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Meridia (sibutramine hydrochloride): Follow-Up to an Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review
January 21, 2010 7:51 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsContraindication to use in patients with history of cardiovascular disease.
Electric Wind
January 21, 2010 6:55 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | Commentsphoto of William Kamkwamba on his windmill from his blog. I have written about William Kamkwamba before: Inspirational Engineer – Home Engineering: Windmill for Electricity. And along with the post, Make the World Better, donated to his cause. His new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the...
01 Communique Q4 loss widens to $471,397 from $322,590; revenue up slightly
January 21, 2010 6:01 am | by The Associated Press | Comments01 Communique Laboratory Inc. (TSX:ONE) said Thursday its fourth-quarter and year-end losses widened despite a slight uptick in the software company's revenue.For the quarter ended Oct. 31, the company generated net and comprehensive loss of $471,397 versus a loss of $322,590 in the year-ago...
Interactive Program Guides Transform as Internet Content Migrates onto the TV
January 21, 2010 5:56 am | by In-Stat | CommentsNext-generation Interactive Program Guides (IPG) are emerging that help consumers wade through a proliferation of TV programs, movies, concerts and sporting events.
New method turns stem cells into blood vessels cells
January 21, 2010 5:53 am | by Cornell University | CommentsWeill Cornell researchers have discovered a way to produce 40 times more blood vessel cells from stem cells than previous methods. Such cells will hopefully be used soon to heal damaged tissues.
A Little Something Extra
January 21, 2010 4:53 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsMost of what we do here at Screaming Circuits is PCB assembly. We build prototypes and short run production - putting parts on boards. We actually do more then that though. Our parent company, Milwaukee Electronics (MEC) has been around...
Winner of MATLAB Central Online Programming Contest Announced
January 21, 2010 4:33 am | CommentsDr. Alfonso Nieto-Castañón, a PhD in cognitive and neural systems, was the winner of the programming challenge posed by The MathWorks on MATLAB Central, an online open exchange for the MATLAB and Simulink user community.
Xerox posts jump in 4Q profit
January 21, 2010 3:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsXerox Corp. said Thursday its cost-cutting efforts last year helped boost its fourth-quarter profit. It also forecast a bigger-than-expected profit for this year.Shares of the printer and copier maker rose 28 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $9.17 in premarket trading.Xerox chief Ursula Burns, who...
EU clears Oracle takeover of Sun
January 21, 2010 2:01 am | by RAF CASERT - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsThe European Union on Thursday cleared Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying it would not significantly affect competition in the EU.EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said one of the year's biggest technology deals of the last year could now go ahead as...
Nokia to offer free mobile navigation services
January 21, 2010 1:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsNokia Corp. said Thursday it will offer free navigation services globally for users of its smart phones, in a drive to counter a similar move by Google Inc.The service, with detailed maps for more than 180 countries, will also have voice guidance in 46 languages in 74 countries.The service will...
YouTube getting into movie rental business
January 20, 2010 5:01 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsYouTube's coming attractions now include movie rentals.The Internet's most popular video channel will make its debut as a rental outlet Friday to help promote some of the movies that will be shown at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.It's part of a test that YouTube hopes...
Hynix records 4Q net profit as sales surge
January 20, 2010 4:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsHynix Semiconductor Inc. said Thursday it recorded a net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009 after a record loss the year before as sales surged and prices for its mainstay computer memory chips increased.Hynix, the world's second-largest manufacturer of computer memory chips, earned 657...
Holiday shopping, PayPal help eBay 4Q profit rise
January 20, 2010 3:01 pm | by RACHEL METZ - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsEBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings climbed, bolstered by growth in its PayPal payments business and a holiday shopping season that was healthier than the year before. The company also logged a large gain from the November sale of its Skype telecommunications business.The...
mbed Development - USB Programming Forever
January 20, 2010 2:51 pm | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsI'm still fiddling with my mbed. Although, I haven't put it to real use yet. I've got some ideas, but I just don't have the time these days. One of the nice things about its programming system is that if...
TechBits package
January 20, 2010 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsWhen Bill Gates was at Microsoft's helm, his internal memos set the company's course for such radical shifts as the rise of the Internet.Now, Gates is making his musings public on a new Web site called The Gates Notes.There, the head of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has started posting...
