5 Very Cool Japanese Mobile Technology Companies from Mobile World Congress
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By Jason Lim
5 Very Cool Japanese Mobile Technology Companies from Mobile World Congress. by Jason Lim on March 2, 2012 • 6:46 pm No Comments. [Translate]. Japanese are known for their quirky creativity and advanced technology. When I visited ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Linda Ocasio/The Star-Ledger Loic Venance/AFP/Getty ImagesThis 2009 file photo in Paris, shows a man presenting an iPhone. A Philadelphia man used a cell phone jammer to block the chatter of his fellow travelers. You're sitting in a restaurant ...
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ZDNet (blog)
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CIO
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InformationWeek
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msnbc.com
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iProgrammer
If you have enjoyed any of the many videos of quadrotor robots doing amazing tricks then you will enjoy this talk because it gives you a complete overview of the project hosted at the GRASP lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
New find revives 'Jesus Tomb' flap
msnbc.com
One of the designs etched on a bone box found within a 1st-century Jerusalem tomb suggests the biblical story of Jonah and the fish, which held significant symbolism for early Christians. By Alan Boyle Using a remote-controlled camera on the end of a ...
msnbc.com
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Reuters
By Georgina Prodhan | BARCELONA (Reuters) - For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer -- exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue chip advertisers.
Stolen NASA laptop contained space station control codes
msnbc.com
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Tech Data Named One of FORTUNE's "World's Most Admired Companies"
MarketWatch (press release)
CLEARWATER, Fla., Mar 2, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) , one of the world's largest distributors of IT products, has been named a "World's Most Admired Company" by FORTUNE magazine for the third straight year.
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Fox News
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ball-tracking technology showed the ball was heading down leg side, but the refusal of India - the third team in the tournament - to adopt the DRS meant Kulasekera had to go when umpire Rod Tucker raised his finger. There was no such doubt about the ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Natcore Technology Opens Solar Research Center in Kodak's Business Park
MarketWatch (press release)
RED BANK, NEW JERSEY, Mar 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- In a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kodak's Eastman Business Park, Natcore Technology Inc. (CVE:CA:NXT) (pinksheets:NTCXF) has formally opened its Research and Development Center in Rochester, ...
How Much Rope Will Investors Give Tech IPOs This Time?
CNBC.com
That, of course, was the mantra in the 1990s...until investors tired of it, and the whole tech bubble imploded. Ancient history? Marc Andreesen doesn't think so...here's what he said on our air this morning: "The public market is still completely ...
A look at tech companies with recent IPOs
Boston.com
March 01, 2012|AP Here's a look at how some companies that had initial public offerings of stock since January 2011 are faring. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary widely. Feb. 7: Jive Software Inc., ...
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