European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year
*Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast*
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Millions Reaching for Most Ambitious Halo Game Yet
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 14, 2010 — Millions of fans worldwide are celebrating today’s release of “Halo: Reach,” the newest installment in the Xbox 360 sci-fi saga.
Making Cookies that are Good for Your Heart
*University of Missouri scientists create a vegetable oil from soybeans that is much healthier than others*
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Years of research has proven that saturated and trans fats clog arteries, make it tough for the heart to pump and are not valuable components of any diet. Unfortunately, they are contained in many foods. Now, a University of Missouri research team has developed a soybean which produces oil that is naturally low in saturated and trans fats.
Ancient “Terror Bird” Used Powerful Beak to Jab Like Boxer
The ancient “terror bird” Andalgalornis couldn’t fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull–coupled with a hawk-like hooked beak–in a fighting strategy reminiscent of boxer Muhammad Ali.
IBM Launches New Data Security Software
Delivers Industry’s Broadest Platform Support for Data Security and Compliance Including Support for the Mainframe
ARMONK, N.Y., – 13 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software that helps businesses protect customer data and other sensitive information from security breaches. The new software automatically monitors structured data and application usage across the enterprise and immediately alerts management to unusual activity. (more…)
Skandinavisk Data Center Greatly Reduces Costs by Migrating Core Banking Systems to Microsoft Platform
*Scandinavian IT center expects to save $20 million annually by replacing its mainframe technology with Windows platform.*
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Skandinavisk Data Center (SDC) is expected to save $20 million annually by moving its core banking system from its mainframe platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. SDC was formed in 1963 and is owned by 150 financial institutions in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Faroe Islands, and is responsible for providing core banking services to these banks across Scandinavia.
Witchweed Should Haunt Crops no Longer, say U of T Researchers
Each year, thousands of acres of crops are planted throughout Africa, Asia and Australia only to be laid to waste by a parasitic plant called Striga, also known as witchweed. It is one of the largest challenges to food security in Africa, and a team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered chemicals and genes that may break Striga’s stranglehold. (more…)
UMD-Led Team Begins Imaging Comet Hartley 2 with Deep Impact Spacecraft
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Some five years after its July 4th 2005 ‘comet shot’ was seen around the world, the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun regular imaging of a second comet target, Hartley 2. The spacecraft will continue imaging Hartley 2 during and after its closest approach on November 4, providing an extended look at the comet. However, there won’t be any fireworks this time as Deep Impact’s probe craft was destroyed in its deliberate 2005 collision with comet Tempel 1. (more…)