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Rackspace re-invention brings slow public cloud revenues

The re-invention of Backspace continued this week as the firm turned in a quarterly profit of $ 29.2 million, up from $ 22.5 million, a year earlier, on revenue up 11% to $ 489.4 million. But the company is concerned by slowing growth rates, particularly …
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Somerset Public Schools hosts Camp Invention

SOMERSET — At the North Elementary School last week, Reagan Killoran invented what she called an “automatic pencil.” She said a person could speak into a microphone attached to the device that looked like a huge pencil and the device would do the writing …
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Hamburg’s world changing invention: When peeing in public, watch out for walls that pee back

A new innovation in the northern German city of Hamburg has taken the world by storm: pee-proof walls. That’s right. Local groups recently began introducing “hydrophobic” paint on areas of the city’s busy night-club district, aimed at deterring …
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Upper Nazareth Township public works invention wins trophy in ‘mousetrap’ competition

The Upper Nazareth Township’s public works crew has beat crews in two other states to take home a regional trophy in a competition designed to find the most innovative inventions in the Mid-Atlantic. The crew built a lightweight carrier that hooks to a …
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