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  • Dogs' Hip Dysplasia Risk Often Missed Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:25AMTraditional methods of evaluating dogs for hip dysplasia risk may miss 80 percent of cases, according to a new study.
  • Volunteer firefighter followed dad Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:25AM(This is the first in a series of articles highlighting members of the Bartow Volunteer Fire Department; as well as part of the drive to raise $65,000 for the purchase of a statue to be erected honoring its 96-year history serving the people of Bartow.)
  • Most New Farmland Comes From Cutting Down Forests Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:08AMA new study led by a Stanford researcher shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. But the research team also noted that big agribusiness has largely replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia, which may make it ...
  • Updated: Solargen ag denial, EIR heading to the board Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:51AMSolargen Energy sustained a setback Thursday in its efforts to build a 420-megawatt solar farm in Panoche Valley when a panel made a recommendation that - if confirmed by supervisors - would halt the proposal from moving ahead. The San Benito County Agricultural Preserve Advisory Committee voted 3-2 to deny a recommendation to cancel the Williamson Act contracts on property in Panoche Valley ...
  • Do crises force us to face reality as well as God? — COLUMN Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:29AMThirty-three miners were found alive 17 days after a collapse buried them 688 metres underground in a copper/gold mine near the northern Chilean town of Copiapo. The bad news is that it will take four months to extract them.[...]
  • Local teacher finds she fits in at Oxford University Round Table Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:12AMAs I boarded the plane that would begin my 13-hour trek to Oxford, England, I could only ponder, "Why am I the chosen one?"
  • How Is Crowd Size Estimated? Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:46AMReports of the number of people who attended Glenn Beck's Aug. 28 rally have varied wildly - from 78,000 to 800,000 people. How is crowd size estimated - and who does the counting?
  • Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 3:09AMWashington, Sep 4 : A new study has revealed that more than 80 percent of the farmlands created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came into existence after cutting forests.
  • "Metroid" game strong on plot, short on action Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:58AM"Metroid: Other M" is a fairly run-of-the-mill alien shooter. Brings surprisingly few engaging new features to the table, it seems like a waste to have updated a decent game series with a treatment that doesn't introduce anything terribly inventive.
  • Lawyers, landowners in fracking mineral rights 'force majeure' battle Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:34AMWhen Charles and Helen Lampman signed away the mineral rights to their 60.9 acres of land in 1999, they had no idea it would end in a court battle.
  • New England Journal of Medicine Study Shows New Molecular TB Test Could Offer Rapid and Effective Diagnosis in ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:16PMGENEVA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A study(1) published in The New England Journal of Medicine today reports that a new molecular tuberculosis (TB) test, Xpert® MTB/RIF, provides highly sensitive detection of tuberculosis and drug resistance in low resource settings more easily and in significantly less time than any current, widely used diagnostic. The study, conducted by the Foundation for ...
  • Epic Reveals Unreal Engine 3 for iOS Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:58PMEpic Citadel, world's first UE3-powered iOS app, now available on App Store.
  • IBM claims fastest MPU Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:18PMIBM said it will begin shipping a new mainframe computer computer capable of 50 billion instructions per second, powered by 96 microprocessors with 5.2-gigahertz clock speeds.
  • DSW Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:41PMBy 10qk. DSW Inc. ( DSW ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-07-31. Read more » »
  • Origin Agritech Limited Reports Third Quarter Financial Results for Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:30PMBEIJING-- Origin Agritech Limited (“Originâ€??? or the “Companyâ€???)
  • Sprint Adds 4G Coverage in Three Cities, T-Mobile Adds 3.5G to Nine Cities Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:19PMNext gen coverage is reaching more users
  • Study: Flying safety varies by development Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:57PMHANOVER, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Airline passengers flying in developing countries face 13 times the risk of being killed in crashes as passengers in the developed world, a researcher says. Developing country - Developed country - United Press International - Health - United States
  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Freescale Partner to Develop 90nm Flash Memory Technology Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:44PMMILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At today’s inaugural Global Technology Conference, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Freescale Semiconductor announced plans to bring a new class of thin film storage (TFS) flash memory products to market on 90nm technology. The advanced technology is expected to be deployed in Freescale microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted for applications ranging from consumer electronics and ...
  • At GTC 2010, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Lays Out Path for Sustained Technology Leadership at 28nm and Beyond Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:44PMMILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At today’s inaugural Global Technology Conference, GLOBALFOUNDRIES revealed the latest details of its progress in technology development for the 28nm technology generation and beyond. The company announced the addition of a new technology offering based on its 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) technology and revealed for the first time its manufacturing timeline ...
  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES Launches Industry’s First 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 Processor Platform With Gate First High-K Metal Gate Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:44PMMILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At today’s inaugural Global Technology Conference, GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced it has taped-out a qualification vehicle based on the ARM® Cortex™-A9 dual processor [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)], an industry first on 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) technology. This Technology Qualification Vehicle (TQV) will allow GLOBALFOUNDRIES to optimize its 28nm HKMG process for ...
  • Quantum Key Security 'Blinded' By New Attack Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:38PMA Norwegian team claims it has come up with a new way to hack quantum key encryption (QKD) systems that would allow an attacker to intercept a key without being detected.
  • The End of Cell Phone Chargers Is Near Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:12PMWhen your cell phone is running out of juice, you usually have two options: pray your charger is handy, or pray that someone with your exact phone model has his or her charger on hand.
  • BNL wins energy research grant Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:09PMHoping to advance renewable energy storage solutions, the U.S. Department of Energy has provided a $5.25 million grant to Brookhaven National Laboratory. The grant, $4.2 million of which is being supplied via stimulus funds, will be used by BNL to develop a superconducting magnet energy storage system that will allow for renewable energy, such as solar [...]
  • Networks – Not Size – Give Cities Competitive Advantage Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:09PMA city’s size no longer is the key factor in building vibrant local economies, according to a study by a Michigan State University sociologist.Zachary Neal found that although America's largest cities once had the most sophisticated economies, today that honor goes to cities with many connections to other places, regardless of their size. The study was published online Aug. 30 in the research ...
  • Magma Delivers Hierarchical Reference Flow for the Common Platform Alliance's 32/28-nm Low-Power Process Technology Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:00PMSAN JOSE, Calif. -- Magma Design Automation , today announced the availability of a proven hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for the Common Platform alliance's 32/28nm low-power process technology.
  • Classic NASA Photos Rocket onto Flickr Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:50PMNASA has posted almost 200 pictures to the photo-sharing site Flickr in what is the first of many batches of photos the space agency plans to share for public feedback.
  • Tiny Creatures Crossed Antarctica on Ancient Seaway Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:48PMA tiny organism found in two seas far apart in Antarctica could have spread from one to the other only by means of a seaway across the continent, one that is now a layer of ice over a mile thick, a new study concludes.
  • NASA, ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:12PMWith a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs.The stationary firing of the first-stage development solid rocket motor, dubbed DM-2, was the most heavily ...
  • UPDATE: NASA and ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:54AMCORRECTION – Number of flights of DM-2 motor cases and specific missions flown (The number of flights the DM-2 motor cases had flown was erroneously reported. The correct number is 59. The earliest mission the cases flew was STS-3. Please use the corrected version of this news release.)
  • Wyse to Support VMware View™ 4.5 Upon Availability Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:22AMSAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wyse to Support VMware View™ 4.5 Upon Availability
  • China State Enterprises Advance, Private Sector Retreats Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:42PMChinese policy has encouraged the state sector at the expense of private companies.
  • Asian Stocks Decline Led by Japanese Shares; Yen Strengthens Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:18PMAsian stocks fell for the first time in four days, led by the Nikkei 225 Stock Average’s biggest drop in three weeks, after U.S. incomes grew slower than estimated and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s profit missed analysts’ targets. The yen strengthened and copper slumped.
  • Cities owe competitive advantage to technology, not size Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:47PMWashington, Aug 31 : Smaller cities can now compete with huge metros like New York and Chicago, thanks to advances in technology.
  • Advances may make chips smaller, more powerful Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:45PMScientists at Palo Alto's Hewlett-Packard and Rice University are reporting this week that they can overcome a fundamental barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory that has been the basis for the consumer electronics revolution. In... Hewlett-Packard - Rice University - Consumer electronics - United States - Texas
  • Column: Grand Strand's bermudagrass courses ready for showcase Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:32PMHere's a harsh truth. Most of the 3,000 golfers battling out the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach this week will find the courses in better shape than their game.
  • Fish & Richardson Receives Distinguished Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:29PMLos Angeles - Fish & Richardson, one of the world’s leading intellectual property and business litigation law firms, has been named the 2010 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year by the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, Inc. (SDVLP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free legal services in civil matters to indigent individuals, families and groups.
  • Santa Cruz Mountains redwoods lure cash for trapping carbon Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:27PMLOMPICO - PG&E is handing over tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund to protect a 425-acre stand of redwoods once slated for logging deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
  • Gadgets fight crime Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:36PMWhen James Durrah locked himself inside a Fontana house during a standoff earlier this month, SWAT officers first used a rather medieval method - a battering ram - to break down the front door.
  • China Has Picked The Wrong Time To End Its Love Affair With Capitalism Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:48AMMichael Wines has an excellent report in today’s New York Times , about the rising dominance of China’s state-owned enterprises, at the expense of the once-vibrant private sector.
  • E-books: Coming On Like Gangbusters Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:42AMMany bibliophiles love them. Will they become a lucrative new medium for advertisers?
  • Cyberinfrastructure Expert James Myers to Lead the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations at Rensselaer ... Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:41AMJames Myers, who currently serves as associate director for cyberenvironments at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, has been selected by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to lead the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) at Rensselaer.
  • First Horizon's Bruce Livesay: Growing Against the Grain Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:07AMFirst Horizon CIO Bruce Livesay found opportunity amid the financial crisis to position his bank for tomorrow.
  • National Clean Energy Summit to focus on jobs Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:07AMEvent with Harry Reid, Neal Smatresk aims to advance technology, energy policy discusson Many of America’s eminent clean energy experts, investors and public officials will arrive at UNLV on Sept. 7 for the third installment of the National Clean Energy Summit. The event will be hosted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Senate [...]
  • How Retailers Are Turning Shoppers Into Tourists Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:03AMIt has the makings of a perfect birthday party event. Outfit kids with detective gear and ask them to search for clues in a big case. Feed them and send them home with goodie bags. Except in this case it's not a birthday party at all, but rather a new store tour from Weis Markets called Weis Mystery Tour. Third- and fourth-graders discover healthy foods in a program created by the retailer's ...
  • Networks -- not size -- give cities competitive advantage Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:53AMA city's size no longer is the key factor in building vibrant local economies, according to a study by a Michigan State University sociologist.
  • Revolutions Medical seeks due recognition for RevVac vacuum operated auto retractable safety syringe Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:48AMRevolutions Medical Corporation has notified the MDEA that there had been an error in awarding the Free Vac syringe the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award when in fact Free Vac misrepresented ownership of the syringe. The syringe was actually Revolutions Medical Corporation's RevVac auto retractable safety syringe.
  • China in global talent search for state companies Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:45AMChina's government announced a global talent search Monday to fill top posts at 12 major state-owned companies in its latest effort to turn huge but inefficient government enterprises into global competitors.
  • NASA's ICESat Mission Comes To An End Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:41AMUPDATE: NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office at Johnson Space Center, Houston, has reported that debris from the ICESat spacecraft fell to Earth in the Barents Sea on Monday, Aug. 30, at approximately 5 a.m. EDT.One of NASA's orbiting sentinels is expected to return to Earth in a few days. The agency's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) satellite completed a very productive scientific ...
  • ReNovo doctors tout cutting-edge technology Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:27AMDr. Kevin Lemme and Dr. Sean Garringer have a message for people suffering from aching knees, hips and shoulders: They can help. While painful, stiff joints were once considered the inevitable price of aging, new surgeries and treatment can provide relief.
  • Step-Up 3 in 3D Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:05AMWhat is it that you love about hip-hop?