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VeriFone buys taxi ad business from Clear Channel
January 4, 2010 6:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsVeriFone Holdings Inc. said Monday it has acquired the taxi advertising business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.VeriFone, which provides electronic payment services, said the deal gives it 5,000 screens to sell advertising on in New York City cabs, adding to its network already of 6,500...
Screw-Down Jumper Assembly for LED Applications
January 4, 2010 5:52 am | by Tyco Electronics | CommentsTyco Electronics has launched a new board-to-board screw-down jumper assembly for use in LED lighting strips, lighting controls, and channel lettering. The RoHS-compliant jumper, which was originally designed for T8 and T12 fluorescent retrofit tubes, specifically serves the solid state...
G13 Style SMT Assembly Supports Solid State Lighting Industry
January 4, 2010 5:52 am | by Tyco Electronics | CommentsTyco Electronics announces a new RoHS-compliant G13 style SMT assembly and end-cap cover for the solid state lighting (SSL) industry. The product supports printed circuit boards (PCBs) and LED strip lighting modules found in the standard T8 and T12 fluorescent LED retrofit tubes.
Hermaphroditic Blade & Receptacle Design Promotes Fast Assembly
January 4, 2010 5:52 am | by Tyco Electronics | CommentsTyco Electronics has introduced new wire-to-board plug connectors and board-to-board connectors to its family of hermaphroditic blade and receptacle connectors. The connectors are designed to make connecting of aluminum-clad printed circuit boards, commonly used for LED lighting...
Mosaid signs new agreement with global electronics giant Samsung
January 4, 2010 4:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMosaid Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD), an Ottawa-based company that controls patents to numerous memory and communications technologies, says it has a standstill agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd..Mosaid says the 19-day standstill agreement bridges the gap between the expiry of their...
Trade group: Global chip sales rose in November
January 4, 2010 3:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsGlobal chip sales posted a year-over-year gain in November, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, another positive milestone after the worst year for the industry since the dot-com bust.The trade group estimates worldwide semiconductor sales rose 8.5 percent from a year earlier...
Leader in Talent Management Enables Companies to Align Business Priorities and Pay for Performance
January 4, 2010 2:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsTaleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Worldwide Compensation, Inc., on January 1, 2010. Prior to completion of the acquisition, Taleo held a 16% equity interest in Worldwide...
Graduate Engineering and Professional Education @UMichigan
January 3, 2010 10:52 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | CommentsEngineering TV is a site with lots of good webcasts for engineers: “by engineers for engineers! Focused on technical B2B engineering topics”. In the embedded webcast Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, Director of the Energy Systems Engineering Program at the University of Michigan,...
Massive billiards parlor towers over prairie
January 2, 2010 12:01 pm | by DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsThe owner of what is believed to be the largest billiards parlor in the United States likes to joke that the key to success is found in low expectations. And not because the three-month-old pool palace is located in one of the least-populated states in the union.From the outside, the nearly...
Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks
January 2, 2010 8:01 am | by DON BABWIN - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsCash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal.As the economy sputters along, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough...
2009 donors to Clinton foundation
January 1, 2010 9:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe 2009 donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation who have given at least $1,000 to the former president's charity since its founding include:MORE THAN $25 MILLION:Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFrank Giustra, Chief Executive Officer, The Radcliffe FoundationUNITAID (most passed through the...
Prion Proteins, Without Genes, Can Evolve
January 1, 2010 11:54 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | Comments‘Lifeless’ prion proteins are ‘capable of evolution’ scientists transferred prion populations from brain cells to other cells in culture and observed the prions that adapted to the new cellular environment out-competed their brain-adapted counterparts. When...
Carbon nanotubes show promise for high-speed genetic sequencing
January 1, 2010 8:58 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Arizona State University) In the current issue of Science, Stuart Lindsay, director of Arizona State University's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics at the Biodesign Institute, along with his colleagues, demonstrates the potential of a new DNA sequencing method in which a...
Nzu, Traditional Remedy for Morning Sickness
December 31, 2009 5:51 pm | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsConsumers, especially pregnant or breastfeeding women, advised to avoid product because of the potential health risks from high levels of lead and arsenic
Nokia files second lawsuit against Apple
December 31, 2009 1:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsNokia Corp. continues to lob salvos at Apple Inc. in a patent infringement dispute.The Finnish phone maker filed a federal lawsuit in Delaware this week claiming that Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products ranging from the iPhone to computers.The allegations are similar to those...
