811. Judge penalizes samsung for failing to produce source code in appleinfringement trial
September 06, 2012
United States District Court Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal hasgranted Apple its requested Motion for Sanctions, penalizingSamsung for refusing to provide evidence in a timely fashion. Apple requested the court sanction Samsung in March, arguing thatSamsung has repeatedly failed to produce docu...
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812. In this state: schutz, the curator extraordinaire behind the"people's house"
September 06, 2012
Editor's note: In This State is a new weekly column by AndrewNemethy, Bryan Pfeiffer and Dirk Van Susteren about Vermont'scharacters and innovators, its unique ideas and quirky places. Thethree authors, who will take turns writing the column, formerlyworked as reporters and editors for the The ...
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813. Ancient italian town turns against chinese migrants
September 06, 2012
An estimated 40,000 Chinese, both legal residents and illegals, areliving in the Italian town of Prato, not far from Florence. Theyconstitute a quarter of the town's population and are one of thebiggest concentrations of Chinese in Europe. Most come from onetown in China, Wenzhou near Shanghai...
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814. Reliable business partners: three ultra320 hard drives at 10,000rpm
September 05, 2012
Only a few years ago, picking out the best hard drive interface wasstill a simple affair: ATA was for home or office computers, SCSIfor all professional applications. Now, choosing a hard drive forbusiness applications is no longer as easy. ATA hard drives willsoon be as fast as, (on average) ...
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815. Global unveils $3-million plan for north-end halifax office
September 05, 2012
Residents, merchants and politicians from north-end Halifax rolledout the welcome mat for Global Maritimes on Friday. They applauded when the Shaw Media-owned broadcaster unveiled its$3-million plan to transform Palooka"s gym into its regionalbroadcasting headquarters. Come October, the broadcas...
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816. Century-old restaurant to make way for subway construction
September 04, 2012
the Lv Liuju Restaurant The fate of a famous restaurant in Nanjing is hanging in the air asit could be demolished to make room for the city s subwayexpansion projects. Boasting a history stretching back exactly 100 years, the Lv LiujuRestaurant is well-known for its vegetable dishes and Muslimcuis...
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817. Researcher developing therapy to halt symptoms in parkinson'spatients
September 04, 2012
Parkinson's disease , a disorder which affects movement and cognition, affects over amillion Americans, including actor Michael J. Fox, who firstbrought it to the attention of many TV-watching Americans. It'scharacterized by a gradual loss of neurons that produce dopamine.Mutations in the gene...
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818. Dalit panchayat chief does u-turn on discrimination
August 31, 2012
In a sudden volte-face, the Dalit president of KottakatchiyendalPanchayat, V. Karuppan, who had complained that the caste Hindusmembers of the local body forced him to sit on the floor duringmeetings, has denied the charge of caste discrimination. Virudhunagar Collector M. Balaji told The Hin...
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819. The doctor is virtually "in" - st. joseph health increases accessto care, connecting patients and p
August 30, 2012
St. Joseph Health, in collaboration with AT&T*, successfullylaunched a telehealth pilot earlier this year using Cisco HealthPresenceTMthat allows patients, physicians and other healthand wellness specialists in disparate locations to meet and consultvirtually via immersive video and audio techno...
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820. Fitch downgrades spain's two biggest, most stable banks to bbb+
August 29, 2012
Fitch Ratings just downgraded both Santander and BBVA to BBB+ from A after slashing the country's long-term creditrating last week. The two banks had long resisted the steeper downgrades of itscounterparts because of their " geographical diversification, strong financial performance and aproven ca...
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