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  • Amazon Reports Record Sales in 4Q 2014

    SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 29, 2015– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014.

    Operating cash flow increased 25% to $6.84 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.47 billion for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2013. Free cash flow decreased to $1.95 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.03 billion for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2013.
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    Amazon Employee picking with robot Kiva at its warehouse (file photo).
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  • IBM May Begin Largest Layoffs in History

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Jan. 24, 2014, –In his column Next Week’s Bloodbath At IBM Won’t Fix The Real Problem in forbes.com, long-time silicon valley journalist Robert X. Cringley said he learned about the Project Chrome, the largest “transformation” in IBM’s 103-year history around Christmas time. He suggested that over 26% of over 400,000 IBM employees worldwide could be notified the layoffs starting the week of January 26.
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    China Press’ report of IBM’s Centennial Celebration in June 2011(file photo).
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  • Asian Women Needed for AWARE Study at BU School of Social Work

    Dec. 9, 2014, — The AWARE Study (Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and Empowerment) is a research study designed to promote the mental health well-being of Asian-American Women. More Chinese-American, Vietnamese-American or Korean-American women are needed to participate in a clinical trial to develop the full AWARE intervention by participating in a group psychotherapy intervention with other Asian-American women.
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  • MOS Film Brings NASA Engineering to Life

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 30, 2014, — The hemisphere film “From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA Engineering” opened to media members on Nov. 22. It was Produced by the Museum of Science by one of the best hemisphere film production teams in the world. It will open to general public on Dec. 1, 2014.

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  • MIT Receives $15 Million from Hewlett Foundation for Cyber Security Research

    Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 18, 2014, –MIT has received $15 million in funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to establish an initiative aimed at laying the foundations for a smart, sustainable cybersecurity policy to deal with the growing cyber threats faced by governments, businesses, and individuals.
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  • NECINA to Host Internet of Things Conference on Nov. 8

    Internet of Things: Unpaved Road to the Next Big Thing

      Date / Time: Nov 8th, 9:00AM- 1:00PM

                Venue: ConstantContact InnoLoft, 1601 Trapelo Rd , Waltham MA 02451

                Parking: Free  Direction: Take the building entrance facing I-95 with flag
               Online Registration: http://necina-2014-internetofthings.eventdove.com/

     

    Internet of Things (IoT) has been regarded by many as one of the greatest transformational forces in our time. Gartner estimates that IoT will generate 1.9 trillion of economic value-add in 2020. In healthcare alone, IoT is expected to add $285B provider value to global economy. McKinsey puts the economic value-add at $6.2 trillion annually by 2025.
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  • China to Launch Space Station from Wenchang

    Beijing, Oct. 26, 2014, — China’s fourth space launch center, the Wenchang satellite launch center in south China’s Hainan Province, will launch the country’s space station and cargo spacecrafts.
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    Chang’e 3 moon lander touches down on the Moon surface in December 2013 (from ecns.com).
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  • University of Utah Researchers Discover Material for Superfast Computing

    Salt Lake City, Oct. 22, 2014 – University of Utah researchers discovered a way to create a special material – a metal layer on top of a silicon semiconductor – that could lead to cost-effective, superfast computers that perform lightning-fast calculations but don’t overheat.
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    Feng Liu (left), chair of the University of Utah Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Miao Zhou, a postdoctoral fellow, co-authored a study of a new “topological insulator” that could lead theoretically to faster computing (from utah.edu).
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  • Yahoo Reports Better Than Expected 3Q Results

    SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

    Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

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    Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, has made a number of acquisitions over last couple years.
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  • Eighteen Scientists and Innovators to Be Honored by President Obama

    Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2014, –President Obama today announced a new class of recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation—our Nation’s highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology. The new awardees will receive their medals at a White House ceremony later this year.

    Cherry A. Murray, dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), is on the list (file photo).
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