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IBM Closes Acquisition of BigFix

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentTechnologyanti-malware, anti-virus, automation portfolio, bigfix, built-in intelligence, calif, emeryville, firewall, ibm, laptops, linux, mac, network, operating systems, steve robinson, unix, windows

ARMONK, N.Y., – 20 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that it had completed the acquisition of BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. Financial details were not disclosed.

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Frog Killer Caught in the Act: Measuring Life’s Data Loss in Panama by Barcoding

By Guest PostJuly 20, 2010Nature1980, amphibian, andes in colombia, andrew crawford, barcoding, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, central america, cerro piña, chytridiomycosis, costa rica, cryptic, DNA, el cope, eldredge bermingham, fungal disease, fungal pathogen, golden frogs, hemiphractus fasciatus, karen lips, library of alexandria, panama, panamanian marsupial frog, pristimantis adnus, smithsonian tropical research institute

The first before-and-after view of an amphibian die-off has just been published by scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

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Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentEnvironment, Scienceberkeley lab, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, cool roof, cool the world, curb, doe, emissions, evaporation, goddard space flight center, hashem akbari, keith oleson, light-colored rooftops, model, NASA, ncar, radiation, steven chu, surabi menon, Technology, temperature, topography, urban heat

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change?

The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.

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Kindle Device Unit Sales Accelerate Each Month in Second Quarter; New $189 Price Results in Tipping Point for Growth

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Technologyamazon.com, blackberry, charlaine harris, ipad, iPhone, james patterson, jeff bezos, kindle, kindle dx, new york times, nora Roberts, stephenie meyer, stieg Larsson

*Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books*

SEATTLE, Jul 19, 2010 — Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running. It’s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.com.

Today, Amazon.com announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter–both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a year-over-year basis.

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IBM Reports 2010 Second-Quarter Results

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Economy, Technology2010 earnings, africa, asia-pacific, chairman, Europe, gaap, generally accepted accounting principle, global services, gts, ibm, middle east, net income, revenues, samuel j. palmisano, second-quarter, total outsourcing services

ARMONK, N.Y. – 19 Jul 2010:

Diluted earnings per share of $2.61, up 13 percent;
30 consecutive quarters of EPS growth, 12 of last 14 at double digits;
Full-year 2010 EPS expectations raised to at least $11.25;
Net income of $3.4 billion, up 9 percent;
Pre-tax income of $4.6 billion, up 7 percent;
Pre-tax margin of 19.3 percent, up 1 point;
Revenue of $23.7 billion, up 2 percent, as reported and adjusting for currency;
Growth markets revenue up 14 percent; first-half revenue as large as total Euro zone revenue;
BRIC countries revenue up 22 percent;
Business Analytics revenue up 14 percent;
Software revenue up 2 percent, 6 percent excluding divested PLM operations;
Systems and Technology revenue up 3 percent;
Services revenue up 2 percent;
Services backlog of $129 billion, up $1 billion, adjusting for currency.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced second-quarter 2010 diluted earnings of $2.61 per share compared with diluted earnings of $2.32 per share in the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 13 percent.

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Sharks Sniff out Their Prey, One Nostril at a Time

By Guest PostJuly 19, 20103 commentsNatureboston university marine program, current biology, department of integrative biology, dogfish shark, gulf oil spill, jayne gardiner, jelle atema, mustelus canis, new england, nostril, plume, sharks, tom kleindinst, university of south florida, usf, whiff, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institution

It turns out the old saying is right — the nose really does know. And when it comes to sharks, the nostrils are particularly discriminating.

Combined with the ability to detect underwater vibrations, sharks are able to zero in on the location of their prey by smelling in stereo, according to a new study by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

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How Do You Feel About Science?

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Culture, Scienceberkeley lab, davinci, eurobarometer, euroScience, euroscience session, Iceland, italy, london school of economics, martin bauer, nigerians, open forum, pascal, Technology, torino

You’re standing at the edge of watery abyss. What comes to your mind first? The beauty? The amount of electricity? How unimportant you are? How much money you could make with a visitor center?

How you answer says a lot about how you think, and as pollsters are beginning to wonder, how you might feel about science.

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Whether Glaciers Float May Affect Sea-Level Rise

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Environment, Sciencealaska, american geophysical union, calif, calving, columbia glacier, fabian walter, glaciers, glaciologist, icebergs, la jolla, scripps institution of oceanography, seafloor, seismometer, shad o'neel, tad pfeffer, usgs

WASHINGTON — Glaciers that detach from the seafloor and begin floating create larger icebergs than glaciers that stay on the sea floor, researchers have found. Floating glaciers also produce icebergs more erratically.

These new observations may help researchers better understand and predict iceberg production from glaciers and ice sheets, improving estimates of sea-level rise due to climate change.

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