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Successful Legal Action Helps Protect Microsoft Customers from ‘Spim’

Posted by Tim Cranton Associate General Counsel As you may recall, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit last July  filed a lawsuit alleging that Funmobile Ltd., a Hong Kong-based company owned by brothers Christian and Henrick Heilesen, had improperly...(

Micromeritics Release New Isotherm Data for Characterizing Porous Carbons

In April 1993, Micromeritics introduced DFT V1.00, the first commercially available software package offering a practical method to routinely analyze experimental adsorption isotherms using methods ba...

Graphene TEM Support Films Available from Electron Microscopy Sciences

Electron Microscopy Sciences, the leading provider of supplies and equipment for microscopy, announced the addition of graphene transmission electron microscope support films to its product line. The ...

Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect

The sudden takedown of an Internet provider helping spread a promiscuous piece of malicious software has cut off criminals from possibly millions of personal computers under their control.But it appears to have been short-lived.Less than a day after the service was unplugged from the Internet,...

Raytheon appoints 3 executives to new posts

Defense contractor Raytheon Co. named three executives to new positions Wednesday.The company tapped Richard R. Yuse to be president of its Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems business. John D. Harris II becomes president of Raytheon Technical Services Co. and David Wilkins will now work as...

Cliffs Natural Resources prices notes offering

Mining company Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. said Wednesday that it had priced its public offering of $400 million worth of senior notes.It said it plans to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which could include funding capital expenditures, paying down debt or repaying a...

Personal look at genes locates disease causes

Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.And a separate study of an individual genome located the cause of...

Avis pushes back debt maturities, repays loans

Rental car company Avis Budget Group Inc. said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with its lenders to move back the maturity date of certain debt to improve its financial standing.Avis said the maturity of its $1 billion revolving credit line has been pushed back two years to 2013,...

United Tech board OKs buyback of 60 million shares

United Technologies Corp. on Wednesday said its board approved a plan that calls for the repurchase of up to 60 million shares, worth about $4.3 billion at current prices.The plan replaces an earlier program, approved in June 2008, which was nearing completion.The conglomerate, which owns Otis...

PR gov't approves 25 wind turbines for forest

Puerto Rico's government has approved a plan to build 25 wind turbines capable of generating electricity for 20,000 households in the U.S. territory.Planning Board President Hector Morales said Wednesday the wind farm will be built by the Puerto Rico-based Windmar Renewable Energy Inc. and is...

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Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

A clean energy America…is it coming or not?

A clean energy America…is it coming or not?

Almost a year ago, the buzz during the downturn was that the economic stimulus will help boost jobs in a sort of national improvement program reminiscent of the 1930s. Our coal would be phased out. Our grids would get smart. Our cars would get hybridized.

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.

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Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time
Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time

Fluid Imaging Technologies recently introduced its Submersible FlowCAM particle and cell imaging and analysis system at Ocean Sciences 2010 in Portland, Ore. The remote sensing platform can be used for continuous, unattended monitoring tethered to research vessels or autonomous submersibles.

Daytime running light has just two LEDs

The new OSTAR Compact LED from OSRAM has been developed specifically for use in vehicle headlights. Despite drawing just 5 W, the device provides 300 lumens of power and meets ECE/SAE color binning requirements for use on motor vehicles.

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Bioisostere generator
Bioisostere generator

Cresset released a new version of its FieldStere bioisostere generator. FieldStere delivers shorter lead optimization cycles to computational and medicinal chemists by enabling them to choose the best syntheses, to fine-tune portions of lead molecules, and to scaffold hop to expand into new areas of chemical space.

Multi-gas incubator microscope imaging system

Olympus has introduced the VivaView MG (Multi-Gas) incubator microscope, a long-term live cell incubation and imaging system optimized for stem cell, cancer, and other research requiring independent control of both oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, along with other environmental parameters.

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