love at the same time.
Broadcasters Worry about 'Zero TV' Homes
April 8, 2013 9:35 am | by RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsSome people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service...
Senator: NASA to Lasso Asteroid, Bring it Closer
April 8, 2013 9:16 am | by SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsThe ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking exploration, according to a government document obtained by The Associated Press.
Sierra Wireless Introduces a Compact 3G Wireless Gateway
April 7, 2013 8:26 pm | by Sierra Wireless | News | CommentsAirLink Raven, Raven X, and Raven XE gateways have been successfully integrated into a wide variety of M2M deployments, enabling customers to do everything from monitoring soil conditions in vineyards or vibrations in historic buildings, to managing SCADA equipment remotely...
Zfone Communications is Now Element Telecom
April 7, 2013 7:15 pm | by Element Telecom | News | CommentsElement Telecom, a leading provider of scalable and affordable VoIP solutions to residential and business customers, announces today the formal rebranding of Zfone Communications as Element Telecom. The announcement reflects the evolution of Element Telecom into a multi-national provider...
RACO Now Included in Rockwell Automation Support Center
April 7, 2013 7:08 pm | by RACO Manufacturing and Engineering Co. Inc. | News | CommentsCustomers can resolve their technical issues easily and efficiently with 24/7 support from the Rockwell Automation Support Center. Customers can search for public answers, request notification updates, read forums, submit questions and chat live as part of this full-service support center.
Master Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement with Panasonic
April 7, 2013 6:55 pm | by Master Electronics; Panasonic Industrial Devices | News | CommentsMaster Electronics announces the company has been awarded the prestigious Panasonic Industrial Devices franchise. The expanded Panasonic offering builds on decades of success between the two companies selling and promoting Panasonic Electric Works products.
Openet Global Policy Management Revenue Leader for Third Consecutive Year
April 7, 2013 6:32 pm | by Openet | News | CommentsOpenet, a global leader of high performance transaction management software for network operators, was again recognized as the global revenue leader in Infonetics Research's Policy Management market share, size and forecast report.
Omron Network Products Debuts and Offers Demonstrations of Industry's Most Compact and Versatile SDI Subsystem
April 7, 2013 6:23 pm | by Omron Network Products, LLC | News | CommentsOmron Network Products, LLC (ONP) has announced the company will offer an exclusive demonstration of the SX4-SDI subsystem, the industry's only stand-alone optical subsystem that can transmit four 3G-SDI signals simultaneously over 500m on a single fiber. ONP will debut the SX4-SDI at the 2013 NAB show in booth SL4329 from April 8-11.
Jab Broadband Utilizes Cambium GIGATOWER to Meet Subscriber and Growth Demands
April 7, 2013 5:58 pm | by Cambium Networks | News | CommentsCambium Networks has announced that JAB Broadband, the largest fixed wireless broadband service provider in the U.S., is the first to deploy the Canopy point-to-multipoint (PMP) 450 platform in a 1 Gbps GIGATOWER configuration to support its network upgrade, growth and maintenance initiatives.
Remote Sensor Monitoring and Process Control
April 5, 2013 9:47 am | by XSenso | News | CommentsxSenso is a compact DIN-rail or wall mount solution that enables sensors (voltage or current) to easily and transparently send real-time data to any node on the Internet or to a cloud based application. The options of two analog outputs (voltage or current) or two mechanical relays (AC or DC) make the xSenso a complete industrial process controller.
Facebook Barges into Google Turf with Home
April 5, 2013 9:38 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFacebook Home, the new application that takes over the front screen of a smartphone, is a bit of a corporate home invasion. Facebook is essentially moving into Google's turf, taking advantage of software the search giant and competitor created.
Facebook Tweaks Android Phones to Build New 'Home'
April 5, 2013 9:37 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY, MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers | News | CommentsWith its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how people interact with mobile technology. The audacious move will provide further insights into how pervasive Facebook has become, testing whether people want to be greeted with content from the social network every time they look at their phones.
PC, Tablet, Phone Shipments to hit 2.4B in 2013
April 5, 2013 9:36 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsGartner expects desktop and notebook PC shipments to continue to decline as people move toward more portable devices like tablets and "ultramobile" electronics that fall somewhere between a laptop and a tablet, such as the MacBook Air. The research firm says that tablet shipments will likely reach 197 million...
Engineering Newswire 32: iWorm Straps to Your Back
April 4, 2013 11:31 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower, the premier supplier of power system components for worldwide markets, we’re building an internal suspension system for your brain, designing an endoscope as thin as a hair, and using a worm to go hands-free.
Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching into the Fast Lane
April 4, 2013 10:22 am | by Ames Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1,000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies. Magnetic switching is used to encode information in hard drives ...
