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EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns
May 21, 2012 6:58 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe European Union says Google Inc. must in "a matter of weeks" outline steps it is willing to take to ease concerns about alleged abuses of its dominant position in the online search market. EU antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said Monday that after a 1 ½ year investigation it had pinpointed four...
Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
May 19, 2012 3:49 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsAuthorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating system for mobile devices remain available to all at no...
Atmel Showcases Latest Arduino Development Boards Using Atmel AVR and ARM Processor-Based MCUs
May 19, 2012 8:00 am | by PR Newswire | CommentsSAN MATEO, Calif., May 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maker Faire -- Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, today announced the company will be demonstrating Arduino's latest development boards based on Atmel AVR® UC3,......
Electric car network gets first test in Israel
May 19, 2012 2:29 am | by AMY TEIBEL - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsIsraeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come? After more than $400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better...
Steve Jobs Movie Begins Filming in the Original Apple Garage
May 18, 2012 7:12 pm | by PR Newswire | CommentsLOS ANGELES, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The film chronicling the life of Steve Jobs, the Apple Inc. co-founder and charismatic master of innovation, begins principal photography in June and in keeping with the project's commitment to accuracy and authenticity, will film......
SEMI Statement on the Recent China Solar Trade Case Ruling
May 18, 2012 5:15 pm | by SEMI | CommentsNow is the Time for a Renewable Energy Free Trade Agreement...
Commerce Department to Help Showcase U.S. Companies at SOLARCON INDIA 2012
May 18, 2012 1:13 pm | by SEMI | CommentsWASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2012– U.S. companies interested in exhibiting and selling their solar, photovoltaic and renewable energy products should participate in SOLARCON India 2012, India’s largest solar and photovoltaic focused technology and business event. SOLARCON India 2012 will be held September 3-5, 2012 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center in Bangalore, India....
A robot in mind
May 18, 2012 10:30 am | CommentsIt’s a new kind of robot, designed for some of the most delicate operations a surgeon can perform. Giancarlo Ferrigno is Professor at Politecnico di Milano. He said:“This is a robotic system for assisting a surgeon during neurosurgery operations. It has been designed for the insertion of instruments like biopsy probes or electrodes for deep brain stimulation through small holes in the head of the patient.”
Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option
May 18, 2012 10:26 am | by Gerry Shih, Reuters | CommentsTwitter will honor requests from users who do not want their online behavior tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with Web companies such Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data.
US forecasters say heat will stay on this summer
May 18, 2012 10:23 am | by SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer | CommentsAnd the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that's a bad sign for wildfires in the West. The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal weather for about three-quarters of the nation, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Commercial rocket will fly to the space station
May 18, 2012 9:19 am | by MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer | CommentsFor the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program. If this unmanned flight and others like it succeed, commercial spacecraft could be ferrying astronauts to the orbiting outpost within five years.
Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite
May 18, 2012 9:12 am | CommentsA rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite - one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote southwestern Japan island carrying the South Korean satellite and three Japanese satellites.
Comcast to start charging heavy downloaders extra
May 18, 2012 9:10 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | CommentsComcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit. That limit, however, is very high, starting at 300 gigabytes for basic Internet plans. Only 1 percent of U.S. Internet users use that much data in a month, according a measurement firm.
Brazil judge sentences Twitter user
May 18, 2012 9:07 am | CommentsA federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast. A court statement says that Judge Monica Camargo converted the sentence against Mayara Petruso to community service and a fine of about $250.
China rejects US ruling in solar dumping case
May 18, 2012 9:05 am | by JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer | CommentsChina's government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy. The conflict has worsened U.S.-Chinese trade tensions. The two governments have pledged to cooperate in developing renewable energy but accuse each other of violating free-trade pledges by subsidizing their own manufacturers.
