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March 3, 2010 7:24 am | by European Commission | CommentsTrials are being conducted for a new system to monitor the real-time energy consumption in the household. The data is measured, processed and displayed, showing users how much power is being consumed by various electrical appliances. These efforts are part of a European Union research...
Exercise: the way to a healthier European society?
March 3, 2010 7:23 am | by European Commission | CommentsIt is known that regular exercise is beneficial for sufferers of type-2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, some types of cancer, dementia and possibly depression. The European Union project EXGENESIS is investigating how regular exercise can be used in the prevention and treatment of...
Baxter HomeChoice and HomeChoice PRO Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Systems: Class I Recall
March 3, 2010 7:20 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsReports of serious injuries and at least one death have been associated with increased Intraperitoneal Volume (IIPV), also known as overfill of the abdominal cavity.
ISM: Service sector growth accelerates in February
March 3, 2010 5:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA private trade group says growth in the U.S. service sector accelerated in February to its fastest rate in more than two years.The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday its index measuring service industries rose to 53 in February from 50.5 in January.Economists polled by Thomson...
Digi Launches ConnectCore Wi-i.MX51 Digi JumpStart Kit at Embedded World Nuremberg
March 3, 2010 5:20 am | by Digi International | CommentsKit speeds development of low power, wireless multimedia devices
HP dedicating $28M Conway, Ark., service center
March 3, 2010 4:30 am | by CHUCK BARTELS - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsHewlett Packard Co. hopes to be able to add jobs to its new $28 million facility in Conway as the technology company grows, CEO Mark Hurd said as HP prepared to dedicate the facility.The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company announced last year it would locate a customer and technical service center...
Costco 2Q profit rises; international sales strong
March 3, 2010 2:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsStrong overseas sales growth and increased gasoline prices boosted Costco Wholesale Corp.'s revenue in the second quarter, and the warehouse club operator's profit climbed 25 percent.Costco said Wednesday that its quarterly revenue rose 11 percent to $18.74 billion from $16.84 billion on...
Panasonic chief says TV business to turn profit
March 2, 2010 11:30 pm | by YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsPanasonic's chief is optimistic about profit opportunities from taking over Japanese rival Sanyo, especially in solar panels, and vowed to return the company's money-losing TV business to the black by March 2011.Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo was upbeat about taking advantage of what...
TiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV
March 2, 2010 5:30 pm | by DEBORAH YAO - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsTiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.The new TiVo Premiere boasts a thinner, sleeker look with a revamped menu and features that will more closely...
New Video: The Oscars Are Lame
March 2, 2010 3:22 pm | by An Engineering Mind | CommentsThe Oscars are this weekend...and who cares? These things are worse than the "Marketing Excellence Awards" they have here for all the losers upstairs. Don't forget, the new feed for AnEngineeringMind.com is:http://feeds.feedburner.com/anengineeringmind/zAiQ
URS Corp 4th-qtr profit falls 25 percent
March 2, 2010 2:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsURS Corp., an engineering and construction services company, said Tuesday that its profit fell 25 percent in the fourth quarter as revenue fell by the double-digits.The company earned $33.8 million, or 41 cents per share, in the three months that ended Jan. 1. That is down from the $45.2...
Yahoo CEO indicates turnaround could take years
March 2, 2010 1:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsYahoo CEO Carol Bartz says she hopes investors growing impatient for her to turn around the slumping Internet company remember how long it took for Steve Jobs to revive Apple.In a Tuesday meeting to celebrate Yahoo's 15th anniversary, Bartz reminded reporters that Apple struggled for the first...
Prostate cancer surgeons 'feel' with their eyes
March 2, 2010 11:22 am | by Cornell University | CommentsA new Cornell study published in a medical journal reports that the outcomes using minimally invasive robotic technology compare favorably with traditional invasive surgery for prostate cancer.
Lockheed seeks to predict cybersecurity threats
March 2, 2010 11:11 am | CommentsLockheed Martin Corp, the No. 1 information technology provider to the U.S. government, is working hard to better predict and protect against increasingly sophisticated and stealthy cyber attacks. Lockheed, also the Pentagon's biggest contractor, is opening a second internal security intelligence center in Denver this week to complement the one it opened in May 2008 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, north of Washington.
Bill would have tech companies guard human rights
March 2, 2010 11:00 am | CommentsAt a hearing on Tuesday, Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on human rights and the law, said there are questions over whether filtering software made by U.S. companies has been used to censor the Internet in several countries with repressive governments.
