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An international trade group representing wireless device makers is backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs

Mobile device makers want common earphone plugs

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international trade group representing wireless device makers has announced it was backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs for laptops and other mobile gadgets.





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Cap and trade policies limiting CO2 can increase value of some electricity generating firms

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores ways to target the compensation provided by the free allocation of emission allowances under a CO2 cap and trade policy in order to avoid overcompens ...


Electronic Arts stages fake protest of game at E3 (AP)

Electronic Arts stages fake protest of game at E3

Technology / Software

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Electronic Arts has been playing games with attendees of the nation's biggest video-game trade show.


US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released ...


Customers check Sony's Bravia LCD TVs at a shop in Tokyo

Sony launches cash-for-televisions scheme in Britain

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Sony Corp. on Wednesday launched a scheme in Britain to encourage cash-strapped consumers to swap old televisions for new ones in a plan that mirrors worldwide car trade-in initiatives.


Environmental economist says invasive species is part of the price of doing business

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When the sun rides low on the horizon and winter chills wrap us all in down and fleece, global trade brings blueberries from South America, oranges from Israel. But trade in exotic goods also comes with significant local ...


Ad agencies urge DOJ to okay Yahoo, Micorosft deal

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Major advertising and marketing agencies are urging antitrust reviewers to approve a proposed online search partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft.


Tackling climate change with new permits to pollute

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 15

A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists.


Assuring quality in lightweight construction

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aerospace, automotive and airplane construction count on lightweight construction. But to make sure that lightening the load does not come at the cost of safety, Fraunhofer researchers are working on new quality assurance ...


Next year, according to the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Tiger

For the tiger, a year closer to extinction

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Next year, according to the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Tiger but conservationists say the omens are inauspicious for an animal on the brink of extinction.


University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...



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