Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Warning: Beware of installing "Secure Service Pack" on your computer
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Google's Matt Cutts Interviewed by Aaron Wall
Google's Matt Cutts Interviewed by Aaron Wall
Search Engine Journal - USA
Aaron Wall of SEOBook.com got the chance to conduct an interview with Google's Matt Cutts, Google Search Engineer, about topics ranging from SEO, Spam, SEM ...WordPress Selling Links -- But Using AdBrite Solves Search Engine ...
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Blogs vs. the law
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State College, Pa.-based blogger Aaron Wall was sued in August for defamation and revealing the trade secrets of Traffic-Power.com, a company that helps Web ...Cutts Up Against The Wall
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Over the weekend, Aaron Wall got a chance to talk to Google's "Mick Jagger of Search", Matt Cutts, in an in depth interview. The ...
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Aaron Wall of SEOBook.com got the chance to conduct an interview with Google's
Matt Cutts, Google Search Engineer, about topics ranging from SEO, Spam, SEM, ...Google Auctions to Rival eBay and Yahoo?
Search Engine Journal - USA
... Aaron Wall of the SEOBook wonders how such an auction service from Google would effect its advertising model, Google AdWords, which includes mega advertising ...
iBiquity Digital Opens Asia Office to Support HD Radio Manufacturing Partners
iBiquity Digital Opens Asia Office to Support HD Radio Manufacturing Partners
HONG KONG, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HK Electronics Fair -- iBiquity Digital Corporation, the sole developer of digital HD Radio(TM) technology, today announced that it has opened a liaison office in Taiwan to provide better support for HD Radio receiver and component manufacturers overseas.
"As more Asian receiver and component manufacturers launch their HD Radio products, we feel it is important to provide them with local support and expertise," said Jeff Jury, chief operating officer of iBiquity Digital. "The opening of an office in Asia is a reflection of our commitment to these companies and this region."
The office will be headed by Tony Tsai, a business development manager for Greater China. Tsai has extensive project management and customer interface experience in Asia with multiple technology companies, making him an excellent fit for the position.
The opening of the Asia office is the second major announcement from iBiquity regarding the expansion of its international presence in the last month. In September, the company announced that Perry Priestley had been hired as the director of international broadcast business development to help promote HD Radio technology outside the U.S. and identify international opportunities for the digital AM and FM broadcast system.
About HD Radio(TM)
Over 2,800 radio stations in the U.S. are in the process of converting to the HD Radio system with more than 500 HD Radio broadcasters currently on the air. HD Radio technology transmits digital audio and data alongside existing AM and FM analog signals, allowing listeners with HD Radio-compatible receivers to enjoy CD-quality sound, while virtually eliminating the static and hiss typically associated with analog radio. Beyond delivering superior sound, the technology provides a platform for advanced new services, including scrolling text on receiver display screens (e.g., artist names & song titles, weather forecasts, school closings); delivery of real-time traffic updates to vehicles; and multicasting -- a feature that allows FM stations to broadcast up to eight digital streams of programming over a single frequency and in addition to existing analog signals. HD Radio receivers are now available or expected later this year from: ADA, Alpine, Boston Acoustics, DaySequerra, JVC, Kenwood, Panasonic, Radiosophy, Rotel, Sanyo, and Yamaha, with many more under development. For more information, please visit: http://www.hdradio.com/.
Source: iBiquity Digital Corporation
CONTACT: Gil Chorbajian of Ogilvy Public Relations, +1-518-355-0966,
gil.chorbajian@ogilvypr.com, for iBiquity Digital Corporation; or Vicki Stearn
of HD Radio(TM), +1-410-872-1565, stearn@ibiquity.com
Web site: http://www.hdradio.com/
http://www.ibiquity.com/
Four New Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Acquire Licenses to Build HD Radio Modules and Receivers
Four New Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Acquire Licenses to Build HD Radio Modules and Receivers
Market Specialists City Electronics, OPUS Art and Technology, Sangean, and Zylux Acoustic Corp Targeting 2006 HD Radio Product Introductions
HONG KONG, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HK Electronics Fair -- iBiquity Digital, the sole developer of HD Radio(TM) technology, announced today that four new manufacturers -- City Electronics, OPUS Art and Technology Co. Ltd., Sangean and Zylux Acoustic Corp -- have acquired licenses to develop HD Radio modules and receivers. These companies, along with existing HD Radio licensees RockridgeSound Technology Co. and Orient Power, will use iBiquity's recently released HD Radio reference designs in manufacturing home and tabletop receivers.
"These companies are among the largest Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)/Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) manufacturers in China, supplying product to many well-known brands and retailers in the U.S. Their decision to begin manufacturing HD Radio products signifies their belief in the size and potential of the HD Radio marketplace. It also demonstrates our commitment to making lower-priced HD Radio receivers available to U.S. consumers eager to take advantage of the great HD Radio sound quality and exciting features such as multicasting," said Jeff Jury, chief operating officer, iBiquity Digital. "The combination of our existing reference designs and the speed at which these companies can manufacture products make it possible that we will see HD Radio receivers reach mass market retailers by summer 2006."
The inclusion of these six China-based licensees gives HD Radio technology a broad footprint among module manufacturers in Asia. iBiquity Digital also has HD Radio partnerships with South Korean-based companies ACE Technology, D&H Solutions, Kiryung, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and TBK as well as Japan's TOKO Inc.
About HD Radio(TM)
Over 2,800 radio stations in the U.S. are in the process of converting to the HD Radio system with more than 500 HD Radio broadcasters currently on the air. HD Radio technology transmits digital audio and data alongside existing AM and FM analog signals, allowing listeners with HD Radio-compatible receivers to enjoy CD-quality sound, while virtually eliminating the static and hiss typically associated with analog radio. Beyond delivering superior sound, the technology provides a platform for advanced new services, including scrolling text on receiver display screens (e.g., artist names & song titles, weather forecasts, school closings); delivery of real-time traffic updates to vehicles; and multicasting -- a feature that allows FM stations to broadcast up to eight digital streams of programming over a single frequency and in addition to existing analog signals. HD Radio receivers are now available or expected later this year from: ADA, Alpine, Boston Acoustics, DaySequerra, JVC, Kenwood, Panasonic, Radiosophy, Rotel, Sanyo, and Yamaha, with many more under development. For more information, please visit: http://www.hdradio.com/
Source: iBiquity Digital Corporation
CONTACT: Gil Chorbajian of Ogilvy Public Relations, +1-518-355-0966,
gil.chorbajian@ogilvypr.com, for iBiquity Digital Corporation; or Vicki Stearn
of HD Radio(TM), +1-410-872-1565, stearn@ibiquity.com
Web site: http://www.hdradio.com/
http://www.ibiquity.com/
Friday, October 07, 2005
St. Jude Medical Discovers Cosmic Radiation Can Affect Memory Chip in Limited Number of Older Generation ICDs
| St. Jude Medical Discovers Cosmic Radiation Can Affect Memory Chip in Limited Number of Older Generation ICDs ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2005--St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced today that it has discovered that background levels of atmospheric ionizing cosmic radiation, more commonly known as cosmic rays, can affect a limited number of its older generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) products. Although the incidence rate is low, and there have been no serious patient injuries or deaths reported to St. Jude Medical attributable to this anomaly, the Company is taking a conservative approach in advising the medical community and regulatory agencies. Specifically, St. Jude Medical has identified through extensive investigation, including testing at an independent nuclear laboratory, that a particular vendor-supplied static random access memory (SRAM) chip can be affected, at a low frequency rate, by background levels of atmospheric ionizing cosmic radiation. A full copy of the physician communication, which includes a description of the anomaly and its related clinical risks, as well as St. Jude Medical's recommendations to physicians for patient monitoring, can be found at http://www.sjm.com/companyinformation/physicianletter.html. This particular memory chip component was used in the following older generation St. Jude Medical ICDs: -- Photon DR (Model V-230HV) (certain serial numbers) -- Photon Micro VR/DR (Models V-194/V-232) -- Atlas VR/DR (Models V-199/V-240) To date, an incidence of only 0.00167 of the devices at issue (60 out of 36,000) have been found to have been affected by background levels of cosmic radiation. An estimated 26,000 of the device models remain in service. The estimated incidence of an anomaly of this type in the affected device models is 0.00257 over the five year projected life of the device. "St. Jude Medical has taken a conservative, proactive approach in notifying the medical community of this anomaly," said Dr. Mark Carlson, Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of an independent panel of physicians that reviewed the issue for St. Jude Medical. Dr. Carlson also recently served as Chairman of a joint Policy Conference on Pacemaker and ICD Performance. Among the information provided in the physician advisory is St. Jude Medical's recommendation that, if it is not already their practice, physicians should perform routine device monitoring every three months for patients with these devices. St. Jude Medical is also offering its remote monitoring product Housecall Plus(TM), where available, at no charge for models compatible with the remote monitoring system. "Because the incidence associated with this anomaly is low, St. Jude Medical's recommendation for monitoring at three-month intervals will be appropriate for the vast majority of patients," said Dr. Bruce Wilkoff, director of cardiac pacing and tachyarrhythmia devices at The Cleveland Clinic and Heart Center and a member of the St. Jude Medical independent Medical Advisory Board. As part of a new ICD product platform introduced in 2002, and prior to St. Jude Medical having any knowledge of this particular anomaly, St. Jude Medical began using a different vendor and a different design of the SRAM memory chip component. Laboratory testing and clinical experience indicate that this newer generation memory chip component does not share the same susceptibility to background cosmic radiation as the earlier generation. Consequently, other St. Jude Medical ICDs and all models of CRT-D devices, including the Atlas DR model V-242 and all Epic, Epic HF, Epic +, Epic + HF, Atlas + and Atlas + HF product families, are NOT affected by this issue. Overall reliability information about the affected ICDs and other St. Jude Medical products can be found in the company's Product Performance Report on the St. Jude Medical web site at www.sjm.com. St. Jude Medical has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of this physician advisory. The FDA may determine this communication action to be a recall. The Company does not expect this physician communication to have any material financial impact. St. Jude Medical is dedicated to the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative medical devices of the highest quality, offering physicians, patients and payers outstanding clinical performance and demonstrated economic value. Any statements made regarding the Company's anticipated future product launches, regulatory approvals, revenues, earnings, market shares, and potential clinical success are forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as those described in the Financial Section of the Company's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (see page 16). Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results. |  |
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
PON Subscribers, Equipment Sales Skyrocketing
| PON Subscribers, Equipment Sales Skyrocketing SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Infonetics Research's new PON Equipment market share report, the number of PON subscribers worldwide will skyrocket 1,260% between 2004 and 2008, from 1.5 million to over 20.5 million. Worldwide OLT and ONT PON equipment revenue will grow from $525 million in 2004 to $1.9 billion in 2008; ports will grow from 1.7 million to over 8 million. "PON is growing rapidly in Asia Pacific, especially Japan, where over 2 million subscribers are already using BPON and EPON," said Michael Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research. "In comparison, PON is just beginning to take off in North America, as Verizon gets into high gear, quickly passing the deployment rates of IOCs and local governments. Worldwide PON revenue will get an 84% jump start between 2004 and 2006, with a major chunk coming from NTT and Verizon." 2004 Market Highlights -- Hitachi leads worldwide PON revenue and port market share; Mitsubishi is second -- Hitachi leads in Asia Pacific, Tellabs in North America, Motorola in EMEA, Alcatel in CALA -- BPON made up 81% of North American and 75% of Asia Pacific PON revenue -- BPON will drop from 77% of worldwide PON OLT revenue in 2004 to 41% in 2005; EPON will jump from 19% to 53% -- GPON is gaining traction and will ultimately be the technology winner -- 76% of PON revenue came from Asia Pacific, 20% from North America, shifting to 38% and 40%, respectively, by 2008 Infonetics' report tracks BPON, EPON, and GPON equipment used in FTTH and FTTB applications. Forecasts and market share are included for North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, CALA, and worldwide. Companies tracked: AFL, Alcatel, Alloptic, Calix, Carrier Access, ECI, Entrisphere, FlexLight, Fujitsu, Hitachi, iamba, LGE, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Optical Solutions, Siemens, Sumitomo, Tellabs, Telstrat, Terawave, UTStarcom, Zhone, others. Download sample data at www.info.infonetics.com. For sales, contact Larry Howard, vice president, larry@infonetics.com, (408) 583-3335. Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is the premier international market research and consulting firm specializing in data networking and telecom. They provide a complete view of the market through constant interaction with equipment manufacturers, service providers, end-users, chip and component manufacturers, sales channels, and the financial community. Offerings include market share and forecasting, end-user survey research, service provider survey research, and service provider capex analysis. Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click appropriate link. Michael Howard http://profnet.prnewswire.com/ud_public.jsp?userid=507244 Source: Infonetics Research CONTACT: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst and Co-Founder of Infonetics Web site: http://www.infonetics.com/ |
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Saturday, October 01, 2005
MOVE away from lead is sure to raise costs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA ... that the lead used in US printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing ... Second, current circuit boards are made of ... in the world, said Boeing design director Richard ...
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story
/59891F180F48E70386257050001DF52C?OpenDocument
EDN.com - Newton,MA,USA In the acquisition EEsof will gain Eagleware-Elanix' two tool lines primarily used in RF PCB design: the GENESYS RF and microwave design suite and the
http://www.edn.com/article/CA630789.html?industryid=2813
Nikkei Electronics Asia - Asia ... The parts count was cut from about 3,500 in the older design to only about 1,950, and the area of the printed circuit board (PCB) reduced by about 60%. ...
http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/neasia/001840
Nikkei Electronics Asia - Asia ... with two or four states per cell, and various design rule generations ... controller IC they require the connector for interconnect with the printed circuit board.
http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/neasia/001819
CRM Buyer - USA ... change ... without manual intervention and without people forgetting," said Jan-Willem Beldman, Mentor Graphics team lead. "That ...
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/s73vmUPPU52XgW/The-Impo
rtance-of-Managing-Master-Data.xhtml
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK ... expenses by up to £10k per printed circuit board type. ... and test coverage on densely packed circuit boards which ... can be utilised at the design and prototyping ...
http://sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=22226&hilite=
MCADCafe - Campbell,CA,USA ... for 2D work, and Autodesk Vault for managing and synchronizing design data ... and pipe), stress analysis, and the ability to import printed circuit board files for ...
http://www.mcadcafe.com/magazine/index.php?run_date=01-Aug-2005
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... to GBP10,000 (US$18,000) per printed circuit board type. ... and test coverage on densely packed circuit boards which ... can be utilised at the design and prototyping ...
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId
=news_view&newsId=20050801005437&newsLang=en
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