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IBM to Acquire Netezza

ARMONK – 20 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Netezza, a publicly held company based in Marlborough, Mass., in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for cash. Netezza will expand IBM’s business analytics initiatives to help clients gain faster insights into their business information, with increased performance at a lower cost. (more…)

comScore Introduces Social Analytix™ for Social Media Monitoring

Technology

*Powered by Radian6, New Monitoring Solution Allows Marketers to Measure What Consumers are Saying about their Brands across Digital Media*

RESTON, VA, September 20, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the introduction of comScore Social Analytix™, a social media intelligence service for comScore clients, powered by the Radian6 social media monitoring and engagement platform. The service will provide clients with detailed, real-time insights based on what consumers are saying about their brands and products on the web.

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Yahoo! Opens State-of-the-Art Data Center in Western New York

Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & LOCKPORT, N.Y., Sep 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today unveiled one of the world’s most energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective data center buildings in Lockport, Niagara County, New York. The state-of-the-art facility uses a combination of innovative data center design and Lockport’s naturally cool climate to dramatically decrease its electricity use throughout the year. (more…)

Great Lakes Water Quality is Focus of New $5-Million Grant

Environment

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— How could climate change and our response to it affect the Great Lakes’ water quality? That’s the primary question a team of 27 researchers from across the University of Michigan and collaborators at other institutions will answer with a new $5-million grant from the National Science Foundation. (more…)

American Institute of Physics Reveals Us More Efficient Selenium Photovoltaic Cells

Environment, Science

Did you know that many analysts would like to identify light-catching elements in order to transform more of the sun’s energy into carbon-free electricity?

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SOS – Save Our Sharks

Environment

It is the opposite of biting the hand that feeds you. This time around, it is a group of people who have been victims of shark bites campaigning to save this endangered animal: every year around seventy-three million sharks are slaughtered.

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Researchers Examine New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Health

Researchers at UM’s Brehm Center for Diabetes Research examines immunotherapy for treatment of ever-increasing cases of type 1 diabetes

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Brehm Center for Diabetes Research have received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that could lead to new drug targets for early treatment of type 1 diabetes. (more…)