Generation Y prefer unrestricted office web access
The Generation Y prefer unrestricted access to the web within the working or office environment. It appeals to their inner communication abilities, and not just for social networking.
Zscaler brings email security to cloud, accounts for multiple devices
ZScaler adds email security by scanning emails before the leave or enter the company’s data-protected environment, from the cloud and powered by the most recent data.
Edu netbook shootout, Round 1
These netbooks still represent compromises in many ways vs. traditional notebooks. However, portability and durability make them well-suited to a variety of educational environments.
CA updates environmental management software
Here’s a fun tidbit: CA’s ecoSoftware originally started as a custom application intended to get a grip on the company’s OWN energy consumption, carbon footprint and other environmental…
Brazil’s struggle to market its IT services misses its best asset
Brazilian IT companies are trying to market their services but seem to be missing their best asset – Brazil’s incredible beauty…
Foxconn CEO Says, ”We Are Not a Sweatshop”
With a surge of suicides dragging the company’s policies and working environment into the spotlight once again, Foxconn is eager to convince the world that whatever the reason for the suicide cluster, employment conditions are not to blame. Suicide – Foxconn – Apple – Death – China
BP rebuffs EPA’s order to change dispersant used in oil spill
BP plans to continue using a controversial subsea dispersant to break up a plume of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico — effectively pushing back against a directive from the Environmental Protection Agency to find a less toxic alternative, the EPA indicated Saturday.
Tackling Barriers To Minority Participation In Cancer Clinical Trials
The University of Minnesota Medical School today announced the details of a $3.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) for research focused on minority recruitment and retention in cancer clinical trials. Although much is known about cancer incidence rates in minority populations, little research exists to understand behavior and social environment – the barriers and biases that limit participation and access to clinical trials…
Chrysler Receives Highest Environmental Award for Michigan Facility
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that its all-new Trenton (Mich.) South Engine Plant has been awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. In fact, Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing facilities to receive a LEED rating of any kind and
Health To Be At The Centre Of The Fight Against Climate Change
The danger and cost of climate change to the health of Europeans is at the forefront of the debate as the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health begins today in Parma, Italy. The conference, organised by the World Health Organisation, will include representatives from across Europe and is an important forum on how to tackle cross-cutting environment and health issues such as climate change. Minister for Public Health, Gillian Merron said: “This conference will highlight the risk global warming poses to the health of our communities”…
Aston Martin Cygnet: The Luxury Commuter Car
The Aston Martin Cygnet Concept is a bold step towards a new form of transportation; the luxury commuter car, a form of personal transportation that sees the company’s core values engage with a new environment. The Cygnet Concept enhances the marque, pointing to a future of ongoing innovation, design and technology; allowing Aston Martin customers a
Baby Monkeys Receive Signals Through Their Mother’s Breast Milk
Among rhesus macaque monkeys, mothers who weigh more and have had previous pregnancies produce more and better breast milk for their babies than mothers who weigh less and are less experienced. Scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of California, Davis are using this natural variation in breast milk quality and quantity to show that a mother’s milk sends a reliable signal to infants about their environment…
EPA Names Nissan 2010 Energy Partner of the Year
Nissan has been named a 2010 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Nissan’s accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2010. “Nissan is leading the fight against climate change through greater energy
Miami Symposium Honors Fidler For Metastasis Research
Isaiah J. Fidler, D.V.M, Ph.D., a pioneer in understanding how cancer spreads to other organs and then taps its new environment to thrive and grow, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Nature Publishing at the 2010 Miami Winter Symposium – Targeting Cancer Invasion and Metastasis. Fidler, a professor in The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Department of Cancer Biology and director of the Cancer Metastasis Research Center, was honored Monday, Feb. 22, and delivered an award lecture on the biology and therapy of metastasis…
Reducing the high cost of low-value applications
The speed of technology advancements and rapid pace of todays business environment often force companies to rely on an application long after it has ceased to provide maximum value, says Keane’s Walid Farha.
