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Barnes & Noble compensates buyers for late Nook
December 23, 2009 8:45 am | CommentsBookseller Barnes & Noble Inc plans to issue $100 gift certificates to people who won't receive its Nook electronic reader by December 24, if they had ordered it on time. The company, which has been bedeviled with problems in producing and delivering the e-reader in time for the holiday season, earlier this month postponed the in-store debut of the $259 device.
CBS and Walt Disney may join Apple TV venture: report
December 23, 2009 8:43 am | CommentsApple's plan of offering television subscription via the Internet might receive a boost with U.S. media companies CBS and Walt Disney's probable participation in the venture, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
New crew reaches International Space Station
December 23, 2009 8:40 am | CommentsA fresh three-member crew arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, bolstering the two-man skeleton crew that has been keeping the outpost operational since December 1.
BlackBerry users beset by second outage in a week
December 23, 2009 8:36 am | CommentsThe second outage of BlackBerry service in less than a week frustrated people who depend on the messaging device and comes at a bad time for its maker, which faces increasing competition in the market it helped pioneer.
Samsung settles patent dispute with Kodak
December 23, 2009 8:34 am | CommentsEastman Kodak says electronics maker Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay the photography company an undisclosed sum to settle a patent dispute over digital-camera technology. The announcement comes five days after the International Trade Commission ruled that Samsung, based in Seoul, South Korea, infringed two Kodak patents.
Feds mull regulating drugs in water
December 23, 2009 6:25 am | CommentsFederal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health.
Thinnest Large-Screen LCD Panel is 2.6mm Thick
December 23, 2009 6:13 am | CommentsLG Display an innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced that it has developed the world’s thinnest LCD TV panel measuring 2.6mm.
General Dynamics wins $7M contract modification
December 22, 2009 3:00 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsGeneral Dynamics Co.'s National Steel and Shipbuilding unit won a $7 million modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract for work on its mobile landing platform program, the Defense Department said Tuesday.The work is expected to be finished in May 2010. The contract is for work...
Canadian earnings declared Tuesday: Dalmac Energy, Mega Uranium, Overland, TIO
December 22, 2009 2:00 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsCanadian earnings declared Tuesday as of 4 p.m.:Dalmac Energy Inc. (TSXV:DAL): Three months ended Oct. 31, 2009, net loss $1,000,000, net loss $0.08 a share; 2008, net income $148,000, net income $0.01 a share. Revenue: 2009, $3,600,000; 2008, $5,200,000.Mega Uranium Ltd. (TSX:MGA): Year end...
Toronto company i4i celebrates latest legal victory over Microsoft
December 22, 2009 2:00 pm | by B.H. McKenna-Associated Press | CommentsCanadian company i4i's latest legal victory against software giant Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is being heralded by the company's top executives as a "war cry for talented inventors" and a likely springboard for growth.In a decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...
Genetic study clarifies African-American ancestry
December 22, 2009 1:52 pm | by Cornell University | CommentsThe research could have implications for reconstructing personal ancestries, personalized medicine, drug treatments and mapping risk factors for such common diseases as hypertension and diabetes.
SRA International awarded $50M DHS contract
December 22, 2009 1:00 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSRA International Inc. said Tuesday that it has been awarded a $50 million Department of Homeland Security contract for work on cyber security.The contract is to assist the National Cyber Security Division of Homeland Security with its work ranging from protecting critical infrastructure to...
My Screaming Favorites from 2009
December 22, 2009 12:52 pm | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsYears ago, it seemed like the last two weeks in December were just full of retrospectives on the year. It was all over the media all the time. I don't really hear so much of that any more, which might...
US execs delivered message to North Korea
December 22, 2009 12:00 pm | by DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsU.S. business executives say they told North Korean leaders during a visit to Pyongyang last week that they must give up their nuclear ambitions if they want foreign investment in the isolated country.The rare unofficial trip by independent U.S. business leaders came at the invitation of the...
Summary Box: Microsoft has to change Word software
December 22, 2009 10:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsLOSS IN COURT: A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the decision of a lower court.WHAT IT MEANS: Beginning Jan. 11, Microsoft has to stop selling versions of Microsoft Word that infringe on the patent....
