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Cognito Celebrates Record Year With 4,100 Users Signed

Cognito Celebrates Record Year With 4,100 Users Signed

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

NEWBURY, England, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognito, the Mobile Workforce Management specialist, today announced that it has closed its financial year with a record signing of 4,100 subscribers, the most successful year in the company's history. The company's success has continued into the new financial year, with the addition of a further 1,600 users so far taking the total number of subscribers beyond 20,000.

Cognito has also achieved Microsoft Gold Partnership status and has been elevated to a Motorola PartnerSelect Premier Solution Partner. Its success was also reflected in a number of key customer wins and extended deployments across a spectrum of industry sectors including ao, Alpha Heating, GSH Group, Lorne Stewart and Scottish Borders Housing Association.

AmberFin Industry Poll Reveals That Poor Picture Quality Is A Major Barrier To Content Adoption

AmberFin Industry Poll Reveals That Poor Picture Quality Is A Major Barrier To Content Adoption

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- 70% Agree That the Industry is Failing to Take Full Advantage of Market Opportunities

A recent broadcast industry poll conducted by AmberFin reveals that poor picture quality remains a major barrier to content adoption on new viewing devices, such as a mobile phone and PC. Furthermore, 70% of experts surveyed agreed the industry is failing to capitalize on the new market opportunities offered by the Internet, VoD and mobile due to the quality and cost issues associated with repurposing and delivering high volumes of content across multiple viewing devices.

The Business Phone Breaks New Ground In East Africa

The Business Phone Breaks New Ground In East Africa

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Changing the Way Africa Pays

The Business Phone today announces above forecast sales of over 750,000 transactions on its payment and ticketing system, Paystream, making its Paystream terminals the fastest growing payment network of its type in East Africa.

The partnership with Kenyan businesses is expected to see a roll out of over 6000 terminals over the next 12 months.

The Paystream terminals went live on 4 October 2008 and are soon due to carry the Company's full range of Paystream payment applications which will mean each terminal will handle mobile phone top-up, money transfer, utility bill payments and instant-win lottery cards.

Sam Ndegwa, CEO of Business Phone Africa, said:

Conservation = racism?

Conservation = racism?

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

I read this in today's Daily Telegraph:

Campaigns to protect native species 'are racist'

Jump Start Your Job Search

Jump Start Your Job Search

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recruitment expert offers tips for job seekers looking to maximize their visibility in front of employers

Having trouble finding a new job? Your strategy may not be in-line with employers. Twenty-five per cent of employers say that over the past year they have broadened the list of places they look for candidates to reach more job seekers, according to a new survey by CareerBuilder.co.uk. In hopes of getting new talent in the door quicker, nearly one-in-five (19 per cent) of employers say they have shortened the time from initial meeting to offer, and 5 per cent have removed steps from the application process.

21% Of Workers Do Not Feel Loyal To Their Current Employer, Finds Kariera.gr Survey

21% Of Workers Do Not Feel Loyal To Their Current Employer, Finds Kariera.gr Survey

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

ATHENS, Greece, January 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Employees may be feeling more loyal to their own career goals instead of their employers, as 21% do not feel loyal to their current employer and 22% said they are likely to leave their current position to change jobs in a year or less. This is according to kariera.gr's latest survey of workers and employers in Greece.

Lignin In Seaweed May Mean A Billion-Year Revision Of Plant Evolution Timeline, Say Researchers

Lignin In Seaweed May Mean A Billion-Year Revision Of Plant Evolution Timeline, Say Researchers

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

Plants' ability to sprout upward using their own woody tissues has long been considered one of the characteristics separating the land kind from aquatic plants, which rely on water to support them.
Tony Morrish Joins Acision As Senior Vice President And General Manager For Europe, Russia And Africa

Tony Morrish Joins Acision As Senior Vice President And General Manager For Europe, Russia And Africa

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announces the appointment of Tony Morrish as senior vice president and general manager for Europe, Russia and Africa. In this role, Morrish will take responsibility for managing Acision's business and revenue growth across the region.

Game Theory Solves CLUE And Maybe Improves Robot Mine Sweepers Too

Game Theory Solves CLUE And Maybe Improves Robot Mine Sweepers Too

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE© could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.

At the simplest level, both activities are governed by the same principles, according to the Duke University scientists who developed the new algorithm. A player, or robot, must move through an unknown space searching for clues. In the case of CLUE©, players move a pawn around the board and enter rooms seeking information about the killer and murder weapon before moving on to the next room seeking more information.
Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Make Nuclear Power Truly Green

Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Make Nuclear Power Truly Green

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

Toxic nuclear waste is stored at sites around the U.S.  and debate surrounds the construction of a large-scale geological storage site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, which critics maintain is costly and dangerous. The storage capacity of Yucca Mountain, which is would open by 2020, is set at 77,000 tons. The amount of nuclear waste generated by the U.S. is expected to exceed this amount by 2010.

A new invention could drastically decrease the need for any additional or expanded geological repositories, say physicists at The University of Texas at Austin who have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants.
Economic Crisis - Leaders Have Earned Distrust, Says Study

Economic Crisis - Leaders Have Earned Distrust, Says Study

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

If you have a 401K, you've seen what happens when confidence abandons the stock market.   If people didn't trust financial leaders and institutions before, they certainly do not now.   Paola Sapienza (Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University) and Luigi Zingales (Un iversity of Chicago Booth School of Business) have created the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index and they have published the first set of results today.   They say their research shows just how deep America's declining trust runs and how strongly it contributes to the country's financial problems.

The results do not speak well for confidence that more government programs are the solution.

Is Placozoa Now The Most Primitive Animal In The Tree Of Life?

Is Placozoa Now The Most Primitive Animal In The Tree Of Life?

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

A new analysis confirms what we already knew - the evolutionary relationships among animals are not simple and the traditional idea that animal evolution has followed a trajectory from simple to complex—from sponge to chordate—had met a dramatic exception in the metazoan tree of life.

But the new study suggests that the so-called "lower" metazoans (including Placozoa, corals, and jellyfish) evolved in parallel to "higher" animals (all other metazoans, from flatworms to chordates).  They say that means Placozoans—large amoeba-shaped, multi-cellular animals—have passed over sponges and other organisms as an animal that most closely mirrors the root of this tree of life.
Good cop, bad cop

Good cop, bad cop

Jan 27 2009 | comment(s)

Obama is playing good cop to Bush's bad cop, letting EPA know that his administration will not deny facts but be guided by them.
Continuing efforts to overturn more of the last administration's policies, President Obama signed a presidential memoranda today requesting the EPA consider approving a waiver that will allow 14 states to set their own stricter automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards.

Obama also signed a memorandum directing the Department of Transportation to expedite finalization of more fuel-efficient standards for the auto industry to cover 2011 model-year cars.
Microscan Introduces New Traceability And Inspection Solutions For Life Sciences.

Microscan Introduces New Traceability And Inspection Solutions For Life Sciences.

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

RENTON, Washington, January 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Microscan, the technology leader for automatic identification in Life Sciences, today announces new products during the Lab Automation conference in Palm Springs, CA. The new solutions are based on machine vision, illumination, and auto ID technologies.

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Ekahau Joins HP ProCurve Alliance

Ekahau Joins HP ProCurve Alliance

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

RESTON, Virginia, January 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ekahau RTLS to Provide Wi-Fi-Based Enterprise Location Tracking Services in New HP ProCurve Networking vendor Alliance Program

In a move designed to help customers accurately and quickly track business assets and people, Ekahau Inc. today announced it has become a member of the newly launched HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (ProCurve ONE) alliance program. Ekahau, a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), will incorporate its RTLS solution for enterprise location as an interoperable enterprise-class application available on the new HP ProCurve ONE Services zl Module, a blade for the HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl and 8200zl series.

Is Your Skeleton Running?

Is Your Skeleton Running?

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)


From the designer Mark Weaver



(Hat tip: Morbid Anatomy)



First Human Stem Cell Clinical Trial - Why It Matters

First Human Stem Cell Clinical Trial - Why It Matters

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

Stem cells are today’s panacea. They are greater than penicillin and vaccines combined, or so we hear. Research scientists have been touting the benefits and limitless medical possibilities of stem cells, and we have yet to see the real applications. After what seems like decades of waiting, embryonic stem cell research is finally ready for human testing. 
Pivotal Data Published For First Biomarker Combination Test To Determine Risk Of Ovarian Cancer In Women Who Present With Pelvic Mass

Pivotal Data Published For First Biomarker Combination Test To Determine Risk Of Ovarian Cancer In Women Who Present With Pelvic Mass

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, January 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Article in Gynecologic Oncology Supports Use of Fujirebio Diagnostics' HE4 Test with CA125 for Risk Stratification of Women with Suspected Ovarian Cancer

A pivotal clinical trial published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Gynecologic Oncology demonstrated the utility of combining Fujirebio Diagnostics' HE4 and the CA125 test as an aid in estimating the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in premenopausal or postmenopausal women presenting with pelvic mass. The HE4 test, which is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was reported to successfully stratify patients into high- and low-risk groups when combined with CA125.

New 'Reaxys' Solution Improves Workflow Quality And Efficiency For Chemists

New 'Reaxys' Solution Improves Workflow Quality And Efficiency For Chemists

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

FRANKFURT, Germany, January 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Elsevier's New Web-Based Solution Combines Content From the Trusted CrossFire Databases in a Highly Intuitive and Easy to use Interface With New Features and Functionality

Adtoma Appoints Ben Humphry Managing Director Of Adtoma UK Limited

Adtoma Appoints Ben Humphry Managing Director Of Adtoma UK Limited

Jan 26 2009 | comment(s)

STOCKHOLM, January 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- International Firm Strengthens UK Market

Online advertising management firm Adtoma announced today the appointment of Ben Humphry to Managing Director of Adtoma UK Limited. In his new position, Ben will be leading operations in the UK and Ireland as well as expanding Adtoma's footprint in Europe's largest market.