IDG News Service-Three book publishers will pay more than$69 million to U.S.states to settle charges they collaborated to fix prices of e-books. Hachette Book Group,HarperCollins Publishers and Simon&Schuster have agreed to an antitrust ...
Tags: E-Book Publishers, pricing-fixing, retail prices, Apple
There's a three-fixture chandelier hanging in the dining area of my apartment - well, more like the kitchen-side of my long living room, but it's a cozy Manhattan abode in which many rooms serve such double duty. Anyway, the chandelier ...
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Hundreds of street lights in Swansea are to be turned back on as part of a three-year plan to roll out more efficient lighting across the county. Under the plan, the council said the 'vast majority' of columns that were taken out of action ...
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IDG News Service-The source code of"We The People,"the online system that can be used by citizens to submit their petitions to the White House,is being offered as open source software,an official said on Thursday. "Now anybody,from other ...
Tags: petitions, open source software, SOPA, PIPA, API
OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada–which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US ...
National Institutes of Health's National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded $100,000 small business technology transfer program (STTR) Phase I grant to Transgenomic to develop a genetic test that can detect pancreatic ...
Tags: genetic test, ICE COLD-PCR, genetic information, Pancreatic Cancer Test
Software control Raydiance,the California-based developer of packaged femtosecond laser technology targeted at manufacturing and machining applications,has announced the completion of a round of growth financing worth$20 million. The ...
Tags: Raydiance, Samsung, Venture Investment, corporation
At Monday's city council meeting,council members authorized the mayor to sign a contract with local contractor,Paulson Electric Inc to complete LED lighting upgrade project in Missoula's City Hall.The project is being paid for by a grant ...
Tags: North America, LED lighting, Missoula's City Hall, save energy, Stucky
IDG News Service - Speaking from a balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has sought asylum, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday called on governments including the U.S. to stop persecution of political whistle blowers and ...
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IDG News Service - A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a proposed settlement in a lawsuit that alleges Facebook violated users' rights by using their names and recommendations of advertisers to be publicized through a Sponsored Stories ...
Tags: Facebook, SRRS, Richard Seeborg, District Court
Cleveland Heart, a joint venture between Cleveland Clinic and TransWorld Medical Devices, has obtained $30m grant from Power Heart Consortium to develop its SmartHeart, continue international clinical trials, expand laboratory research and ...
Tags: clinic development, LVAD, investment
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the US National Institutes of Health has awarded Phase I small business innovation research grant of $600,000 to Antigen Discovery to develop a microfluidic point of care ...
Tags: POC diagnostic device, diagnostic device, serodiagnostic antigens
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Resources Institute has launched the Forest Legality Risk Information Tool to help wood products buyers assess illegal logging risks. The WRI, an environmental think tank based here, said the tool is ...
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Despite a years-long upgrade of Australia's payment systems, fraudsters are still profiting, leaving a questionable record for a vast program to equip debit and credit cards with new security features. For several years, Australia has ...
Tags: Australia, payment system, Cybercrime, EMV payment card
UK-based Plessey readies for volume chip production, while Germany's Azzurro Semiconductors gains support for move to larger wafers. GaN-on-silicon LED A disruptive approach to lowering the cost of solid-state lighting (SSL) with ...
Tags: LED Chip