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Palm cuts revenue outlook on weak phone sales
February 26, 2010 7:11 am | CommentsPalm Inc slashed its revenue targets on weak demand for its smartphones, renewing concerns about its ability to compete against rivals like Apple Inc and sending shares down 16 percent.
Utah company conducts final test on shuttle rocket
February 26, 2010 7:02 am | CommentsWith the U.S. space shuttle program fading, a Utah company that makes powerful booster rockets for space travel conducted its final ground test Thursday.
Apple CEO Jobs favors flexibility of cash hoard
February 26, 2010 6:55 am | CommentsApple Inc., buoyed by the success of the iPhones, iPods and computers it churns out to breathless buyers, could give some of its $25 billion in cash back to shareholders.
Diversinet swings to a loss in Q4 despite 11 per cent increase in revenue
February 26, 2010 6:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsDiversinet Corp. (TSXV:DIV), an application provider for mobile communications, swings to a loss of US$406,000 or a penny a share in the fourth quarter from a profit of $272,000 or a penny a share in the comparable year-earlier period. Revenues increased to $2.1 million from $1.9 million.
Pioneer of online job search starts over again
February 26, 2010 5:22 am | CommentsBill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he's not very happy with the results.
British politicians fall victim to Twitter scam
February 26, 2010 4:45 am | CommentsBritish politicians were among those caught up Friday in the latest Twitter-based scam which hijacks users' accounts to send out sexually explicit messages to friends and followers.
DuPont Fabros leaves dividend at 8 cents per share
February 26, 2010 4:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsDuPont Fabros Technology Inc., a real estate investment company, declared a quarterly dividend Friday of 8 cents per share.The dividend is payable April 9 to shareholders on record by March 31.
UK court orders disclosure of spy agency criticism
February 26, 2010 2:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA British court on Friday made public a ruling criticizing domestic intelligence agency MI5's handling of alleged victim of torture overseas, rejecting a government attempt to keep it secret.A three-judge panel at Britain's Court of Appeal published a paragraph of a judge's draft ruling that...
Legal troubles aside, ex-Detroit mayor lives large
February 25, 2010 11:30 pm | by COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIf ever a public figure should be down for the count, it is Kwame Kilpatrick.Stripped of his job as Detroit's mayor, locked in jail for 99 days and saddled with a felony record, he is legally prohibited from seeking the only occupation he ever wanted — elected leader. And his troubles keep...
Peabody Museum To Host Talk by ‘Dinosaur Odyssey’ Author
February 25, 2010 8:21 pm | by Yale University | Comments"Dinosaur Train" host and paleontologist Scott Sampson will examine "Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent" in a talk at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History on Thursday, March 4.
WA man accused of selling counterfeit software
February 25, 2010 6:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA 44-year-old Battle Ground, Wash., man accused of selling counterfeit Microsoft software over the Internet for 10 years has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle.Wayne Shu was charged Thursday with six counts of mail fraud, trafficking in counterfeit goods and trafficking in illicit...
Montana billionaire stands ground in trial
February 25, 2010 3:30 pm | by MATT GOURAS - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsYellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth stayed on the attack Thursday as lawyers and accountants debated over who knew what — and when — during the financial collapse of the ultra-exclusive alpine getaway for the rich and famous.Nearly $300 million of Blixseth's personal fortune is at stake —...
Smallest and Thinnest in the World! Developing Surface Mount Pyroelectric Infrared Sensor
February 25, 2010 3:20 pm | by Murata Manufacturing | CommentsOverview Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has dev
Google warned by EU over Street View map photos
February 25, 2010 2:30 pm | by AOIFE WHITE - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsEuropean Union data privacy regulators are telling Google Inc. to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company's legal worries in Europe.Google should shorten the time it keeps the original photos from one year to six...
AthenaHealth says it is delaying 4Q report
February 25, 2010 1:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsClinical software maker athenaHealth Inc. said Thursday it will delay its fourth-quarter report so it can complete its year-end audit and review the way it records implementation fees.AthenaHealth was scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results Friday morning. It did not say when it expects...
