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New PlayStation 3 show 'The Tester' pits gamer against gamer
February 1, 2010 6:26 am | CommentsIn the reality show "The Tester," the top prize is a job. Sony Corp. is launching the show on its PlayStation 3 on Feb. 18. The premise? Pit a broad swath of video game fans against one another to see who's the best at testing out games.
Obama Pushes Nuclear Energy To Boost Climate Bill
February 1, 2010 5:58 am | by Product Design & Development | CommentsPresident Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Code defends against 'stealthy' computer worms
February 1, 2010 5:58 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Penn State) Self-propagating worms are malicious computer programs, which, after being released, can spread throughout networks without human control, stealing or erasing hard drive data, interfering with pre-installed programs and slowing, even crashing, home and work computers. Now a...
Happy Mother's Day
February 1, 2010 5:55 am | by An Engineering Mind | CommentsI love you mom!
HTN acquires competitor medical office software developer ACSL
February 1, 2010 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsHTN Inc. (TSXV:HTN) is buying privately held medical office automation software developer Advanced Computer Systems Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.HTN said the purchase of its longtime competitor in the design, development and sale of medical office and clinic automation software is expected to...
LCD Monthly Desktop Monitor Production Rate Highest Since Mid-2008
February 1, 2010 4:57 am | CommentsJanuary LCD monitor production for top PC and monitor brands—about 85% of the market—was 12.5 M, the highest level in more than a year, as noted in the newly announced DisplaySearch Monthly Desktop Monitor Brand and OEM Production Report.
Smartphone competition to bite in 2010 after Q4 boom
February 1, 2010 4:53 am | CommentsBooming demand for new, cheaper smartphones helped fuel a recovery in the overall handset market late last year, but rivalry for a piece of this lucrative business will turn fierce in 2010 as many new vendors enter the market.
The Heartbreak Of Units Mis-match
February 1, 2010 4:53 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsA little extra checking may take a little extra time, but it can save a lot in the end. This sort of thing just bums me out. I've done it and similar things a few times myself. I've used a...
Nokia cuts phone prices as market growth returns
February 1, 2010 4:51 am | CommentsNokia (NOK1V.HE) cut phone prices across its portfolio in late January, putting its cheapest smartphones on a collision course with mid-range phones from rivals Samsung (005930.KS) and Sony Ericsson. Nokia said price changes were part of its normal, ongoing business.
California lists moon junk as historical resource
February 1, 2010 4:48 am | CommentsSeeking to preserve the site where humans first set foot on the moon, a California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 objects left by the Apollo 11 mission as an historical resource. The move by the state Historical Resources Commission marks the first such designation for cultural artifacts located other than on Earth, said Lisa Westwood, part of a team of scholars and museum professionals who applied for the listing.
Obama pushes nuclear energy to boost climate bill
February 1, 2010 4:45 am | CommentsPresident Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation. Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his spending plan for the next budget year is expected to include billions of more dollars in federal guarantees for new nuclear reactors.
Change for NASA: Renting the Right Stuff
February 1, 2010 4:41 am | CommentsGetting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. Uncle Sam would buy its astronauts a ride into space just like hopping in a taxi...
Softchoice Re-Files 2008 MD & A and Certificates
February 1, 2010 4:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSoftchoice Corporation (TSX: SO) announced today that it has re-filed its Management Discussion and Analysis (the "MD&A") and the certificates (the "Certificates") of the President and CEO and CFO for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the interim filing for the period ended September 30, 2009....
Amazon.com to capitulate to Macmillan price demand
February 1, 2010 3:56 am | CommentsAmazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high. New copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, after the retailer pulled the titles in a surprising reaction to the publisher's new pricing model for e-books.
Apple's own approach to iPad e-books could confuse
February 1, 2010 3:53 am | CommentsEven as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
