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Apple poised for hiring spree in Silicon Valley
June 4, 2013 9:46 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsApple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years, signaling the company's faith in its ability to keep coming up with hit products like the iPhone and iPad. The projections detailed in a report released Tuesday envision Apple hiring 7,400 more...
ITC rules for Samsung, bans iPhone 4 imports
June 4, 2013 8:20 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. Because the devices are assembled in China, the import ban would end Apple's ability to sell them in...
iPhone 4 imports banned in US patent case
June 4, 2013 7:03 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. It was the latest shot in a global legal battle between the two smartphone makers. Because the devices...
An urban challenge: diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis infection
June 4, 2013 11:59 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsA new study from Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health reveals the challenges in identifying high-risk people in urban settings, especially foreign-born individuals, who may have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The study appears in the Journal of Community Health....
Detecting disease with a smartphone accessory
June 4, 2013 11:47 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsEngineers have created a new smartphone-based system, consisting of a plug-in optical accessory and disposable microfluidic chips, for in-the-field detection of the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's. "The accessory provides an ultraportable way to determine whether or not viral DNA is present in a sample," says mechanical engineer David Erickson
Bringing cheaper, 'greener' lighting to market with inkjet-printed hybrid quantum dot LEDs
June 4, 2013 11:45 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsA promising line of research involves combining the OLEDs with inorganic quantum dots, tiny semiconductor crystals that emit different colors of light depending on their size. These "hybrid" OLEDs, also called quantum dot LEDs, increase the efficiency of the light-emitting devices and also increase the range of colors that can be produced.
Solar plane lands successfully in St. Louis
June 4, 2013 11:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA solar-powered plane attempting to fly across the United States has landed at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Solar Impulse landed about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It's the first attempt by a solar plane capable of being airborne day and night without fuel...
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
June 4, 2013 10:55 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsMIT professor Angela Belcher, one of the world’s leading nanotechnology experts, has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. “It feels fantastic,” says Belcher, the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT and a faculty member at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. “There’s been so many great ...
IBM buying cloud computing company SoftLayer
June 4, 2013 10:34 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsIBM is buying cloud computing company SoftLayer Technologies Inc. to expand its online software business. Financial terms were not disclosed Tuesday. SoftLayer is a privately held company based in Dallas with 13 data centers in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Software stored and accessed on the...
A path to compact, robust sources for ultrashort laser pulses
June 4, 2013 10:27 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsLaser researchers in Munich are challenging a basic assumption of engineering: "You can't have it all." They have shown that for certain kinds of laser applications in biomedical imaging, material processing, and communications, a new approach could deliver the desired capabilities with no problematic tradeoffs...
Salesforce.com buying ExactTarget for $2.34B
June 4, 2013 10:18 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSalesforce.com will spend more than $2.3 billion to buy marketing software company ExactTarget. More than 6,000 companies use ExactTarget, which like Salesforce.com uses cloud technology, allowing companies to manage their digital marketing online. ExactTarget's clients include Coca-Cola Co.,...
Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
June 4, 2013 10:15 am | by MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer | CommentsChinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the increasingly aggressive fight against overseas hackers.
White House tries to encourage high tech patents
June 4, 2013 10:14 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe White House is taking steps to encourage innovation in high tech patents that it calls "a key driver of economic growth." The White House on Tuesday announced five executive actions and seven recommendations for Congress to protect innovators from lawsuits.
Rare stellar alignment offers opportunity to hunt for planets
June 4, 2013 9:11 am | by Eurekalert! | CommentsNASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri. The opportunities will occur in October 2014 and February 2016 when Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our sun, passes in front of two other stars. Astronomers plotted Proxima Centauri's precise path in the heavens and predicted the two close encounters using data from Hubble.
Stanford scientists create novel silicon electrodes that improve lithium-ion batteries
June 4, 2013 9:08 am | CommentsStanford University scientists have dramatically improved the performance of lithium-ion batteries by creating novel electrodes made of silicon and conducting polymer hydrogel, a spongy material similar to that used in contact lenses and other household products.
