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Taiwan probes insider trading in chip takeover
May 3, 2013 11:22 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsProsecutors are probing alleged insider trading connected to a $3.8 billion takeover of a Taiwan chip design company. Prosecutor Huang Mou-hsin said late Thursday that just before MediaTek's board approved a deal to buy its main rival MStar Semiconductor last June, four officials from the two companies bought shares of MStar.
Vietnamese adoption of eco-friendly appliances on the rise
May 3, 2013 10:48 am | by GFK | CommentsIn the past 12 months, households in Vietnam have been spending more on household appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines. GfK retail audit in Vietnam revealed a significant growth in their combined overall market value by 14 percent over the previous year, albeit a slightly lower volume demand of 2 percent.
Robotic insects make first controlled flight
May 3, 2013 9:21 am | CommentsIn the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, it leapt a few inches, hovered for a moment on fragile, flapping wings, and then sped along a preset route through the air.
Dual-color lasers could lead to cheap and efficient LED lighting
May 3, 2013 9:18 am | by Eurekalert! | CommentsA new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs) universally for cheap and efficient lighting.
B&N to add Google Play app store to its Nook HD
May 3, 2013 12:25 am | by MAE ANDERSON - AP Retail Writer - Associated Press | CommentsBarnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add Google's Play app store to its 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch HD+ products in the U.S. and U.K. via a software update Friday. The move expands the...
Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America
May 3, 2013 12:00 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | CommentsNew research could let vehicles, robots collaborate with humans
May 3, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsYou get into your car and ask it to get you home in time for the start of the big game, stopping off at your favorite Chinese restaurant on the way to grab some takeout. But the car informs you that the road past the Chinese restaurant is closed for repairs, so you will not make it home in 30 minutes unless you choose a different food outlet. You select a nearby Korean restaurant from the options the car suggests, and set off on the c...
Teradata's Q1 profit down 35 percent
May 2, 2013 6:33 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsData management company Teradata Corp. reported Thursday its first-quarter profit dropped 35 percent as the company got off to what its CEO acknowledged was a slow start to the year. Net income at Teradata, which helps financial, marketing and other companies store and analyze data, fell to $59...
Intel's CEO pick sticks to tried-and-true formula
May 2, 2013 6:10 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIn picking Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, Intel Corp. stuck to a familiar playbook amid a game-changing shift in computing that has raised worries about the future of the world's largest chipmaker. Ever since Intel co-founders Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore ceded their roles as the first two...
Intel names Krzanich as chipmaker's next CEO
May 2, 2013 2:44 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIntel's chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, will become its next CEO in two weeks, tasked with steering the world's largest chipmaker through an industry shake-up that is seeing tablets and smartphones overshadow Intel's base in personal computers. Intel, one of the pillars of Silicon...
Book: A New Understanding of ADHD in Children and Adults
May 2, 2013 2:43 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsYaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email....
NASA rover prototype set to explore Greenland ice sheet
May 2, 2013 2:32 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsNASA's newest scientific rover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland. The robot known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, will roam the frigid landscape collecting measurements...
Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions
May 2, 2013 2:28 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsWhen people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers.A group of students who saw that a backpack was attached to an avatar that they had created overestimated the heights of virtual hills...
On-site asbestos detector offers promise of better workplace safety
May 2, 2013 2:27 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsAsbestos was once called a miracle material because of its toughness and fire-resistant properties. It was used as insulation, incorporated into cement and even woven into firemen's protective clothing. Over time, however, scientists pinned the cause of lung cancers such as mesothelioma on asbestos fiber inhalation.
Calories draw people to food, like it or not
May 2, 2013 12:05 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsPeople like food because it contains calories they need to survive. However, researchers from The John B Pierce Laboratory and Yale have discovered an interesting twist to the basic biology story: Calories trigger responses in areas of the brain that control eating behavior independently of how much the subject likes the flavor....
