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Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric on Wall Street
2012-05-20 01:40:41| Electronics - Topix.net
EVEN before the news was official, it filtered out - unofficially - to Wall Street.
Category: Electronics and Electrical
Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric on Wall Street
2012-05-19 23:37:10| Semiconductors - Topix.net
EVEN before the news was official, it filtered out - unofficially - to Wall Street.
Category: Electronics and Electrical
LG Optimus Lte II boasts 2GB Ram
2012-05-19 21:26:07| Electronics - Topix.net
LG Electronics has just announced the availability of their flagship model in South Korea - the LG Optimus LTE II, and what makes this particular smartphone from LG special would be the crowning achievement of yet another first, being the first smartphone in the world that delivers 2GB of RAM for optimal LTE connectivity, speed and stability, all ... (more)
Tags: ram 2gb boasts optimusCategory: Electronics and Electrical
Climate change action now an afterthought
2012-05-19 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangkok Post: As beneficial as a general international framework for emissions cuts might be for the planet, there seems almost no chance at this stage that such a framework will be agreed upon, and even if it were the problems in enforcing it would be enormous As the leaders of the G8 and other invited nations gather in the US state of Maryland this weekend it's not surprising that the focus will be on the unfolding financial crisis in Europe and how to implement measures to avoid a global recession or even...
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Cypress Semiconductor ([[CY]] -2.2%) and Cavium ([[CAVM]] -2.7%) are ...
2012-05-19 19:27:33| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Cypress Semiconductor and Cavium are hit with downgrades to Neutral from UBS' Steven Eliscu.
Tags: are semiconductor cypress cypress semiconductorCategory: Electronics and Electrical
LED Controller Provides Smooth, Flicker-free Dimming
2012-05-19 17:16:31| Electronics - Topix.net
Texas Instruments introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation.
Tags: led smooth controller dimmingCategory: Electronics and Electrical
Japan urges citizens to cut down on electricity use
2012-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan has urged businesses and households in parts of the country to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts. The country is facing power shortages this summer because its 50 nuclear reactors have been taken offline. Public confidence in nuclear safety was shaken by the meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant, triggered by last year's earthquake and tsunami. The call for electricity reduction will take effect from July to September. This time around the move to save...
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How to smear sunblock on a planet
2012-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Similar to the way a slather of sunscreen can help prevent sunburn, one of its ingredients--titanium oxide--could be injected into the stratosphere to help keep the Earth from overheating, according to a British chemical engineer. Peter Davidson, former senior innovation adviser to the United Kingdoms Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, wrote in the May issue of the chemical engineering journal tceToday that TiO2, which is also used in paint and inks, is nontoxic, readily...
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Canada: Oil and gas: New pipeline proposal stokes enviro fears of a Keystone XL East
2012-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Environmentalists battling Canadian oil companies over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to the Gulf Coast and another link west to Asia are now girding for what they see as industry's Plan C: Move heavy crude to the East. At issue is a plan announced this week by Enbridge Pipelines Inc. to reverse the flow of a pipeline that now carries 240,000 daily barrels of imported oil west from Canada's East Coast. SPECIAL REPORT Congress and the Obama administration are preparing for an all-out clash...
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Pollution warming atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds: Study
2012-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eurasia Review: Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear. To find out, researchers need to incorporate this new-found warming into global climate models. Pollution strengthens thunderstorm clouds, causing their anvil-shaped tops to spread out high in the atmosphere and capture heat - especially...
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