 | March 15, 2011 -- 3:00 p.m. EDT
TECHNOLOGY For Data Crunchers, A Glittering Prize
A
California managed-care firm is offering a $3 million prize for the
algorithm that can best predict when people are likely to be sent to the
hospital. Kaggle, an Australian start-up, is making a business running
such contests.
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TECHNOLOGY Microsoft IE Adds Do-Not-Track Tool
A
new version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to be released Tuesday
will become the first major Web browser to include a do-not-track tool
that helps consumers keep their online habits from being monitored.
TECHNOLOGY ARM Pins Hopes on High-End Chips
ARM
is looking to generate greater royalties from its higher-end chip
designs and increase its market share in digital television in the years
to come, Chief Executive Warren East said.
TECHNOLOGY Former FCC Chairman to Be Top Cable Lobbyist
Michael Powell, the former top U.S. telecommunications regulator, will become the cable industry's top lobbyist.
TECHNOLOGY Verizon Sets Launch of First 4G Phone
Verizon
Wireless said it would launch its first 4G smartphone, the HTC
ThunderBolt, on Thursday, finally bringing a consumer-friendly device to
its super-fast mobile network.
MANAGEMENT Eisner Joins IAC Board
IAC/Interactive named Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Disney, to its board.
ASIA TECHNOLOGY Infosys, TCS Staff Offered to Leave Japan
India's
top information technology companies offered to evacuate their
employees from Japan on concerns of radiation leakage from an
earthquake-hit nuclear power plant, but said the crisis would have
minimal impact on their business.
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The
earthquake in Japan has continued to roil electronics supply chains,
while analysts predict higher component costs and possible product
shortages in the weeks ahead.
Nearly
half of all Americans get their local news on a mobile device, though
few are paying to read their local news on the go, according to a new
study by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
released Monday.
Samsung
Electronics, the world's second-largest maker of cellphones behind
Nokia, appears to be poaching engineers involved in developing Nokia's
Symbian mobile operating platform in its efforts to attract talent and
boost the competitiveness of its own mobile operating software called
Bada.
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