» IPC Systems Appoints Industry Veteran Tim Carmody as Vice President of Global Engineering for IPC Network Services
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of trading communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms, today announced the appointment of Tim Carmody as Vice President of Global Engineering IPC Network Services. In his new...

» AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage in Northbrook
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced the activation of a new mobile broadband cell site in Northbrook that will enhance coverage for...

» Strangeloop enables faster downloads for Apple, Android, Microsoft smartphones
Strangeloop is coming out with a Web-site optimizer that speeds up page builds on mobile devices based on Apple, Android and Microsoft operating systems.

» Microsoft demos Craig Mundie's Chinese-speaking virtual avatar
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, doesn't speak Chinese. But on Tuesday he did, via a life-like virtual avatar shown at the company's offices in Beijing that can simulate his voice and speak in other languages. "What was spoken in Mandarin today I never recorded," he said after seeing the demonstration. "But it is my voice. They have a computer model of my voice box."

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» Hurricane Irene Electrical Safety Guidelines, Disaster Response from Electrical Contractors
Post-disaster is an incredibly dangerous time, often just as dangerous as the actual disaster itself. NECA high-voltage contractors offer insight into emergency power restoration and safety precautions for homeowners and building managers.

» NECA-Member VEC Leverages BIM Expertise on Massive Pipe Mill Project
On the eve of groundbreaking for a massive steel-rolling pipe mill, it was discovered that nearly 200,000 feet of underground embedded conduit needed to be redesigned and re-routed. NECA contractor VEC, Inc. brought Building Information Modeling into the project and saved the day!