zhang1983 - Slashdot User

Submission + - United Tech bids $2.6B for Diebold (cnn.com)

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zhang1983

on Sunday March 02, 2008 @10:15PM

zhang1983 writes: "United Technologies, parent company of jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney, Otis elevator and Sikorsky Aircraft, said it made the unsolicited offer to Diebold for $2.63 billion on Friday after trying to negotiate a deal for two years. United Technologies said the company announced the offer Sunday night because executives believe their offer is "so compelling we thought shareholders should know about it.""

Submission + - Hitachi promises 4 TB harddrives by 2011

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zhang1983

on Sunday October 14, 2007 @09:34PM

zhang1983 writes: "Hitachi says its researchers have successfully shrunken a key component in hard drives to a nanoscale that will pave the way for quadrupling today's storage limits to 4 terabytes for desktop computers and 1 terabyte on laptops in 2011. Link: http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/14/news/companies/hitachihardrive.ap/index.htm"

Submission + - Google to Buy DoubleClick?

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zhang1983

on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:21AM

zhang1983 writes: "Last week there was a slashdot discussion about the potentials of Microsoft acquiring DoubleClick .
Now it appears that Google is also a contender to acquire this web advertisement placement firm.
If Google indeed does buys out DoubleClick, does that mean more chair-throwing? Whatever happened to "Do No Evil"?"

Submission + - California proposes to ban incandescent lightbulbs

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zhang1983

on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @10:45AM

zhang1983 writes: "A California Assemblyman Llyod Levine wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs with the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" The act will promote Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to replace the inefficient incandescent lightbulbs. According to him, "Incandescent lightbulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago, and since that time they have undergone no major modifications, meanwhile, they remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light.""

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