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Alcatel-Lucent Update: Third Quarter 2008 Revenue In Line With Guidance: Full Year 2008 Outlook Confirmed

Alcatel-Lucent Update: Third Quarter 2008 Revenue In Line With Guidance: Full Year 2008 Outlook Confirmed

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

PARIS, October 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Key Highlights for the Quarter - Revenues of Euro 4.065 Billion, Down 0.9% Sequentially - Adjusted(2) Gross Profit of Euro 1.320 Billion or 32.5% of Revenues (33.0% excl. one time item) - Adjusted(2) Operating Income(1) of Euro 40 Million or 1.0% of Revenues - Adjusted(2) Net Income (Group Share) of Euro 41 Million or Euro 0.02 per Diluted Share - Reported Net Loss (Group Share) of Euro (40) Million or Euro (0.02) per Diluted Share - Net Debt of Euro 600 Million at September 30, 2008 - Funded Status of Pensions and OPEB Shows Surplus of Euro 2.997 Billion at September 30, 2008

Redline Receives USDA Acceptance And Buy American Status For Its Products

Redline Receives USDA Acceptance And Buy American Status For Its Products

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

TORONTO, October 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- US Operators Can Now Utilize Rural Broadband Funding to Deploy Redline's RedMAX(TM) and RedCONNEX(TM) Products

Redline Communications Group Inc. (Redline) (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that it has received USDA acceptance and Buy American status from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services (RUS) for its RedMAX and RedCONNEX products. The acceptance will enable network operators in the United States to take advantage of a federal rural broadband funding program when deploying Redline's broadband wireless products in support of rural residential, business and community wireless services.

UPS Drivers, The Icosian Game And How Right Hand Turns Can Save The Earth

UPS Drivers, The Icosian Game And How Right Hand Turns Can Save The Earth

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

Last year, the New York Times reported that UPS managed to save 3 million gallons of gas in 2006 by altering the routes of delivery trucks to avoid left turns. According to the article, the company uses software called “package flow” to map out daily routes for drivers. Clearly, the method or “algorithm” this software employs to design efficient routes has sizeable economic (and greenhouse gas) consequences. And, not only is it far from perfect, but the general routing problem is so difficult that, well, if in the course of reading this article you happen upon an efficient solution, you will become immediately famous, at least among computer scientists.
Vigorous Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk By 30 Percent

Vigorous Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk By 30 Percent

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

Normal-weight women who carry out lots of vigorous exercise are approximately 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don't exercise vigorously, according to a study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women reported in Breast Cancer Research.  So a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease – even in women who are not overweight.
Tree With 45 Million Year Fossil History Shows Effects Of Ancient Climate Change

Tree With 45 Million Year Fossil History Shows Effects Of Ancient Climate Change

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future, according to research in the November issue of  Evolution.

Symphonia globulifera is a widespread tropical tree with a history that goes back some 45 million years in Africa, said Christopher Dick, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology who is lead author on the paper. It is unusual among tropical trees in having a well-studied fossil record, partly because the oil industry uses its distinctive pollen fossils as a stratigraphic tool. 
Alcatel-Lucent: Third Quarter 2008 Revenue In Line With Guidance Full Year 2008 Outlook Confirmed

Alcatel-Lucent: Third Quarter 2008 Revenue In Line With Guidance Full Year 2008 Outlook Confirmed

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

PARIS, October 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Key Highlights for the Quarter - Revenues of Euro 4.065 Billion, Down 0.9% Sequentially - Adjusted(2) Gross Profit of Euro 1.320 Billion or 32.5% of Revenues (33.0% excl. one time item) - Adjusted(2) Operating Income(1) of Euro 40 Million or 1.0% of Revenues - Adjusted(2) Net Income (Group Share) of Euro 41 Million or Euro 0.02 per Diluted Share - Reported Net Loss (Group Share) of Euro (40) Million or Euro (0.02) per Diluted Share - Net Debt of Euro 600 Million at September 30, 2008 - Funded Status of Pensions and OPEB Shows Surplus of Euro 2.997 Billion at September 30, 2008

The Waning Search For Primordial Antimatter

The Waning Search For Primordial Antimatter

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

Scientists have long been on the hunt for evidence of antimatter, matter's arch nemesis and a staple of science fiction in the last century, that might be left over from the very early Universe.  But the latest  results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory suggest the search is not going to get any easier.

Antimatter would be made up of elementary particles, each of which has the same mass as their corresponding matter counterparts --protons, neutrons and electrons -- but the opposite charges and magnetic properties. When matter and antimatter particles collide, theory says they annihilate each other and produce energy according to Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2.
Our Bodies DIY Rescue System Is A Clue In Regenerative Medicine

Our Bodies DIY Rescue System Is A Clue In Regenerative Medicine

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

New research from the University of Bristol brings stem cell therapies for heart disease one step closer. The findings reveal that our bodies' ability to respond to an internal 'mayday' signal may hold the key to success for long-awaited regenerative medicine.   Dr Nicolle Kränkel and colleagues at the Bristol Heart Institute have discovered how our bodies initiate DIY rescue and repair mechanisms when blood supply is inadequate, for example in diabetic limbs or in the heart muscle during heart attack. Their findings also provide a practical step to advance progress in stem cell therapies.
Arp 147 Shows Hubble Is Back In Business

Arp 147 Shows Hubble Is Back In Business

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. The science operations were resumed on 25 October 2008, four weeks after a problem with the science data formatter took the spacecraft into safe mode.

On Sunday 28 September 2008, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A. This component is essential for the storage and transmission of data from the telescope's science instruments back to Earth. The component was reactivated on Thursday 23 October, and the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 science observations resumed on Saturday 25 October. 
 
Microsporidia Fungi Could Be Having Sex Inside Your Body Right Now

Microsporidia Fungi Could Be Having Sex Inside Your Body Right Now

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients and travelers has been identified as a member of the family of fungi that have been discovered to reproduce sexually. A team at Duke University Medical Center has proven that microsporidia are true fungi and that this species most likely undergoes a form of sexual reproduction during infection of humans and other host animals. 

The findings could help develop effective treatments against these common global pathogens and may help explain their most virulent attacks.
Oblivion, Mutant Mice And Hearing Loss

Oblivion, Mutant Mice And Hearing Loss

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

Researchers have defined a mutation in the mouse genome that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans. A team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, working with colleagues in Munich and Padua, found that mice carrying a mutation called Oblivion displayed problems with the function of hair cells in the inner ear, occurring before clear physical effects are seen. The study is published October 31 in PLoS Genetics.
Thrift Shows Extravagance The Door

Thrift Shows Extravagance The Door

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

The past few weeks have seen the unfolding of the financial crisis and meltdown of global equity markets. During this time I have been traveling across North America giving speeches about the future to groups of CEOs and business owners. In every instance, the primary concern of everyone has been what the short and long term ramifications of the financial crisis will be. As a futurist I am asked at each presentation what I see ahead for the U.S. and global economy.
CO2 For Green Gasoline?

CO2 For Green Gasoline?

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

Los Alamos* says we can make gasoline with CO2 extracted from air -- plus water and energy. Furthermore, economic large-scale production is possible with off-the-shelf equipment and known processes. Result: Green Gasoline.

The Los Alamos concept was named Green Freedom, mainly, because it promises freedom from foreign oil by producing gasoline with a carbon-neutral power source. The main steps are:

1. Obtain CO2 from the atmosphere

2. Split H2O into H2 and O2

3. Combine H2 and CO2 to produce methanol

4. Convert methanol into gasoline.
Richard Dawkins off the deep end

Richard Dawkins off the deep end

Oct 30 2008 | comment(s)

At long last I'm getting a paper out the door, which means my latest blog column's been delayed.

In the mean time, John Hawks (whose blog you should be reading) has some priceless stuff on Richard Dawkins' war on Harry Potter:
Genmab Announces Results For The First Nine Months Of 2008

Genmab Announces Results For The First Nine Months Of 2008

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab Reports Results for the Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2008

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008. During this period, Genmab reported the following results:

- Genmab's revenues were DKK 667 million (USD 128 million) for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008. In the same period of 2007, Genmab recognized revenues of DKK 356 million (USD 68 million).

Bytemobile Opens RD And Customer Support Center In Northern Ireland

Bytemobile Opens RD And Customer Support Center In Northern Ireland

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, today announced the opening of a new center for both research and development and customer support services in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The company established the facility under an agreement with Invest Northern Ireland (NI), which attracts new investment to the country.

NeurogesX To Report Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

NeurogesX To Report Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

SAN MATEO, California, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, today announced it will report results for its third quarter 2008 on Thursday, November 6, 2008, after the market closes.

A conference call to review the results and discuss corporate and clinical initiatives for the remainder of 2008 and into 2009 will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT) on November 6, 2008 and will be hosted by Anthony DiTonno, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Ghiglieri, Chief Financial Officer.

The Neiman Marxist In The Presidential Race

The Neiman Marxist In The Presidential Race

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

OAKLAND, California, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- New website game highlights Palin's shopping spree

Take US$150,000. You could either clothe 15,000 registered nurses in scrubs, pay for a lot of medications or flu shots, or dress your vice-presidential candidate in an incredibly expensive wardrobe.

A new internet game posted this morning by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, http://www.DressLikePalin.com, lets web users themselves find other uses for the shopping spree the Republican National Committee famously spent on wardrobe and makeup for Gov. Sarah Palin.

Bit9 Research Director To Speak At RSA Conference Europe On Approaches To Application Whitelisting

Bit9 Research Director To Speak At RSA Conference Europe On Approaches To Application Whitelisting

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

WHO: Mario Vuksan, Director of Research WHEN: October 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m. WHERE: RSA Conference Europe ExCeL, London TOPIC: White is Hot: Approaches to Application Whitelisting (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080204/BIT9LOGO )

The proliferation of unapproved applications and devices onto corporate desktops and computer systems is creating costly management and security issues for IT professionals. Faced with the ever present need to monitor download activity and maintain secure networks, IT and security professionals are seeking alternative approaches to manage and control their endpoints.

Genmab Announces Results For The First Nine Months Of 2008

Genmab Announces Results For The First Nine Months Of 2008

Oct 29 2008 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab Reports Results for the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2008

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008. During this period, Genmab reported the following results:

Genmab's revenues were DKK 667 million (USD 128 million) for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008. In the same period of 2007, Genmab recognized revenues of DKK 356 million (USD 68 million).