Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Watch slowed-down impact of strikes from UFC on Fox 8

This is pretty cool. Fox used the UFC Phantom Cam for Saturday night's fights to slow down some of the night's biggest strikes. In MMA, strikes can happen so quickly that you can't see their true effect except through photography. With super-slow-motion, you can see what a punch or a kick can really do to the human body.

Thanks, MMA Junkie.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/watch-slowed-down-impact-strikes-ufc-fox-8-150009344.html

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Monday, July 29, 2013

McDonald's McDouble Is Cheap but Far From Nutritious

COMMENTARY | As a nurse, you can imagine my shock and horror when I read Kyle Smith's article on the New York Post's website about the McDonald's McDouble being the most nutritious and most abundant food around. Smith argues that for $1, you can get half your daily serving of protein, 20 percent of your daily serving of calcium, and even a bit of fiber with this dollar-menu favorite. But Smith's argument is riddled with so many misleading statements that I'm going to have a difficult time keeping this commentary to 350 words.

According to McDonald's own website, the McDouble has 850mg of sodium and 19g of fat. You are consuming almost one-third of your recommended daily intake of sodium and fat with one little burger. Add on a small order of "world famous fries" and that's another 11g of fat and 160mg of sodium. I suppose you could buy the apple slices instead, but the burger-and-fries combo is so iconic, it's almost a knee-jerk reaction to buy the two as a pair.

What's so bad about sodium and fat? For starters, a high-sodium diet is a major cause of high blood pressure which, in turn, is a frequent cause of cardiovascular disease. You can pretty much guess that a high-fat diet leads to weight gain and obesity. According to data collected by the CDC, in 2008 the medical care cost of obesity was more than $147 billion. And what are some of the health consequences of obesity? Among other things, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. Those $1 McDoubles are more costly than Smith would like to acknowledge.

To Smith's credit, he points out that healthier food does cost more than cheap junk food. And anyone who has shopped at Whole Foods Market can tell you McDonald's is easier on the wallet. But the solution is not telling the cash-strapped poor and lower-middle class to run to McDonald's for lunch and dinner. We need to educate people on nutrition and tell our government to stop subsidizing junk food and put that money toward subsidizing more fruits and vegetables instead.

I agree with Smith that the McDonald's McDouble is a cheap food source that's high in protein. But make this a regular part of your diet and you'll pay a higher price in the future in terms of your health and medical bills.

Jennifer Budd is a registered nurse and a former broadcast journalist in the NYC/New Jersey area.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-mcdouble-cheap-far-nutritious-225100979.html

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

'Hollywood Hillbillies' features Georgia family

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? Honey Boo Boo is getting some competition.

Another family from rural Georgia is coming to reality television, with "Hollywood Hillbillies" set to debut in January on ReelzChannel.

The show follows Michael Kittrell and his grandmother Delores Hughes, known as "Mema," as the family moves from Grayson, Ga., to Hollywood. Along for the ride are Kittrell's aunt, Dee Dee Peters, her boyfriend Paul Conlon, and Kittrell's uncle John Cox.

Kittrell is known as "The Angry Ginger" on YouTube, where a video he made to protest a "South Park" episode that claimed redheads have no soul gained attention.

"I made a lot of money on my YouTube channel, and I saved it all from the past four years," Kittrell said. "I got my family with me to support me and help me while we all look for our place out here."

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, her mother and their rural Georgia family are the subjects of a hit TLC show that focuses on their lives in a small town.

Associated Press

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Weiner Faces Growing Calls to Quit Mayor?s Race

(NEW YORK) ? Anthony Weiner pressed ahead with his bid for mayor Wednesday despite growing calls for him to drop out over a new sexting scandal, saying the campaign is too important to abandon over ?embarrassing personal things? becoming public.

Rivals, newspaper editorial pages and at least one former New York congressional colleague urged the Democrat to quit the race a day after he acknowledged exchanging raunchy messages and photos online even after the same sort of behavior destroyed his congressional career two years ago.

?I think he should pull out of the race. I think he needs serious psychiatric help,? Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.

Weiner brushed off such calls and kept up his campaign schedule. He was greeted with boos as he took the stage to speak at a public housing meeting Wednesday evening, but by the end of his remarks, the crowd loudly cheered.

(MORE:?Why Anthony Weiner Can?t Move Past His Past)

?I thought these things would come out by the end of the campaign, and some of them have. Look, I am pressing forward, running a campaign about the issues, and I?m getting a good response,? he said afterward.

The latest scandal erupted Tuesday after the gossip website The Dirty posted X-rated messages and a crotch shot it said he exchanged with a woman last year while using the online alias ?Carlos Danger.?

At a news conference Tuesday evening, Weiner, who has been a favorite in the polls since he launched his political comeback attempt in late May, stood side-by-side with his clearly uncomfortable wife, Huma Abedin, and said he hoped the voters would give him another chance.

Abedin, a longtime adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, reaffirmed her love and support for her husband and said the matter was ?between us.?

Two of the city?s major newspapers, The New York Times and the Daily News, said the 48-year-old Democrat had exhausted his opportunities for forgiveness with his latest indiscretions.

?The serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye? and the mayoral race, the Times wrote.

The Daily News declared Weiner to be ?lacking the dignity and discipline that New York deserves in a mayor,? and said ?his demons have no place in City Hall.?

At least three of his mayoral rivals, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former City Councilman Sal Albanese, both Democrats, and billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, a Republican, said he should drop out.

?Anthony?s presence in this race has become a never-ending sideshow that is distracting us from the debate of the serious issues of this election,? de Blasio said.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Weiner?s strongest rivals in the polls, criticized him but didn?t directly call on him to quit.

Thompson said on WNYC-AM that Weiner should ?think about the people of this city and make the right decision,? while Quinn said at a news conference that it is up to Weiner and his family to decide whether he should end his run, but New Yorkers ?need a mayor whose is sole focus isn?t self-aggrandizement.?

Meanwhile, an NBC4NY/WSJ/Marist Poll, the first since the latest scandal broke, will be released Thursday afternoon.

Weiner has emphasized that he said when launching his campaign that more messages might emerge. But until Tuesday, he never said directly that some were sent as recently as last year.

?I regret not saying explicitly when these exchanges happened,? he told supporters in an email Wednesday.

But Weiner said the campaign was ?too important to give up because I?ve had embarrassing personal things become public.? And he said he wasn?t surprised his opponents wanted him out.

Democratic strategists in New York and Washington, where Weiner served seven terms before resigning in 2011, said there are few external means of pressuring Weiner to drop out.

Weiner has nearly $5 million to spend on the campaign, allowing him to mount a vigorous defense on television. Also, he was not particularly close to his colleagues in the congressional delegation, the strategists said, so he might be unmoved if they urge him to exit the race.

As for the voters, some want Weiner to go.

?He?s disgusting,? said magazine editorial assistant Katelin Marinari, 24.

But others said they would still vote for him.

?Do I think morally he?s wrong? Of course. But I?m not voting for a minister; I?m voting for a mayor of New York,? said public relations worker Raven Robinson, 22.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday continued to place Weiner in the top rung of Democratic contenders with Quinn and Thompson, though it was taken largely before the scandal broke.

?I have posited this whole campaign on a bet, and that is that, at the end of the day, citizens are more interested in the challenge they face in their lives than in anything that I have done, embarrassing, in my past,? he told reporters outside his Manhattan home Wednesday morning.

The unidentified woman involved in the newly disclosed messages told The Dirty that she was 22 when she began chatting with Weiner on a social networking site in July 2012, and that their exchanges lasted six months.

The Dirty posted explicit conversations of two people fantasizing about various sex acts, and ran a pixelated photo of what it said were Weiner?s genitals.

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Associated Press writers Jake Pearson in New York and Stephen Olemacher and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.

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Source: http://swampland.time.com/2013/07/25/weiner-faces-growing-calls-to-quit-mayors-race/

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Obama halts delivery of F-16s to Egypt amid unrest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has decided to halt the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Egypt for an undetermined period due to the "current situation" on the ground there, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

"Given the current situation in Egypt, we do not believe it is appropriate to move forward at this time with the delivery of F-16s," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters, adding Obama's decision was made with the unanimous consent of his entire national security team.

Violence has surged in Egypt since the military overthrow of Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first democratically elected president.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-halts-delivery-f-16s-egypt-given-current-154423245.html

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Transport Canada introduces emergency rules for train safety

OTTAWA ? Transport Canada announced six emergency rail safety rules Tuesday in response to the Lac-Megantic runaway train disaster, but its senior officials declined to answer direct questions about whether it had failed in previous years to respond to weaknesses highlighted both in internal and external audits.

In a news conference responding to recommendations from Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigators last Friday, the department said the new rules would be effective immediately and in place for about six months, leading to permanent rule changes for the industry.

The new measures ban one-person crews for locomotives carrying train cars with dangerous goods. They also place new restrictions on unattended trains on main tracks, as well as defining minimum requirements for their braking systems.

?The disaster brought to light several industry practices which have caused some concern,? Gerard McDonald, assistant deputy minister responsible for safety and security at Transport Canada, said in a conference call with reporters.

?Given that and with an abundance of precaution, we thought it would be prudent to implement these measures now.?

The disaster, which claimed dozens of lives and destroyed multiple buildings, also resulted in the release of about 5.7 million litres of oil into the air, water and soil around the small Quebec town, provincial officials estimated this week, making it one of the largest environmental disasters in North American history.

But Transport Canada officials ended the news conference when reporters started asking whether the department failed to respond to previous warnings about oversight weaknesses, raised in an audit by the federal environment watchdog in 2011 and an internal audit done five years earlier.

McDonald suggested that the 2011 audit, which recommended sweeping changes and a new risk management system in the department?s oversight of the transportation of dangerous goods, was not related to the new emergency measures unveiled Tuesday.

He was also unable to respond to revelations from internal Transport Canada documents, released to Greenpeace Canada through access to information legislation, that his department had ?identified no major safety concerns with the increased oil on rail capacity in Canada, nor with the safety of tank cars? used for transportation of dangerous goods.

Despite longstanding warnings from the Transportation Safety Board and others about the existing steel cars and other issues, Transport Canada had dismissed the rail safety concerns in a memo prepared for International Trade Minister Ed Fast in January 2013.

The assistant deputy minister suggested he was not familiar with these recommendations.

?I can?t verify what that document is, so I?m not going to speculate about it,? McDonald said.

Transport Canada announced the emergency measures as some federal MPs returned to Parliament to begin hearings, spearheaded by NDP transport critic Olivia Chow, on rail safety issues.

But MPs eventually accepted a motion from Ontario Conservative Jeff Watson, who questioned whether an immediate parliamentary study was necessary, to delay the hearings, pending further results from the ongoing Transportation Safety Board investigation in Lac-Megantic.

?This committee also should be concerned in deciding whether to commence a study now whether that draws important resources out of the field where they belong,? Watson told the House of Commons transport committee. ?That doesn?t mean there won?t be a study. The answer from this side of the table is not a ?no?, it?s a ?not yet.??

Liberal transport critic David McGuinty supported the Conservative proposal to delay the parliamentary hearings, explaining that it would allow federal officials to focus their attention on the ongoing investigation and rebuilding efforts, but he said the government also needed to provide more details about its actions and its response to the disaster.

Meanwhile, Chow suggested that the Conservatives and Liberals wanted to ?take the summer off,? adding that immediate hearings could help address longstanding safety concerns and reassure other communities fearing similar disasters in their own backyards.

With files from Andrea Hill, Postmedia News

Six emergency rules introduced Tuesday by Transport Canada:

?Ensure that no locomotive attached to one or more loaded tank cars transporting dangerous goods is operated with fewer than two qualified persons on a main track or sidings;

?Ensure that no locomotive attached to one or more loaded tank cars transporting dangerous goods is left unattended on a main track;

?Ensure, within five days of the issuance of the directive, that all unattended controlling locomotives on a main track and sidings are protected from unauthorized entry into the cab;

?Ensure the directional controls, commonly known as reversers, are removed from any unattended locomotives, preventing them from moving forward or backward, on a main track or sidings;

?Ensure that their company?s special instructions on hand brakes are applied to any locomotive attached to one or more cars that is left unattended for more than one hour on a main track or sidings;

?Ensure that, in addition to complying with their company?s special instructions on hand brakes referred to in the item immediately above, the automatic brake is set in full service position and the independent brake is fully applied for any locomotive attached to one or more cars that are left unattended for one hour or less on a main track or sidings.

Source: Transport Canada

Source: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/ALERT+Transport+Canada+introduces+rules+train+safety/8697449/story.html

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra now available in India for INR 44,990

Sony?s recently announced 6.4-inch smartphone Xperia Z Ultra is now available in the Indian market. Listed at retailer Saholic.com, the device has been priced at INR 44,990. The retailer expects to ship in seven days, suggesting that they might be waiting for the actual stocks.Sony Xperia Z Ultra

The first smartphone to reach to reach Indian shores with Qualcomm?s Snapdragon 800 processor, Sony Xperia Z Ultra was originally announced at the Mobile Asia Expo last month. The smartphone features a full HD TRILUMINOS display, Android 4.2 and 2GB of RAM. The phone also comes with 3,000 mAh battery, 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera.

Sony Xperia Z also support handwriting recognition and is compatible with any pencil and selected stylus or pen (capacitive stylus or metal pen with tip diameter over 1mm).

The pricing does not seem to surprising considering the specifications of the device and this also not a device for everyone.

Sony Xperia Z Ultra key specifications

  • 6.4-inch Full HD TRILUMINOS Display for mobile powered by X-Reality for mobile engine
  • Waterproof and dust resistant (IP55/IP58)
  • 2.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
  • 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front camera
  • Battery STAMINA Mode
  • Android 4.2
  • 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA), aGPS, GLONASS, ANT+, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, NFC and Wi-FI
  • MicroUSB with MHL support
  • 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, microSD card slot

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No more mail at your door? Delivery changes eyed

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It's about as American as apple pie.

But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the delivery service could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes.

The proposal is part of broader legislation by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, designed to cut costs at the cash-strapped agency by up to $4.5 billion a year. The Postal Service had a $16 billion loss last year.

The agency has been moving toward curbside and cluster box delivery in new residential developments since the 1970s. The Postal Service in April began deciding whether to provide such delivery for people moving into newly built homes rather than letting the developers decide.

"A balanced approach to saving the Postal Service means allowing USPS to adapt to America's changing use of mail," Issa said. "Done right, these reforms can improve the customer experience through a more efficient Postal Service."

About one in three mail customers has door-to-door delivery, Issa said. The shift would include safe and secure cluster box delivery areas, he said, especially for elderly customers who receive Social Security checks and prescriptions through the mail.

About 30 million residential addresses receive delivery to boxes at the door or a mail slot. Another 87 million residential addresses receive curbside or cluster box delivery.

The cost differences are clear. Curbside delivery costs average $224 per year for each address, while cluster box delivery averages $160. Door-to-door delivery costs the agency about $350 per year, on average.

Sue Brennan, a Postal Service spokeswoman, said, "While converting delivery away from the door to curb or centralized delivery would allow the Postal Service to deliver mail to more addresses in less time, doing so is not included in our five-year plan."

Brennan said the agency's five-year plan does call for shifting 20 percent of business address deliveries from door-to-door to curbside and cluster box delivery through 2016.

Rep. Steve Lynch, D-Mass., said the plan to move some 30 million residential addresses from to-the-door to curbside and cluster box service would be virtually impossible in dense urban areas such as his hometown of South Boston crowded with triple-deckers ? three apartments stacked on top of each other.

"You'd have to knock houses down in my neighborhood to build cluster boxes," Lynch said. "This will not work."

It might work in places like Manhattan with big apartment buildings, he said.

"Look, there's no availability for cluster boxes in many communities around the country," Lynch said.

Issa's plan allows for people with physical hardships to get waivers allowing them to keep door delivery. There's also a provision giving people the option to keep door delivery by paying a special fee to cover the additional cost.

Issa's bill also allows the Postal Service to take into account factors such as poverty rates and population density in deciding which areas would be allowed to keep door delivery.

The financially beleaguered Postal Service, an independent agency, gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations, but is subject to congressional control.

The Postal Service is pursuing a major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, it has reduced annual costs by about $15 billion, cut its workforce by 193,000 or 28 percent, and consolidated more than 200 mail-processing locations.

The service's losses are largely due to a decline in mail volume and a congressional requirement that it make advance payments to cover expected health care costs for future retirees. About $11.1 billion of last year's losses were due to payments for future retiree health costs.

The volume of mail handled by the Postal Service has decreased steadily as the popularity of email, Facebook and other electronic services has grown. Total mail volume handled by the agency fell to 160 billion pieces last year from its all-time high, 213.1 billion in 2006. Revenue fell to $65.2 billion last budget year, from a high of $74.9 billion in 2008.

The Postal Service is considering several options to fix its finances, including negotiations with unions to reduce labor costs and another possible increase in prices.

The service earlier this year backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery after running into opposition in Congress. It has tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully over the past several years to persuade Congress to approve ending Saturday mail delivery and to free the service from the advance health payments.

The Senate last year passed a bill that would have stopped the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday service for at least two years and required it to try two years of aggressive cost cutting instead. The House didn't pass a bill.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-more-mail-door-delivery-changes-eyed-195317141.html

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Motorola X Rumored Specs: Not the Droid You're Looking For

Motorola X Rumored Specs: Not the Droid You're Looking For

Android Police has gotten ahold of the alleged specs of Motorola's upcoming Moto X smartphone, and they're not very impressive. But at least that means you can afford it.

Read more...

Source: http://gizmodo.com/motorola-x-rumored-specs-not-the-droid-youre-looking-866343787

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China Wind Turbine Control Systems Industry 2012 Deep Research Report

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) July 17, 2012

This is a professional and in-depth research report on China Wind Power Control Systems Industry. Firstly the report describes the background knowledge of Wind Turbine Control Systems, including Wind Turbine Control Systems Concepts Classification production process and product specifications as well as technical parameters; then statistics of two Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC companies (Bachmann and Bechhoff) and 4 foreign Wind Turbine Control Systems Manufacturers along with that of 11 domestic Turbine Control Systems Manufacturers control system products (1.5MW, 2.0MW, 2.5MW, 3.0MW, 5.0MW, 6.0MW) are covered. These include but not limited to capacity, production, cost price, production value, profit margins and other relevant data.

Statistics of these enterprises and their Wind Turbine Control Systems products also cover information on customers, raw materials, company background information, summary statistics and analysis of relevant data on these enterprises. The research covers companies in China Wind Turbine Control Systems Industry, their production market share, various models (1.5MW, 2.0MW, 2.5MW, 3.0MW, 5.0MW, 6.0MW), production market share, China Wind Turbine Control Systems demand supply and shortage, China Wind Turbine Control Systems 2010 -2016 production price, cost, profit, production value, profit margins, etc. At the same time, the report analyzes and discusses supply and demand changes in Wind Turbine Control Systems market and business development strategies with a comprehensive analysis on China Wind Turbine Control Systems industry trends.

Finally, the report introduces a 500sets/year 1.5MW Wind Turbine Control systems project Feasibility analysis and related research conclusions. In a word, it is an in-depth research report on China Wind Turbine Control systems industry.

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Table of Contents for this report include:

Chapter One Wind Turbine Control Systems Industry Overview 1

1.1 Definition 1

1.2 Classification and Application 1

1.3 Wind Turbine Control Systems Structure 5

1.4 Wind turbine control system functions 7

1.5 Wind Turbine Control Systems Industry Outlook 8

Chapter Two Wind Turbine Control Systems Manufacturing Technology and Processes 14

2.1 Wind Turbine Control Systems Design 14

2.2 Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC 19

Chapter Three China Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Supply Sales Demand Market Status and Forecast 20

3.1 Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Overview 20

3.2 Wind Turbine Control Systems Demand 27

3.3 Supply and Demand of China Wind Turbine Control Systems 105

3.4 Cost Price Value Profit Margin 106

3.5 Wind Turbine Control Systems Customer relationship List 107

Chapter Four Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC Key Manufacturers 109

4.1 Bachmann electronic GmbHAustria 109

4.1.1 Bachmann Introduction 109

4.1.2 Bachmann Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC products and technologies 110

4.1.3 Bachmann Performance in China 115

4.1.4 Bachmann Competitive Advantage 116

4.1.5 Bachmann wind turbine control system PLC production capacity price analysis 117

4.2 BechHoff electronic GmbHGermany 119

4.2.1 BechHoff Introduction 119

4.2.2 BechHoff Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC Products and technical characteristics 121

4.2.3 BechHoff Performance in China 123

4.2.4 BechHoff Competitive Advantage 124

4.2.5 BechHoff Wind Turbine Control Systems PLC Production Capacity Price analysis 124

Chapter Five Foreign Wind Turbine Control Systems Key Manufacturers 126

5.1 AMSC Windtec 126

5.1.1 AMSC Windtec Introduction 127

5.1.2 AMSC Windtec Wind Turbine Control Systems Products and technical characteristics 129

5.1.3 AMSC Windtec Performance in China 130

5.1.4 AMSC Windtec Competitive Advantage 131

5.1.5 AMSC Windtec Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Capacity Price analysis 133

5.2 DEIF A/SDenmark 135

5.2.1 DEIF Introduction 135

5.2.2 DEIF control systems Products and technical characteristics 136

5.2.3 DEIF Performance in China 138

5.2.4 DEIF Competitive Advantage 138

5.2.5 DEIF Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Capacity Price analysis 139

5.3 Mita-TeknikDenmark 141

5.3.1 Mita-Teknik Introduction 141

5.3.2 Mita-Teknik Wind Turbine Control Systems Products and technical characteristics 143

5.3.3 Mita-Teknik Performance in China 145

5.3.4 Mita-Teknik Competitive Advantage 145

5.3.5 Mita-Teknik Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Capacity Price analysis 146

5.4 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics 148

5.4.1 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics Introduction 148

5.4.2 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics Wind Turbine Control Systems Products and technical characteristics 149

5.4.3 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics Performance in China 151

5.4.4 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics Competitive Advantage 152

5.4.5 MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics Wind Turbine Control Systems Production Capacity Price analysis 153

Chapter Six Domestic Wind Turbine Control Systems Key Manufacturers 154

6.1 Chengdu Forward Technology Co., Ltd 154

6.2 REnergy Electric Tianjin LtdREE 159

6.3DEADongfang Electric Auto-control Engineering Co., Ltd.DEA 165

6.4 Chongqing KK-Qianwei electronic equipment Co., Ltd.Denmark KK joint venture 169

6.5 Beijing Techwin Electric Co.,LtdGoldwind 176

6.6 Beijing Corona Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 179

6.7 Nanjing Sciyon Automation Group Co., Ltd.002380 185

6.8 XJ Electric Co.,Ltd 193

6.9 Beijing Hollysys Co., Ltd 195

6.10 China Datang Technologies&Engineering Co.,Ltd 199

6.11 Zhejiang Zhongke Automation Engineering Technology Co., LTD 201

Chapter Seven China Wind Turbine Control Systems Downstream Co-operation Wind Turbine Manufacturers 204

7.1 Goldwind750KW 1.5MW 2.5MW 3.0MW 5.0MW Direct Drive 204

7.2 Sinovel (601588) 214

7.3 Guodian United Power 225

7.4 MingYang Electrical1.5MW 3.0MW 235

7.5 Dongfang Electric 242

7.6 XEMC Wind powerXEMC Direct Drive 250

7.7 Shanghai Electric1.25MW 2.0MW 3.6MW 255

7.8 Vestas (850KW 2.0MW 3.0MW) 260

Chapter Eight Feasibility Analysis of China New Wind Turbine Control Systems Projects 275

8.1 Opportunity and Risk of China New Wind Turbine Control Systems Project 275

8.2 Feasibility Analysis of Wind Turbine Control Systems Project 276

Chapter Nine Wind Turbine Control Systems Industry Research Conclusions 279

List Of Tables and Figures

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Apple Q3 2013 conference call highlights

Apple Q3 2013 conference call

Apple has just announced their Q3 2013 financial results and now they're doing the conference call. There'll be a lot of boiler plate, repeated, and some interesting questions from analysts, typically answered with more boiler plate. But, there could be some sparks as well. We'll update with highlights as the come up!

  • 31.2 iPhone sold, 20% up from last year. Ahead of expectations.
  • iPhone 5 the most popular. Happy with iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 as well.
  • 51% increase in the US. Once again #1 in US smartphones. 39% share.
  • 10,000 of custom enterprise apps. American Airlines, Cisco, GE, SAP, have deployed more than 25K iPhone each. NASA, NOAA, ATF, NGIA are supporting thousands of iPhones. iOS 6 was granted validation by DoD to connect to networks.
  • 14.6 million iPads. Tough comparison. 1.9 channel inventory swing. Down 3% YoY.
  • Novartis, SAP, other have deployed over 20K iPads each.
  • 3.8 million Macs, 7% decline but higher than expectations. Global PC market declined 11%, so Mac "growing". People love the new MacBook Airs!
  • New Mac Pro still coming later this year.
  • OS X Mavericks bringing more than 200 new features. Coming in the fall.
  • State of Maine 94% selected Apple products. LA school board approved massive iPad rollout.
  • 2.4 billion for iTunes, up 29%. Both content and apps. Total 4 billion iTunes, software, services.
  • HBO Go, Watch ESPN on Apple TV. 1 billion TV episodes to date.
  • 5 year anniversary of App Store. Over 900k iPhone apps, 375k iPad apps. 11 billion to developers, 50% in the last 4 quarters.
  • 320 million iCloud, 420 million Game Center, 900 billion iMessages, 8 trillion push notifications.
  • Good Technologies says iPhone 5 most frequently activated device of any kind, iPad 83% of tablets.
  • Continuing to invest.
  • iWork for iCloud coming this fall.
  • Excited about iOS 7 coming this fall.
  • 4.1 billion Apple Retail. Strong growth in iPhone sales, MBA launch.
  • 6 new stores, 408 stores, 156 outside US. 9 new stores in September quarter, 27 new openings in fiscal 2013. 23 relocations in f2013.
  • 10.1 million average per store, down from 11 last year. 84 million visitors. 16k per store, per week.
  • 106 billion in cash offshore.
  • Retired over 4 million shares of Apple stock. 17 billion of debt issued. 2.8 billion in dividends. 16 billion cash on share repurchasing.
  • 9 million additional shares retired via open market.
  • Expectations: 34-37 billion next quarter, 36-37 gross margin.
  • Pleased with record iPhone, growth in software and services, continued popularity. Excited about OS X and iOS, new products coming fall, 2014.
  • Q&A time!!

  • Q: New products this fall, usually gross margins come down but not this time. Why?

  • Peter Oppenheimer: Largely flat, slightly down. On track for busy fall. More detail in October.
  • Q: Why channel inventory down? Balance sheet?
  • PO: More stores this year than last. Component inventory up as well.
  • Tim Cook: iPad and iPhone reduced inventory significantly. iPad down 700k, iPhone down over 600k. Typically don't like to have more inventory than they need, if can reduce, do so. Slight decrease in Mac, iPod.
  • Q: High end of smartphone market saturated, growth harder to come by? New innovations, services, reinvigorate high end of market?
  • TC: Key catalyst will always be new products and services, existing categories and new categories. Distribution opportunities, carrier relationship, expanding retail, online, and indirect channels. Also have market expansion opportunity. Already over 60% in enterprise, think there's growth opportunity. Doesn't subscribe to view higher end has hit its peak.
  • Q: iPad more of a pause ahead of refresh, broader dynamic?
  • TC: YoY 2.4 million unit decline, 80% were just due to changes in channel inventory. Reduced this year, increased last year. Overall declined by just 3%. Year ago had just announced first iPad with Retina display. Hit within mid point of their expectations for iPad sales. Not a surprise. Most recent data is iPad web share accelerated further, now 84% of web traffic from traffic. Incredible. If other tablets are selling, doesn't know what they're being used for. Incredible quarter in US education. (Repeating PO's comments from earlier.)
  • Q: Gross margin bridge? Down 150 basis points. Mix of products similar.
  • PO: Very pleased with gross margin in the quarter, high end of the range. Sequential decline not a surprise, understood effects. 1) Lower sequential revenue, lost leverage. 2) Expected a different product mix. Had some puts and takes, ultimately ended up in range.
  • Q: iPhone ASP down 5% sequentially, 10% last 2 quarters. Higher mix of 4 and 4S?
  • PO: Down 4% YoY, about $27, primarily due to mix, headwinds. iPhone 4 accelerated. Sequentially $32, mix.
  • TC: iPhone POV, moves on 4 and iPhone 5 being most popular. Very strong sales in emerging pre-paid markets. India up 400%. Very strong in US, up 50%, Japan up 60%, UK 50%. iPhone accelerated from previous. Unusual pattern for Apple. Very happy.
  • Q: China absent?
  • TC: China was weaker in quarter, although data sheet doesn't tell the complete story. Sell through with inventory changes only down 4% for year ago. HK was down more. Mainland China up 5%. Lower growth rate, attribute it to many things, including economy there. In HK, international shopping haven. More dramatic down turn there, not totally clear why. Down 20% on sell through. Weighed greater China down.
  • Q: Trade in program?
  • TC: Haven't announced anything. Rumors only. Number of channels do trade-ins now, US and different reasons. Reason is that iPhone residual value stays high, high demand, more lucrative. Win/win from many points of view. Nothing from Apple.
  • Q: Opposed to it?
  • TC: Not opposed, like environmental aspect. Encouraging.
  • Q: How do we turn China around?
  • TC: Put it into perspective. 4.9 billion. 14% of the company. Very significant. Grown significantly. Very strong market. 27 billion on trailing basis in the last year. iPad sell through was up 8%, mainland was up 37%. Share numbers for iPad over 50%. In arc of time, China huge opportunity. Don't get discouraged over 90 day cycle.
  • Q: More affordable pricing, think about growth in emergency markets, could address with more appropriate products? Both levers?
  • TC: Reference to iPhone 4. Number of 1st time smartphone buyers iPhone 4 is attracting is very impressive. Want to attract as many of those as we can. Saw that beginning to happen end of Q2. iPhone 5 most popular by far, really happy to provide high quality iPhone 4 running iOS 6 to as many first time buyers as they can. Great product for that buyer?
  • Q: More weapons you could use?
  • TC: Always more weapons, more tools in the toolbox, but great way for buyer to get in. Customer sat!
  • Q: Growth, last Q new product categories. Are there categories big enough to move the needle for Apple?
  • TC: We'll see. Working on products they're really proud of, will announce when ready.
  • Q: Russia, pricing?
  • TC: Good. If you look at Russian market, 80% of phones are sold retail, outside of carriers. Sell through a number of national chains. Activation's in Russia for iPhone set a record. Really happy. Contribution from carriers exist but much less. Not well understood. Continually looking for other relationships. Opportunity.
  • Q: Commodities? Pricing?
  • TC: DRAM pricing increased, upper pressure. NAND pricing stable, following seasonal trends. LCD prices fallen, expect further reductions. Others in balance, expect decline at historical levels.
  • Q: New products assumed shipping next quarter?
  • PO: Can't comment.
  • Q: You say better, Wall Street wants more. Does your organization limit?
  • TC: here to make great products, focus on that and financial metrics will come. Not mutually exclusive.
  • Q: Don't need to find products to get growth?
  • TC: Start at the product, most important is customer wants products. Don't start there, create things people don't want. Try hard to focus on making great products, enriching customers.
  • Q: Don't think high end is saturated, yet ASP down? Will continue to trend lower?
  • TC: Don't project ASP, give guidance that has assumption. Underneath iPhone numbers saw significant growth in iPhone 4, lower price point. iPhone 5 doing well. Allowed us to significantly beat vast majority of expectations. Sell more low end, mix changes. 3GS last year, comparable position. Selling a lot more 4 than 3GS. Understand market and distribution better. Will get better and better at that over time. How that changes mix, he doesn't know. Product has highest mix during first few months of sale. Natural seasonal decline. iPhone, iPad, on Mac. Doesn't see anything fundamentally change that.
  • Q: What are puts and takes in September quarter?
  • PO: tailwind is component costs favorable. Conversely, some effects pressure. Dollar and Yen.
  • Q: Share buyback.
  • PO: Before any further buybacks, issuances, 11 million share benefit.
  • Q: iOS in the Car?
  • TC: Very important. Part of ecosystem. Just like App Store, iTunes, content, services, messages, Siri, having something in the automobile is important. Something people want. Apple can do it in a unique way, better than anyone else, key focus.
  • And that's it!
    


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Prince William closer to fatherhood, as wife Kate labors at London hospital

Backdropped by members of the media, a British police officer stands across the entrance of St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London, Monday, July 22, 2013. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince William's wife, Kate, has been admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labour. Royal officials said that Kate traveled by car to St. Mary's Hospital in central London. Kate _ also known as the Duchess of Cambridge _ is expected to give birth in the private Lindo Wing of the hospital, where Princess Diana gave birth to William and his younger brother, Prince Harry.The baby will be third in line for the British throne _ behind Prince Charles and William _ and is anticipated eventually to become king or queen. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

LONDON ? Prince William's wife, Kate, is in the early stages of labor in a private wing of a central London hospital, palace officials said Monday.

It is a historic moment for the British monarchy ? the couple's first child will become third in line for the British throne, after Prince Charles and William, and should eventually become king or queen.

William and Kate entered St. Mary's Hospital in central London through a side door early Monday morning, avoiding the world's media. Palace officials confirmed her arrival about 90 minutes later.

Royal officials said they traveled by car, without a police escort, just before 6 a.m. Kate ? also known as the Duchess of Cambridge ? is expected to give birth in the private Lindo Wing of the hospital, where Princess Diana also gave birth to William and his younger brother, Prince Harry.

"Things are progressing as normal," the couple's spokesman said.

She will be looked after by a top-notch medical team led by royal gynecologist Dr. Marcus Setchell. Palace officials are not expected to provide many details about how her labor is progressing.

The baby is in line to become Britain's monarch and be recognized as head of state in 15 other countries, including Canada and Australia, playing a leading role in charting the future of the Commonwealth.

But little else is known, including how the baby will arrive ? it is not clear if Kate will have a natural birth or deliver by a planned cesarean section ? its gender and its name.

Royal watchers must wait to be told of the baby's arrival from the palace, which is planning to reveal the news through a mixture of tradition and social media. Continued...

Palace officials have said that the first hint will come when a royal aide emerges from the hospital with a signed bulletin carrying the Buckingham Palace letterhead. The bulletin will be given to an official who will be driven to Buckingham Palace, where it will be posted on an easel in public view in front of the building.

At the same time the bulletin is posted, there will be an official announcement on Twitter and the media will be formally notified. The document will give the baby's gender, weight and time of birth.

It could be some time before the baby's name is made public. When William was born, a week passed before his name was announced. Charles's name remained a mystery for an entire month.

But it is the baby's gender that is of particular interest because the prospect of Kate's pregnancy prompted a change to laws of succession to ensure a daughter would not be passed over for the crown by a younger brother. Boy or girl, the child will be the prospective future monarch.

The birth of a new heir to the throne has been breathlessly anticipated by many Britons since William and Kate wed on April 29, 2011.

Despite a rough start to the pregnancy, when she was hospitalized for acute morning sickness, the 31-year-old Kate made a number of public appearances that were halted only near the end of her term.

Since the duchess has cut back on her royal duties, media outlets have been clamoring for position outside of the hospital in anticipation of the birth, jockeying to secure the best vantage point for filming William and Kate emerging, babe in arms.

At Buckingham Palace, where the birth will be announced, tourists packed near the front gate, peering through the black iron bars to catch of a glimpse of any action.

Two New York teachers, Maddalena Buffalino, 29, and Michael Savino, 32, were quizzing a pair of passing police officers about where the easel would be placed.

"Just being here is very cool," said Buffalino, who said she'd been following royal baby news intently. Continued...

She said the tradition and glamor of the royal household was what attracted Americans like her to the palace.

"It's the history," the social studies teacher said. "We don't have it."

Police eventually shooed the growing crush of tourists away from the gate, with one officer warning the assembled crowd to keep an eye on their wallets and valuables.

Officials have said that William plans to take two weeks' paternity leave and then return to his military duties as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot in Wales.

His tour of duty is scheduled to wrap up around September, and he and Kate are expected to move from their isolated cottage on the island of Anglesey off the coast of Wales to Kensington Palace in central London.

But major refurbishment works at the palace likely won't be finished until at least a month or two after the infant is born ? meaning that William and Kate will most likely have to make do with their current temporary home in London, a two-bedroom property at the palace.

Come autumn, however, the family will be able to move into their permanent London home, Apartment 1a at Kensington Palace ? a four-story house with a nursery, 20 rooms and a private garden.

Source: http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2013/07/22/news/doc51ed16c6e6110923795147.txt

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Obama urged the FCC last month to expand the E-Rate program so that 99 percent of U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>France clears Iliad of intentionally slowing down YouTube<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/france-clears-iliad-intentionally-slowing-down-youtube-171704643.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.NfX_S2t7jvz1_RmBn8Yng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T171704Z_1_CBRE96I1C0L00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-ILIAD-GOOGLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A visitor is seen at the You Tube stand during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes" align="left" title="A visitor is seen at the You Tube stand during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes" border="0" /></a>By Leila Abboud PARIS (Reuters) - France&#039;s telecom regulator has cleared Iliad, the country&#039;s second-biggest broadband provider, of intentionally slowing down Google&#039;s video-sharing site YouTube, following a six-month investigation. Prompted by customer complaints about the slowness of streaming video in peak evening hours, the regulator, ARCEP, examined if Iliad was hampering YouTube in a bid to get Google to pay money to help boost capacity on the overloaded network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/france-clears-iliad-intentionally-slowing-down-youtube-171704643.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 13:17:04 -0400Reutersfrance-clears-iliad-intentionally-slowing-down-youtube-171704643<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/france-clears-iliad-intentionally-slowing-down-youtube-171704643.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.NfX_S2t7jvz1_RmBn8Yng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T171704Z_1_CBRE96I1C0L00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-ILIAD-GOOGLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A visitor is seen at the You Tube stand during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes" align="left" title="A visitor is seen at the You Tube stand during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes" border="0" /></a>By Leila Abboud PARIS (Reuters) - France&#039;s telecom regulator has cleared Iliad, the country&#039;s second-biggest broadband provider, of intentionally slowing down Google&#039;s video-sharing site YouTube, following a six-month investigation. Prompted by customer complaints about the slowness of streaming video in peak evening hours, the regulator, ARCEP, examined if Iliad was hampering YouTube in a bid to get Google to pay money to help boost capacity on the overloaded network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Taiwan a 'testing ground' for Chinese cyber army<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vcadn7jQOwPpKBdzLd6f3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T011049Z_1_CBRE96I03AH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-TAIWAN-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" align="left" title="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" border="0" /></a>By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is the frontline in an emerging global battle for cyberspace, according to elite hackers in the island&#039;s IT industry, who say it has become a rehearsal area for the Chinese cyberattacks that have strained ties with the United States. The self-governing island, they say, has endured at least a decade of highly-targeted data-theft attacks that are then directed towards larger countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 21:10:49 -0400Reuterstaiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vcadn7jQOwPpKBdzLd6f3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T011049Z_1_CBRE96I03AH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-TAIWAN-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" align="left" title="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" border="0" /></a>By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is the frontline in an emerging global battle for cyberspace, according to elite hackers in the island&#039;s IT industry, who say it has become a rehearsal area for the Chinese cyberattacks that have strained ties with the United States. The self-governing island, they say, has endured at least a decade of highly-targeted data-theft attacks that are then directed towards larger countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Private firm bets on marijuana, Wall Street wary<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/private-firm-bets-marijuana-wall-street-wary-002824556.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLepnmztnkfZiR8FJ4nYFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T002824Z_3_CBRE96H1NVR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA-BUSINESSES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, poses for a portrait for Reuters in Seattle" align="left" title="Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, poses for a portrait for Reuters in Seattle" border="0" /></a>By Eric M. Johnson and Alex Dobuzinskis SEATTLE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the sparse Seattle offices of Privateer Holdings, Brendan Kennedy grabs an iPad to show how his bet on legal marijuana is already paying dividends in the form of a Google results page for &quot;blue cheese.&quot; When Web users search that term, high on the list is a link to reviews of the pot strain &quot;blue cheese&quot; on Leafly.com, the medical cannabis website Privateer bought a year and a half ago and which it calls the Yelp of weed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/private-firm-bets-marijuana-wall-street-wary-002824556.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 20:28:24 -0400Reutersprivate-firm-bets-marijuana-wall-street-wary-002824556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/private-firm-bets-marijuana-wall-street-wary-002824556.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLepnmztnkfZiR8FJ4nYFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T002824Z_3_CBRE96H1NVR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA-BUSINESSES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, poses for a portrait for Reuters in Seattle" align="left" title="Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, poses for a portrait for Reuters in Seattle" border="0" /></a>By Eric M. Johnson and Alex Dobuzinskis SEATTLE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the sparse Seattle offices of Privateer Holdings, Brendan Kennedy grabs an iPad to show how his bet on legal marijuana is already paying dividends in the form of a Google results page for &quot;blue cheese.&quot; When Web users search that term, high on the list is a link to reviews of the pot strain &quot;blue cheese&quot; on Leafly.com, the medical cannabis website Privateer bought a year and a half ago and which it calls the Yelp of weed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Netflix's Emmy spotlight lifts status of online shows<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/netflixs-emmy-spotlight-lifts-status-online-shows-222059471.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_ZVHRDS316CpnpJ_VgC5zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T222059Z_1_CBRE96H1Q3600_RTROPTP_2_NETFLIX-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Netflix App icon is shown on an ipad in Encinitas" align="left" title="A Netflix App icon is shown on an ipad in Encinitas" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Emmy recognition for Netflix Inc elevated the stature of programming delivered solely over the Internet, a field that is attracting the biggest names in Silicon Valley and a roster of A-list Hollywood stars. Coming later this year, Amazon.com Inc will release political series &quot;Alpha House&quot; starring John Goodman, one of five original shows watchable only on its Prime Instant Video service. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/netflixs-emmy-spotlight-lifts-status-online-shows-222059471.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 18:20:59 -0400Reutersnetflixs-emmy-spotlight-lifts-status-online-shows-222059471<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/netflixs-emmy-spotlight-lifts-status-online-shows-222059471.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_ZVHRDS316CpnpJ_VgC5zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T222059Z_1_CBRE96H1Q3600_RTROPTP_2_NETFLIX-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Netflix App icon is shown on an ipad in Encinitas" align="left" title="A Netflix App icon is shown on an ipad in Encinitas" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Emmy recognition for Netflix Inc elevated the stature of programming delivered solely over the Internet, a field that is attracting the biggest names in Silicon Valley and a roster of A-list Hollywood stars. Coming later this year, Amazon.com Inc will release political series &quot;Alpha House&quot; starring John Goodman, one of five original shows watchable only on its Prime Instant Video service. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Dell postpones meeting on buyout as more votes needed<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-secures-crucial-backers-eve-vote-source-125545916.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WUh5uAE9HnYglK.HG4eW_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T215617Z_2_CBRE96H138M00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-DELL-BUYOUT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell delivers his keynote address at Oracle Open World in San Francisco" align="left" title="Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell delivers his keynote address at Oracle Open World in San Francisco" border="0" /></a>By Nadia Damouni and Anna Driver NEW YORK/ROUND ROCK, Texas (Reuters) - Dell Inc on Thursday postponed a shareholder vote on CEO Michael Dell&#039;s $24.4 billion buyout offer, after he won 11th-hour backing from several large investors but still fell short of enough votes to seal the deal. The meeting was called and then adjourned minutes later, after shareholders gathered at Dell&#039;s headquarters in Texas. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-secures-crucial-backers-eve-vote-source-125545916.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:56:17 -0400Reutersdell-buyout-secures-crucial-backers-eve-vote-source-125545916<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-secures-crucial-backers-eve-vote-source-125545916.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WUh5uAE9HnYglK.HG4eW_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T215617Z_2_CBRE96H138M00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-DELL-BUYOUT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell delivers his keynote address at Oracle Open World in San Francisco" align="left" title="Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell delivers his keynote address at Oracle Open World in San Francisco" border="0" /></a>By Nadia Damouni and Anna Driver NEW YORK/ROUND ROCK, Texas (Reuters) - Dell Inc on Thursday postponed a shareholder vote on CEO Michael Dell&#039;s $24.4 billion buyout offer, after he won 11th-hour backing from several large investors but still fell short of enough votes to seal the deal. The meeting was called and then adjourned minutes later, after shareholders gathered at Dell&#039;s headquarters in Texas. ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. trade judge rules against Funai in patent row with LSI(Reuters) - Consumer electronics maker Funai Corp violates LSI Corp's patented technology, a judge at the International Trade Commission said on Thursday in a preliminary decision. The full commission is due to rule on whether to uphold or overturn the decision in November. (Reporting By Diane Bartz in Washington and Dan Levine in San Francisco)http://news.yahoo.com/u-trade-judge-rules-against-funai-patent-row-214516585.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:45:16 -0400Reutersu-trade-judge-rules-against-funai-patent-row-214516585Google-backed Machinima plans for online TV service<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-backed-machinima-plans-online-tv-210002681.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/no00EuUSqP8hYj2rZnn2iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T210002Z_1_CBRE96H1MCH00_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-NEWYORKCITY-WIFI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google-backed Machinima has become the latest Internet company to try to launch a TV-like online video network, and has begun talks with Hollywood studios to produce full-length programs or possibly become investors, several sources told Reuters recently. Machinima, which caters mainly to so-called fanboys or 18- to-34-year-old men whose interests often include videogames and comics, wants to raise $80 million to create an online video subscription service, according to two executives with knowledge of the situation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-backed-machinima-plans-online-tv-210002681.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:00:02 -0400Reutersgoogle-backed-machinima-plans-online-tv-210002681<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-backed-machinima-plans-online-tv-210002681.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/no00EuUSqP8hYj2rZnn2iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T210002Z_1_CBRE96H1MCH00_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-NEWYORKCITY-WIFI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google-backed Machinima has become the latest Internet company to try to launch a TV-like online video network, and has begun talks with Hollywood studios to produce full-length programs or possibly become investors, several sources told Reuters recently. Machinima, which caters mainly to so-called fanboys or 18- to-34-year-old men whose interests often include videogames and comics, wants to raise $80 million to create an online video subscription service, according to two executives with knowledge of the situation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Tennessee lawmaker says DNA shows he is not father of "daughter"By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tennessee Representative Steve Cohen said on Thursday he was "stunned and dismayed" that a DNA test showed he was not the father of a woman he considered his daughter for years. Cohen, a Memphis Democrat, and Victoria Brink believed they were father and daughter for the last 3 1/2 years, according to the statement from Cohen. But CNN reported on Thursday that it had obtained DNA from Victoria Brink, Cohen and John Brink, the man who raised her, and tests confirmed John Brink was her father. ...http://news.yahoo.com/tennessee-lawmaker-says-dna-shows-not-father-daughter-184619480.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:46:19 -0400Reuterstennessee-lawmaker-says-dna-shows-not-father-daughter-184619480India's Tata Consultancy Services profit rises on U.S. demand<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indias-tata-consultancy-services-profit-rises-u-demand-145517395.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpRDpDawd0gGFfmP546MNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T145517Z_1_CBRE96H15GC00_RTROPTP_2_TCS-EARNINGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="TCS Chief Executive N. Chandrasekaran speaks during a news conference in Mumbai" align="left" title="TCS Chief Executive N. Chandrasekaran speaks during a news conference in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>By Harichandan Arakali and Aradhana Aravindan BANGALORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services, India&#039;s largest software services exporter, posted a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit and maintained an upbeat outlook, fuelled by demand from the United States. TCS&#039;s results, driven by its highest sales volume growth in seven quarters, reinforce expectations that Indian IT vendors will be helped by the strongest demand from U.S. businesses since the end of the 2008-9 financial crisis. The United States is the biggest market for India&#039;s $108 billion IT sector. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/indias-tata-consultancy-services-profit-rises-u-demand-145517395.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:55:17 -0400Reutersindias-tata-consultancy-services-profit-rises-u-demand-145517395<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indias-tata-consultancy-services-profit-rises-u-demand-145517395.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpRDpDawd0gGFfmP546MNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T145517Z_1_CBRE96H15GC00_RTROPTP_2_TCS-EARNINGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="TCS Chief Executive N. Chandrasekaran speaks during a news conference in Mumbai" align="left" title="TCS Chief Executive N. Chandrasekaran speaks during a news conference in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>By Harichandan Arakali and Aradhana Aravindan BANGALORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services, India&#039;s largest software services exporter, posted a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit and maintained an upbeat outlook, fuelled by demand from the United States. TCS&#039;s results, driven by its highest sales volume growth in seven quarters, reinforce expectations that Indian IT vendors will be helped by the strongest demand from U.S. businesses since the end of the 2008-9 financial crisis. The United States is the biggest market for India&#039;s $108 billion IT sector. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Dell's buyout approaches critical vote deadline. Now what?<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dells-buyout-approaches-critical-vote-deadline-now-233850972.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/is9VHTd63p37nA_A0T.3Hg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T233850Z_1_CBRE96G1TOZ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-DELL-BUYOUT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Files photograph of a Dell laptop computer in New York" align="left" title="Files photograph of a Dell laptop computer in New York" border="0" /></a>By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc shareholders face a critical decision - whether or not to approve founder Michael Dell&#039;s proposal to take the personal computer maker private at $13.65 a share. The special shareholders&#039; vote is now too close to call, with activist investor Carl Icahn and major shareholder Southeastern Asset Management repeatedly arguing that the offer undervalues the company and its growth prospects. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dells-buyout-approaches-critical-vote-deadline-now-233850972.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:38:50 -0400Reutersdells-buyout-approaches-critical-vote-deadline-now-233850972<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dells-buyout-approaches-critical-vote-deadline-now-233850972.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/is9VHTd63p37nA_A0T.3Hg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T233850Z_1_CBRE96G1TOZ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-DELL-BUYOUT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Files photograph of a Dell laptop computer in New York" align="left" title="Files photograph of a Dell laptop computer in New York" border="0" /></a>By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc shareholders face a critical decision - whether or not to approve founder Michael Dell&#039;s proposal to take the personal computer maker private at $13.65 a share. The special shareholders&#039; vote is now too close to call, with activist investor Carl Icahn and major shareholder Southeastern Asset Management repeatedly arguing that the offer undervalues the company and its growth prospects. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Facebook mobile users jumped around 20 percent in U.S., UK in June<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-mobile-users-jumped-around-20-percent-u-230412947.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tBmRa8V8yQM71rgBAKTdrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T230412Z_1_CBRE96G1S3600_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" align="left" title="The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The number of users accessing Facebook via their mobile phones in June jumped around 20 percent in the United States and Britain, the social network said, touting its appeal for brands trying to reach consumers during the summer months. Created in a Harvard dorm room in 2004, the world&#039;s largest social network has moved to reposition its business for a world in which consumers&#039; primarily access the Internet via small-screened smartphones rather than computers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-mobile-users-jumped-around-20-percent-u-230412947.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:04:12 -0400Reutersfacebook-mobile-users-jumped-around-20-percent-u-230412947<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-mobile-users-jumped-around-20-percent-u-230412947.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tBmRa8V8yQM71rgBAKTdrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T230412Z_1_CBRE96G1S3600_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" align="left" title="The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The number of users accessing Facebook via their mobile phones in June jumped around 20 percent in the United States and Britain, the social network said, touting its appeal for brands trying to reach consumers during the summer months. Created in a Harvard dorm room in 2004, the world&#039;s largest social network has moved to reposition its business for a world in which consumers&#039; primarily access the Internet via small-screened smartphones rather than computers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Comic-Con 2013: CBS Films, Regal offer free tickets to 'The To Do List' for Foursquare usersBy Lucas Shaw LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Comic-Con attendees who use Foursquare to check-in at the San Diego Convention Center or surrounding locations will be eligible to win free tickets to see "The To Do List," CBS Films' upcoming comedy starring Aubrey Plaza. More than 125,000 people a year attend Comic-Con, and any of those fanboys and girls who check in on Foursquare can win a tickets at their local Regal, United Artists or Edwards Theaters. The promotion began Wednesday and extends through July 21. ...http://news.yahoo.com/comic-con-2013-cbs-films-regal-offer-free-223501047.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 18:35:01 -0400Reuterscomic-con-2013-cbs-films-regal-offer-free-223501047U.S. blames China for breakdown of trade talks<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-made-progress-tech-trade-talks-impossible-u-172630549.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uiaHKzm0sSwrZ46ZqFOAvw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T203303Z_3_CBRE96G1EE300_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA-TRADE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama announces Michael Froman as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama announces Michael Froman as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blamed China on Wednesday for a breakdown in trade talks aimed at eliminating tariffs on a new generation of technology products and everyday consumer electronics like speakers and flat-panel displays. &quot;The United States is extremely disappointed that it became necessary today to suspend negotiations to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA),&quot; U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-made-progress-tech-trade-talks-impossible-u-172630549.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 18:23:50 -0400Reuterschina-made-progress-tech-trade-talks-impossible-u-172630549<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-made-progress-tech-trade-talks-impossible-u-172630549.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uiaHKzm0sSwrZ46ZqFOAvw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T203303Z_3_CBRE96G1EE300_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA-TRADE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama announces Michael Froman as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama announces Michael Froman as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blamed China on Wednesday for a breakdown in trade talks aimed at eliminating tariffs on a new generation of technology products and everyday consumer electronics like speakers and flat-panel displays. &quot;The United States is extremely disappointed that it became necessary today to suspend negotiations to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA),&quot; U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Canada police charge website owner alleged to have posted murder video(Reuters) - A Canadian faces the rare charge of corrupting morals after allegedly posting a grisly snuff video on a website that specializes in graphic, violent, racist videos, police in Edmonton, Alberta, said on Wednesday. Staff Sergeant Bill Clark told a televised news conference that Mark Marek, 38, had cooperated with police after they tracked him down after a year-long investigation into how the video, allegedly from accused murderer Luka Magnotta, reached the www.bestgore.com website. Police say the website was being operated from Edmonton at the time the video was posted. ...http://news.yahoo.com/canada-police-charge-website-owner-alleged-posted-murder-214119778.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:41:19 -0400Reuterscanada-police-charge-website-owner-alleged-posted-murder-214119778Russian mobile operators stop selling Apple's iPhone, report says<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-mobile-operators-stop-selling-apples-iphone-report-183304226.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hb8.x09w9hMPPwIli1MOsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T205033Z_2_CBRE96G1FJI00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-RUSSIA-IPHONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer looks at a display of handsets for sale inside a MegaFon shop in St. Petersburg" align="left" title="A customer looks at a display of handsets for sale inside a MegaFon shop in St. Petersburg" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vimpelcom, one of Russia&#039;s top mobile operators, will no longer sell Apple Inc&#039;s iPhone, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, after similar moves by other mobile companies in Russia. Vimpelcom ended negotiations with Apple over iPhone sales this month as the U.S. company would not soften its contract terms, the paper said, citing a person close to the operator. The Financial Times also reported that Russian operators MTS and Megafon have halted iPhone sales. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-mobile-operators-stop-selling-apples-iphone-report-183304226.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 16:50:33 -0400Reutersrussian-mobile-operators-stop-selling-apples-iphone-report-183304226<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-mobile-operators-stop-selling-apples-iphone-report-183304226.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hb8.x09w9hMPPwIli1MOsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T205033Z_2_CBRE96G1FJI00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-RUSSIA-IPHONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer looks at a display of handsets for sale inside a MegaFon shop in St. Petersburg" align="left" title="A customer looks at a display of handsets for sale inside a MegaFon shop in St. Petersburg" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vimpelcom, one of Russia&#039;s top mobile operators, will no longer sell Apple Inc&#039;s iPhone, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, after similar moves by other mobile companies in Russia. Vimpelcom ended negotiations with Apple over iPhone sales this month as the U.S. company would not soften its contract terms, the paper said, citing a person close to the operator. The Financial Times also reported that Russian operators MTS and Megafon have halted iPhone sales. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEC talks on Lenovo mobile phone venture stalled: source<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:02:18 -0400Reutersnec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' smashes Spotify recordsBy Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" album just racked up the biggest first week for an album in U.S. Spotify history. The album had over 14 million streams in the U.S., topping recent new releases from Mumford & Sons, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West, among others. By comparison, Daft Punk had 9.5 million streams, Mumford & Sons had 8 million. "Magna Carta Holy Grail" also had the biggest single day for an album in U.S. Spotify history. ...http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-smashes-spotify-001545189.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 20:15:45 -0400Reutersjay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-smashes-spotify-001545189Cyber attacks on stock exchanges put markets at risk: report<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xLtspVdMIGaL8Qd.Q30lVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T215934Z_1_CBRE96F1P3G00_RTROPTP_2_NASDAQ-ACQUISITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" align="left" title="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Around half of the world&#039;s securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday. The prevalence of attacks along with the interconnected nature of the markets creates the potential for widespread impact, said the joint staff working paper by the International Organization of Securities Commissions&#039; (IOSCO) research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office. &quot;There could be systemic impacts ... ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:59:34 -0400Reuterscyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xLtspVdMIGaL8Qd.Q30lVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T215934Z_1_CBRE96F1P3G00_RTROPTP_2_NASDAQ-ACQUISITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" align="left" title="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Around half of the world&#039;s securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday. The prevalence of attacks along with the interconnected nature of the markets creates the potential for widespread impact, said the joint staff working paper by the International Organization of Securities Commissions&#039; (IOSCO) research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office. &quot;There could be systemic impacts ... ...</p><br clear="all"/>Dell buyout vote delay would not lead to higher offer: sources<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-vote-delay-not-lead-higher-offer-214726613.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rRAf9VSfd2pB7qEY5.Z9ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T214726Z_1_CBRE96F1OKO00_RTROPTP_2_DELL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong" align="left" title="A company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell and his private equity partner Silver Lake would decline to raise their $24.4 billion bid for the world&#039;s No. 3 PC maker even if a vote on their offer is delayed, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Dell may decide to delay a shareholder vote scheduled for Thursday, July 18, on the offer as the company&#039;s special board committee now sees the outcome as too close to call, a person familiar with the matter said earlier on Tuesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-vote-delay-not-lead-higher-offer-214726613.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:47:26 -0400Reutersdell-buyout-vote-delay-not-lead-higher-offer-214726613<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-buyout-vote-delay-not-lead-higher-offer-214726613.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rRAf9VSfd2pB7qEY5.Z9ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T214726Z_1_CBRE96F1OKO00_RTROPTP_2_DELL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong" align="left" title="A company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell and his private equity partner Silver Lake would decline to raise their $24.4 billion bid for the world&#039;s No. 3 PC maker even if a vote on their offer is delayed, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Dell may decide to delay a shareholder vote scheduled for Thursday, July 18, on the offer as the company&#039;s special board committee now sees the outcome as too close to call, a person familiar with the matter said earlier on Tuesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. groups say China jeopardizing new technology trade pactWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. industry group accused China on Tuesday of jeopardizing international negotiations to eliminate tariffs on close to 260 technology products by asking to exclude more than 100 of the products from the proposed deal to protect domestic manufacturers. China is one of 20 World Trade Organization members, along with the United States and the 27-nation European Union, that has been negotiating for months to expand the 1996 Information Technology Agreement (ITA). ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-groups-china-jeopardizing-technology-trade-pact-201032023.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 16:11:12 -0400Reutersu-groups-china-jeopardizing-technology-trade-pact-201032023New apps do heavy lifting during the job search<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:56:03 -0400Reutersapps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEC to exit smartphone business after failed deal with Lenovo: Nikkei<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-exit-smartphone-business-failed-deal-lenovo-nikkei-182531512.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v1AXZabK0kSoXRbM.zLCFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T182811Z_2_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-NEC-SMARTPHONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Japan&#039;s NEC Corp plans to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a deal with Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd failed to materialize, the Nikkei reported. The two companies have a partnership in the personal computers business and NEC was in talks with Lenovo for a deal for its smartphones operations

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