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Western Digital to Buy Hitachi's Disk Storage Division for $4.3B
2011-03-08 10:51
Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion.
Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...
HP Upgrades Digital Hospital Platform, Announces Custom EHRs with Greenway
2011-02-25 14:03
products, HP aims to offer a continuity of care inside and outside the hospital, what it calls the "instant-on enterprise." The company made the announcements at the HIMSS11 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2011) conference in Orlando, Fla.
An "instant-on enterprise" involves...
to produce a web series that explores the lives of bar bouncers, Variety reports. That’s where the actor came from before he got his big break in Saving Private Ryan. The series
2011-02-23 10:42
Vin Diesel is a guy you should always root for. It’s not that he’s one of our greatest actors, or that he’s working to save the world, or anything like that. Those things might be true, but they’re besides the point. You should root for Diesel because he likes himself a good passion project. Even...
Digital age is slow to arrive in much of rural America
2011-02-22 10:25
After a couple of days in this part of rural Alabama, it is hard to complain about a dropped iPhone call or a Cee Lo video that takes a few seconds too long to load.
The county administrator cannot get broadband at her house. Neither can the sportswriter at The Thomasville Times.
Here in...
A bad day for some big names
2011-02-21 10:22
The bottom fell out of it," Harvick said. "We never blow motors. It just let loose. It's just one of those things that happens."
Harvick, the regular-season points leader last year, begins 2011 tied for 36th place. Harvick was already back home in North Carolina before the race ended.
Before he...
Digital River Announces Global E-Commerce Webinar Series
2011-02-19 10:36
a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced an e-commerce webinar series geared for companies interested in exploring multi-channel strategies to optimize their e-commerce operations and accelerate global online sales. The free monthly webinar series will feature best practice...
Digital Industry Vet to Help Tyra Banks Go ‘Type F’
2011-02-17 10:21
President Obama identified technology as one of the key variables that enabled and encouraged average Egyptians to protest. Digital media didn’t oust Mubarak, but it did provide the medium by which soulful calls for freedom have cascaded across North Africa and the Middle East. It is difficult to...
WPP to Unveil Interactive Ad Network
2011-02-16 10:41
Advertising giant PLC is preparing to unveil a new interactive ad agency network called Possible Worldwide, part of a broader push to reposition its business to tap global growth in digital ad dollars.
The network will stitch together four digital ad agencies that WPP has acquired since...
Digital signage and kiosk success goes hand-in-hand for NV3
2011-02-15 10:23
The last few years have been a tough time for businesses across the board, and perhaps especially so for new start-ups.
Some emerging technology sectors, like the digital signage and kiosk industries, have done well despite the economic downturn, both posting positive numbers in a variety of growth...
Winter Deaflympics in Slovakia cancelled
2011-02-14 11:44
The uncertain status of the Winter Deaflympics was finalized over the weekend with word that the Feb. 18-26 event had been cancelled just days before it was to begin.
On Sunday, the International Committee of Deaf Sports (ICSD) blamed the cancellation on the "comprehensive failure" of local...