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Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) today announced that the Company is scheduled to present at two technology conferences during the month of September.

The New Castle Area School District prepared for the upcoming school year with several hirings. During the school board meeting yesterday, Elizabeth Barber was named the district’s technology supervisor. The middle management position will pay $75,000 annually. Barber’s salary will be pro-rated.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/afd0ee/led_driver_ics_ap) has announced the addition of the "LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments & Product Introduction Trends" report to their offering.

RBC, 14.08.2008, Moscow 12:29:01. The Russian state technology corporation and Metalloinvest holding have prepared the feasibility study for the development of the Udokan copper deposit, head of the corporation Sergei Chemezov told journalists today.

Tilgin (STO:TILG), a leading provider of customer premises equipment (CPE) solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, has won an order of High Definition IPTV technology from a major incumbent telecom operator in the Middle East.

Marengo Memorial Hospital will be deploying McKesson's Paragon(R) community hospital information system (HIS) as part of a plan to use technology to improve patient care and operational efficiency to better serve its largely rural service region. The 25-bed critical access hospital (CAH) in Marengo, Iowa, also will roll out McKesson's Practice Partner(R) fully integrated electronic health record ...

Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.

The Northwest Herald HUNTLEY – The Huntley Area Public Library recently received a $12,500 state grant to help update its technology equipment.

GRT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, announced today that it has entered into agreements with Marathon GTF Technology, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, to cooperate on the advancement of technology for the conversion of natural gas into transportation fuels

NEW YORK - About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday.

LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
This report provides a detailed analysis of the application drivers, technology developments and product introduction trends that are propelling the LED ...

Juma Technology Reports Second Quarter 2008 Earnings
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
, , ) , a leading IP Convergence firm specializing in managed services, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. ...

Technology Briefing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 9 hours ago
CombiMatrix Corp. of Mukilteo posted a net loss of $3.3 million, or 54 cents a share, in the second quarter, down from a net loss of $3.6 million during the ...

Syracuse Research wins $95 million military contract for sensor ...
Bizjournals.com, NC - 14 hours ago
Syracuse Research has support offices in Yuma, San Diego and other locations, where its technology is in use or being tested.

2008-2013 Capital Equipment and Technology Report for the Hard ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
We will describe the changes in HDD technology and unit volume and what that will require in terms of production and process equipment. ...

EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces Formation of Technology Advisory Board
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
The EPIX TAB has been established to advise the company on key aspects of its computational technologies including EPIX's proprietary in silico modeling for ...

Avnet, Inc. to Present at the Citigroup 15th Annual Global ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
today announced that the Company is scheduled to present at two technology conferences during the month of September. Ray Sadowski, Avnet's chief financial ...

Tilgin AB: Tilgin Wins Trial Order on IPTV Technology from ...
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
This field trial order is part of the operator's initial IPTV deployment and IPTV technology evaluation taking place this quarter. ...

ECPI College of Technology Announces Career Education Expos to be ...
MarketWatch - 17 hours ago
Hands-on, interactive demonstrations will be given for programs in the technology, business, and health sciences areas. Attendees will have the opportunity ...
ECPI College of Technology Announces Career Education Expos to be ... Emediawire (press release)
PCC to use $2.9M grant to update tech, teaching Arizona Daily Star
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Washington Post

Pando Networks Collaborates with Intel to Achieve Energy Efficient ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
Beyond added convenience, Intel Remote Wake technology will benefit consumers by reducing the energy consumption associated with keeping the home PC always ...
Intel Announcement: New Technology Remote Wake, Jahjah Product Reviews
Intel to reveal technology that turns on the PC on receiving ... TechWhack (press release)
Jahah teams with Intel for PC telephony service Telecom Paper (subscription)
Financial Times - eFluxMedia
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Technology Solutions Company (TSC) (Nasdaq: TSCC), a business solutions provider, will release second

Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Qinetiq Plc, the U.K.'s largest defense research company, agreed to buy Dominion Technology Resources Inc. for $104.5 million to expand in North America.

Today Campus Technology magazine unveiled its 2008 technology "Innovators" at the 15th annual

Technology Solutions Company (TSC) (Nasdaq: TSCC), a business solutions provider, will release second quarter 2008 financial results after market close on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. TSC's management will host a conference call on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 8 a.m. CST. The dial-in number for the call is 888-609-5689. For international participants, the dial-in number is 913-312-6685.

This is huge: A new speech-to-text technology from Google in which you type in a word or a phrase and it searches through YouTube videos to find all the instances where someone said it.

Russell M. Bostick has been named executive vice president of technology and operations at Conseco Insurance Group.

Previously the Carmel, Ind.-based carrier's executive vice president of information technology, Russell M. Bostick has been appointed executive vice president of technology and operations at Conseco Insurance Group . The 51-year-old will oversee the company's newly integrated IT and operations group.

Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Qinetiq Plc , the U.K.'s largest defense research company, agreed to buy Dominion Technology Resources Inc., a provider of services to the U.S. intelligence community, for $104.5 million to expand in North America.

ATLANTA, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers said they've developed a tongue-assisted technology to help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives.

OWATONNA, Minn., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has deployed new surveillance technology from STS International and Actua Systems in support of military operations in Iraq.

GSI Technology, Inc. to Present at B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago
Cash-Rich Technology Stock Conference (CRTS) III scheduled for August 12, 2008 at the Le Meridien Hotel in San Francisco. A 25-minute presentation by Didier ...

Net 1 Announces Official Launch of UEPS Technology in Iraq
FOXBusiness - 5 hours ago
The first UEPS transaction was performed on Sunday, August 3, 2008, in Baghdad, Iraq, during the official launch of the UEPS smart card technology with the ...

Next Inning Technology Previews Earnings for Diodes, Inc., IXYS ...
MarketWatch - 7 hours ago
Next Inning is a subscription financial newsletter focused on technology stocks. Editor Paul McWilliams is a 20+-year industry veteran. ...

Resolve Technology leaves Boston for Needham
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Resolve Technology signed a lease and will relocate its headquarters to Needham, Mass., from Boston. The research company will move into 6979 square feet at ...

Transfer Technology International Appoints First Ever Director of ...
MarketWatch - 7 hours ago
Ms. McDevitt comes to TTI with an extremely strong background and track record in the technology transfer arena. Ms. McDevitt is currently the Director of ...

Arizona Technology Council releases 'Vote TechSmart'
Bizjournals.com, NC - 5 hours ago
The Arizona Technology Council has published its Vote TechSmart guide along with endorsements and ratings based on the 2008 Legislative session. ...

American Technology Announces Fiscal Q3 2008 Financial Results
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago
a leading provider of directed sound products and technologies, today announced revenues of $2.7 million for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2008, ...
American Technology Announces Fiscal Q3 2008 Financial Results CNNMoney.com
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QIAGEN and Idaho Technology Settle Patent Dispute
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago
(Frankfurt:QIA) and Idaho Technology, Inc. are pleased to announce that the companies have reached a settlement agreement for rights to a suite of ...

GE Healthcare Introduces Newest Technology in Pre-Clinical ...
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
Using x-ray source technology derived from clinical systems, the eXplore CT 120 features 100 times the output of previous GE laboratory research imaging ...
Nexsan and GE Healthcare IT Unite to Provide 'Green' Storage for ... CNNMoney.com
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Isilon Systems to Present at RBC Technology, Media and ...
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago
the leader in clustered storage, will present at the RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media and Communications Conference in San Francisco on August 6, 2008, ...
Cbeyond to Present at the RBC Technology, Media and Communications ... Business Wire (press release)
interCLICK, Inc. To Present at the RBC Capital Markets 2008 ... MarketWatch
Symmetricom to Present at RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media ... MarketWatch
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Vancouver, BC, July 10, 2008--(T-Net)--ACL Services Ltd. announced at The Institute of Internal Auditor’s (IIA) annual international conference that Siemens AG, one of the world’s largest companies, has selected ACL technology to continuously monitor critical financial transactions that are at risk for fraud, error and abuse in each of its 1,300-plus corporate entities in more than 190 countries.

Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS) plans to host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, July 31, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, to discuss the results of operations for the quarter and year ended June 30, 2008.

Valence Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLNC), an international developer of safe lithium phosphate energy storage solutions, today announced that Donn Tognazzini will be joining its Board of Directors, replacing John (Jack) Locy who is retiring.

Southern Polytechnic State University is No. 1 in the nation for the number of bachelor's degrees in engineering technology awarded to African-American students, according to an American Society for Engineering Education report. The professional organization also named SPSU tops in the nation for the number of master's degrees earned by African-American men and women in that field. The report ...

William Blair & Company initiated research coverage of Rubicon Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBCN) ($16.68) with an Outperform rating and Aggressive Growth company profile. Rubicon develops, manufactures, and sells monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products used in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, blue laser diodes, optoelectronics, and other ...

Technology stocks were mixed Thursday, with most sector leaders notching gains in an attempt to recover from major selling in the prior session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 5 points to 2230 after falling more than 50 points Wednesday.

XLTC of East Setauket to join with GSIG, GSI Group of Bedford, Mass. Excel Technology Inc., an East Setauket-based manufacturer of equipment for laser systems, said Thursday it is walking down the aisle again, this time with a new suitor, two years after one potential marriage failed.

Information Technology is fantastic, absolutely essential, and largely responsible for this country's increase in productivity over the past decade or so. It's also broken. IT is overly complex, difficult to implement correctly, and expensive to maintain over its short lifespan.

Faced with the threat of a major crisis from handling increased loads over electricity bottlenecks with 100-year-old gear, electric power providers are eying new technology to help shore up America's aging grid with about $17 billion in spending by 2010.

Thorium Power Adds Nuclear Technology Experts
CNNMoney.com - Jul 9, 2008
Thorium Power Ltd. (OTCBB: THPW), the leading developer of non-proliferative nuclear fuel technology and a key provider of comprehensive advisory services, ...

In a move to build partnerships with third-party developers, Yahoo on Thursday introduced a new open Web services platform. Yahoo Search BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) gives outside developers unprecedented access to Yahoo's search technology, including the ability to re-rank and control the presentation of results.

GSI Group agrees to buy Long Island company
Boston Globe, United States - 5 hours ago
GSI Group Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy Excel Technology Inc. in an all-cash transaction for $32 per share, or about $360 million. ...
UPDATE 1-GSI Group agrees to buy Excel Technology for $360 mln Reuters UK
GSI Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Excel Technology PR Newswire (press release)
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RBC Bancorporation (USA) Purchases a License under the Ronald A ...
MarketWatch - Jul 9, 2008
The patents held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, LP cover a wide range of interactive technology including automated forms of: customer service, ...

India to attract billions for financing clean technology innovation
Australian News, Australia - 5 hours ago
The Confederation of Indian Industry, CII-Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development and Clean Technology AustralAsia are jointly organising this ...

New DNA Technology Clears the Family of JonBenet Ramsey
New York Times, United States - 13 hours ago
Ms. Lacy said a private laboratory, the Bode Technology Group of Lorton, Va., had tested material scraped from the waistband of the long johns and found a ...

Computerworld

Yahoo Opens Search Technology To Third-Party Search Engines
CNNMoney.com - 12 hours ago
The initiative lets partners tap into Yahoo's back-end search technology - the algorithms and infrastructure that power its search engine - as a Web service ...
Yahoo Offers Open Source Search With BOSS CRN
Yahoo! Reveals Its New Search “BOSS” eBrandz
Yahoo! opens up its search to outside developers CNET News
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Rim Semiconductor Company Files Patent for Breakthrough Technology
MarketWatch - 7 hours ago
a company that develops technology for telecommunications service providers, filed a non-provisional patent application on its innovative RQAM(TM) ...
Rim Semiconductor Company Files Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
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Aviza Technology Receives Order for Celsior fxP ALD System From a ...
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced ...

Sinosoft Technology Offers Solutions Using Fujitsu PalmSecure ...
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
Impressed by the accuracy, resistance to forgery, and contactless operation of Fujitsu's biometric palm vein authentication technology, Sinosoft Technology ...

ABC News

Senators are concerned about privacy of online advertising data ...
Los Angeles Times, CA - 19 hours ago
That's particularly true when it involves grappling with complicated technology, and Dorgan admitted that more hearings are needed before he decides if new ...
Senators Question NebuAd, Targeted Ad Privacy PC World
FTC backs self-regulating Internet, despite privacy concerns Austin American-Statesman
Senators Weigh Possible Rules for Advertising and Online Privacy New York Times
Search Engine Land - Washington Times
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Learners of all ages need the chance to use technology to support their learning said Jim Knight MP, Department for Children, Schools and Families , as he launched the revised Harnessing Technology Strategy.

Kim Komando, Gannett News Service technology columnist, answers questions sent to her at gnstech@gns.gannett.com:

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to the 8th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Science and Technology Week and this year’s National Science and Technology Week Monday literally wearing her message.

PRO TECHnology, a leading provider of communication, security and storage solutions, has unveiled the first 2.5' mobile hard disk drive (HDD) with a storage capacity of 500 gigabyte by Freecom - a German-Dutch storage specialist.

Technology reshapes America's classrooms BOSTON, Massachusetts - From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves. Just ask 11-year-old Jemella Chambers. Toyota to add solar panels to some Prius hybrids ...

South Dakota State University has chosen its first director of technology transfer, said Kevin Kephart, vice president for research. Denichiro Otsuga will oversee SDSU'S expanding efforts to capitalize on intellectual property resulting from research, Kephart said. Otsuga worked with the research and development group at a California-based bioenergy firm where he served as a manager of ...

MANILA, Philippines - The European Commission and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are exploring opportunities to further research in science and technology between the two regional blocs.

A mass of steel stands there now, but by the new year, the Purdue Technology Center of Indianapolis building should be open for business.

A report on preventing drug smuggling in prisons in England and Wales is expected to call for greater use of technology.

From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.

Voice of America

Mush helped proliferate N-technology : AQ Khan
Economic Times, India - Jul 5, 2008
His claims contradict his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya—and Pakistan’s ...
Pakistan's Military Knew Of Nuclear Technology Transfer To N Korea ... RTT News
‘Musharraf, army not involved in proliferation’ Daily Times
Gul praises Musharraf’s nuke deal with Korea The News - International
Pakistan Dawn
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With Cars, Some Technology is Smarter Than Others
BusinessWeek - 4 hours ago
Today's automobiles are masterpieces of integrated technology, near-perfect marriages of fiberglass and microchips that offer more comfort and cutting-edge ...

Technology: iPhones now cheaper, but are they for everybody?
TMCnet - 12 hours ago
6--In the realm of technology, fast and cheap don't often intersect. Budget computers are rarely capable of much more than e-mail and Internet browsing, ...

eNews Park Forest is hosting a technology night at the Park Forest ...
eNews Park Forest, IL - 3 hours ago
His technology article, The Other Microsoft Retirement: Your XP!, took off like wildfire last Sunday night. As I worked to finish last Monday's issue, ...

Ssangyong Motor denies alleged hybrid technology leak
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 3 hours ago
The prosecutors said since the development of hybrid technology is funded by the government, a technology transfer without the government's approval would ...

Technology center at a prime location
Indianapolis Star, United States - 1 hour ago
By Lori Darvas / Star correspondent A mass of steel stands there now, but by the new year, the Purdue Technology Center of Indianapolis building should be ...

Arroyo wears message to ASEAN Science and Technology Week
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 2 hours ago
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to the 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Week and this year’s ...
ASEAN Science and Technology Week Manila Bulletin
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Ssangyong Motor: Never Leaked Hybrid Technology To SAIC Motor
CNNMoney.com - Jul 6, 2008
SE) said Sunday it has never leaked hybrid car-related technologies to China's SAIC Motor Corp. (600104.SH). "As core technologies of hybrid cars are being ...

FEATURE-Technology reshapes America's classrooms
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Jason Szep BOSTON, Mass., June 7 (Reuters) - From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's ...

Digital technology to play major role in Olympics
Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago
"Beijing will go down as the first Games in which digital technology was a major player," said Steve Sternberg, an executive vice president with Magna ...

Technology Week in Review: Excitons, compressed energy

Key Technology introduces the redesigned Compact Dryer for removing moisture to enhance the shelf life of fresh-cut produce. Handling up to 600 lb (280 kg) of product per hour, the Compact Dryer features new electronics and several new components to ease operation, enhance sanitation, and improve reliability while maximizing production flexibility and product quality

7/3/2008 ArvinMeritor announced that Strick Trailers will be offering the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS), equipped with ThermAlert heat sensor technology as its preferred tire management system on Strick, Cheetah and Evans product lines.

Chrysler LLC, looking for foreign partnerships to help drive its business as U.S. sales slump, announced a deal with China's Great Wall Motor Co. on Friday to study sharing technology, components and distribution.