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Decision to offer "hybrid" option for all IEEE-owned, topical journals driven by member and author feedback PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, today announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options - the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. (Logo:...

IEEE Access Seeks Practical, Multidisciplinary Research While Providing Faster Peer-Reviewed Publishing PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IEEE, one of the world's largest publishers of technology-focused peer-reviewed articles, is seeking to increase the impact that scientific research can have on technology innovation with its first online, open-access (OA) "mega journal" - a journal that covers a range of disciplines instead of a single-topic focus. To view the...

The leading online retailer of cables and cable-related supplies announces the availability of USB 3.0 Dual Head Docking Station (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 The foremost retailer of cable products, including exclusive and hard to find items, CableWholesale.com, is pleased to announce the availability of the USB 3.0 Super Speed Universal Laptop Docking Station. This cutting edge new offering from the online provider of cable products features a unique design that makes it ideal for use with...

IEEE Experts Provide Insight on How Repairability of Cellphones Can Lead to a More Environmentally Friendly Consumer Electronics Industry NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reduce, reuse and recycle is the foundation of sustainable living. However, experts from IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization, identified repair as an equally important, environmentally friendly R-word, especially when it comes to the consumer electronics industry. Through modest...

Leading Industry Publication Recognized for Its Ability to Merge the "Old with the New" NEW YORK, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IEEE Spectrum announced that it received the coveted Grand Neal Award during the Association of Business Information & Media Companies' (ABM) 59th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards ceremony, held Tuesday at Pier Sixty in New York City. This is IEEE Spectrum's third Grand Neal Award, and it is the only publication in the last 20 years to have...

Sunverge SIS awarded UL 1778 incorporating conformance to UL 1741 and IEEE 1547.1 requirements for the interconnection of renewable and distributed energy resources with energy storage. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunverge Energy, Inc., the leading developer of distributed energy storage solutions for intelligent and grid-interactive virtual power plant operations, announced today it has received UL 1778 certification from Intertek Testing Services for its Solar...

Kawasaki Microelectronics HD-PLC chips are the first PLC devices that support the IEEE 1901 coexistence protocols SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kawasaki Microelectronics today announced that it is first in supporting the IEEE 1901 coexistence protocols that were recently announced by the HD-PLC Alliance. The alliance announced that its Broadband Powerline Communication Technology called HD-PLC IEEE 1901 was approved for inclusion in the NIST Smart Grid...

Overwhelming majority of technologists prefer connected devices for work over wellness and identify privacy concerns and data security as the industry's biggest challenges NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/-- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization, today announced the results of a survey that gathered insights from more than 1,200 Facebook members, which includes engineers and technologists, on the future of the Internet of Things, the developing...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by IEEE-USA: The Top 10 users of H-1B visas in FY 2012 were companies who specialize in shipping American jobs offshore, according to an analysis of government data by Computerworld magazine. The analysis comes at a time when a bill before Congress, the "Immigration Innovation Act," would expand the H-1B visa program from 85,000 visas to more than 400,000 annually. In "The data shows: Top H-1B...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Would you like to meet an astronaut, drive a car without sight and build your own helicopter? If so, Discover Engineering Family Day at Washington's National Building Museum is the place for you Saturday. Family Day, celebrating its 20(th) anniversary this year, draws 7,000-10,000 children, parents, teachers, engineers and technologists each year. It is designed to introduce children - mostly in the 4- to 12-year-old range - to...