The panels, delivered by SRB Energy, are derived from vacuum technology developed at CERN for particle accelerators.

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Google also developed a new operating system called Chrome OS that is derived from its browser technology and designed to run only Web-based software.

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The wide-ranging probe described by the Journal appears to target networks of traders who paid certain consultants for information, some of it derived from people like technology resellers who can offer their insights into how a particular line of products is selling.

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