In the wake of last week’s fatal plane crash that took the life of its CEO, Micron Technology has appointed a successor, Mark Durcan.
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Micron appoints Mark Durcan as new CEO
On February 5, 2012, In Technology, by RheomeGriffth610
Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Read more
Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Read more
On February 5, 2012, In Technology, by ZaidaJamey
On HealthTap, an interactive Web site, users can ask for medical advice, and doctors can gain whimsical “awards” for their answers.
On HealthTap, an interactive Web site, users can ask for medical advice, and doctors can gain whimsical “awards” for their answers.
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Digital Domain: Advice for the Ill, and Points for the Doctors
On February 5, 2012, In Technology, Uncategorized, by NancyThornbaum54
More companies are turning to gamification – offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities – as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data. Read more
More companies are turning to gamification – offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities – as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data. Read more
On February 4, 2012, In Joomla, Technology, by Lobo
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Smartphones outsold PCs and tablets combined, says research company – but netbooks have had their day as sales fall by 25% year-on-year Stick a fork in it: the netbook is done, with sales falling by 25% in the past year while smartphones and tablets are invading the computing space, according to new figures from the research company Canalys. In 2011, tablets overtook netbooks in total sales while smartphone shipments exceeded those of tablets and PCs combined, at 487.7m against 414.6m. Netbook shipments in particular fell from 39.4m in 2010 to 29.4m in 2011, a 25% fall, as the total number of tablets shipped rose almost threefold from 23m to 63m by Canalys’s calculations.
Smartphones outsold PCs and tablets combined, says research company – but netbooks have had their day as sales fall by 25% year-on-year Stick a fork in it: the netbook is done, with sales falling by 25% in the past year while smartphones and tablets are invading the computing space, according to new figures from the research company Canalys. In 2011, tablets overtook netbooks in total sales while smartphone shipments exceeded those of tablets and PCs combined, at 487.7m against 414.6m. Netbook shipments in particular fell from 39.4m in 2010 to 29.4m in 2011, a 25% fall, as the total number of tablets shipped rose almost threefold from 23m to 63m by Canalys’s calculations.
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Netbook plummets while tablets and smartphones soar, says Canalys
On February 2, 2012, In News, Technology, by helobka23
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Thursday’s selection includes several items about Facebook in the wake of its filing for a public stock offering, including the unclear nature of its ad business, two major ways its revenue is changing and a theory that it will not be the one big player in social media.
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Thursday’s selection includes several items about Facebook in the wake of its filing for a public stock offering, including the unclear nature of its ad business, two major ways its revenue is changing and a theory that it will not be the one big player in social media.
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Today’s Scuttlebot: Facebook’s Ads, Revenue and Market Fragmentation
Chipzilla has long been atop the PC chip manufacturing mountain , with AMD running a rather distant second. That’s why AMD’s new top man, Rory Read, plans to move the company in a more mobile direction
Chipzilla has long been atop the PC chip manufacturing mountain , with AMD running a rather distant second. That’s why AMD’s new top man, Rory Read, plans to move the company in a more mobile direction
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AMD’s new plan: focus on tablets, cloud computing and developing markets
Plus El Reg’s comment ‘sin bin’ and what iPhone, Android and BlackBerry switchers thought of Windows Phone A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Use Kinect to teach anatomy? It’s a ‘Mirracle’! > > CNET Health Tech Simply brilliant: “Kinect hacks have been used for many a grand feat, from a tool that helps the blind navigate more easily to hands-free questing in World of Warcraft and virtual cat brushing.
Plus El Reg’s comment ‘sin bin’ and what iPhone, Android and BlackBerry switchers thought of Windows Phone A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Use Kinect to teach anatomy? It’s a ‘Mirracle’! > > CNET Health Tech Simply brilliant: “Kinect hacks have been used for many a grand feat, from a tool that helps the blind navigate more easily to hands-free questing in World of Warcraft and virtual cat brushing.
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Boot up: Google to brief US congress on privacy policy, Kinect to teach anatomy, and more