Florida Power & Light Company celebrated the first hybrid solar power plant in the world – FPL’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center. Spanning approximately 500 acres in western Martin County, Fla., this one-of-a-kind hybrid facility connects a field of more than 190,000 solar thermal mirrors with an existing combined-cycle natural gas power plant. Innovative [...]
More than 400 IT professionals responded to the Forrester Research and Virtela survey, ranking infrastructure management, security, data center consolidation, application acceleration and cloud solutions as their top five IT infrastructure priorities. Four out of 5 respondents report that they want more from their MSPs, with more value for the price, proactive management and faster [...]
HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S deliver premium style, power and speed Mobile World Congress: HTC unveiled three new versions of its most popular and advanced smartphones – HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S. The new smartphones continue HTC’s commitment to expanding the market for advanced smartphones [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Selenia Dimensions System, the first X-ray mammography device that provides three-dimensional (3-D) images of the breast for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. A mammogram is a safe, low-dose X-ray of the breast that is the best tool for early detection of breast cancer. However, with the [...]
Verizon Wireless ceased online orders of iPhone 4 to existing customers and ended the most successful first day sales in the history of the company. “This was an exciting day,” said Dan Mead, president and chief executive officer for Verizon Wireless. “In just our first two hours, we had already sold more phones than any [...]
Braun, the internationally leading manufacturer of small electric appliances is celebrating its 90-year company anniversary on February 1, 2011. Founded by Max Braun in 1921, Braun today is a globally successful brand and the world market leader in the foil shaver, epilator and handblender segments. Braun looks back on an eventful and fortuitous history: Artur [...]
Toshiba announced select Satellite C655D laptop models will feature AMD’s new E-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) with on-die graphics. Designed with price conscious buyers in mind, the new Satellite C655D delivers enhanced media performance and an improved battery life rating while maintaining strong value-pricing. “The new AMD E Series APU brings a whole new level [...]
The larger, sophisticated Passat offers best-in-class rear legroom, remarkable fuel efficiency estimated at 43 mpg with a driving experience only Volkswagen can deliver. Volkswagen of America announced the world debut of the all-new Passat, a transformational car in Volkswagen’s ambitious growth plan for the U.S. market. Designed in Germany and made in America, the Passat [...]
World’s Only Tablet with Detachable Controller, Stylus Stand, Pouch and OMOS Key Brings High-End PC Power and Uniquely Intuitive Interface to Gamers and Office Workers OCOSMOS unveiled the world’s most user-friendly personal computer and gaming device: the OCS9 Tablet PC, revolutionizing both professional and gaming PC markets. The OCS9 is a multimedia PC tablet powered [...]
Dell is taking the XPS brand and mobile entertainment to new heights with a new 17-inch laptop featuring an eye-popping, adrenaline-producing, high-definition 3D display (3D viewing requires NVIDIA NVision 3D glasses, sold separately). The new 3D capable XPS 17 joins Dell’s recently introduced line of XPS laptops featuring booming JBL sound, an integrated subwoofer and [...]