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NYS businesses benefit from JumpStart aid
January 14, 2010 2:52 pm | by Cornell University | CommentsFour small businesses will collaborate with Cornell Center for Materials Research scientists to improve their products.
CA to donate $50K to help Haiti quake victims
January 14, 2010 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSoftware maker CA Inc. said Thursday that it will donate $50,000 to the American Red Cross to help victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti and match up to $150,000 in employee donations to relief agencies.CA said it is collecting donations of food and clothing which will be sent to Haiti.
Oxidized PCB Finish
January 14, 2010 12:54 pm | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsI've written a few times about potential and actual problems with different PCB finishes. Sometimes, the results are tragic and sometimes, just annoying. I'm not sure where this one falls on the continuum between the two extremes, or maybe even...
Yahoo elects Sue James to board
January 14, 2010 12:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsYahoo Inc. said Thursday that it elected Sue James to its board. The move was effective Monday.James fills one of two recently open seats on Yahoo's board — activist investor Carl Icahn resigned from the board in October and another member, Maggie Wilderotter, had planned to leave at the end of...
Secretary Chu Announces 69 Early Career Scientists to Receive up to $85 Million in Funding to Support Research
January 14, 2010 11:53 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsThis news release is being issued today by the U.S. Department of Energy. Brookhaven Lab's Adrian Gozar has won a grant from DOE's new Early Career Research Program for his investigation of optical properties of materials at the level of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, to determine...
College Mini-Semester Students Explore Science & Technology at Brookhaven Lab
January 14, 2010 9:54 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsTwenty-three students from 22 colleges — from New York and locations as far-ranging as Alabama and Kentucky — learned about world-class science and technological achievements at Brookhaven Lab during five activity-packed days of their winter break.
The future of motion-sensing technology
January 14, 2010 9:51 am | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | CommentsAmong its many virtues, Sci-Fi is very good at predicting real-world technology. The Steven Spielberg film, Minority Report, predicted two recent favorites—E-Ink and multi-touch. Ever since the latter hit theaters, scientists, researchers, engineers, and technophiles have been clamoring to reproduce the film’s futuristic touch screen technology.
Eastman Kodak sues Apple, RIM over digital cameras
January 14, 2010 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsEastman Kodak is suing Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over technology related to digital cameras in the companies' phones.The company says Apple Inc.'s iPhone and some BlackBerry models infringe on a Kodak patent covering technology for previewing photos.It is asking the U.S....
Identify and Repair Invalid Registry Entries and Modify Registry Settings for Enhanced PC Performance
January 14, 2010 4:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSupport.com (NASDAQ: SPRT) today announced availability of Sammsoft@ Advanced Registry Optimizer(TM) 2010 (http://www.sammsoft.com/AroDetails.aspx) (ARO 2010), a system maintenance utility for PCs that run Windows XP, Vista, and now Windows 7. ARO 2010 is being released by Sammsoft, the consumer...
China tells Web companies to obey controls
January 14, 2010 3:01 am | by JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIn China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship.Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, without mentioning Google by...
Google's possible pullout a boost to China rival
January 13, 2010 10:01 pm | by JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA possible Google pullout from China could give a boost to its ambitious local rival Baidu Inc., which dominates the Chinese market and is expanding abroad.Baidu, launched in 2000, is a standout in the global search industry — a local competitor that beats giant Google Inc. Baidu has 60 percent...
In Google’s Rebuke of China, Focus Falls on Cybersecurity
January 13, 2010 7:00 pm | by New York Times | CommentsGoogle’s threat to end its operations in China brought attention to reports of Chinese high-technology espionage stretching back at least a decade.
Google’s Threat Echoed Everywhere, Except China
January 13, 2010 7:00 pm | by New York Times | CommentsChina heavily censored the news that Google would consider shutting down its operations in the country.
HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and HAPPYBABY Stage 1 & Stage 2 Pouch Meals - Recall
January 13, 2010 2:51 pm | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsSelected varieties recalled due to packaging defect that could cause possible bacterial contamination.
Epic Data Announces Closing of Non-Brokered Private Placement
January 13, 2010 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsEpic Data International Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: EKD), a provider of manufacturing operations management and real-time data collection solutions, is pleased to announce that it has closed its non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of 3,076,923 common shares (the "Common...
