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Articles tagged with: Stanford
Researchers Make Major Step Towards Faster Chips
New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. A team of scientists and engineers from stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to create one of two basic types of semiconductors using an exotic, new, one-atom-thick material called graphene. The findings could help open the door to computer chips that are not only smaller and hold more memory -- but are also more adept at uploading large files, downloading movies, and other data- and communication-intensive tasks. more
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Rice-led project aims to boost performance on microprocessors
The USA's Rice University has been given a US$16 million fund to develop a new set of tools that can improve the performance of virtually any application running on any microprocessor. The funding came from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Architecture Aware Compiler Environment Program more
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Virgin Mobile May Struggle in Shifting Demographic Aim
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Mobile USA may find itself with growing pains as it attempts to mature alongside its youthful customer base. more
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UPDATE: Virgin Mobile to Acquire Helio in All-Stock Deal
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Mobile USA agreed to buy Helio for $39 million in stock as the two struggling mobile-service resellers place bets that their combined operations will fare better in the tightening wireless market. more
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UPDATE: Few Snags Expected for Verizon Wireless, Alltel
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Verizon Wireless' bid to purchase Alltel isn't expected to hit major regulatory snags even though the merged entity would create the nation's largest cellphone company. more
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Nokia Research Center opens 'lablet' in Helsinki University of Technology
Nokia has announced the expansion of its research activities with the opening of a research lablet on the Otaniemi campus of Helsinki University of Technology. At the same time Nokia Research Center and Helsinki University of Technology announced a joint strategic research program in the area of mobile communications technologies. more
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Nokia Plans Swiss Research Facilities
Nokia and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne and Zurich (EPFL and ETH Zurich) have announced the establishment of a joint long-term research program. Nokia Research Center will open a laboratory in Lausanne in June creating a community linking researchers from Nokia and the Institutes of Technology. more
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Vonage's Going-Concern Puts Debt Issue in Focus
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Vonage Holdings, which freed itself from legal binds last year, may find itself tied up with an unforgiving credit market in 2008. more
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Bidding Slow For 10-Megahertz D-Block Airwaves in FCC Auction
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- One of the largest sections of communications airwaves being sold by the Federal Communications Commission has received only one bid after four rounds of an auction, according to information released by the agency. more
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Collapse of Frontline Poses Questions for FCC Spectrum Plan
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- With the collapse of telecommunications venture Frontline Wireless, analysts are questioning whether a plan for a national wireless broadband network for police and firefighters is still viable. more
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