News tagged with tech sector

US tech sector job cuts highest since 2005: report

The number of job cuts in the US technology sector rose for the second year in a row last year hitting the highest level since 2005, according to a report.

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Army studies: High recurrence of shoulder instability, better arthroscopic repair outcomes

Two studies on shoulder instability in a military population were presented today by U.S. Army sports medicine surgeons at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting. Findings in one study suggest patients ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate risk of toxic shock

The effects of climate change could expose Australians to greater risks from toxic contamination, a leading scientist has warned.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

US using 'latest tools' for cybersecurity: Napolitano

US officials are deploying "the latest tools" to keep cyberspace safe for commerce and protect the US information infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Little chip, big implications

You might say they “zeroed” in on a groundbreaking idea.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Major electric utility buys US Solar Decathlon winner

WaterShed, the international-prize-winning solar house built by University of Maryland students, faculty and professional partners, has found a buyer and a permanent site: Electric service provider Pepco is ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

Not long ago, MIT political scientist Suzanne Berger was visiting a factory in western Massachusetts, a place that produces the plastic jugs you find in grocery stores. As she saw on the factory floor, the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Small things, big thinking

Finely tuned for touch and smell, the fly foot has sensors that can detect both chemical and mechanical changes in the environment.  The outcome of more than three billion years of evolution, these sensors are far smaller ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade

More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Japan plans futuristic farm in disaster zone

Japan is planning a futuristic farm where robots do the lifting in an experimental project on land swamped by the March tsunami, the government said Thursday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Gartner lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecast

Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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