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The wide world of hacking in China

The Chinese have been known to be experts at hacking for quite some time. But what might surprise some is that it's an epidemic across the country in all levels of society.  … 
Updated: 10 hours ago

HP Rethinks Its Talent Strategy: Promote More, Go Outside Less

Ask Hewlett-Packard's head of human resources, Tracy Keogh, how the big Silicon Valley tech company filled its executive positions a few years ago, and a rueful look comes over her face. "We were everybody's favorite client in the executive-search industry," she says. HP had lost its ability -- or willingness -- to promote from within. … 
Updated: 11 hours ago

Low-power wireless projected to make waves in remote controls according to IMS Research

 Nearly one-fifth of all remote controls will feature wireless radio frequency (RF) technology by 2018 that enable many advanced technologies not available with current remotes, including voice and gesture control, according to insights from IMS Research.  … 
Updated: 16 hours ago

Intel pushes for more research beyond 10-nm

 Mike Mayberry, director of component research at Intel Corp. has looked down the highway of conventional silicon development and reckons things become foggy beyond about the 7-nm node.  … 
Updated: 16 hours ago

Quantenna's new chip turns 802.11ac Wi-Fi up a notch

Quantenna announces the first 4x4 (quad-stream) 802.11ac chipset. The new chipset, which offers a cap speed of 1.7Gbps, is slated be used in products later this year.  … 
Updated: 1 day ago

Ericsson closes telecom cable manufacturing facility

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson announced on Tuesday plans to shut its telecom cable manufacturing facility in Sweden and would take a 500 million Swedish crown ($75 million) charge as a result.  … 
Updated: 2 days ago

Solar industry capital spending hits seven-year low in 2013 but upturn is on the cards

 Although global capital spending during 2013 in the photovoltaics supply chain is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2006 market analyst IHS predicts the downturn in investment has hit bottom and that purchases of equipment may soon rebound.  … 
Updated: 2 days ago

Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES collaborate to advance high-density memory technolog

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Updated: 2 days ago

Forward Concepts Wireless/DSP Newsletter 3-12-2013

Cadence Design to buy Tensilica  … 
Updated: 10 weeks ago
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Brussels Calling: Qualcomm wins in a wasteful industry

 Is there a difference between the U.S. and Europe on green and sustainability issues? It appears there is to judge from an interaction at the IMEC Technology Forum here yesterday.  … 
Updated: 10 hours ago

OtterBox buys rival company

Here's one way to end two companies fighting in court: have one buy the other. That's the way it worked with Fort Collins-based OtterBox and its rival, according to the Northern Colorado Business Report. OtterBox, which makes protective cases for consumer electronics, ended its patent infringement lawsuit against a California competitor, LifeProof, on Tuesday and … 
Updated: 12 hours ago

Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market

Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market  … 
Updated: 13 hours ago

Aspen Mountain open for skiing Memorial Day Weekend

It is not too late to get a little more skiing.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Dish said to bid $2B for Lightsquared spectrum

Dish's future networking portfolio could grow quite quickly based on a new report that the satellite TV provider is going after the bankrupt wireless venture's spectrum.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Halliburton brings next generation of fracking equipment to Colorado

Cutting-edge technology for hydraulic fracturing, developed by Halliburton Co., will be deployed in Colorado's booming Niobrara oil fields in coming months, including a solar-powered "SandCastle." “This is probably the most high-tech office in the United States, with the next generation technology for the frack of the future,” Jim Brown, Halliburton’s Denver-based president of western hemisphere … 
Updated: 3 days ago

First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing

The first satellite of Galileo’s next phase has arrived at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch. This first Galileo Full Operational Capability – FOC – satellite is functionally identical to the first four Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites already in orbit, the operational nucleus … 
Updated: 6 days ago

Couragent Set to Raise Growth Capital ...

Couragent Set to Raise Growth Capital With Nation’s First Legal Investment Crowdfunding Deal  The Mobile Scanner Manufacturer’s Registered SCOR Offering Open to Consumer Investors in Five States  … 
Updated: 32 weeks ago

Couragent, Inc. named one of 50 Colorado Companies to Watch

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, in partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation, honored 50 second-stage companies from across the state during the "Colorado Companies to Watch" annual ceremony, held June 22, 2012 in Denver. Now in its fourth year, the program recognizes these growth-oriented companies that account for nearly 39 percent … 
Updated: 32 weeks ago
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Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market

Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market  … 
Updated: 13 hours ago

Gemalto teams with Encore Networks for mission critical M2M communications as US shifts to wireless

 European smartcard specialist Gemalto has teamed up with US machine-to-machine (M2M) router supplier Encore Networks to provide reliable wireless links for mission critical applications as operators pull out of wired communications.  … 
Updated: 2 days ago

Aspen Mountain open for skiing Memorial Day Weekend

It is not too late to get a little more skiing.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

ST turns to PCM for MCU embedded memory

STMicroelectronics, which began researching phase-change memory more than a decade ago, has said it will offer microcontrollers integrated with the non-volatile memory.View the full article HERE.  … 
Updated: 6 days ago
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Brussels Calling: Qualcomm wins in a wasteful industry

 Is there a difference between the U.S. and Europe on green and sustainability issues? It appears there is to judge from an interaction at the IMEC Technology Forum here yesterday.  … 
Updated: 10 hours ago

Nujira surpasses own world record for ET PA linearity

 Nujira will present new performance results at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Seattle, USA that demonstrate the company has bettered its own world record linearity mark for an RF Power Amplifier (PA) operating under ET conditions.  … 
Updated: 12 hours ago

Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market

Broadcom Announces First 5G WiFi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market  … 
Updated: 13 hours ago

Aspen Mountain open for skiing Memorial Day Weekend

It is not too late to get a little more skiing.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Cloudberry Mobile and Ubiquisys Join Forces to Bring the Small Cell Revolution to All Mobile Operators

Turn-key managed service built on proven operational experience and intelligent small cells  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Britain's Cameron tells Google and others to play fair on tax

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax rates.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Google's Schmidt to meet Britain's Cameron as tax row rages

LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as a participant of an advisory group just days after UK lawmakers lambasted the Internet company's tax affairs.  … 
Updated: 6 days ago

First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing

The first satellite of Galileo’s next phase has arrived at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch. This first Galileo Full Operational Capability – FOC – satellite is functionally identical to the first four Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites already in orbit, the operational nucleus … 
Updated: 6 days ago
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Boeing Ships 6th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite for Launch

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -  Boeing [NYSE: BA] is progressing with the expansion of the U.S Defense Department's highest capacity communications satellite constellation, recently shipping its sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, pictured here in the company's El Segundo facility, for a scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., later this year. Through a cooperative agreement with the … 
Updated: 2 days ago

First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing

The first satellite of Galileo’s next phase has arrived at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch. This first Galileo Full Operational Capability – FOC – satellite is functionally identical to the first four Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites already in orbit, the operational nucleus … 
Updated: 6 days ago

ViaSat Announces Next Generation Broadband Satellite

CARLSBAD, Calif. -  ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) has executed a contract with Boeing (NYSE: BA) to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world's highest capacity satellite at the time of launch (scheduled for mid-2016) achieving an unparalleled mix of capacity and … 
Updated: 6 days ago
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Gartner Announces Rankings of Its 2013 Supply Chain Top 25

Gartner, Inc. has released the findings from its ninth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the Supply Chain Top 25 research initiative is to raise awareness of the supply chain discipline and how it impacts the business.  … 
Updated: 13 hours ago

Ireland feels the heat from Apple tax row

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland called on Wednesday for an international clampdown on multinationals shifting profits around the world to avoid tax, after criticism that Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple to shrink its tax bill.  … 
Updated: 1 day ago

Apple lays out tax plan ahead of congressional hearing

Apple has posted a full copy of the testimony it plans to deliver to congress on Tuesday, with details of its tax reform wish list.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Britain's Cameron tells Google and others to play fair on tax

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax rates.  … 
Updated: 3 days ago

Google's Schmidt to meet Britain's Cameron as tax row rages

LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as a participant of an advisory group just days after UK lawmakers lambasted the Internet company's tax affairs.  … 
Updated: 6 days ago
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