Inventors to advance to stateThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:54AMThe Invention Convention held Saturday morning at Abraham Lincoln High School attracted students from Council Bluffs and southwest Iowa. The students brought 152 inventions.
Be There or Be Square for March 11 through 17Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:22AMYou can feel it now, can’t you? The sun is starting to shine and the days are getting longer. Life is becoming better by the moment.It’s a proven point that people feel better when the weather is nice. No more of that cabin fever or the winter blues. Instead, our thoughts turn to dancing, music, events and socialization. All that can be had in this week’s Be There or Be Square, which has nothing ...
Billington adds some steel to the work of the BardThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:07AMA YORKSHIRE firm which added steel to the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatre is also transforming the former haunt of Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf and Winston Churchill. (11/03/2010 13:50:55)
CryoLife Sends Letter to Medafor, Inc. ShareholdersThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:41AMCryoLife, Inc. , an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, announced today that it has sent a letter to Medafor shareholders, which is included below. Â
Nokia patents the first self-charging phoneThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:19AMYou’re at work, on holiday, or halfway through a vital conversation about last night’s television. Suddenly, you realise the phone’s battery is about to run out. It’s a very modern disaster, but one that could soon be at an end.
Novi Community BriefsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:32AMNYA Bowl-A-Thon Novi Youth Assistance's 28th Annual Bowl-A-Thon will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Novi Bowl (Novi Road between Eight and Nine Mile roads). Novi Youth Assistance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; all funds raised stay in the Novi community, and donations are tax deductible. The NYA Jeanne Clarke Summer Teen Center opens June 21. The goal is to raise $25,000 ...
Greenwood poet gets word of contest winThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:49AMTeresa Middleton has a poetic way with words. Most recently, the Greenwood resident and English teacher at Ben Davis University High School on Indianapolis' Westside completed a manuscript of a collection of sonnets.
France's Lyon Opera Ballet scores with a trio of modern works, including 'Beach Birds'Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:43AMDancers of Lyon Opera Ballet in Maguy Marin's "Grosse Fugue."NEW YORK — The Lyon Opera Ballet is back, and once again director Yorgos Loukos has assembled a stunning program that dance aficionados cannot afford to miss. No American dance company...
HTC denies infringing iPhone patentsTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:51PMTaiwan's leading smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corporation has denied infringing iPhone patents held by Apple after the US technology giant filed a lawsuit in the United States.
Apple Starts ‘Nuclear War’ in Smartphone Patent Fight With HTCTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:45PMMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he said Apple Inc. had applied for more than 200 patents for the device and was ready to enforce them. Now, Apple is putting those words into action.
Apple files suit against HTC as Android takes offTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:19PMI wonder if the timing of Apple's lawsuit against HTC over iPhone patents has anything to do with an Android developer that surfaced this...
Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringementTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:15PMWASHINGTON -Apple filed suit on Tuesday against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.
Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringementTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:14PMApple announced on Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.
Apple sues HTC over iPhone patentsTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:02PMApple has sued Taiwan-based HTC for allegedly using iPhone technologies in Nexus One and other smartphones.
Apple sues rival HTC as phone competition risesTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:50PMSAN FRANCISCO — As Apple Inc.’s iPhone faces stiffer competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, the company is going after one of its main rivals with patent lawsuits claiming theft of touch screen technology and other features.
How incredible is India?Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:55PMAlong with a global insurance client chairman, a Scotsman operating from Japan, I visited homes of consumers who earn Rs 5,000 per month in different states in India and we micro-detailed their thoughts and lifestyle.
John Morton: Simplify and Let Go of StressSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:37PMIn terms of the materiality in the world and the way that technology is functioning today, there's so much available to us that was never available before.
Magazine 2.27.2010Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:59AMA Czech invents the tea-lock. What’s it for and, do you need one? Czechs are crowding to see a castle that will not be around for long. And what will Czech firms bring to April’s Slow Food fair in Stuttgart? Find out more in this edition of Magazine.
Interest grows in locally produced foodSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:14AMRichmond and Wayne County residents are continuing their monthly "100-mile radius" potluck meals.
Downscaled motorcycle expo innovative -- and weirdSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 3:51AMThe annual Powersports Dealer Expo is the biggest industry-only motorcycle aftermarket show in North America, so Wheels bike tester Steve Bond and I thought we should find out what's coming down the pipe for 2010.
Film Review: Children of InventionSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 3:25AMThe loss of childhood illusions and of youthful naiveté looms large in this first feature by the Chicago-born Tze Chun, whose drama about a struggling, single-mom immigrant takes place in the Boston suburbs where he was raised.
CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATORSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 1:22AMEditor's note: Now that 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' has taken in a delicious estimated $148.1 million at the box office in its first three weeks of release, what's next for Mr. Wonka?
Chinese Version>>Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:34PMFan Jinshi, born in 1938 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, graduated from Peking University in 1963. She is the headmistress of Dunhuang Academy and spent more than 40 years in cultural relic research in the northwestern historic city, earning the moniker "The Daughter of Dunhuang."
Bellevue Arts Museum puts its best foot forward with Beth Levine shoe exhibitionWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 6:18PMA review of a Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition of shoes by Beth Levine (1914-2006). The daughter of a Long Island dairy farmer, Levine is one of those why-have-I-never-heard-of-her-before discoveries: She was one of the most influential and successful shoe designers of the 20th century, and one of the first successful females in the field.
9 Leadership Mistakes to Avoid as We Rebuild Real EstateWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:19PMRISMEDIA, February 25, 2010—With 2010 expected to be another slow year for real estate, many industry executives and analysts are wondering what additional steps—beyond cost cutting and downsizing—can be taken to weather the turbulent times. The answer, according to Bill Ferguson,…
Tove Hermanson: The Politics of Mannequins, Part IWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:48PMIn an old issue of Hue magazine, I read a surprisingly interesting article on "The Life and Times of Mannequins." I haven't studied dress forms in depth, but I have been mistaken for a mannequin.
Violence That Art Didn’t See ComingWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:22PMThe Amy Bishop case frames the role of women in bloodshed in a way that is new to our culture.
Infineon sues Elpida for patent infringementWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 12:26PM"Infineon has always been at the forefront of advanced semiconductor processing technologies. We will protect our intellectual property rights, which arise from our commitment to cutting-edge research and development," said Hermann Eul, Member of the Management Board, sales, marketing, technology and R&D at Infineon.
New Zimbabwe Blog » South Africa: still a land of many possibilitiesWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 12:00PMTHERE is something paradoxical about South Africa which will perhaps never go, at least not in our lifetime: no matter what publicity the country gets, life goes on and they survive, dance, drink, laugh, play and still attract millions of visitors, both the wanted and unwelcome, from all over the world.
SCHOOL NEWSWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:50AMSecond grade students delivered the non-perishable food items they collected at their production of “December in Our Town” to the Chatham Food Pantry. Each student delivered a bag of canned or boxed items to the pantry.
WiLAN to Announce Fiscal 2009 Financial ResultsWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 9:50AMOTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 24, 2010) - Wi-LAN Inc. ("Wi-LAN" or the "Company") (TSX:WIN), a leading technology innovation and licensing company, will release its financial results for the fourteen month fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on March 3, 2010 before the financial markets open.
WiLAN to Announce Fiscal 2009 Financial ResultsWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 9:45AMOTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - 02/24/10) - Wi-LAN Inc. ("Wi-LAN" or the "Company") (TSX: WIN - News ), a leading technology innovation and licensing company, will release its financial results for the fourteen month fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on March 3, 2010 before the financial markets open. On June 4, 2009, the Company announced that it would change its fiscal year end from October 31 ...
Feeling the heatSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 3:09PMWinter whiteouts, freezing weather and power outages everywhere from Europe to Washington and Beijing have been making headlines these last few months, but as fingers by the million have been going numb, Japan has one nifty weapon of mass defrostation to alleviate the seasonal problem: self-warming pads. Popularly known as kairo, literally meaning "fire inside the pocket," these pads emitting ...
Reality murdersSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 3:02PMYou may enjoy the failures children experience in reality television, but unconsciously, like antibiotic, you absorb the frequent advertisements at the pause of reality shows.
TV Watch: 'The Ricky Gervais Show': Drawn to a podcastSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 2:45PMBig decision last night: Did you watch some of the world’s best athletes duke it out on all sorts of frozen surfaces, or one of the planet’s funniest men unveil his latest TV creation?
'The Ricky Gervais Show': Drawn to a podcastSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 2:34PMBy Dan Snierson Dan Snierson: While it didn't reach the rarefied air of ''The Office'' or ''Extras,'' HBO debut had some daffy laughs and a breezy, retro charm
CU-Boulder Tech Transfer Office squeezed by recessionSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 2:11PMUniversity of Colorado graduate students Justine Roberts, left, and Stacey Skaalure analyze cell secretions in Stephanie Bryant s molecular biotechnology lab Wednesday. Bryant s lab has received $200,000 in grants to help license a technology to grow cartilage for facial reconstruction.
Water-use issues plague cities throughout the U.S.Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 1:59PMWater is on our minds, and we’re hearing more and more about “water crises” nationally. Locally, the topic is being discussed at our Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center.
Our world balances on a sea of debtSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 1:22PMThe banks that control the world's supply of money are no better than counterfeiters - and their system of juggling debt has left the global economy teetering on the brink of ruin. Convicted fraudster Darius Guppy offers a provocative personal view
CU-Boulder Tech Transfer Office squeezed by recessionSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:55PMIn a University of Colorado lab, Stephanie Bryant and her team of researchers are honing technology that can grow healthy cartilage to be used in reconstruction surgeries.
A-Z guide to our chest-beating nationSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:51PMNow that we're suddenly tearing over our national anthem, Nathalie Atkinson and Derek McCormack seize the Olympic moment to show the world why we're proud even off the ice
County sends off 14 athletes to college commitmentsSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 9:05AMWhen Douglas County celebrates National Letter of Intent Signing Day, it’s not surprising to see a high number of student athletes participating.
US under-reacts to reactor inactionSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 8:52AMAmerica's plan for two new nuclear power stations is a welcome, if inadequate, step.