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'Diablo III': 3.5 million sold on first day, 6.3m in first week
Diablo III has become the fastest-selling computer game in history, says developer Blizzard Entertainment, with 3.5 million copies shifted during the well-anticipated title's first 24 hours of availability.
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Computer giant Hewlett-Packard to slash 27,000 jobs by October 2014
Chief executive Meg Whitman (pictured) said the move would affect about 8 per cent of the company's 350,000-strong workforce. The group employs about 20,000 people in the UK
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Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt W Beyer
By PD Smith Grace Hopper, who became a "coder" (or programmer) in the 1940s, was one of the great pioneers of the computer age. In 1934 she had been the first woman in Yale's 233-year history to graduate with a doctorate in maths. After Pearl Harbor, she worked on "a new type of secret weapon that could change the outcome of the war". The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator was 8ft high ...
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‘Diablo III’ glitch sparks computer game experience from hell
‘Diablo III’ glitch sparks computer game experience from hell By Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 25, 2012 12:26PM MDT Imagine waiting 12 years for the hottest blockbuster movie, finally sitting down to watch it at a midnight screening, and then the projector breaks down. Or waiting 12 years for a book you’ve always wanted to read, opening up the pages and they’re all blank ...
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Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history
Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:42 p.m., Wednesday, May 23, 2012 — Sept. 3, 2001: HP announces it is buying fellow computer maker Compaq Computer in a deal that would create a formidable rival to IBM. — May 3, 2002: HP and ...
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‘Diablo III’ sells 6.3m copies in first week
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 — Diablo III has become the fastest-selling computer game in history, says developer Blizzard Entertainment, with 3.5 million copies shifted during the well-anticipated title’s first 24 hours of availability. The day one sales figure doesn’t include a further 1.2 million players whose copies of the dungeon-crawling, ...
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Control Your Computer With the Wave of a Hand
Leap Motion is a new accessory that can track subtle finger movements.
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Faster, More Energy Efficient Computer Components On The Way
A pair of new computer components unveiled late this week -- one which will require less energy to store and retrieve information, and one which improves power and resource efficiency by occasionally allowing errors to occur -- could one day fundamentally change the technology behind desktops, laptops, and similar devices. The first of those two units is known as a "memristor," and according to ...
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Curtains for a technology pioneer as Patni bids adieu
New Delhi, May 26 -- It will be the end of an era next Monday, when shares of Patni Computer Systems de-list from the Indian bourses. And with it will also go out a name that spawned a software revolution in India at the end of a somewhat unsung story.IGATE , a much smaller peer of Patni Computer that acquired it in January 2011 for $1.22 billion has decided to drop the brand Patni - named after ...
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SpaceX Makes History With Dragon Docking
[ Watch the Video ] Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com SpaceX made history today as its Dragon capsule became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station . Dragon launched on Tuesday, May 22 at 3:44 a.m. from Cape Canaveral towards the ISS, reaching the orbiting laboratory on Thursday. "Congratulations on a wonderful capture," astronaut Megan Behnken radioed to the ...
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