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  • 10 Cybersecurity Stocks for the Coming Cyber Wars Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:50AMThis sector is not for the faint of heart, but if you want to jump in, here's where to start looking.
  • Gates Foundation Launches Effort to Reinvent the Toilet Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:08AMNew Strategy Promotes Adoption of Safe, Affordable Sanitation in the Developing World KIGALI, Rwanda, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean, sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews ...
  • Eolas Technologies, Office Depot Inc. Reach Licensing Agreement Covering Two Eolas Patents for Interactive Web ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:28AMInternet technology provider Eolas Technologies Inc. has reached a licensing agreement with Delray Beach, Fla.-based Office Depot, Inc., covering two Eolas patents that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications.
  • NASCENT Technology and Vector Resources Enter into Strategic Partnership Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:19AMCHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NASCENT signs Strategic Partnership agreement with Vector Resources to resell its Intermodal technology solutions. Vector will focus on reselling NASCENT's Automated Gate System (AGS) product line.
  • USCIS Wins International Innovation Award for Its U.S. Green Card Manufactured By HID Global Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:07AMIRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USCIS Wins International Innovation Award for Its U.S. Green Card Manufactured By HID Global
  • The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Launches Investigation into Alleged Infringement of the Kaneka '340 ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:03AMThe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to institute an investigation against several entities, including Zhejiang Medicine Co. Ltd., ZMC-USA, LLC, Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, Pacific Rainbow International, Inc, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Maypro Industries, Inc., and Shenzou Biology & Technology Co., Ltd. for their alleged participation in infringing upon the ...
  • Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative Joins the National Fund for Workforce Solutions Network to Benefit Low ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:04AMNEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS) today announced that it has selected the Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative to join its network of 31 collaboratives designed to provide innovative job training and career advancement for workers nationwide while helping businesses grow. The National Fund for Workforce Solutions’ grant of $450,000 over ...
  • ShareTec Systems and IBT Partner to Provide Powerful Credit Union Platform Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:35AMCEDAR PARK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Credit Unions' reliance on the Corporates has changed dramatically with the recent regulatory pressure on them
  • Living Earth Crafts Premieres Nuage Ebisu(TM) at IECSC in Las Vegas, Nevada Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:14AMVISTA, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2011) - Living Earth Crafts ( www.livingearthcrafts.com ) (LEC), the industry leader in spa treatment table innovations and designs, premiered their Zen-inspired Nuage EbisuT, all-electric, multi-purpose treatment table at IECSC in Las Vegas in June, 2011.
  • City College wins statewide award for 'green' building Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:00PMSan Diego City College’s new Career Technology Center has been honored by a statewide group for its environmentally sensitive features.
  • Sportswear: A marriage between fashion, athletics Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:35PMNEW YORK -- Some of the most fashion-forward looks have involved teamwork between designers of athletic sportswear and runway-worthy couture. It's what led to bikinis, bike shorts, tennis skirts -- actually skirts that hit above the ankle, in general -- and the popularization of stretch fabrics.
  • AlwaysOn Selects Violin Memory as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:39PMDisruptive Flash Memory Array Company Honored for Technological Innovations in Silicon Valley
  • Sun doesn Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:49PMAlex Mehran's Bishop Ranch Business Park made San Ramon a crossroads of commerce, with 550 companies and 33,000 workers occupying the massive facility.
  • Innovations in cardiovascular therapies and treatments will be presented at TCT 2011 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:35PM( Cardiovascular Research Foundation ) Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) is the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest research developments in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Now in its 23rd year, it is the world's largest privately ...
  • CalSTRS Investment Return Remains Healthy for a Second Year Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:00PMThe California State Teachers’ Retirement System investment portfolio posted a remarkable 23.1-percent return, the highest in 25 years, to mark the end of the 2010-11 fiscal year.
  • Intersolar North America 2011 Experiences Most Successful Event Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:00AMIntersolar North America, the premier solar industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, today announced the successful close of three full days of cutting edge products and innovations of leading industry companies from the United States and abroad.
  • Coolest High-Tech Roller Coasters Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:52AMThere's no better season to twist and turn, go upside and plummet almost to the ground on a roller coaster than the summer.
  • Sun doesn't set on his vision Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:34PMBishop Ranch developer's next plan: A new downtown for San Ramon
  • Real-life toy story: the 54-year-old boy behind Pixar Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:36PMIn a state-of-the-art building across the bay from San Francisco, engineers are putting the finishing touches to a custom-built desk which will soon grace the office of John Lasseter. Long, wide, and overlaid with thick glass, it contains hundreds of small compartments designed to house its owner's extensive collection of metal toy cars.
  • Sun doesn't set on his vision: Alex Mehran's, developer of Bishop Ranch, is planning his next big project Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:05PMAlex Mehran's Bishop Ranch Business Park made San Ramon a crossroads of commerce, with 550 companies and 33,000 workers occupying the massive facility. Now the principal executive of Sunset Development wants to create a new downtown for the East Bay city.
  • GM, UAW hope to go Sonic Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:57PMDETROIT -- The only subcompact car being built on U.S. soil will soon roll out of an assembly plant in suburban Detroit that is as unusual as the car itself.
  • First humans out of Africa 'shrunk to just 1,000' before soaring rebounding rapidly Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:17AMScientists based in the UK discovered the ancestors of Asians and Europeans dwindled by a factor of ten to roughly 1,200 reproductively active people between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.
  • Team behind Red Hat seeks to upfit the marketing world Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:49PMDavid Burney admits that since starting his agency New Kind more than two years ago, he's probably spent more time telling people what the company is not as opposed to what it is. Advertising agency? Design firm? Management consultant?
  • Stuart Leavenworth: Can’t these two cities show each other some respect? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:32PMAs has been noted, the shotgun marriage that was to wed Sacramento and Davis has now been called off. So now there is little danger of these two cities mixing their political DNA by sharing a state senator or an Assembly representative.
  • Local students please palates at competition Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:30AMKansas cooks.
  • Smart Grid Could Save NY’s Lost Energy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:47PMThe Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on Long Island are developing Smart Grid technology to save massive amounts of energy lost daily as it travels from transmission station to consumer.
  • Universal Electronics Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:53PMCYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI), (NASDAQ:UEIC) announced it has filed a lawsuit against Logitech, Inc., Logitech International S.A. and Logitech Europe S.A. in the United States District Court, Central District of California for infringement of seventeen of UEI’s patents related to remote control technology. From July 1, 2004 until June 30, 2010, Logitech ...
  • Longtime Gaming Industry Veteran Terry Lanni Dies At 68 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:24PMGaming industry veteran Terry Lanni, who played a key role in directing the early development and growth of two of the gaming industry's largest casino companies, died Thursday night, after a two-year battle with cancer. Lanni, 68, oversaw the growth of
  • Change The World With "Old School" Social Networking Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:36AMThe Milken Institute published a paper earlier this year that points to some fundamental problems with our health care system. Our system has devolved into providing care (it is a health care system) rather than finding cures. It is reactive rather than proactive, focusing on addressing the sick rather than preventing sickness from happening. Consider obesity. In 1991 just four U.S. states ...
  • Free Webinar Series July 2011 for Clinical Trial Professionals Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:07AMClinovo shares best practices and know-how on the latest innovations in clinical trial technologies (PRWeb July 15, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8640706.htm
  • Synopsys appoints director, tackles 20nm designs Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:47AMSynopsys has appointed the current President of the University of Southern California (USC) Chrysostomos L. "Max" Nikias to its Board of Directors, effective July 11. 2011. View the full article HERE .
  • Green agenda: electric planes and automobiles Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:01AMOver the coming weeks environmentally friendly innovations in the field of transport will be highlighted at two major events; the launch of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV M in Japan and the eVenture exhibition at Airventure. While the former is geared towards the consumer market the latter presents a glimpse at the technologies and concepts that could one day make electric flights commercially viable.  
  • California State of Mind Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:52PMFor the second year in a row, David Richard Contemporary is acting like a big-city gallery or art museum by presenting a curated exhibition of the multifaceted and dynamic innovations... Read more »
  • Revving Google's search engine Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:36PMNow a dominant player in the internet space, Google is turning its attention to mobile phone search and social media services, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON in Mountain View, California
  • 'Sporting Life' is a give-and-take between high fashion and real function Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:26PMNEW YORK, N.Y. - Some of the most fashion-forward looks have involved teamwork between designers of athletic sportswear and runway-worthy couture. It's what led to bikinis, bike shorts, tennis skirts — actually skirts that hit above the ankle, in general — and the popularization of stretch fabrics.
  • Rambus to Announce Second Quarter 2011 Results Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:24PMSUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, will hold a conference call on July 21, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its second quarter 2011 financial results. This call will be webcast and can be accessed via Rambus' web site at http://investor.rambus.com. A replay will be available ...
  • Can Doctors' Smartphones Cause Patient Deaths? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:56PMCleenCell® Hygiene Campaign Keeps Doctors and Patients Safe from Deadly Bacteria Lingering on Handheld DevicesLos Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 Which is more important to a doctor’s practice, a mobile phone or a stethoscope? Considering over 10,000 medical apps are enhancing health care including the popular iStethoscope, it's safe to say today's mobile phones are among the most useful tools ...
  • Keepin' it Cool: How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:37AMAir conditioning hasn't just cooled our rooms -- it's changed where we live, what our houses look like, and what we do on a hot summer night
  • Kline tackling NCLB renewal in piecemeal fashion | Learning Curve Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:57AMRep. John Kline Wednesday morning, Rep. John Kline gaveled open the first vote on the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act. You might think that for the Minnesota Republican whose education policy mantra has been “local, local, local,” marking up a bill that would curtain federal oversight of school finances would be a triumphant moment. The bill did pass out of the House committee on a party ...
  • iTRACS at the Leading Edge of Disruptive Green IT Technology Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:07AMiTRACS Corporation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class Data Center Infrastructure Management solutions that drive performance, cost savings, and energy efficiency in the data center, today announced that it will be speaking at the Green IT: Spotlight on Disruptive Innovation panel discussion on July 27 in San Jose, CA.
  • EANS-News: init innovation in traffic systems AG / init enters electronic fare collection market in North America Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:09AMCorporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Contracts/New contract Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - July 14th, 2011. init ...
  • Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation Project Achieves LEED Platinum Certification with Carpet by Bentley Prince Street Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:13PMCity of Industry, CA For Bentley Prince Street, Inc. , a commercial broadloom and carpet tile manufacturer dedicated to environmental and social sustainability, it is always rewarding to partner with clients dedicated to green building practices. One such client, Hawaii Architecture...
  • Intersolar North America 2011 Kicks Off Largest Event Yet Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:49PMToday, Intersolar North America, the premier solar industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, kicks off three full days of cutting edge products and innovations from leading industry companies from the United States and abroad as well as specialized workshops and seminars during ...
  • Facebook integrates Skype for video calling Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:05AMFacebook on Wednesday introduced a new video calling feature powered by Skype and some improvements to the chat designs on the social networking site. According to Facebook, users can reach video calling from a new “Call” button on a friend’s profile or from the chat panel after downloading a Skype application. A recipient will receive [...]
  • TXU Energy, SolarCity Offer $5 Million in Solar Incentives Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:17AMDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TXU Energy and SolarCity, a leading solar and energy efficiency provider, are expanding their partnership by establishing a $5 million incentive fund to encourage and accelerate solar energy adoption in Texas. The new solar fund will provide a $1,000 incentive for up to 5,000 new or current TXU Energy residential customers who sign up for the solar offer. The companies ...
  • Ingeteam's New Products Showcasing at Intersolar North America Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:00AMThe latest innovations to be presented by Ingeteam at Intersolar North America 2011 include the new range of Ingecon®Sun Power Max HE TL high-efficiency central inverters, with rated powers of 315, 500 and 625 kW for "Behind the fence" Projects.
  • SMTP, Inc. Opens New Data Center Designed for Reliable Cloud Computing Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:10AMContinues Investments to Increase Service Performance and Quality
  • Grow-California Announces California's 14 "Game Changers of the Year" in Ag Innovation Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:30PMGrow-California announced that 14 California agricultural businesses have been chosen as the 2011 "Game Changers of the Year" in Agriculture Innovation. Â The award winners -- a combination of agribusinesses, agricultural technology companies, university initiatives and innovative nonprofit programs -- will be recognized by California Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross at a luncheon ...
  • UC Health innovation center awards $3.4M in grants Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:14PMOAKLAND — The University of California's new Center for Health Quality and Innovation has awarded nine grants totaling $3.4 million to UC faculty and staff to improve patient care throughout California.
  • Making Plastic More Than Disposable: The Next Great Brand Challenge? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:06PMPlastic is one of the great inventions of the 20th Century. But is it a half-formed innovation? We need to push the innovation of plastic further, and throw the current brand of plastic in the recycling bin. “We live in a platform world,” an enthusiastic Jason Foster, of Replenish , told me at the recent Sustainable Brands Conference in Monterey. “Bulk, weight and mass are the new parameters for ...