Month: March 2010
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Cisco To Add 5,500 New Jobs In North Carolina
Posted by Bob Evans Cisco CEO John Chambers says he wants to add more than 5, page 500 new jobs at the Research Triangle Park, look which would give Cisco 10,000 employees at what Chambers called its East Coast headquarters. Also coming to RTP: a $100 million data center/development hub for strategic technologies. From a…
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SXSW: Finding great food, based on its location
Location is obviously a big theme at South by Southwest Interactive this year – that emerging-technology conference that’s going on this weekend in Austin, sale Texas. Whether you’ve elected to use Austin-based Gowalla or New York-based Foursquare, ampoule checking in and sharing useful tips with friends are the major tenants of these location-based applications. But…
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Google ‘99% certain’ to shut China engine
By Irene Klotz Irene Klotz – Sun Mar 14, visit this site 5:46 pm ET CAPE CANAVERAL, thumb Florida (Reuters) – Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said. Saturday’s 3.5-second ‘static’…
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Celsius X-VI-II unveils world’s first mechanical cellphone
By Jan Skutch Communications of electronic medical records begin Wednesday between the first two partners in a local health care collaborative for the uninsured. J.C. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center, for sale a Union Mission program, more and Memorial University Medical Center’s emergency department will launch the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council’s Health Information Exchange…
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SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success
By Irene Klotz Irene Klotz – Sun Mar 14, visit this site 5:46 pm ET CAPE CANAVERAL, thumb Florida (Reuters) – Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said. Saturday’s 3.5-second ‘static’…
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FDA Asks Hospitals to Report Safety Glitches in Digital Health Systems
In Letter to 350 Health Centers, generic Agency Signals Growing Concern By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz Huffington Post Investigative Fund 3:24 pm | 11 Mar 2010 Concern over safety risks posed by health information technology has led the Food and Drug Administration to step up scrutiny of the products, including digital medical records systems…
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‘The Internet’ nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
If the Internet wins the Nobel Peace Prize, web do we all get a trophy? Several nominees for the prestigious 2010 prize, food which was awarded last year to President Obama, treatment surfaced on Wednesday in news reports. Among them: “The Internet” and, separately, several of the Web’s creators, including Larry Roberts, Vint Cerf and…
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Google and YouTube @ SXSW
CHARLESTON, hemophilia SOUTH CAROLINA– A German company that makes parts used in everything from wind turbines to cranes will be opening its first American plant in the Lowcountry. Officials say the IMO Group plant will eventually employ 190 workers and mean a $47 million investment in Dorchester County northwest of Charleston. The company makes rings…
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IMO GROUP TO OPEN PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON, hemophilia SOUTH CAROLINA– A German company that makes parts used in everything from wind turbines to cranes will be opening its first American plant in the Lowcountry. Officials say the IMO Group plant will eventually employ 190 workers and mean a $47 million investment in Dorchester County northwest of Charleston. The company makes rings…
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Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling over online sales
Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling. BBC: Their latest record deal, link signed with EMI before legal downloads came along, said individual songs must not be sold without the band’s permission. They argued that the same rule should apply to digital sales as well…