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1. Health IT doesn't save money

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... and 2007, they found no indication that health IT lowered costs or streamlined administration. Hospitals that computerized most rapidly actually had the largest increases in administrative costs. Modest ...

2. Gaming hardware to hit $27 billion next year

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ...  $20,076 $21,260 $27,617 $32,749 $34,760 (figures in millions) He said: "The largest influence ...

3. Call of Duty grosses half a billion dollars in five days

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... largest in history and "a pop culture phenomenon". He said: "Millions of consumers have chosen to play Modern Warfare 2 rather than engage in other forms of media." But he remained cautious about the ...

4. Open Book Alliance slams Google Book Settlement

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... largest digital database of books. It is clear that Google has failed to meet these requirements." A further, more detailed statement is due shortly, says the OBA. See Also Google book opponents claim ...

5. Apple plans 50 new stores

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... feet, the company's largest yet. Earlier this week, the company opened others at the Louvre, in Paris, and at Brisbane in Australia. The stores planned for next year are also likely to be bigger than ...

6. SMIC boss falls on his semiconductor sword

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... court action in a US court to Taiwanese pure play foundry TSMC and there's likely to be a pretty big bill to pay if the case doesn't go to appeal. TSMC is the world's largest pure play foundry. It takes ...

7. Firefox 'most insecure browser'

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... Mozilla's browser had the largest percentage of web vulnerabilities, with Safari second, Internet Explorer third and Opera fourth on six percent. You can download the Cenzic report here. "It's not rocket ...

8. Retreat of glaciers locks up carbon

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ...  According to the authors, this new bloom is the second largest factor acting against climate change so far discovered on Earth - the largest being new forest growth in the Arctic. Professor Peck said: ...

9. Nvidia taunts Intel with cartoon parody site

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... is. The site purports to be "a parody of events occurring within the semiconductor sector, with particular focus on its largest, and most commented upon competitor". For the last few days the site has ...

10. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... across the world advertising their availability for sex, relationships and other things through the world’s largest adult personals site. The site is highly commercial, constantly seeking to extract a ...

11. Chinese foundry violated Taiwanese secrets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... in damages, according to the Taipei Times. The jury will begin deliberating how much of that should be awarded to TSMC. TSMC is the largest pure play foundry in the world, while SMIC, based in mainland ...

12. GM is world's least green automobile maker

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    North American automobile manufacturers are bottom of the sustainability league, according to the largest ever global study of the sector's performance. North American car manufacturers are bottom ...

13. World's largest supercomputer starts work

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    The world's largest supercomputer, dubbed Roadrunner, has gone online, and is starting with a terribly simple little task - modelling the composition of the universe. The world's largest supercomputer, ...

14. NASA finds most distant galaxy cluster yet

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... telescopes. It is located about 10.2 billion light years away, and can be seen as it was when the Universe was only about a quarter of its present age. Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally ...

15. Cost of solar energy declines

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... declined from $10.80 per watt in 1998 to $7.50 per Watt in 2008. The cost reduction over time was largest for smaller PV systems, such as those used to power individual households. As you might expect, ...

16. Australian atheists targeted by hackers

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... for the attacks, they came in the wake of news that The Rise of Atheism Global Atheist Convention has already sold 1,000 tickets and will be the largest gathering of atheists and other freethinkers in ...

17. AUO unveils flexible e-paper

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    AU Optronics (AUO) has announced a 20-inch e-paper module - the world's largest, it says - and has launched its six-inch and nine-inch flexible e-paper displays. AU Optronics (AUO) has announced a ...

18. Plastic Logic reveals business e-reader

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

      Plastic Logic is to launch its e-reader at CES in January, promising a feather-light device with the largest screen in the industry. Plastic Logic is to launch its e-reader at CES in January, ...

19. Managers admit they can't handle server utilization

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... by 1E in association with the Alliance to Save Energy, reckons the cost of this inactivity as $25 billion a year. “Contrary to popular belief, one of the largest causes of energy and IT operational waste ...

20. 'World's biggest crater' discovered

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    A massive basin off the coast of India could be the world's largest, multi-ringed crater - and the impact that caused it could have been the real cause of the mass dinosaur extinction 65 million years ...

21. God sabotaged the LHC, say scientists

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    A couple of scientists reckon that God or time travellers broke the Large Hadron Collider. The duo, who are, remarkably, still walking the streets, have published a paper claiming that the world’s largest ...

22. Saturn gets another ring - and it’s a biggie

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around ...

23. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... even the largest Smartphone maker, is king and Windows seems to get little in the way of respect. In watching Microsoft deal with the world since the iPhone launched you have to wonder if the Robbie ...

24. IBM’s head is in the clouds

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... the rest of their organization and manage their calendar and contacts, using a shared corporate directory. IBM is at pains to remind us that more than half of the largest global 100 corporations use ...

25. Apple threatens Woolworths over new logo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    Woolworths, the largest supermarket chain in Australia, adopted a new logo in 2008 and on-the-ball Apple lawyers have just noticed it looks a bit like the Cupertino gadget maker’s. Woolworths, the largest ...

26. World’s largest windfarm breezes into Texas

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    German power company E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC&R) has completed what it claims to be the world's largest wind farm near Roscoe, Texas. The Roscoe wind complex has an installed capacity of ...

27. Judge overturns Microsoft patent judgement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    A district judge has overturned a jury verdict that hit Microsoft with the world's largest ever patent damages. A district judge has overturned a jury verdict that hit Microsoft with the world's largest ...

28. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    Apple has announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store, which it modestly describes as the largest applications store in the world. Apple has announced that more ...

29. Apple ends iPhone exclusivity in UK

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 27 September 2009

    ... "Orange UK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and 3GS to Orange UK customers later this year.Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK than any other operator, ...

30. Astrophysicists simulate a star's final hours

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Researchers have created the first full-star simulation of the hours preceding the largest thermonuclear explosions in the universe. Researchers have created the first full-star simulation of the hours ...

31. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... deal with Intel. As a result of this, we will not be introducing AMD based products in 2007 for our Notebook products". Intel payments to Media Saturn Holding (MSH), Europe's largest PC retailer, were ...

32. 2TB SSDs released

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    Super Talent has announced that it will be releasing one of the largest solid-state drives (SSDs) in the world. Super Talent has announced that it will be releasing one of the largest solid-state drives ...

33. AMD showcases Eyefinity multi-display technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... 100,000 channel partners." Bergman explained that PCs loaded with Eyefinity technology would "expand" game and virtual world environments to the "largest ever experienced." He noted that AMD was working ...

34. AT&T upgrades 3G network with high speed packet access

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... 30 largest markets by the end of 2010, and reach about 90 percent of its existing 3G network footprint with HSPA 7.2 by the end of 2011." According to AT&T, the upgraded network platform is expected ...

35. Infamous hacker to serve 15 years behind bars

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    ... 7-Eleven Inc., a Texas-based nationwide convenience store chain; and Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc., a Maine-based supermarket chain." The indictment - which details the largest alleged credit and debit ...

36. iPhone China launch coming real soon now

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... state telco China Unicom to sell the iPhone. Analysts now expect the phone to hit shelves across China, the last major market still iPhone-free, as early as October. China boasts the world's largest ...

37. Megacities are like organisms, says scientist

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... greenhouse gases are dispersed around the world." More than half the world's population today lives in cities, and the world's largest urban areas are growing rapidly. The number of megacities — metropolitan ...

38. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... Sure, Axims were disconnected PDAs and not smartphones. And the supposed new devices will target China’s largest carrier and not a global smartphone market that’s dominated by RIM’s BlackBerry, Apple’s ...

39. Layer 2 data center networks scaled to 100,000 ports

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... layer 2 and layer 3 network fabrics," said Amin Vahdat, a computer science professor at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering. "Today, the largest data centers contain over 100,000 servers. Ideally, ...

40. Police hacker informer stole 130 million credit card details

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... that, along with two Russians, made off with more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers from late 2006 to early 2008. Prosecutors called it the largest case of computer crime and identity theft ...

41. Feds indict infamous SQL hacker on conspiracy charges

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... store chain; and Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc., a Maine-based supermarket chain." The indictment - which details the largest alleged credit and debit card data breach in the United States - claims that ...

42. Rumor: MySpace to buy iLike for $20 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... has become the] largest player on the global stage, dominant in many countries, [replacing] MySpace as the world's most popular social network. Whilst part of Facebook's huge appeal is the simple layout ...

43. Dell enters China with Mini3i smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... to the phone. That's via its service dubbed Mobile Market. China Mobile is the country's largest mobile handset player, counted by subscribers. It is Dell's first foray into the smartphone market and ...

44. IBM 'kicks workers in teeth'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 16 August 2009

    The UK's largest union is warning IBM to brace itself for a backlash from thousands of employees against the company's plans to close the final salary pension schemes and to alter the terms of its early ...

45. Digsby signs up to the darkside

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 14 August 2009

    ... the largest known prime number.” It means your computer could be used to search the web.  So if anyone worked out how to crack this functionality it could mean your IP address could be fronting all ...

46. Nokia challenges RIM with Microsoft-Symbian alliance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    ... Nokia smartphones starting with the company's business-optimized range, Nokia Eseries."Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop told reporters that Nokia is currently the world's largest smartphone ...

47. Solar cell production soars as demand falls

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... for more than 20 percent of capacity. The largest manufacturer of solar cells this year in terms of capacity is First Solar, while Q-Cells and Suntech tie for second place and are not far behind.  ...

48. 16 megapixel infrared sensor promises better defense against missiles, rain

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    Raytheon has developed the world's largest infrared light-wave detector, expanding current capabilities in missile warning, environmental monitoring and astronomical research. El Segundo (CA) - Raytheon ...

49. Michael Jackson 'bought Twitter followers'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    ... services. The company ignored it. More recently, it received threats of legal action from two of Australia’s largest radio networks.    ...

50. 9/11 still causing new health problems

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... adults five to six years after the attack. They used data from the World Trade Center Health Registry, the largest post-disaster exposure registry in US history. The researchers found that, overall, ...