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Foot Prints
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsI write a fair amount about component foot prints / land patterns / CAD library components - whatever you call them. What are you supposed to call them anyway? I've heard them called all three of those things and a...
Meigan Aronson Named Department of Defense Security Fellow
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsMeigan Aronson, a physicist at Brookhaven Lab and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to be one of 11 distinguished scientists and engineers forming the 2010 class of its National Security...
Federal Register: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Humanitarian Device Exemption Holders, Institutional Revie...
February 18, 2010 9:41 am | by FDA (The Center for Devices and Radiological Health) | CommentsThe FDA is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Federal Register: Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
February 18, 2010 9:41 am | by FDA (The Center for Devices and Radiological Health) | CommentsOn March 18, 2010, the committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote on the premarket approval application (PMA) for the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds) sponsored by Boston Scientific.
Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs): Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp: Drug Safety Communication
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsFDA requires REMS that ensures that only those hospitals and healthcare professionals who have enrolled and completed training in risk management program will prescribe and dispense ESAs to patients with cancer.
Maalox Total Relief and Maalox Liquid Products: Medication Use Errors
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsConsumers who have a history of gastrointestinal ulcers or a bleeding disorder should not use Maalox Total Relief because it contains bismuth subsalicylate, a substance chemically related to aspirin.
Exjade (deferasirox): Boxed Warning
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsChanges to Prescribing Information re: risk of renal impairment/failure, hepatic impairment/failure or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Corporations, agencies infiltrated by hacking
February 18, 2010 9:34 am | by JORDAN ROBERTSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsSecurity experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The find reflects the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet.More than 2,400 organizations, including...
Voxware narrows fiscal 2nd-qtr loss as costs dip
February 12, 2010 3:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsVoxware Inc., which makes voice-driven software for use in warehouse operations, said Friday that its fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed as costs fell.For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Voxware reported a loss of $528,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.7 million, or 26 cents per...
Capital projects questioned in lean budget year
February 12, 2010 2:01 pm | by BARRY MASSEY - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsWith New Mexico cutting schools and health care services, lawmakers fumed Friday over a proposal to finance economic development projects benefiting corporations like the Hewlett-Packard Co.A proposal to allocate $38 million for capital improvements passed the Senate but not before several...
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes
February 12, 2010 1:01 pm | by BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.Rather, they could be business associates, or even lovers, and the groups don't necessarily mix well. It's one reason many people keep those worlds...
Rovi reports 4Q profit; beats Wall Street views
February 12, 2010 1:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsRovi Corp. on Friday reported a profit in the fourth quarter as the company benefited from an increase in revenue and the absence of a loss from discontinued operations in the same quarter a year ago.Rovi, which provides TV listings data and related services, said Thursday that it earned $2.6...
Brazil opens the first home-grown Chip Fab south of the Rio Grande
February 12, 2010 11:39 am | by Alix L. Paultre | CommentsThe Chip de BOI (literally, "the Ox chip") is an excellent startup product for the nascent south-of-the border firm CEITEC. The facility, located in Porto Alegre , is the first of its kind south of the Rio Grande.
Justice wants cell-phone locations without warrant
February 12, 2010 9:36 am | CommentsShould the government be able to track your movements based on cell-phone records, without evidence of criminal wrongdoing? A legal showdown on the closely watched issue unfolded Friday in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, as the Justice Department battled electronic-privacy groups.
Seeking comeback, Microsoft to show phone software
February 12, 2010 9:34 am | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. is expected to announce a major revamp of its phone software Monday, in an attempt to regain momentum in a crucial market where it's been overshadowed. CEO Steve Ballmer will be speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the world's largest cell phone trade show, and analysts expect him to reveal Windows Mobile 7.
