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  • Google: Apple Sues Because it 'Can't Respond Through Innovations' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:21PMFor the first time, Google has opened its mouth against the patent trolling by Apple (and by proxy, Microsoft) against Android manufacturers. By way of Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, the company took stand against the legal actions, and stated they aren't too worried. If need be, Google will ensure HTC doesn't lose the patent case against Apple.
  • Gates Donates Millions To Toilet Science; Global Sanitation Advance Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:16PMFlush toilets are unavailable to the vast majority in the developing world, and billions of people lack a safe, reliable toilet or latrine. More than a billion people defecate in the open. This week 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...
  • After PCs, Bill Gates sets out to reinvent WCs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:16PMThe man who reinvented computers and made PCs a household item in most wealthy nations, Microsoft tycoon turned philanthropist Bill Gates, is now focusing his attention on recasting the WC.
  • Data Center Firm ColoHouse Provides Backup Data Recovery to Comcast Business Services Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:14PMJuly 19, 2011 -- Comcast Business Services announced on Tuesday that its division in Florida's east coast region has partnered with data center provider ColoHouse to provide customers with Internet and telecommunications connectivity in the event of a power loss.
  • Apple envious of Android success claims Google's Schmidt Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:11PMIf Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is sweating the multiple patent suits being filed against Android vendors , he sure isn't showing it. During a question-and-answer session at Google's Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Schmidt dismissed patent lawsuits filed by tech heavyweights Apple, Microsoft and Oracle as "legal fun," according to a report from ZDNet Asia . Schmidt suggested that ...
  • Shock Absorber Harvests Energy from Bumps Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:05PMNew shock absorbers could increase fuel efficiency up to 8 percent.
  • Google's Schmidt unconcerned by Android lawsuits Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:04PMGoogle executive chairman Eric Schmidt says he is unconcerned about various patent infringement lawsuits targeting a number of Android handsets. read more
  • Bill Gates gives $42M for better toilets in Africa Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:56AMNAIROBI, Kenya - At dawn every Sunday, Joseph Irungu leads an army of 50 men pushing hand carts fitted with old 42-gallon oil drums through the narrow alleyways of one of Kenya's most populous slums.
  • MES: Exhibitors may rake in RM200m sales Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:40AMKUALA LUMPUR: Organiser of the ninth Asean Elenex (AE 2011) and Asean Industrial Automation (IA 2011) exhibition and conference, scheduled from today to Saturday, expects exhibitors to garner immediate sales of RM200 million during the four-day trade show. Malaysian Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd (MES) general manager Alun Jones said post-event sales is expected to reach RM400 million. "During the ...
  • CE-Oh no he didn't!: Google's Eric Schmidt says competitors are 'responding with lawsuits' instead of innovation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:39AMExecutive Chairman Eric Schmidt may have primarily been at Google's Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo to talk about the company's ambitious goals for Asia, but it turns out he was also quite ready to discuss the myriad of patent lawsuits swirling around the mobile industry these days -- or "legal fun," as Schmidt put it. While not directly referring to any company by name, Schmidt said that ...
  • Borders, unable to find white knight, to liquidate Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:39PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc, the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said it has canceled an upcoming bankruptcy auction and will close its doors for good. The company said in a statement Monday it was unable to find a buyer willing to keep it in operation and will sell itself to a group of liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources. Borders' roughly 400 remaining stores will close ...
  • Borders bookstore chain going out of business Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:38PMLiquidations will begin Friday, company says Borders Group Inc. -- the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain – announced Monday it hasn’t been able to find a buyer and will close its 400 stores for good, eliminating nearly 11,000 jobs.
  • S&P: 11% of mortgages in arrears Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:37PMMORTGAGE arrears at Ulster Bank and First Active have soared to over 11%, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
  • Trade mission to India for Watts, others Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:32PMA number of top companies from Surrey will accompany Mayor Dianne Watts on an upcoming trade mission to India. The trip, which will include elected officials as well as CEOs, will take place Feb. 10 to 20 and include time in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar.
  • AAPL hits all-time record high Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:06PMPerhaps because of optimistic analysis going into tomorrow's conference call, Apple's stock price has hit an all-time high today. While the Dow Jones average was down overall, AAPL rose $6 at one point, hitting $371.06 as a high. That's huge -- bigger a stock price than it's ever been before. Analysts say that there are a few factors here, with the big expected earnings only one of them. The HTC ...
  • Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and Leadership Fort Wayne Announce New Strategic Collaboration Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:51PMFORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- Collaborative regional leadership has been identified as a key tenet for achieving success in improving the regional economy.
  • Disabling Disability Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:41PMTechnology has come to the aid of people with disabilities, thanks to the ingenuity of university students whose gadgets, soon to go on view at i-CREATe 2011, could help bridge gaps in their communication with other people and enable them to do their daily chores on their own.
  • Fuentek Designs Industry-Centric Website For Georgia Techs Technology Commercialization Services Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:36PMTriangle - APEX, N.C. – Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a local technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services, has announced that the company has designed a new website for Georgia Tech’s technology commercialization services, which is supported by the Office of Technology ...
  • What ever happened to broadband? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:17PMRemember those ads promising on-demand movies over the Internet and every book ever published, in every language? Don't hold your breath says Eick Schonfeld.
  • Two New Agencies Purchase EVIDENCE.COM and TASER AXON Digital Video Systems Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:43PMSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - TASER International, Inc.. NASDAQ: TASR, a global provider of safety technologies that prevent conflict, protect life, and resolve disputes, today announced that it received two orders for its revolutionary new evidence capture and management platform. These orders for the TASER AXON on-officer camera and EVIDENCE.COM service include orders from the Danbury Police Department...
  • Angola: Bill On Penal Code Meets Modern Thesis - Justice Minister Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:30AMThe Draft Law on Penal Code under public discussion in the universities countrywide was drafted in accordance with the new and modern thesis that comprises the international penal law.
  • Clinton visit: U.S. firms to showcase counter-terror innovations Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:24AMNew Delhi: With the July 13 Mumbai blasts putting the spotlight on increased security cooperation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaches India on a three-day visit during which American companies are expected to share new technologies and innovations in counter-terror they have developed since 9/11.
  • Mobile Wonders: 50% OFF Gadgets and Accessories Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:03AMToday's Deal: Only P1,000 for P2,000 Worth of Gadgets and Gadget Accessories from Mobile Wonders (valued at P2,000) That's 50% OFF! DetailsGroupon is valid for 6 months Limit 2 Groupons per transaction May purchase 10 Groupons Appointment required, please call at the number listed below Operating Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00am - 6:00pm Exclusive of delivery charge HighlightsCompatible with
  • Suntech Unveils High-Efficiency and Innovative Solar Module for Israel Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:01AMSuntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. , the world's largest producer of solar panels, unveiled the Suntech 300W Vd series, a new generation high-efficiency solar module, for Israel, available immediately.
  • MoMA Exhibit Shows How Technology Is Getting the Point Across Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:40PM"Talk to Me," an exhibition opening July 24 in New York, explores how innovations in communication design are transforming our lives.
  • Athletic clothing has long paved the way to couture, then casual Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:40PMAthletic clothing has long paved the way to couture, then casual
  • Pitroda appointed adviser to Bengal project Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:30PMKOLKATA, INDIA: The West Bengal government on Saturday appointed National Innovation Council head Sam Pitroda as adviser to its "resurgent Bengal" project.
  • App Makers and Twitter Feel Strains Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:19PMThe relationship between Twitter and the outside developers that build its apps is a little like the one between sharks and the small fish that latch onto their backs -- beneficial for both, until it isn't.
  • Kaiser Permanente's Benjamin K. Chu, MD, Named Chair-Elect of American Hospital Association Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:30PMBenjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP, group president for Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, has been chosen as the American Hospital Association's chair-elect designate. Â He will become the top elected official of the national organization representing America's hospitals and health systems in 2013.
  • News Corp: Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:34PMDon’t be yourselves. That’s probably the best tip for Rupert and James Murdoch as they prepare to face UK lawmakers over the phone hacking scandal engulfing the UK newspaper arm of News Corporation.
  • Business : Leading firms choose Dubai motor show for ME debuts Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:12PMDUBAI — November is expected to be the busiest month on wheels this year with the Dubai International Motor Show as a number of crowd-pulling newcomers are choosing the show for their Middle East debuts.
  • China's defence industry offers lessons to India Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:49PMIn a closed-door discussion here on Thursday, a leading authority on China’s military modernisation explained how that country’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA, the term embraces navy and air force, too) has transformed into a top-rung, largely indigenously equipped force in barely a decade, even as India’s military languishes as the world’s biggest importer of defence equipment.
  • Facebook growth: Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:38PMFacebook has added 150 million members over the past six months, bringing its total to 750 million. The end of the social network’s rocket ride may, however, be in sight. The company’s growth rate has been slowing. It took less than eight months to go from 100 million to 200 million users.
  • Mumbai blasts underscore intelligence sharing: Corp America Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:21PMSharing 'new' technologies, cos feel, will enhance India's ability to thwart terror attacks.
  • Hadoop & Startups: Where Open Source Meets Business Data Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:02PMThis guest post was written by Kovas Boguta , Head of Analytics at Weebly . In 2009, Kovas wrote a guest post about visualizing real-time social structures. A decade ago, the open-source LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python) stack began to transform web startup economics. As new open-source webservers, databases, and web-friendly programming languages liberated developers from proprietary ...
  • MMDA to formally introduce ‘Traffic Navigator’ on Monday Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:43PMThe Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will formally launch on Monday a new system to provide motorists with real-time traffic information and updates.
  • Google+ and the fear of a garden planet Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:18AMGoogle+ is a social network that looks every bit as good as its competitors. But Google has introduced something far more audacious while we were distracted ( ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech )
  • UI students developing medical innovations Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:32AMStand in the back of an operating room with your eyes closed and you’ll learn a lot just by listening, says Tyler Rasmussen.
  • OPINION: Indonesia: A Family Planning Model for the Philippines? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:40AMManila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The facts are clear.
  • Cassidy: Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:28AMA few years ago, dear readers, you and I exchanged lists of our favorite pieces of personal technology. The exercise started as a column about the shame of being a late adopter in Silicon Valley.
  • One-pound iPad replacing pilots' 40 pounds of flight manuals Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:20AMCapt. Stephen Galle was in the cockpit of the future on an Airbus A330 just landed in Philadelphia from Manchester, England.
  • Understanding the Payoffs From Investing In Space Flight Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:40AMA story at MSNBC.com explains how the technological benefits reaped from investing in the US space program are numerous, but often indirect or difficult to explain. Quoting: "NASA has recorded about 1,600 new technologies or inventions each year for the past several decades, but far fewer become commercial products, said Daniel Lockney, technology transfer program executive at NASA headquarters ...
  • Steve Cherry honored by Texas Police Association Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:30AMSteve Cherry seemed to take it all in stride when, at Friday noon, Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown presented him with the Texas Police Association’s 2011 Wallace Beasley Award.
  • BYU - Football Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:51PM(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ambassador to the United States, Aziz Mekouar of Morocco, speaks about Utah-Middle East trade possibilities, Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
  • Engineering Students To Unveil Innovations Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:32PMAs university students finish up their last semester of college, they are sharing what they have learned over the four years.
  • Barack Obama's re-election campaign revs up massive Florida network Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:08PMBy Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor Friday, July 15, 2011 SP_340888_HAWK_obamafl (St. Petersburg, 7/9/2011) Saumya Narechania (cq), regional field director for the Obama 2012 campaign speaks with community members about what they can do to support President Barack Obama’s reelection at the Pinellas County Democrat Party headquarters on Saturday, July 9, 2012. [Kenneth L. Hawkins, Jr ...
  • Emerson Network Power Joins EDGE Innovation Network Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:58PMTEMPE, Ariz. January 11, 2011 Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson NYSE:EMR and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, today announced it has joined the EDGE Innovation Network. Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, the EDGE is a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to enhance...
  • Chancellor’s fund focuses on education and economic development Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:52PMThe Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund has awarded $260,000 to 15 projects that involve partnerships between UC Berkeley students and community groups. This year, the largest grants are for projects that focus on education and economic development.
  • Deficit Deal Deception Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:37PMDeficit Deal Deception Intro by Ilene at Phil's Stock World Michael Hudson  argues that there is no real need to raise the debt ceiling (below). Rather than slashing social security, medicare and other social support programs, we could cut spending that is funding our various wars, end Wall Street bailouts, claw back outrageous profits from fraudsters acting through the TBTF banks, and stop ...
  • Upgrade Your Memory And Prevent Google Brain Drain Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:20PMScientific research has proven that Google and the easy access to information that it provides can be detrimental to memory. Practice these four tricks to reverse the brain rot. Socrates warned humanity that new advances in communication would have detrimental effects on our memory. Some two thousand years later, it's still true: New research in the prestigious journal, Science, shows that ...