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Tenet, Community Health fight gets nasty

(AP) -- Tenet Healthcare has charged rival hospital operator Community Health Systems with systematically bilking Medicare, and the burgeoning legal fight sent shares of the entire sector sliding Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elpida develops 4-Gigabit DDR2 mobile RAM operating at 1.2V and 1066Mbps

Elpida Memory today announced that it has developed a 4-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM that employs state-of-the-art 30nm process. This new Mobile RAM features a low operating voltage of 1.2V, achieves a 1066Mbps high-speed data ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Willow Garage introduces affordable, programmable robot - TurtleBot

(PhysOrg.com) -- Willow Garage, the Menlo Park, California-based consortium of robotics experts, founded by Scott Hassan in 2006 to create or develop hardware and open source software for the advancement of ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Apple sets new operating systems for iPhone, Mac

Apple said Monday that it will unveil the next generation operating systems for the iPhone and the Macintosh computer at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asus launches Android-powered tablet

(AP) -- AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled a sleek tablet computer on Friday, after the Taiwanese firm saw the sales of its once popular line of mini-laptops stall following the launch of Apple's hit iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Rumors about two new Sony laptops abound

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is Sony trying to out Macbook the Macbook? That is the rumor floating around the tech world today. According to a rumor report, first put out by Sony Insider, the company is allegedly working ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Google to set up a mobile payment system this year?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile payment is an arrangement that has a lot of potential to make your life easier, but it also has a lot of potential to create issues with identity theft. That is why when a new company ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Microsoft releases new Internet Explorer 9 browser

Microsoft released the latest version of its Internet Explorer Web browsing software free online late Monday, hoping to fend off recent challenges by Firefox and Google Chrome.

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

HP looks to the 'cloud'

Hewlett-Packard plans to offer a complete range of cloud computing services, HP chief executive Leo Apotheker said Monday as he outlined his strategy for the US computer giant.

Technology / Business

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia gives CEO $6.2M to offset lost Microsoft pay

(AP) -- The executive hired to turn around mobile phone maker Nokia is getting $6.2 million to make up for the paychecks he lost when he left Microsoft last fall.

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android tops BlackBerry in US: comScore

Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft to release a tablet OS in 2012

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has finally decided to join the tablet OS market. Following in the grand tradition of Kinect (motion controls for video games, which came out after the Nintendo Wii sported them) ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7 weblog

Sophos identifies a trojan for OS X

(PhysOrg.com) -- Macs have, for the most part, been considered to be more secure than their PC counterparts due to the lack of developments of viruses and other malicious codes that are created for them. Most ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 24 | with audio podcast weblog

The next operating system

At the most basic level, a computer is something that receives zeroes and ones from either memory or an input device — like a keyboard — combines them in some systematic way, and ships the results ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Fronts shift in smartphone war with Nokia-Microsoft tie-up

Nokia's decision to join forces with Microsoft marks a major shift in the global smartphone war but the big question is whether the Finnish company opted for the right partner.

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0