May 21
ALBANY, N.Y., May 21, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) – AngioDynamics /quotes/zigman/92263/quotes/nls/ango ANGO -0.16% , a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, today announced the appointment of George W. Bourne as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. He joins the Company’s executive …
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May 21
BURLINGTON, Mass., May 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Aspen Technology, Inc. /quotes/zigman/57708/quotes/nls/azpn AZPN -3.33% , a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced that a federal court jury has returned a verdict against M3 Technology in favor of AspenTech in a case against M3 Technology, Inc. in the U.S. District Court …
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May 21
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES China-based information technology services company Yucheng Technologies Ltd. (YTEC) said Monday that its chairman and chief executive has expressed interest in taking the company private in an offer that values it at … Article source: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120521-704741.html
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May 21
BY JESSICA E. VASCELLARO A race to liberate computer users from the mouse is kicking into high gear, inspired by the potential of turning hands and other body parts into digital controllers. The goal: to manage computers and other devices with gestures rather than pointing and clicking a mouse or touching a display directly. Backers …
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May 21
Mon May 21, 2012 5:31am EDT Article source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/idUS79739+21-May-2012+HUG20120521
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May 20
CHICAGO, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Entrepreneurs at Chicago’s new hub for digital start-ups, 1871, got a surprise visit Sunday from British Prime Minister David Cameron prior to the start of the NATO Summit. The Prime Minister spoke with several entrepreneurs about their businesses and Chicago’s strong technology innovation sector, then toured the …
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May 20
By Tom Goodenough PUBLISHED: 11:15 EST, 20 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 20 May 2012 The brush strokes behind some of the most iconic artworks have long been known to hide mystery and intrigue. But now, thanks to technology usually associated with combating crime, some of the greatest puzzles in portrait – such as …
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May 20
5 hrs. Melanie Pinola , Lifehacker Google Earlier this week, Google introduced Knowledge Graph, the company’s new search technology that understands “things not strings” and adds rich and relevant details about your query in the sidebar of your search results. Here are five great things you can now do with a quick Google search. I took …
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May 20
Game creator Jordan Mechner wanted to teach the next generation. So the man behind the groundbreaking 1989 Apple II game Prince of Persia recently posted his original 6052 assembly source code to Github. But getting the code from decades-old floppy disks “covered with dust” was no simple task. Mechner employed the services of vintage computer …
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May 20
For decades, digital technology has been synonymous with silicon. But maybe for not much longer. The age of printed electronics may soon be upon us. Following years of hype and development, technologies that allow chips and other electronic components to be made using techniques akin to inkjet printing — rather than by lithography or other …
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