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Portable Magnetosphere Could Make A Mission To Mars Safe

Portable Magnetosphere Could Make A Mission To Mars Safe

Nov 04 2008 | comment(s)

According to the international space agencies, 'space weather' like radiation from the sun and cosmic rays in a solar storm, is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel.  New research out today in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion shows how knowledge gained from the pursuit of nuclear fusion research may reduce the threat to acceptable levels, making man's first mission to Mars a much greater possibility.

The solar energetic particles, although just part of the 'cosmic rays' spectrum, are of greatest concern because they are the most likely to cause deadly radiation damage to the astronauts.
Thomson Innovation Enhances Intellectual Property Research With Japanese User Interface

Thomson Innovation Enhances Intellectual Property Research With Japanese User Interface

Nov 04 2008 | comment(s)

TOKYO, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Local Language Interface Accelerates Business Decisions and Improves User Experience

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of a Thomson Innovation(SM) user interface in Japanese ( www.thomsoninnovation.com) to enhance productivity and decision making for Japanese intellectual property (IP) professionals. Japan remains the worldwide leader in published patents according to an analysis of data in Derwent World Patent Index(R), the world's most comprehensive database of enhanced patent documents.

Last Word: Poles' warming is man-made

Last Word: Poles' warming is man-made

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Letter* published in Nature Geoscience concluded at last: Overall, despite the paucity of observations, we find that human-induced warming is detectable in both these regions of high vulnerability to climate change.

Nanosec GmbH Introduces World's Smallest And Most Economical Consumable Free Table-Top High Security Card Personalization System

Nanosec GmbH Introduces World's Smallest And Most Economical Consumable Free Table-Top High Security Card Personalization System

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Nanosec GmbH introduces the IDForce the world's smallest and fastest table-top laser personalization machine at the 2008 Cartes IDentification Exhibition in Paris, France this week. The new machine is ideally suited for de-centralized, secure laser engraving of cards, like bank cards and National IDs. This secure card personalization solution uses an advanced fiber optic laser engraving technology with the unrivaled capability of deep penetration and long term stability by laser light induced photo chemical reaction resulting in cards with high resolution photo images up to 1600 dpi, text, bar codes, signatures, tactile characters and additional graphics or security elements.

Pacific Controls Launches Energy Services On The Cloud

Pacific Controls Launches Energy Services On The Cloud

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Service Offers Real Time Measurement and Verification of Carbon Footprint for Homes, Buildings and Infrastructure Globally Using Cloud Computing

At RealTech Middle East 2008, Pacific Controls announced that they have established a state of the art Energy Services Global Command Control Centre at their headquarters building in Techno Park, Dubai, UAE.

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This Energy Services Global Command Control Centre will offer their Customers, Business Partner's Government and International Agencies real time measurement and verification of carbon footprint for homes, buildings and infrastructure globally.

Go Blue To Clear Those Office Blues!

Go Blue To Clear Those Office Blues!

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Does your office lighting make you feel weary and dreary?  The cure may be at hand!  Recently, Professor Derk-Jan Dijk of the Surrey Sleep Centre has led a team testing out new bulbs with a colour temperature of 17,000 Kelvin and found that they increase alertness as compared with more traditional types of lighting. But this sounds rather alarming.  17,000 Kelvin would be the temperature of a star close to B3 in the main sequence, somewhere between Alkaid and Regulus in properties.  The luminance of these stars is largely in the ultravio
Flint Announces Oilsands Pipeline Maintenance Contract Award

Flint Announces Oilsands Pipeline Maintenance Contract Award

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CALGARY, Canada, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Flint Energy Services Ltd (Flint, the Company) announced today that FT Services, Flint's 50 per cent owned joint venture, was awarded a two-year, C$12 million contract to provide pipeline maintenance services at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's Horizon Project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. This follows the award of an earlier three-year contract for maintenance work on bitumen production facilities at Canadian Naturals' Horizon Project in late 2007. The new contract adds pipeline maintenance services to the existing mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services performed bringing the value of FT Services' work at Horizon to just over C$60 million.

Industry vs. Academic Research

Industry vs. Academic Research

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Industry-funded medical research - is it hopelessly biased or does it meet higher standards than academic research does?

John Tierney points to a new study from the International Journal of Obesity that finds industry-sponsored research in obesity tends to meet higher standards for data reporting than academic studies do.

But what does this mean? Does this study refute previous claims of industry bias? Does it mean academic clinical research is inherently of lower quality? Do we need to fund fewer academic scientists and more industrial ones?
Telefonica, S.A. Successfully Completes Tender Offers For Shares And ADSs Of Compania De Telecomunicaciones De Chile S.A.

Telefonica, S.A. Successfully Completes Tender Offers For Shares And ADSs Of Compania De Telecomunicaciones De Chile S.A.

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

MADRID, Spain, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica), the international telecommunications group, today announced it successfully completed its tender offers for the outstanding Series A and Series B Shares of common stock and American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of Chilean telecommunications provider Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. (the Company) not already owned by Telefonica and its affiliates.

Global Payments Announces Executive Changes

Global Payments Announces Executive Changes

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

ATLANTA, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Paul R. Garcia, Chairman and CEO of Global Payments, announced several organizational changes for the company today.

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James G. Kelly, currently the company's Sr. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Payments Inc. Mr. Kelly will continue to report to Mr. Garcia. In his new role, Mr. Kelly's responsibilities will be expanded to include all of the company's worldwide businesses, including Operations, Technology, Sales and Business Development.

Citadel Solutions Implements Asset Control To Support Its Growing Customer Base

Citadel Solutions Implements Asset Control To Support Its Growing Customer Base

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Asset Control's AC Plus Streamlines Data Capture and Standardizes Distribution

Asset Control, a world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, today announced that Citadel Solutions LLC, a wholly-owned independent subsidiary of Citadel Investment Group, LLC, has implemented Asset Control's AC Plus data management software.

Citadel Solutions delivers Operational Alpha(R) to hedge funds through its technology-driven hedge fund administration services and uses AC Plus as a primary data management platform for supporting its fast growing fund administration business.

SolFocus And EMPE Solar Sign US$103 Million Deal For 10+MW Utility-Scale Project

SolFocus And EMPE Solar Sign US$103 Million Deal For 10+MW Utility-Scale Project

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Largest CPV Deal in EU with Generation Capacity to Power City of 40,000 Residents

Tough Economic Times Can Be Opportunity For IT Pros

Tough Economic Times Can Be Opportunity For IT Pros

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

BARCELONA, Spain, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft technologies help secure the role of IT through business innovation and cost savings.

The global economic climate presents new challenges and opportunities for information technology organisations, Brad Anderson, general manager of the Management and Services Division at Microsoft Corp, told approximately 5,000 attendees gathered at Tech*Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft's leading technology show in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for IT professionals.

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Jim Caparro, Former Major Label CEO And Distribution Visionary, Joins Brand Asset Digital's Board Of Advisors

Jim Caparro, Former Major Label CEO And Distribution Visionary, Joins Brand Asset Digital's Board Of Advisors

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry Veteran Brings A Wealth Of Experience And Innovative Thinking To Brand Asset Digital Following The Launch Of P2Pwords(TM)

Brand Asset Digital, the distributed technologies company with a focus on P2P search marketing and efficient LIVE streaming technology, announced today that Jim Caparro, founder and former CEO of EDC, Chairman/CEO of Island DefJam and Warner Music Group's WEA, has joined the company's Board of Advisors. Caparro is renowned as one of the entertainment industry's foremost distribution visionaries with a keen focus on technological evolution and consumer behavior.

If Lewis Hamilton Were A Trader...

If Lewis Hamilton Were A Trader...

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewis Hamilton is now the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion, and to prepare for his triumph in Brazil, Hamilton spent time last week lapping the Interlagos circuit in a racing simulator 6,000 miles away in Woking. His McLaren team have invested over GBP60million into the software, using technology pioneered by the military, giving him the equivalent of years of Formula 1 experience in just a few weeks. In the similar high-adrenaline high-performance world of financial trading, successful traders are copying this secret weapon using simulator software from Tradernomics, a UK-based trader education company.

Cepheid Accelerates Direct Sales Channel In UK With Pending Acquisition Of Medical Distributor Stretton Scientific

Cepheid Accelerates Direct Sales Channel In UK With Pending Acquisition Of Medical Distributor Stretton Scientific

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

SUNNYVALE, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stretton Scientific Limited, a privately held distributor of scientific diagnostic, measuring and monitoring equipment based in Stretton, England. Stretton Scientific currently distributes Cepheid's SmartCycler(R) System, among other diagnostic and life science products, to a broad group of medical customers including the National Health Service (NHS), medical universities and commercial customers.

Geothermal Heat - The Power Below

Geothermal Heat - The Power Below

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

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Electronic Ink And The Philadelphia Orchestra, One Of The Leading Orchestras Of The World, Launch Redesigned Website

Electronic Ink And The Philadelphia Orchestra, One Of The Leading Orchestras Of The World, Launch Redesigned Website

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

PHILADELPHIA, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Electronic Ink, the leading design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, their environments, and one another, recently launched a complete redesign of The Philadelphia Orchestra's website http://www.philorch.org.

Runcom Technologies Ranked First Place In The Deloitte Fast 50 Program For Fast-Growing High-Tech Companies

Runcom Technologies Ranked First Place In The Deloitte Fast 50 Program For Fast-Growing High-Tech Companies

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

RISHON LEZION, Israel, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Runcom Technologies Ltd. was announced today as the fastest-growing high-tech company in Israel for the year 2008. The announcement was made by Deloitte, the global accounting firm, in its annual Technology Fast 50 program in Israel. Runcom is the world's pioneer of OFDMA and a market leader of OFDMA solutions complying with the IEEE802.16e-2005 standard for WiMAX applications.

ComScore Releases Top U.K. Web Rankings For September 2008

ComScore Releases Top U.K. Web Rankings For September 2008

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Financial Tsunami Sends Flood of Traffic to Business Finance Sites

- Facebook Displaces BBC Sites as the U.K.'s Fifth Largest Property

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its September rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in the U.K. based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

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