Countering Hewlett-Packard Co.'s claim that it wrote off $8.8 billion of its purchase of Autonomy after discovering it had been misled about the British firm's finances, a shareholder lawsuit claims the real reason was that ...
Business
Dec 21, 2012
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A future where robots are as common as cars – and cheaper – is on the way. This is according to Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, named one of the top 100 geniuses alive in the world today, who has devoted himself to creating robots ...
Robotics
Nov 29, 2012
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Hewlett-Packard now has a legal headache to compound its misery as the company tries to recover from a series of setbacks that have hammered its stock price and raised doubts about its future.
Business
Nov 27, 2012
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Hewlett-Packard and the former head of a British software firm it acquired traded barbs Tuesday over the US firm's allegations of deliberate accounting tricks ahead of a massive writedown.
Business
Nov 27, 2012
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Frontline employees will commit to improving their organization if they perceive a high degree of autonomy in their jobs and trust their leaders, says research from University of Illinois business professors.
Economics & Business
Nov 14, 2012
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Google intends to allow its newly acquired Motorola Mobility to keep its autonomy as it battles in the hotly contested smartphone market, executives said Thursday.
Business
Jun 22, 2012
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Germany will miss its target of one million electric cars on its roads by 2020 without more incentives, the country's coordinator on electric transport policy warned on Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 20, 2012
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Within the framework of the EU project sFly, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of flying robot that can be navigated using only on-board cameras and a miniature computer. The micro helicopters require neither ...
Robotics
Apr 24, 2012
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When facing temptation, can a simple change of language make a difference? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who respond to temptation with the words "I don't" versus "I can't" are more ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012
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DARPA's Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program is developing software to perform human-level tasks quickly and with minimal direction.
Robotics
Mar 2, 2012
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