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BYTE Defined

Eight bits . A byte is simply a chunk of 8 ones and zeros. For example: 01000001 is a byte. A computer often works with chunks of bits rather than individual bits and the smallest chunk of bits that a computer usually works with is a byte. A byte is equal to one column in a file written in character format . Most data files distributed by ICPSR are in character format.

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Low-Power AVR32 MCU suits embedded applications.

Published July 2, 2009, 6:05 am, ThomasNet

With picoPower(TM) technology, AT32UC3L consumes less than 0.48 mW/MHz in active mode executing real-life applications. It also operates on less than 1.5 µA with 32 kHz RTC active and below 100 nA with all oscillators stopped. This 32-bit MCU, with built-in capacitive touch interface, employs 1.6 V technology that keeps device fully operational in systems with 1.62-3.60 V supply voltage. Other ...

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STMicroelectronics Advances Memory Manufacturing Technology to Deliver 512-Kbit Serial EEPROMs in 2 x 3mm Package ...

Published July 1, 2009, 11:34 am, redOrbit

New memories promote scaling of designs to 512-Kbit density, with high-speed SPI and I2C interfaces GENEVA, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the world's largest supplier of serial EEPROMs, has leveraged its advanced non-volatile memory technology to deliver an industry first with two new 512-Kbit devices that offer the highest density memories available in the ...

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STMicroelectronics Advances Memory Manufacturing Technology to Deliver 512-Kbit Serial EEPROMs in 2 x 3mm Package ...

Published July 1, 2009, 8:05 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Kbit density, with high-speed SPI and I2C interfaces

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Unlocking Android

Published June 29, 2009, 1:16 pm, Slashdot

Michael J. Ross writes "Of all the potential challengers to Apple's phenomenally popular iPhone, perhaps the one with the best prospects is Google's Android, which is not a mobile phone per se, but rather an open-source platform that the company encourages phone manufacturers to deploy in their own products. Similarly, Google encourages computer programmers to develop applications for the ...

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Aileen Kwun: All-You-Can-Consume Media, One Byte At A Time

Published June 29, 2009, 11:22 am, The Huffington Post

While checking my morning emails and going about my usual business a few days ago, I received a frightening alert: my Gmail account was reaching near capacity.

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Exar Launches Industry's Fastest Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) Series With USB 2.0 Compliant Bus ...

Published June 29, 2009, 4:45 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Channel UARTs with Industry's Smallest Package Choices, plus Optimized Software Drivers Deliver Superior Design Options

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Up against a computer giant

Published June 28, 2009, 11:45 pm, Manila Standard Today

The operation of the Government Service Insurance System was thrown into shambles when its computer system crashed on March 30. The International Business Machines data management software conked out, paralyzing about 90 percent of transactions of the pension fund of public sector workers.

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Will Apple turn sour without Steve?

Published June 28, 2009, 10:32 pm, Guardian Unlimited

Steve Jobs's liver transplant will seriously limit his capacity to work. Charles Arthur and Bobbie Johnson examine how Apple will fare without its talismanic leader This month, a horde of Apple fans and developers crowded into San Francisco's Moscone conference centre to witness the company launch its new iPhone model. Usually the event would be headed by Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, but ...

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Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet "” and Keep Google Out

Published June 28, 2009, 9:19 pm, Wired News

Larry Page should have been in a good mood. It was the fall of 2007, and Google's cofounder was in the middle of a five-day tour of his company's European operations in Zurich, London, Oxford, and Dublin. The trip had been fun, a chance to get a ground-floor look at Google's ever-expanding empire. But this week had been particularly exciting, for reasons that had nothing to do with Europe; ...

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Terry and Clarence Low: Bing new competition for Google

Published June 27, 2009, 1:45 am, The Monterey County Herald

Q: What is this Bing that I hear has come onto the Internet scene recently? Is it any good? A: Bing is Microsoft's search engine application to go up against giants like Google and Yahoo.

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