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Apple Loses its Cool

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:16:00 +0000

I've had this feeling about Apple for some time -- this kind of sense that things weren't right, though I couldn't quite put my finger on exactly what wasn't right or why.

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Big Data and the Future of Manufacturing Technology (a la the Rockwell Automation Fair)

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:30:00 +0000

From forums on safety automation, the energy and environmental industries, and global machine and equipment builders, to seemingly endless resources on ways to improve workforce enablement and energy management, the three-day Rockwell Automation Fair was jammed full of manufacturing technologies and industrial automation information.

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The Manufacturing Technology Buying Spree: Notes from IMTS 2012

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:09:00 +0000

Snaking through the protest-clogged streets of downtown Chicago, anticipation for the pending buying-spree at IMTS built up fast. I overheard one company rep discussing strategy with his partner, telling her, "We're not leaving until we retool the whole shop."

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US Technology: Leading the Third Industrial Revolution

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:07:00 +0000

In her piece, "New Industrial Revolution," State Information Center Economics Researcher Zhang Monan warns of a possible end of what she calls the "made-in-China period" due to a new industrial revolution that will fundamentally change global economic conditions.

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Taking a Critical Look at the Cloud

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's criticism of cloud-computing is changing the way we think and talk about the technology. It may be a sign that the cloud is here to stay.

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