T-Mobile trumpets fastest data performance in top 100 US markets
T-Mobile trumpets fastest data performance in top 100 US markets: Just earlier today, the ITU did allow LTE, WiMax and HSPA+ or any evolved 3G technology to be known as 4G.
This certainly works well in T-Mobile’s favor who is doing all their best to push its HSPA+ network, making it America’s largest 4G network on paper. According to T-Mobile, they aren’t going to stop there, as an independent third-party recently claimed that T-Mobile is in possession of the fastest wireless performance in the top 100 US markets.
Cheerleaders blog about careers in science, technology, engineering and math
Cheerleaders blog about careers in science, technology, engineering and math: Give me an S-C-I-E-N-C-E! ScienceCheerleader.com is a blog about professional cheerleaders who are pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
The founder of the blog is Darlene Cavalier, a former Philadelphia 76ers cheerleader who worked at Discover magazine for 10 years and advocates for citizen science, encouraging people to learn about and participate in science through recreational activities and formal research.
The founder of the blog is Darlene Cavalier, a former Philadelphia 76ers cheerleader who worked at Discover magazine for 10 years and advocates for citizen science, encouraging people to learn about and participate in science through recreational activities and formal research.
Metro Minute with solstice at Canada Science and Technology Museum
Metro Minute with solstice at Canada Science and Technology Museum: Celebrate the winter solstice at the Canada Science and Technology Museum today. Marking the first day of winter, winter solstice – which occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun – is really only a moment in time, but at the museum, it lasts all day.
The whole family can enjoy indoor and outdoor activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At night, bundle up and join the Canada Science and Technology Museum for a free star party, where you can gaze at the night sky with telescopes and binoculars
The whole family can enjoy indoor and outdoor activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At night, bundle up and join the Canada Science and Technology Museum for a free star party, where you can gaze at the night sky with telescopes and binoculars
Computer Users Jeopardize Security With Poor Password Practices
In the survey, 79 percent of American adults revealed they’ve used personal information—a security no-no—as part of their online passwords. Furthermore, 26 percent said they’ve used the same password for important accounts such as email, online banking, shopping and social networking.
Mega introduces mobile technology
The QR (quick response) codes allow consumers to instantly view product information, images, videos and
instructions on a mobile page. This can be achieved by downloading a QR Code reader on a smart phone, which can then read the QR code on pack or in print.
In addition to new QR technology, Mega plans to refresh its microsites with a number of new innovative features. Kids will be able to view new 360° rotating product views, which explode showcasing the product build.
Mid-Western Regional Council Upgrades Mobile Technology
Mid-Western Regional Council Upgrades Mobile Technology: After an initial purchase of Motion Computing rugged F5v Tablet PCs in mid 2009, NSW‘s Mid-Western Regional Council (MWRC) has extended its roll-out of mobile productivity solutions across all field staff.
MWRC’s Manager, Information Technology, Andrew Sutherland, said that it is now using Motion F5v Tablet PCs for a range of activities across its 9,000 square km. area, with its weed inspectors the first department to utilise the tablets, followed by the mobile library; then roads supervisors and water system field staff.
MWRC’s Manager, Information Technology, Andrew Sutherland, said that it is now using Motion F5v Tablet PCs for a range of activities across its 9,000 square km. area, with its weed inspectors the first department to utilise the tablets, followed by the mobile library; then roads supervisors and water system field staff.
What will NOT happen in 4G world in 2011
What will NOT happen in 4G world in 2011: Prediction ain’t easy. But that doesn’t stop many would-be pundits from trying to read the 2011 tea leaves, with sometimes hilarious results.
The antidote? ABI Research’s annual take on what’s NOT going to happen next year in many of the markets.
Let's see a few of them.
The ITU still WON’T have the right to define 4G in 2011
The ITU has caused confusion in the industry to the point where some people really believe that the ITU defines 4G. But 4G is not a specification or a standard. It merely is shorthand for fourth generation mobile wireless technology.
In fact, the ITU does not create or define WiMAX or LTE either. The ITU sets criteria for existing and proposed technologies to meet – including speed and latency – so it can group them together with specific spectrum bands.
The antidote? ABI Research’s annual take on what’s NOT going to happen next year in many of the markets.
Let's see a few of them.
The ITU still WON’T have the right to define 4G in 2011
The ITU has caused confusion in the industry to the point where some people really believe that the ITU defines 4G. But 4G is not a specification or a standard. It merely is shorthand for fourth generation mobile wireless technology.
In fact, the ITU does not create or define WiMAX or LTE either. The ITU sets criteria for existing and proposed technologies to meet – including speed and latency – so it can group them together with specific spectrum bands.
APSU medical tech senior selected for national scholarship
Gassmann is enrolled in the Universitys medical technology program.
Medical technology is all about finding answers, she said. I have developed a greater interest in science throughout college and have become intrigued with solving problems in a laboratory atmosphere.
IIT-B develops fastest data centre
According to experts, a data centre is a facility used to house very dense computer systems and associated interconnection components.
Novozymes Agrees to Purchase Merck KGaA Crop Science Unit for $275 Million
Novozymes Agrees to Purchase Merck KGaA Crop Science Unit for $275 Million: Novozymes A/S, the world’s largest maker of industrial enzymes, agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s bioagriculture science unit for $275 million, adding a range of products designed to improve yields.
EMD/Merck Crop BioScience, which makes natural inoculants to improve plant health, has had an average annual growth of about 15 percent over the last seven years, with expected sales this year of $60 million, Novozymes said in a statement today.
The company will be integrated in Novozymes’ BioBusiness unit, where research and development costs currently eclipse profits. Novozymes entered the bioagricultural business in 2007 with the acquisition of Philom Bios of Canada. The Bagsvaerd, Denmark-based company also bought Brazilian microorganism maker Turfal on Aug. 12.
“This purchase doubles Novozymes’ size in the BioBusiness segment and increases their ability to drive future growth,” said Jens Houe Thomsen, an analyst at Jyske Bank A/S, in an e- mail.
The BioBusiness unit aims to reach Novozymes’ targets of more than 10 percent annual organic sales growth and more than 20 percent operating profit margin by 2018.
“EMD/Merck Crop BioScience has a strong strategic fit with our existing BioAg business,” said Steen Riisgaard, chief executive officer of Novozymes, in the statement. “Sustainable products and technologies will in the future play an even greater role in the agricultural industry as they allow effective and more sustainable ways to grow crops.”
Merck is based in Darmstadt, Germany.
EMD/Merck Crop BioScience, which makes natural inoculants to improve plant health, has had an average annual growth of about 15 percent over the last seven years, with expected sales this year of $60 million, Novozymes said in a statement today.
The company will be integrated in Novozymes’ BioBusiness unit, where research and development costs currently eclipse profits. Novozymes entered the bioagricultural business in 2007 with the acquisition of Philom Bios of Canada. The Bagsvaerd, Denmark-based company also bought Brazilian microorganism maker Turfal on Aug. 12.
“This purchase doubles Novozymes’ size in the BioBusiness segment and increases their ability to drive future growth,” said Jens Houe Thomsen, an analyst at Jyske Bank A/S, in an e- mail.
The BioBusiness unit aims to reach Novozymes’ targets of more than 10 percent annual organic sales growth and more than 20 percent operating profit margin by 2018.
“EMD/Merck Crop BioScience has a strong strategic fit with our existing BioAg business,” said Steen Riisgaard, chief executive officer of Novozymes, in the statement. “Sustainable products and technologies will in the future play an even greater role in the agricultural industry as they allow effective and more sustainable ways to grow crops.”
Merck is based in Darmstadt, Germany.
NOAH 2010: how to screw up a technology conference
NOAH 2010: how to screw up a technology conference: Milo Yiannopoulos discovers every possible conference taboo broken by London's NOAH.
Thinking of starting a technology conference? Here's a handy sliver of organisational best practice I never thought I'd have to dish out: don't bark at your guests - many of whom are urbane investor types, better acquainted with the etiquette of the drawing room than with brash fishwifery - in the manner of a camp kommandant. And try not to threaten them with a curtailed lunch break should they fail to leap into their seats at sound of your voice.
Honda to continue as technology partner: Hero Grp
Honda to continue as technology partner: Hero Grp: Hero group is going to acquire 26% stake from Honda. Ravi Sud of Her Honda said that Hero Honda said that as a company – both companies got an excellent deal. He added that the definitive agreement would be signed in the next 2-3 weeks. Only a joint venture dissolution pact will be signed with Honda Motor, he said.
Analysts have had a mixed reaction to the news, with some saying that Hero Honda would see a spike in research and development costs. Sud agrees that meeting R&D and technology requirements would prove to be a challenge but said that Honda would continue to be its technology partner. He, however, said the auto company would explore other international companies in terms of technology
Sud sad the company would continue to use the joint Hero Honda brand through transition period till 2014. but incase of a change in technology partner, the brand would then see a change in name.
Sud added that meeting existing demand and tapping and developing markets globally too would be a problem.
Sud further said that royalty payments to Honda would be at 3-5% of sales and that all existing products would have no royalty after 2014. He added that royalty on new products would be in line with the current rates
Analysts have had a mixed reaction to the news, with some saying that Hero Honda would see a spike in research and development costs. Sud agrees that meeting R&D and technology requirements would prove to be a challenge but said that Honda would continue to be its technology partner. He, however, said the auto company would explore other international companies in terms of technology
Sud sad the company would continue to use the joint Hero Honda brand through transition period till 2014. but incase of a change in technology partner, the brand would then see a change in name.
Sud added that meeting existing demand and tapping and developing markets globally too would be a problem.
Sud further said that royalty payments to Honda would be at 3-5% of sales and that all existing products would have no royalty after 2014. He added that royalty on new products would be in line with the current rates
Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough'
Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough': Taiwanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled an advanced microchip technology which they claimed marks a breakthrough in piling ever more memory into ever smaller spaces.
The scientists said they had succeeded in producing a circuit measuring just nine nanometres across -- one nanometre is equal to one billionth of a metre.
"Researchers used to believe that 20 nanometres was the limit for microchip technologies," said Ho Chia-hua, who heads the team behind the project at the state-run National Nano Device Laboratories.
A chip using the new memory technology has about 20 times the storage capacity of memory units now available on the market and consumes just one 200th of the electricity, the scientists said.
The benefits of greater memory and reduced electricity consumption are highly sought in the manufacture of electronic gadgets like smart phones and tablet computers.
Using such technology, a chip the size of one square centimetre will be capable of storing one million pictures or 100 hours of 3D movies, said Yang Fu-liang, the director general of the Laboratories.
However, Nobunaga Chai, an analyst of the Taipei-based electronics market research unit Digitimes, said it would be some time before anyone could start making money on the technology.
"I'm afraid it will take several years before the advanced technology can be turned into commercial use," he told AFP.
Taiwan is among the top four microchip producers in the world.
The scientists said they had succeeded in producing a circuit measuring just nine nanometres across -- one nanometre is equal to one billionth of a metre.
"Researchers used to believe that 20 nanometres was the limit for microchip technologies," said Ho Chia-hua, who heads the team behind the project at the state-run National Nano Device Laboratories.
A chip using the new memory technology has about 20 times the storage capacity of memory units now available on the market and consumes just one 200th of the electricity, the scientists said.
The benefits of greater memory and reduced electricity consumption are highly sought in the manufacture of electronic gadgets like smart phones and tablet computers.
Using such technology, a chip the size of one square centimetre will be capable of storing one million pictures or 100 hours of 3D movies, said Yang Fu-liang, the director general of the Laboratories.
However, Nobunaga Chai, an analyst of the Taipei-based electronics market research unit Digitimes, said it would be some time before anyone could start making money on the technology.
"I'm afraid it will take several years before the advanced technology can be turned into commercial use," he told AFP.
Taiwan is among the top four microchip producers in the world.
Google, Jordan seal $10 million deal
Google, Jordan seal $10 million deal: Jordan says it has sealed a $10 million agreement with Google, allowing it to use the world's leading Internet search engine for advertising.
Under the deal, Google will reinvest 25 percent of the amount back into the nascent Jordanian information technology sector, including digital media start ups and training students in online advertising.
Technology Minister Marwan Jumaa said Tuesday the deal will ``go a long away'' in boosting the sector through the transfer of knowledge from Google.
Google's Vice President Carlo D'Asaro Biondo said the deal will give Jordan far greater digital exposure.
Jordan has been seeking to attract technology investment for the last few years, partly to boost the sector's share of the GDP.
Under the deal, Google will reinvest 25 percent of the amount back into the nascent Jordanian information technology sector, including digital media start ups and training students in online advertising.
Technology Minister Marwan Jumaa said Tuesday the deal will ``go a long away'' in boosting the sector through the transfer of knowledge from Google.
Google's Vice President Carlo D'Asaro Biondo said the deal will give Jordan far greater digital exposure.
Jordan has been seeking to attract technology investment for the last few years, partly to boost the sector's share of the GDP.
Space sensor technology makes bolts smarter
With the help of space-sensor technology, German firm Intellifast has developed a bolt with an internal sensor to measure the stress while the bolt is in place.
MST Aerospace, the technology broker of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, helped Intellifast to work with ZF Lemforder, who builds components for the automotive industry.
Why Google requires the motion picture computerized rights mechanics behind Netflix
Why Google requires the motion picture computerized rights mechanics behind Netflix: Google announced yesterday that it’s purchased Widevine, a video digital rights management company mostly known as the technology behind Netflix’s video protection. Widevine gives video sites the tools to license, encrypt, and distribute videos to a variety of device platforms.
So why does Google suddenly need a credible DRM solution? It’s all about gaining the trust of the networks. Bear with me, and I’ll explain.
Travelling with technology
-- S. Gomez, Mississauga
A: Taking a laptop along allows you to stay connected with home, check your e-mail, Twitter and other social networking sites, and upload photos.
Here are some tips collected during my travels:
Newfangled engineering to track down illegal conflagrationists
Newfangled engineering to track down illegal conflagrationists: Authorities will be using new tactics to catch arsonists in Western Australia this summer.The Emergency Services Minister Rob Johnson says people who ring triple zero to report a fire this summer should expect a call back asking for more information.
He says it's part of the State Government's efforts to catch arsonists.
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