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Noritsu America Acquires Social Expression Imaging Solutions Provider, Lucidiom

Noritsu America Corporation, an industry leader in creating retail photo solutions for everlasting memories, has completed the acquisition of Vienna, Virginia based Lucidiom Inc. The relationship offers photo services retailers of all sizes a complete imaging solution that creates new revenue streams for photo department growth and profitability in the rapidly expanding social expression age.

17 Dec 2009

STMicroelectronics Introduces New FHD H.264/MPEG SoC ICs for Flat-Panel Digital TVs

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world's largest semiconductor companies and a leader in chips for set-top boxes and digital TVs, today announced the launch of a new generation of high-performance, full high-definition (FHD) H.264/MPEG System-on-Chip (SoC) ICs for the worldwide flat-panel digital TV (DTV) market. Next-generation TVs powered by the new SoCs will enable compelling services and new business models for premium content, and deliver a rich and intuitive user experience.

17 Dec 2009

DC Solar Power system Built by SunEdison Activated at Alamosa High School

Senator Gail Schwartz of Colorado, School Superintendent Robert Alejo, and Mayor Kathy Rogers, today celebrated the activation of the 835 (kW) DC solar photovoltaic power system at Alamosa High School. The solar system will be used to provide a portion of the power needs for the school district over the next 20 years. SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), and North America’s largest solar energy service provider, financed and built the system at no upfront capital cost to the school system. The solar power array will produce over 27 million kilowatt hours of electricity over 20 years. That is enough energy to power over 2,600 homes for one year.

17 Dec 2009

Varian Introduces FT-IR Spectroscopy Solutions for Polymer and Materials Applications

Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today FT-IR solutions for Polymer and Materials Applications that reduce analysis times and reveal more detailed information. FT-IR (Fourier Transform - Infra Red) spectroscopy is an essential tool in the analysis of polymer films and other materials. Applications range from quality testing of raw materials to failure analysis of large objects. The solutions feature Varian's high performing 600-IR Series spectrometers and microscopes, software and accessories.

17 Dec 2009

Himfr Provides Comparison Between Olympus and Panasonic Cameras

Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, compares the Olympus E-P2 to Panasonic GF1.

17 Dec 2009

Survey Shows Most Americans Switched to Energy-Saving Light Bulb

The second annual SYLVANIA Socket Survey, released today, reveals a paradox in Americans' attitudes towards lighting - while 74 percent have switched to an energy-saving light bulb in past year, the vast majority still don't know about the impending federal phase-out of incandescent bulbs, starting in 2012 with the 100-watt bulb. While increasingly price sensitive, the majority of respondents have warmed up to the idea of eco-lighting and say they are likely to purchase a CFL, halogen or LED bulb in the future.

17 Dec 2009

Scientists Develop 4D Electron Microscopy to Image Nanoscale Photons

4D electron microscopy makes it possible to image photons of nanoscale structures and visualize their architecture

17 Dec 2009

Astronomers Discover Super-Earth Using Few Ground-Based Telescopes

Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth

17 Dec 2009

Dayton Power and Light Intends to Build Solar Array near Yankee Substation, Ohio

Expected to Be in Operation by Spring 2010

17 Dec 2009

Philips to Install Entire Times Square Ball and Numerals with LEDs

Royal Philips Electronics ( PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that it will light both the world-famous Times Square Ball and Numerals (2-0-1-0) entirely with energy saving LEDs for the first time. Celebrating its tenth year as the official Lighting Partner to the Times Square Ball, Philips also announced that it has made the same LED technology used in the New York City icon available to consumers by releasing a broad range of high-performing, energy efficient and long life LED retrofit bulbs.

17 Dec 2009

TROY Group Releases New 42-PPM MICR 3015 Printer

TROY Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in secure on-demand printing solutions, announces the TROY MICR 3015 printers which provide customers 42 page per minute print speed and feature a new numeric keypad for use in printer password authentication and print job release.

17 Dec 2009

Laser Focus World Expects Global Laser Market to Rise 11% in 2010

The global market for lasers is expected to grow about 11% in 2010 bringing total revenues to $5.91 billion for the year, according to a new industry forecast from Laser Focus World.

17 Dec 2009

Ringdale, SquareOne Offer Secure Document Output Management Solution in Middle East

Ringdale, a leader in secure document output management solutions, and SquareOne Technologies, a major IT provider, are delivering "Green Printing" solutions to enterprises throughout the Middle East. The Ringdale, SquareOne collaboration enables enterprises to reduce paper and toner waste and save on printing costs by implementing Ringdale's FollowMe(R) secure document output management solution.

17 Dec 2009

KVH Industries Wins Order from U.S. Navy for Fiber Optic Gyro TG-6000 IMUs

KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) announced today that it has received a new $6.4 million order for its fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based TG-6000 inertial measurement unit (IMU) for use in the U.S. Navy's MK54 torpedoes. Shipments for this order are expected to begin during the first half of 2010 and continue into 2011.

17 Dec 2009

Verizon Successfully Completes Field-Test of 10Gbps Passive Optical Network System

Verizon is the first telecommunications company in the world to successfully field-test a passive optical network system known as XG-PON that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) downstream and 2.4 Gbps upstream, four times as fast as the current top transmission speeds supporting the company's all-fiber FiOS network.

17 Dec 2009