Items tagged with 'award'

WSJ Asia Honors Asus With Quality and Innovation Award

WSJ Asia Honors Asus With Quality and Innovation Award

ASUS Ranks First in Quality and Innovation in The Wall Street Journal Asia 200 Survey Voted Second Most-admired Company Overall; Credited with "Revolutionizing the Global PC Industry" with the Eee PC Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 2009 – ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) has been voted number one in "high-quality services and products,... Read More
Asus Wins "Green" Award For its Notebooks

Asus Wins "Green" Award For its Notebooks

ASUS Receives World's First EU Flower Eco Certification for Computers Awarding of EU Flower Certification to N Series Notebooks Bears Testament to ASUS’ Unwavering Commitment to Preserving the Environment Taipei, Taiwan, November 22, 2008 – ASUS, a company that is as committed to environmental conservation as it is to innovation... Read More
ASUS Z7S WS Receives Intel Innovation Award

ASUS Z7S WS Receives Intel Innovation Award

ASUS Z7S WS Receives Intel Innovation Award-- Integrating Dual CPU Performance with Compact Size -- FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (August 19, 2008) - ASUS, a leading name in high quality computer components and solutions, received an Intel Server and Storage Innovation Award for the Z7S WS workstation motherboard. Positioned for... Read More
You Tube And The Laughing Academy Awards

You Tube And The Laughing Academy Awards

You Tube announced they're starting an awards show for the best videos uploaded to the site. Your friends at HotHardware wish you luck with your uploaded videos, but predict the folks walking down the red carpet to get a statue will be somewhat less glamorous than those chosen for motion pictures. "We wanted to... Read More
The RoboGeek Academy Award Goes To...

The RoboGeek Academy Award Goes To...

The Seventh Annual Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony was held in San Francisco yesterday, handing out awards to people who used to just watch such things on television from their mother's basement. "This is absolutely unbelievable," Cliff Bleszinski said while accepting the top game award for "Gears of War," a... Read More
Turing Award Goes To A Women For The First Time

Turing Award Goes To A Women For The First Time

Frances E. Allen, a 74 year old woman with a 45 year career at IBM, is the first woman ever to receive the coveted A.M. Turing Award given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery. The award, plus $100,000, was given to Allen on Wednesday in recognition of her contribution to the optimization of computer compilers... Read More
RIAA Wins Unhackable Website Award

RIAA Wins Unhackable Website Award

We made that up. It's not a real award. But the RIAA has a webpage, written as if they were addressing Special Olympians, that explains how marvelous, hardworking and underpaid rock stars and record company executives are, and explains that the real price you  should be paying for a Celine Dion CD is $33.86 -- and... Read More
CES 2007: The Wootable Awards

CES 2007: The Wootable Awards

So you've been through our CES 2007 wrap-up report and dug all the cool gear, along with random musings of El Wopo, but were still left a little parched for something a bit more outside of the box? Adult Toy or Cyber-Cool Air Freshener?  You decide and you can share your humble opinion in our lounge area. ... Read More
Motorola Receives 2006 Corporate Award from the IEEE Standards Association

Motorola Receives 2006 Corporate Award from the IEEE Standards Association

Motorola, Inc., has received the 2006 IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Corporate Award in recognition of its "outstanding contributions to IEEE standards, which allow people to be mobile and connected across the globe." Motorola has been a leader in the creation of many IEEE standards. Most significantly,... Read More
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards Announced

Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards Announced

Popular Mechanics is out with their "Breakthrough Awards," and it's an interesting bunch of people and things ranging from cheap space travel to learning to ride a bike. To beat out the hundreds of candidates we find each year and win a Breakthrough Award, an advance has to solve problems, expand horizons... Read More
48 Schools Named Finalists For Intel And Scholastic Schools Of Distinction Awards

48 Schools Named Finalists For Intel And Scholastic Schools Of Distinction Awards

48 Schools Named Finalists For Intel And Scholastic Schools Of Distinction Awards Elementary, Secondary Schools Honored for Innovative Programs that Support Student Achievement NEW YORK, April 11, 2006 - Forty-eight schools have been named as finalists for the Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction Awards. The awards... Read More
Intel Honors 12 Companies With Award

Intel Honors 12 Companies With Award

 Intel Honors 12 Companies With Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement Award SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2006 – Intel Corporation today announced the 12 winners of the company's most prestigious award for suppliers, the Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award, which recognizes outstanding commitment... Read More
Wired Vaporware Awards

Wired Vaporware Awards

Wired has posted their latest installment of their annual Vaporware awards for your viewing pleasure. In this industry, it is not uncommon to have a long list of unfulfilled promises from vendors to bring the greatest new products to market. From Microsoft Vista to a handful of highly anticipated software titles like the... Read More