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Photos: MIT <endeca_term>lab</endeca_term> throws open its doors

Photos: MIT lab throws open its doors

...MIT's famed Media Lab is like a playground for really smart techies and artists.The Lab... Read more

30 April, 2012 by Martin LaMonica
Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

...long illness was reported on Wednesday and confirmed on Thursday by Bell Labs, similarly embodied a unique yet admirable approach to systems design: a man... Read more

13 October, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Bell <endeca_term>Labs</endeca_term> throws open the doors to its research

Bell Labs throws open the doors to its research

...Some ideas on show at Bell Labs are in an extremely early stage of development. This photo shows concepts... Read more

3 June, 2010 by David Meyer
MIT's Media <endeca_term>Lab</endeca_term> opens its doors

MIT's Media Lab opens its doors

...One of the projects to come out of the MIT Media Lab is the SmartCities effort, which re-imagines transportation in the city. The... Read more

18 October, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Photos: Inside Kaspersky Lab's antivirus HQ

...look at the Russian antivirus company's Moscow headquarters and virus-hunting labs The software of Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Lab is used by 300... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Steve Ranger
Proverbial wallets teach owners to budget

Proverbial wallets teach owners to budget

...Researchers in the Information Ecology group at the MIT Media Lab have developed wallets that can shrink, expand, buzz or tighten up depending... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans
A look inside Google's usability testing <endeca_term>lab</endeca_term>

A look inside Google's usability testing lab

...ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News inside Google's Usability Testing Labs at its headquarters in California. The lab is one of the last... Read more

18 October, 2010 by James Martin
Inside Livermore <endeca_term>Labs</endeca_term>' laser fusion facility

Inside Livermore Labs' laser fusion facility

...of the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. CAMS, as it's known, employs giant magnets to filter out elements... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Daniel Terdiman

IBM creates Mass Lab development centre

...IBM has created a new software development lab in Massachusetts in a move to design enterprise-grade mobile applications. In... Read more

17 June, 2010 by Larry Dignan

IBM founds security division on back of Q1 Labs purchase

...IBM said on Tuesday it had acquired Q1 Labs, a security intelligence software company, and formed a security unit. Q1 Labs... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Mozilla merges Thunderbird email group into Labs

...on other communication technology. Mozilla's Thunderbird email will merge into Mozilla Labs. The Thunderbird group, called Mozilla Messaging, will become part of Mozilla Labs... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
Nasa puts space station software to the test

Nasa puts space station software to the test

...integration laboratory — a facility run by Nasa and aerospace company Boeing. The lab is the last stop for software before it is uploaded to the... Read more

30 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

Microsoft closes Live Labs

...Microsoft has decided to reorganise its once highly touted Live Labs — a nearly five-year-old development effort headed by former Yahoo executive... Read more

11 October, 2010 by Ina Fried

Internet Explorer tops browser security tests

...combating socially engineered malware, according to a study by researchers at NSS Labs. The security company published its latest browser analysis (PDF) on Monday, showing... Read more

16 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Google shuts down Google Labs

...Google is shutting down its product prototyping facility, Google Labs, the company has announced. In a blog post by research chief Bill... Read more

21 July, 2011 by David Meyer

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

1 hour ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

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Thomas Gellhaus

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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