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Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC
December 11, 2009 11:00 am | by JESSICA MINTZ - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAbout 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked.The touch-screen "tablet" device will be available for pre-order Saturday — from the startup. The blogger is out of the picture, back to...
Texas A & M Engineering honors faculty, staff at holiday reception
December 11, 2009 9:54 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. G. Kemble Bennett, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, honored faculty and staff of the Dwight Look College of Engineering and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M Engineering’s annual holiday reception. Receiving the Engineering Safety Excellence Award was...
DuPont Fabros Technology prices $550M in notes
December 11, 2009 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsDuPont Fabros Technology Inc., a real estate investment trust, said Friday its subsidiary DuPont Fabros Technology L.P. priced $550 million in senior notes due Dec. 15, 2017.The notes will have an annual interest rate of 8.5 percent and will be used to pay down debt and complete work on two...
Home Network Technology & Connectivity Use: Ethernet, 802.11, Coax, and Powerline
December 11, 2009 8:00 am | by In-Stat Research | CommentsBased upon the results of our North American broadband survey, the majority of consumers with a home network that use Wi-Fi are still not very/not at all familiar with the benefits and differences between 802.11g and 802.11n.
UCLA Researchers Produce Liquid Fuel Isobutanol
December 11, 2009 8:00 am | by Product Design & Development | CommentsIn California, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified cyanobacteria to produce the liquid fuel isobutanol directly from carbon dioxide and sunlight.
3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers
December 11, 2009 8:00 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) 3-D microprocessors cooled from the inside through channels with a liquid coolant. Such is the solution currently being developed by researchers from the EPFL and its sister organization, ETH Zurich, to boost the performance of future computers....
Morningstar to buy data analysis firm for $51.5M
December 11, 2009 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMorningstar Inc., a provider of investment research, said Friday it has agreed to buy Logical Information Machines Inc. for $51.5 million.Logical Information, founded in 1989, provides data and analysis to the energy, financial and agricultural sectors. It has about 80 employees in Austin,...
Murphy, Amato elected IEEE Fellows
December 11, 2009 6:54 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. Nancy Amato and Dr. Robin Murphy, faculty members in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, have been elected Fellows of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Amato is a professor and co-director of the Parasol...
‘Climate-Gate’ and COP15: Yale Scientists Clarify Current Understanding of Climate Change
December 11, 2009 6:53 am | by Yale University | CommentsIn the wake of the University of East Anglia email controversy and the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, there has been even more focus on climate change-and a need to clarify the science behind it-than ever. To help explain what current science tells us...
Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents
December 11, 2009 6:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsApple Inc. on Friday said it is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.Apple's lawsuit claims Nokia is infringing on 13 of Apple's patents, and says the Finland-based company chose to "copy the...
Canadian Solar Industries Association names First Light Solar PV Project of the Year
December 11, 2009 4:52 am | CommentsThe Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) has awarded the First Light solar energy park as the "Solar PV (photovoltaic) Project of the Year" during its annual Solar Conference in Toronto on Tuesday. First Light - a joint venture of SkyPower, Canada's leading solar energy developer, and SunEdison - delivers more than 11 million kilowatts of power annually.
India industrial output up 10.3 pct in October
December 11, 2009 12:00 am | by ERIKA KINETZ - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIndia's factory output rose 10.3 percent in October from a year earlier as stimulus measures and domestic demand pushed Asia's third-largest economy into its 10th straight month of industrial expansion.Manufacturing output grew 11.1 percent, rebounding from a 0.6 percent contraction last...
The Digital Set Top Box Market: Global Demand Remains High
December 10, 2009 8:05 pm | by In-Stat Research | CommentsWorldwide digital set top box unit shipments are on track to reach 191 million in 2009, a total that highlights the importance of the set top box in today's consumer electronics industry.
Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand
December 10, 2009 8:05 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(SAGE Publications UK) If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3-D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to operate on a beating heart, according to a...
Alanna Schepartz To Deliver First Chemical Biology Lecture
December 10, 2009 7:58 pm | by Yale University | CommentsAlanna Schepartz, the Milton Harris '29 Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, has been chosen to present the inaugural Chemical Biology Lectureship by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
