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Alentus Corporation Announces Debt Restructuring
December 17, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsAlentus Corporation (PINKSHEETS: ALNS), a leading provider of web hosting solutions including managed services, sharepoint hosting, dedicated servers, Windows and Linux web hosting, and Microsoft exchange email services, today announced that the Company and its senior lender have entered into a...
Blast Rips through Pakistani Market; Guantanamo Terror
December 17, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSuspects; Snag over Medicare; $5 Billion in Business Loans; Explosion in Kabul; Surviving the Recession; Weather Worsens Search for 2 Missing Climbers; Golden Globe Nominations Announced - Part 1xfdiw CNN-NEWSROOM-01
Analysis: Climate talks a halting step toward goal
December 17, 2009 4:27 am | CommentsThe Copenhagen climate conference "failed" long before it even opened. It may not "succeed" until long after it ends. For the moment, then, negotiators must satisfy themselves with something in between, an "outcome," one whose shape Thursday was in the hands of the United States and China.
2010 International CES Renews Commitment to be Worlds Largest Environmentally-Friendly Tradeshow
December 17, 2009 3:43 am | CommentsThe Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced major plans to reduce the carbon footprint of the 2010 International CES® through a partnership with EarthEra and the implementation of sustainable and energy efficient solutions.
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones
December 17, 2009 3:31 am | by SIOBHAN GORMAN, YOCHI J. DREAZEN and AUGUST COLE | CommentsMilitants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.
Investigation Of Web ‘X-Men’ Leads to Arrest Of Bronx Man
December 16, 2009 7:56 pm | by New York Times | CommentsThe government said it was seeking the source of the leak, which resulted in the movie being uploaded to the Web before its release in theaters.
Water droplets shape graphene nanostructures
December 16, 2009 7:56 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Illinois at Chicago) A team of University of Illinois at Chicago chemists, lead by assistant professor Petr Král report the ability to bend and reshape graphene, opening up the possibility of forming new and novel devices in the nanoscale. They use an everyday household...
Judge dismisses lawsuit in Fox River cleanup case
December 16, 2009 4:00 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA federal judge in Green Bay has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make 20 companies and governmental units share in the massive costs of cleaning up the lower Fox River.U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled Wednesday that Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corp. were the parties most...
Ohio Justices: Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant
December 16, 2009 3:56 pm | by Product Design & Development | CommentsThe Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect's cell phone unless their safety is in danger.
Berkeley Lab's Wim Leemans wins 2009 E. O. Lawrence Award
December 16, 2009 3:56 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Wim Leemans of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is one of six 2009 recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy's highest honor, the E. O. Lawrence Award, for his pioneering research with laser...
Researchers devise new way to cleave nitrogen
December 16, 2009 12:54 pm | by Cornell University | CommentsCornell chemist Paul Chirik and colleagues have devised a new way to break the tough nitrogen-nitrogen bond in the lab and simultaneously create carbon-nitrogen bonds.
Microsoft, EU close chapter of antitrust battle
December 16, 2009 12:00 pm | by AOIFE WHITE - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAfter a decade of complaints leading to 1.7 billion euros in fines against Microsoft Corp., European regulators have ended their last pending antitrust case against the U.S. software maker as the company agreed to let European computer users choose from a menu of Web browsers that compete with...
Intel hit with more antitrust charges in FTC suit
December 16, 2009 11:00 am | by JORDAN ROBERTSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsThe Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept prices for computer chips artificially high.The FTC's lawsuit contains the most wide-ranging...
Environmental Assessment for BP Solar Array Project Released
December 16, 2009 10:52 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsIn accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed BP solar array project at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Clemex Technologies books a profit of $50,871 in Q2, reverses year-ago loss
December 16, 2009 10:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsClemex Technologies Inc. (TSXV:CXG.A), an image analysis solutions provider, credits its "expense reduction plan" for making it profitable in the second quarter compared with last year.Net income totalled $50,871 or 0.2 of a cent a share in the period ended Oct. 31, reversing a year-earlier...
