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The S&P 500 Wednesday closed at a new record following a batch of mostly solid economic and corporate earnings reports, and a modestly upbeat Federal Reserve report. The S&P 500 jumped 9.50 (0.52 percent) to 1,848.38, edging past the prior record of…

The deluge of details regarding the NSA’s surveillance tactics shows no sign of abating, as yet another document leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden has made its way into the pages of the New York Times. According to the report, the NSA has…

New Online Session Features Gartner Research Vice President Benoit Lheureux Discussing the Key Industry Trends Driving B2B Strategy GAITHERSBURG, MD…

Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday it was launching a line of “voice tablets,” or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. The devices will be the first smartphones from the US computer giant since it stopped production of Palm devices in 2011…

New European whitepaper with exclusive workforce development trends available at Stand 140London – Wednesday, 15th January 2014 – Speexx, the…

The 2015 Honda Fit is an incredibly important car for Honda, and they know it. The Japanese automaker isn’t pulling any punches this time, determined to make up lost market share in the subcompact car market. That’s why Honda engineers improved…

Originally published on Gas2 The Audi Allroad Shooting Brake e-tron Concept is something old, something new, and something very exciting to talk about. Audi stuck a plug-in hybrid drivetrain capable of delivering nearly 480 ft-lbs of torque, along with…

Google made big news earlier this week, announcing that they would be acquiring Nest Labs, the maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat. Google have a long history of investing in clean energy and clean technologies like Nest, and they have continued that…

We first published a story about HEVO Power’s manhole-like wireless electric vehicle chargers back in October. As noted at the time, the first pilot of these wireless EV chargers rolls out this quarter (1st quarter of 2014) in New York City, where…

We told you about Artisan Mobile back in May — they are the company that developed a platform that lets non-techie product managers tweak their apps without having to resubmit them to the app store.  Now, the company has released Power Hooks, which…

Norway’s Yara, the world’s biggest mineral fertiliser producer, said Wednesday it had been hit with a hefty fine by Norwegian authorities following an international corruption investigation. The firm said it would not contest the 295-million-kroner (…

We previously covered food and recipe app Yummly after meeting with company founder and CEO Dave Feller to discuss his super popular (and useful) app.  The app, which is accompanied by the Yummly website helps you find food and recipes based on your…

Qumu is a “market share leader with an extensive product line, scale and cost advantages with a strong commitment to…

OneCockpit adds ten new technologies in Applications, Data Centre, Collaboration, and Infrastructure Paris, 15 January 2014 – OneCockpit, NextiraOne’s new…

Late last year, Valve unveiled what is potentially its largest-scale project to date: the expansion of the Steam platform. As part of that growth, the company that brought the world Half-Life, Portal and Team Fortress is bringing to the table a game…

Customs & Border Protection recently “discovered” additional daily flight logs that show the agency has flown its drones on behalf…

To the extent there’s a poster child for patent abuse, it’s MPHJ, the infamous “scanner troll.” This week’s revelations show…

Opt4 Group who specializes in managing all telecommunications needs for their customers including data and voice wiring, audiovisual, videoconferencing and…

A Recent Case Study: Meritus Payment Solutions Addresses Chargebacks, Saving Merchants Time and Money with Chargeback Management SystemMeritus Payment Solutions’…

In the week leading up the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout protests, EFF and others are talking about key…