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Advancing on hydrogen
December 15, 2009 7:54 am | by European Commission | CommentsIs Europe ready for hydrogen vehicles? A deployment of hydrogen powered wheelchairs, trucks and buses by a European project is set to find out whether the technology is ripe enough and whether the new generation vehicles will be readily accepted.
Flu vaccine: A race against time
December 15, 2009 7:54 am | by European Commission | CommentsMillions of people become infected by influenza every year, causing thousands of deaths, which in turn costs billions for the economy. The production of vaccines is inefficient and they cannot be well supplied on a mass scale. Scientists in Vienna involved in the European Research Project...
What's Wrong With This Picture?
December 15, 2009 7:52 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsWhat's wrong with this picture? I forgot to warn you that there'd be a pop-quiz. It's only worth 10% of your final grade though, so not to worry. We're fully into the rainy season here in Oregon now. It's dumping...
CGI reports $1.1B in Q4 contracts with North American financial institutions
December 15, 2009 6:43 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsCGI Group Inc. (TSX:GIB.A) has signed contracts with North American financial institutions in the fourth quarter worth $1.1 billion, the information technology provider said Tuesday.CGI said the deals signed in the October-December quarter included both new contracts and renewals.Services...
Economic reports point to slow, steady recovery
December 15, 2009 6:35 am | by DANIEL WAGNER - AP Economics Writers - Associated Press | CommentsFurther evidence that manufacturers are helping the economy slowly recover emerged Tuesday in a report that industrial production rose a better-than-expected 0.8 percent in November.The gain showed that consumers are spending more, causing manufacturers to produce more goods.Eventually, the...
MDA nets US$254M contract to build satellite system for Ukraine space agency
December 15, 2009 6:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) announced Tuesday it has signed a US$254-million contract to provide a communication satellite system to the National Space Agency of Ukraine.Under the contract, MDA will build and launch a geostationary communications satellite and provide two...
Seoul Semiconductor LED chosen for worlds largest Cruise Ship
December 15, 2009 5:34 am | CommentsSeoul Semiconductor (CEO Chung Hoon Lee, www.acriche.com) a world leading LED manufacturing, has announced that its LED products were selected for the external balcony lights of ‘Oasis of the Seas', the world’s largest and most innovative cruise liner, which made its inaugural voyage on 5 December 2009.
IXYS to Acquire Zilog
December 15, 2009 5:19 am | CommentsIXYS Corporation, a leader in power semiconductors and specialized mixed signal IC products, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zilog, Inc., a supplier of application specific, embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) that are system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for industrial and consumer markets.
Endicott Interconnect Technologies Wins DoD Contract for Hi-Rel Computing Apps
December 15, 2009 5:11 am | CommentsThe U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) a $50.3 million contract modification to produce card frame assemblies for a high reliability, high performance computing application.
CSI Signs Agreement With Microsoft
December 15, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | Commentshttp://www.csioutfitters.com () —CSI Technology Outfitters (OTCBB: CSWI) (Computer Software Innovations, Inc.) announced today an agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to include Microsoft Live@edu education services as part of its CSI@K12 solution, which will deliver a groundbreaking,...
Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream
December 15, 2009 4:57 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Leeds) Fierce competition over raw materials for new green technologies could become a thing of the past, thanks to a discovery by scientists from the University of Leeds.
Examples of national measures taken to implement the Small Business Act
December 15, 2009 4:55 am | by European Commission | CommentsAs a response to the financial and economic crisis, most Member States have adopted policy measures to enhance SMEs’ access to liquidity, especially to bank lending, through the creation and extension of loan and guarantee schemes for SMEs (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,...
Hall selected to receive Excellence in Gas Processing Research Award
December 15, 2009 4:54 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. Kenneth R. Hall, senior associate dean for research and deputy director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), has been selected as the recipient of the Excellence in Gas Processing Research Award, which is presented at an annual event hosted by the Qatar University Gas...
Best Buy 3Q profit rises; predicts slimmer margins
December 15, 2009 4:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsBest Buy Co. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit more than quadrupled. But shares fell 4 percent in premarket trading as it said its gross profit rate will be lower than expected in the fourth quarter and international revenue fell.The nation's largest electronics retailer raised its earnings...
Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
December 15, 2009 1:00 am | by BROOKE DONALD - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsImagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to buy concert tickets or enroll in a class?Despite technological advances aimed at making the...
