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NASA Wants More Private Use of the ISS
Space is often seen as the biggest adventure left for the human race and when it comes to finding out more about space we often have to use a platform in space to help launch and explore. The International Space Station (ISS) is often used to help study the effects…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Refutes Tax Avoidance Claims
Apple has been accused of tax avoidance and exploiting loopholes in US legislation to move profits to tax havens. For example, Apple’s tax base is in Ireland with a 12.5% corporate rate while the US taxation figure is around 35%. As a result, some critics have argued this is a…
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Razer Launching Corporate Investment Fund in 2016
Razer is one of the leading peripheral manufacturers in the world and continues to grow at an impressive pace. More specifically, in 2014, the company was valued at over $1 billion due to an undisclosed investment from Intel. Over the last few years, Razer has expanded beyond the peripheral market and…
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AMD Loses Corporate Fellow Phil Rogers to Nvidia
AMD has been making the corporate news lately and much of it has not been great to say the least. Today, AMD lost a member of their corporate team, Phil Rogers. Rogers has spent 21 years working with AMD/ATi so his departure is quite surprising. What must be more galling…
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AMD Could Spin Off Server Division
Despite the successful launch of the Rx 300 series this week and Fury later this month, AMD is still considering all options. According to three people familiar with the matter, nothing is off the table as AMD seeks to turn its finances around. Two notable options being considered are to split…
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AOL Being Bought for $4.4 Billion by Verizon
Verizon is moving into the content and media business with its planned purchase of AOL. If regulators approve the $4.4 billion USD deal, Verizon will join the likes of Comcast which is not only a telecommunications giant but also a major media conglomerate. The acquisition would involve the entirety of…
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Apple is Now Twice the Size of the World’s Second Largest Company
Apple’s market cap has just risen to $775 billion – a new record making it twice the size of the world’s second largest company, Exxon Mobil. For the last few years, it’s always been neck and neck between Apple and Exxon, a global oil giant. Many are seeing this as significant,…
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Apple Plans New R&D Facility in Cambridge, UK
A new report suggests that Apple is planning to join the likes of Microsoft and Sony in opening a specialist Research and Development facility in Cambridge, UK. The building is said to be located at 90 Hills Road in an area of highly sought after corporate office space. The report notes…
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Hackers Use ‘The Cloud’ to Control Malware and Botnets
Security firm Trend Micro has apparently revealed new evidence of botnets and malware not only being hosted in the cloud, but also being remotely controlled from cloud servers. The main goal for hackers has been revealed to be disguising their malicious software as regular traffic between corporate end points and…
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