Angel Investing
Angel Connection is good investment in RTP
NEW Have you ever wondered what angel investing is about? WRAL Local Tech Wire and the Triangle Accredited Capital Forum invite you to an Angel Connection networking event on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 5:30 p.m., in RTP.
The forecast is cloudy, Gartner says
Editor’s note: Writing today’s Skinny and filling in for LTW Editor Rick Smith this week is Noah Garrett. You can reach Noah directly at noah@thinkngc.com.
A wonderful story was posted this week by Steve Lohr at The New York Times who commented on an unbelievably large report just released by Gartner revealing the outlook for information technology spending worldwide for the rest of the year and the next few.
He writes, “It is a number-laden tome whose overall findings aren’t particularly...
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HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition
By JORDAN ROBERTSON (AP Technology Writer)
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge - stiffer personal-computer competition - that threatens to slow its steady growth.
NEW Report: Mobile Data Cards not just for business travelers anymore
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Study: Local online media hold significant advertising advantage
TIMA seminar focuses on off-line tracking
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NEW N.C. mother, inventor hits QVC with X-Shaped Ball
Patricia Littwin is single mother of three who decided to put everything on the line to follow her dream to help not only her children, but all families.
Scientists Closer to Developing Invisibility Cloak
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‘Finding a passion’ – Epic teams up with Electronic Arts
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NEW Consortium looks to expand recycling for bioplastics
The newly-formed, multi-industry Bioplastics Recycling Consortium is looking at new ways to develop an effective, efficient and economical recovery system and end markets for post-consumer bioplastic materials.
Duke researchers look at coronary artery disease for frail and elderly
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Arbovax Receives Research Loan from N.C. Biotechnology Center
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N.C. unemployment rate surges up
The surge in the state's unemployment rate caught an NCSU economist off guard.
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NEW RIAA speaks on Muxtape: Illegal content
By MG SIEGLER, VentureBeat
Illegal content. That’s why the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) took down the online music mix tape maker Muxtape on Tuesday, it said in a statement to Portfolio’s Sam Gustin.
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Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
By JORDAN ROBERTSON (AP Technology Writer)
Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.
Analysts: U.S. consumers buying fewer cell phones
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Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
By RACHEL METZ (AP Business Writer)
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.
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