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Google Buys Nest, The $3 Billion Distraction

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One of the most surprising things about Google and its purchase of Nest is the price. Over $3 billion! That’s what you’d pay for a fast growing social network. But seriously, Nest hardly has the...
    






New Ways For Turning Data Into Dollars Now

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By Scott Cameron, Andrew Pickersgill, Rob Turtle Big Data is transforming the way companies do business.  But many firms are finding that it requires significant investments of time and money before...
    






Year Of The Internet of Things

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“Internet of Things –” the theme of last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and yesterday’s announcement from Google that it would buy its portfolio company Nest, which makes smart...
    






AMD’s Kaveri APU With Radeon R7 Graphics Targets Mainstream, Power-Efficient Computing

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AMD officially launched their next generation Kaveri processor today finally realizing a long term vision of the company to fully integrate CPU and GPU resources on a single, monolithic chip...
    






Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two Tests Thrusters and New Protective Coating

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Virgin Galactic is getting ready to have its first commercial flight later this year. As it ramps up for that flight, the company is conducting test flights to be sure everything about the spacecraft...
    






Porsche Unveils 911 Targa in Detroit

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Porsche has pulled the wraps off its latest version of the 911 called the 911 Targa, the car will come in multiple Targa models including the 911 Targa 4 and the 911 Targa 4S. Both Targa models have...