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RIM announces Blackberry China distribution deal
December 7, 2009 5:22 am | CommentsDigital China, a Hong Kong-listed information technology company, is to distribute Research In Motion's Blackberry handsets, accelerating RIM's effort to expand into mainland China. The agreement will "help RIM further expand its business in China" by giving it access to Digital China's national distribution network, the two companies said on Monday.
Nobel prize foundation frets over its finances
December 7, 2009 5:19 am | CommentsThe Nobel Foundation might have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director said on Saturday. The foundation will give 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.5 million) for each prize this year as it has done for most of the last decade. But the downturn could strain resources for future prizes.
You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
December 7, 2009 5:17 am | CommentsAOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts the 2010s as an underdog, trying to beef up its Web sites and grab more advertising revenue.
Virgin Galactic to Unveil Commercial Spaceship
December 7, 2009 5:14 am | by Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer | CommentsAfter five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. The long-awaited
Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes
December 7, 2009 4:45 am | CommentsIn a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said. It depends, however, on whether consensus on an overarching climate accord is reached by the 192 countries at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen starting Monday.
Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost
December 7, 2009 4:43 am | CommentsThousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's future? Tuna raised like chickens or cows?
Climate drama climax looks elusive in Copenhagen
December 7, 2009 4:41 am | CommentsFor 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads. The world looks to Copenhagen "to witness what I believe will be an historic turning point in the fight against climate change," says Yvo de Boer, United Nations organizer of the two weeks of talks opening Monday.
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
December 7, 2009 4:38 am | CommentsEric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine. "I remembered thinking, `Whoa, this is scary,' as it whirled around, almost knocking me down," the Microsoft researcher recalled.
NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft
December 7, 2009 4:35 am | CommentsNASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket.
Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity
December 7, 2009 4:33 am | CommentsSome children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report. The British researchers checked the DNA of 300 children who'd become very fat, on the order of 220 pounds by age 10.
Program Launched to Boost Clean Energy Job Growth
December 7, 2009 3:48 am | CommentsThe Apollo Alliance released a clean energy investment plan today that will create up to 1.2 million domestic jobs while increasing U.S. energy security and climate stability. The release of Apollo’s 5-point plan coincides with today’s urgent White House jobs summit and amid intensified talk by Congressional leaders of an emergency jobs bill.
Anti-counterfeit Lab Thwarts False Components
December 7, 2009 3:27 am | CommentsTo further protect against the increasing volume of counterfeit electronics components entering into the supply chain, Fusion, a global independent distributor of electronic components, has invested heavily in a new Anti-Counterfeit Screening and Analysis Laboratory.
TSX November eReview: Short Positions - Expired
December 4, 2009 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsShort Positions - Expired, for November:Premium Brands Holdings Corporation 7% Deb (TSX:PBH.DB): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09 1,575,000Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. J (TSX:ICS): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09 581,540Russel Metals Inc. 7.75% 09/30/16 Debentures (TSX:RUS.DB): 30-Nov-09 0; 15-Nov-09...
Ross Perot Jr. to join Dell's board
December 4, 2009 8:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsComputer maker Dell Inc. said Friday that Ross Perot Jr., son of former presidential candidate Ross Perot Sr. and chairman of Perot Systems Corp. before Dell bought the company this year, will join its board.Dell said Perot will start immediately and stand for election by shareholders at the...
LED Backlights Breathe New Life into Mature Monitor Market
December 4, 2009 7:02 am | by General Electric | CommentsCapitalizing on the slim form factor and energy savings potential, the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in LCD monitor panels is growing rapidly. [...]
