Microsoft Will Help iPhone Developers Move Their Apps To Windows Phone
Microsoft has a new weapon in its battle to get more apps for Windows Phone: a tool that will analyze an iPhone app and offer shortcuts for developers to port it to Windows Phone.
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New Software to Support Interest in Extreme Science
Today the University of Chicago’s Flash Center for Computational Science will release a major new version of supercomputer code, called FLASH 4-alpha. This is the first version of the FLASH code that has extensive capabilities for simulating high-energy density physics experiments.
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TomTom sold customer driving data to police
Apple isn’t the only one tracking your location: GPS manufacturing TomTom admitted it has been collecting user data to help police in the Netherlands track down drivers breaking the speed limit. Dutch publication Algemeen Dagblad reports that the devices were monitoring customers speeds and that this information was being sold to law enforcement officials, who would then set up speed traps. It’s …
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Many Vilonia firms back in business
VILONIA — Four days after being devastated by a tornado, several Vilonia businesses are back in operation.
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Petrol price to increase by 29c a litre
FOR Nokhayinese Bhatisi , a dream of one day owning a new home has finally been realised after waiting more than 10years. A LITRE of petrol in Gauteng will likely cost just over R10 in May, with economists pencilling in a price hike of between 25c to 30c a litre.
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Turn An Old Flatbed Scanner Into A Cheap Lightbox
Instead of throwing away the old, neglected scanner sitting in the garage, why not turn it into a cheap lightbox? James Wilson recently asked himself the same question, and he wound up getting some pretty nice results for a couple of hours’ work. (more…)
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Rimage Reports Strong First Quarter Operating Results
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Rimage Corporation today reported operating results for the first quarter of 2011 ended March 31. Sales of .5 million were up 17% from .4 million in the …
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Hofstra’s Jenkins joins elite group
Charles Jenkins never thought he would be joining such an exclusive club, although he did steal a peek two years ago. The senior guard from Hofstra won the Haggerty Award, given to the outstanding college basketball player in the New York metropolitan area, for the third straight year Tuesday. The others to do that are Jim McMillian of Columbia from 1968-70 and Chris Mullin of St.
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Quatech, Inc. Offers Superior 802.11 Wireless Ethernet Solutions
HUDSON, Ohio–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Quatech, Inc. , a division of DPAC Technologies and a leader in wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions, announces its expanded lineup of Ethernet-to-WiFi …
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Capacitive Touch Portfolio provides touch sense capabilities to MCUs.
Enabling low-power touch sense capabilities on MSP430 devices, 16-bit MSP430 MCU capacitive touch portfolio includes hardware and software solutions. Open source software library eliminates need to develop complex touch sensing algorithms and supports various capacitive touch sensor types. MSP430 Value Line G2xx2 and G2xx3 devices include capacitive touch IOs, which enable developers to …
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New Boom in Silicon Valley
Each day, Inc.’s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here’s what we found today. Office-space shortage in the South Bay. If you’re planning on setting up shop in Palo Alto with all of the other tech companies, you better get a move on. O ffice spaces are filling up , fast. The Wall Street Journal reports that what just months ago looked like a …
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Belwith Products, LLC Announces Its Keeler Division is Introducing a New Line of Architectural Locks Utilizing a Self …
Belwith Products, LLC , a designer and manufacturer of kitchen, bathroom and door hardware located in Grandville, Michigan, via its Keeler™ Division, is introducing a new line of architectural locks with new designs, new finishes and new metal substrates while utilizing an innovative and proprietary self-aligning assembly system.
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Belwith Products, LLC Announces Its Keeler Division is Introducing a New Line of Architectural Locks Utilizing a Self …
Belwith Products, LLC , a designer and manufacturer of kitchen, bathroom and door hardware located in Grandville, Michigan, via its Keeler™ Division, is introducing a new line of architectural locks with new designs, new finishes and new metal substrates while utilizing an innovative and proprietary self-aligning assembly system.
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Hofstra’s Jenkins joins elite group
Charles Jenkins never thought he would be joining such an exclusive club, although he did steal a peek two years ago. The senior guard from Hofstra won the Haggerty Award, given to the outstanding college basketball player in the New York metropolitan area, for the third straight year Tuesday. The others to do that are Jim McMillian of Columbia from 1968-70 and Chris Mullin of St.
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Dell Unveils Specialized Workstations
Intel’s Core i5, i7, and i7 Extreme Edition are among the options offered on the Dell Precision M4600 and M6600 laptop computers, and the Dell Precision R5500 rack workstation, which are designed for graphics-intensive computing.
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Vilonia firefighter keep busy in cleanup efforts after storm
VILONIA — The city of Vilonia Tuesday morning was full of volunteers — some familiar faces — a few new ones. They were manning chainsaws, passing out food and bottled water, directing traffic and conducting welfare checks. read more
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No increase expected for Norristown school lunch prices (video)
WEST NORRITON — School lunch prices are expected to remain at .15 at the elementary school level and .30 at the middle school and Norristown Area High School next year unless state regulations require a 5-cent increase for paid meals.
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Nintendo Says Successor To ‘Wii’ Is Coming Next Year
The successor to Nintendo’s hit Wii console will arrive next year.
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Beehackers
Pity the poor beekeeper. While bee researchers play with high-frequency dancing robotic bees, DNA scanners, and forensic pollen analysis, beekeepers must scavenge 19th-century feed scales off eBay.
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What Does Your Phone Know About You? More Than You Think
Figuring that I’ve got nothing to hide, I’d always privileged convenience over any privacy and security protocols. Not anymore.
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Coles and Woolies net mega-share
ALMOST 40 per cent of retail spending by Australian households now lands in the coffers of either Coles or Woolworths.
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Sony says former president Norio Ohga, credited with developing compact disc, has died
TOKYO – Sony says its former president and chairman Norio Ohga, credited with developing the compact disc, has died. He was 81.
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Apple iPad 2′s killer feature: The 2X hardware factor
The iPad 2 is ‘winning’ with two double-your-fun hardware features…
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Nintendo’s Secret Weapon [Wii]
What Nintendo’s past reveals about its future console.
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As Subsidies Fade, SolarCity CEO Sees Industry Growth In Electric Cars
Though oil is still king in this country, nearly every major auto company is making a push to develop and manufacture electric cars. General Motors has the Chevy Volt, Ford produces an electric Focus, Mitsubishi manufactures the i-Miev, Toyota will soon offer a plug-in Prius, and Nissan–which recently had to stop taking orders until production and shipping could catch up with demand–puts out …
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How CIOs and CTOs should Improve their Businesses with the Private Cloud
The real story of the cloud has not been told in most industries. It is not about technology but about new ways of running a business. Adopting flexible infrastructure is much easier than understanding how that flexibility translates into business value.
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Verizon CFO May Have Spilled The Beans On The iPhone 5
Did Verizon just commit the cardinal sin of being partners with Apple: did it leak info about the next iPhone? Verizon chief financial officer Fran Shammo would appear to have some explaining to do, following comments on the company’s earnings conference call that appeared to let an interesting detail slip about the next iPhone.
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