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Yahoo! Launches Weekend Edition, a New Weekend Destination on Yahoo! News

By Guest PostNovember 5, 2010Technologybuick, China, craig bierley, dominique dawes, harry hurt, jim brasher, journalist, mark walker, olympic games, olympic gymnast, vancouver, weekend edition, Yahoo, yahoo news

*Sponsored by Buick, Weekend Edition offers content for the weekend audience, including an original video program*

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! and Buick today unveiled Weekend Edition on Yahoo! News, a new weekend program offering compelling original video and relevant editorial content, programmed for the weekend audience. Weekend Edition (https://weekendedition.news.yahoo.com) will help Buick reach and engage the Yahoo! News audience of more than 90 million monthly visitors by integrating the Buick brand in a premium-content environment.

“With Weekend Edition, we’ve established a destination that features lighter lifestyle-oriented news programming, which we already know is more popular with our weekend audience,” said Mark Walker, vice president and head of Yahoo! News. “This program also aligns perfectly with Buick’s target demographics and brand attributes, which makes Buick an ideal partner for Weekend Edition.” (more…)

iSoftStone Signs Agreement With Microsoft to Develop Citizen Health Solutions in China Using HealthVault

By Guest PostOctober 29, 2010TechnologyChina, chinese market, isoftstone, isoftstone information technology, Jiangsu, Microsoft, microsoft healthvault technology, tw liu, united states, wuxi

*Digital health innovation center is first step of a joint healthcare effort in Wuxi, China.*

REDMOND, Wash., and WUXI, China — Oct. 29, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. and iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) Co. Ltd. have signed an agreement that enables iSoftStone to introduce Microsoft HealthVault technology to the Chinese market. HealthVault, a personal health application platform, enables individuals to store and manage their health information in a personal, online account. Initially focused on Wuxi, in the province of Jiangsu, the vision of the Microsoft-iSoftStone relationship is to enable citizens to connect to various health systems and services run by government organizations, physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and even fitness facilities for a comprehensive view of their personal health information. iSoftStone will be the exclusive operator of HealthVault in Wuxi and will develop and offer the HealthVault-based services to developers, application providers and device manufacturers to provide citizens with tools that will help foster dynamic, trusted and personalized healthcare. (more…)

Population Change: Another Influence on Climate Change

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010Environment, Sciencebrian o'neill, carbon dioxide, China, climate change, emission, European Union, fertility, global, greenhouse gas emissions, hewlett foundation, human population, India, industrialized countries, national science foundation, nsf, PET, population environment technology model, sarah ruth, shonali pachauri, united nations, urbanization

*Changes in population, including aging and urbanization, could affect global carbon dioxide emissions*

Changes in the human population, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years, according to research results published this week. (more…)

IBM Study: New Shift Points to Growth Markets Investment in U.S. and European Jobs

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010TechnologyChina, denis brousseau, ebidata, Europe, global human capital study, globally, globe, ibm, India, North America, western europe, workforce investments, working beyond borders

*Social Networks Value for Business Use on the Rise*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 12 Oct 2010: In a dramatic shift of workforce investments, growth market companies – led by the twin forces of China and India — are increasingly hiring in North America and Europe, according to the findings of a major new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of over 700 Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and senior executives from 61 countries and 31 industries worldwide. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Awarded $12.5 Million to Lead a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2010EnvironmentBeijing, cerc, China, clean energy research center, climate master, david sandalow, energy efficiency, global carbon pollution, hu jintao, mark levine, Obama, Technology, urbanization, US

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been chosen to lead a consortium for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center on Building Energy Efficiency. The Center will develop technologies for low-energy residential and commercial buildings, as well as work on commercialization of those technologies and research how human behavior affects building energy use. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Model for Chinese Cities

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Environmentair-conditioning, China, china energy group, chinese cities, city, david fridley, energy consumption, eric masanet, julie chao, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low-carbon city, suzhou, united states, urban-ram, urbanization

To tally the energy consumption of a city, the usual method is to add up all the energy used by residents—when they drive their car or turn on the air-conditioning—plus all the energy consumed by commercial buildings and industries in their day-to-day operations. But how should one account for the energy that went into building the office park where people work or paving the roads that people drive? And what about the energy required to make the clothes they are wearing? (more…)

Microsoft Engkoo Helps Teach English to Chinese Internet Users

By Guest PostAugust 26, 20101 commentTechnologybing, champagne, China, chinese, chor, engkoo, english, frank soong, internet, matt scott, ming zhou, natural language, phonetic search, search technology

*Engkoo, a new language assistance search technology released by Bing in China, helps Chinese speakers learn not just English words but the language itself, complete with slang and idioms.*

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 26, 2010 — Teach someone a word and help them once. But teach a search engine linguistics, and it can help people learn an entire language.

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Beijing Goodwill and IBM Team to Improve Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2010TechnologyBeijing, beijing goodwill information and technology, cardiovascular, China, diseases, egg, electrocardiography, electronic cardiogram systems, examination, healthcare industry solutions lab, heart attacks, heart patients, ibm, mobile application, strokes, world health organization, xia jun

*Mobile Application Allows Doctors to Monitor Heart Patients*

BEIJING – 19 Aug 2010: Beijing Goodwill Information and Technology Co., Ltd., a leading provider of electronic cardiogram systems in China, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the launch of the country’s first all-in-one electronic cardiogram management system in China. This system supports smarter healthcare by helping hospitals to analyze patient information generated from electrocardiography (ECG) examination reports to gain real-time insight and better detect cardiovascular diseases with more accuracy. It also empowers doctors to use mobile devices to monitor heart patients.

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