News tagged with openness
LinkedIn looking for $32 to $35 per share in IPO
(AP) -- Professional networking website LinkedIn Corp. hopes to sell its stock for $32 to $35 per share in an upcoming initial public offering. Its IPO may encourage other growing Internet services to make ...
May 09, 2011 |
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Fujitsu launches new PRIMEQUEST 1000 series model
Fujitsu announced today the launch of a new PRIMEQUEST 1000 series high-performance mission-critical x86 server for enterprise application, cloud and virtualization environments. The new model is now available ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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High-efficiency solar power that floats in water
Sometimes you encounter an idea so seemingly brilliant you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself. OK, here goes: Utility-grade "concentrating" solar power ... in water. You're not applauding - what's going on?
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2011 |
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House votes to repeal regs on Internet access
(AP) -- House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks.
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Robotic surgery put to the test for bowel cancer
A robotic system that promises to improve the quality of 'keyhole' bowel cancer surgery is being put to the test for the first time.
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Willow Garage introduces affordable, programmable robot - TurtleBot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Willow Garage, the Menlo Park, California-based consortium of robotics experts, founded by Scott Hassan in 2006 to create or develop hardware and open source software for the advancement of ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation as good as traditional surgery for high risk, operable patients
Just released data from a clinical trial shows continued promise for a new minimally invasive treatment option for patients with severe aortic stenosis. New research presented at the 2011 American College ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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The Free Software Foundation takes aim at Gmail
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Free Software Foundation is at it again, promoting their laudable, if potentially unrealistic, goal to have all software released under a free software license. Their latest target for information freebies ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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The future is now
To allow web applications run on four screens, the webinos project consortium creates a full open source code base. The tagerted technology will allow different devices and applications to work together, securely, seamlessly ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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'Cow valve' heart implant hailed as breakthrough
A new type of heart valve made with cow tissue and inserted by catheter was hailed on Sunday as a major breakthrough that could eliminate the need for open heart surgery in some patients, US doctors said Sunday.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Paid access to journal articles not a significant barrier for scientists
They say the best things in life are free, but when it comes to online scientific publishing, a new research report in The FASEB Journal suggests otherwise. In the report, Philip M. Davis from Cornell University shows that f ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Professor moves Greek texts, Arabic translations online
Long before the Italians rediscovered original Greek sources during the Renaissance, Arab scholars recognized the importance of ancient science and philosophy and began translating precious writings into Arabic. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Fewer Faults for Faster Computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) users have designed and implemented an efficient fault-tolerant version of the coupled cluster method for high-performance computational ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Not so eagle eyed: New study reveals why birds collide with man-made objects
From office block windows to power lines and wind turbines, many species of bird are prone to colliding with large man-made objects, many of which appear difficult not to notice to human eyes. A new study published today ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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'Openness prevails' -- have Obama's promises fallen short?
WikiLeaks' disclosures highlight longstanding problems of the overclassification of information and failure of transparency laws, says David L Sobel.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2011 |
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