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Hush Pump for Scanning Electron Microscopes

ASPEX today introduced the Hush Pump(TM), an affordable, noise reducing, oil-free pump for scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and laboratory equipment requiring a clean vacuum system. This compact, high-performance SEM vacuum pump also offers vibration dampening for sensitive equipment applications while alleviating routine maintenance and contamination.

23 Oct 2009

Verizon's All-Fiber-Optic FiOS TV in Demand

Video that's in demand is available on-demand from Verizon FiOS TV. Recent programming additions to the company's all-fiber-optic FiOS TV service have increased its Video on Demand (VOD) collection to more than 18,000 titles per month. That's nearly twice the VOD offering from the country's largest cable provider.

23 Oct 2009

Motorola's Fiber-to-the-Home Technology Now has a Million Subscribers

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Home & Networks Mobility business celebrates an industry milestone today as it ships its one millionth optical network terminal (ONT) for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) deployments around the globe. In enabling these FTTH networks, Motorola ONTs are accelerating the delivery of ultra-broadband services, enabling rich personalized media experiences such as higher-capacity video, voice and ultra-high-speed Internet services.

23 Oct 2009

Report on the Philippines Telecom Industry

The Philippines telecom industry has been highly successful in the Southeast Asia region. The future holds even more promising growth opportunities as the country's leading operators focus on growing their broadband network infrastructure ranging from mobile broadband to the all new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service in the main cities. Mobile penetration driven by popularity of prepaid packages and text messaging, is more than 78 percent, ahead of many markets in the region.

23 Oct 2009

Cold Laser Acupuncture for Those Who Fear Needles

Acupuncture is widely acclaimed for relieving pain. However, many people would rather endure the crushing pain of migraine headaches than face their fear of needles. Nicholas C. Steadman, L.Ac., who practices acupuncture in New York City, claims to have erased that barrier with the use of cold laser acupuncture.

23 Oct 2009

SANYO Ships its 3 Millionth Projector to the Georgia Institute of Technology

In celebration of their 3 millionth projector to come off their assembly line, SANYO is donating the PLC-WTC500L to long time customer, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA

23 Oct 2009

Kodak Celebrates First Anniversary of EKTAR 100 Film

Kodak's finest-grained professional color negative film, KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 (EKTAR 100) Film has turned one year old! Since its release in September of 2008, EKTAR 100 Film has taken the photography world by storm with its high saturation, ultra-vivid color, and smooth, nearly undetectable grain.

23 Oct 2009

Laser Energetics Seeks Patents for its Dazer Laser Light Fighting Technology Products

Company Continues to Expand Intellectual Property Portfolio

23 Oct 2009

Talley Eye Care and MedInformatix Mark 10 Years of Partnership

Excellent vision is what Talley Eye Care is all about. But even by this Indiana-based clinic's high standards, the reasons it chose MedInformatix a decade ago as its Practice Management/EMR software provider are as obvious as the "E" atop a vision chart.

23 Oct 2009

Ellex Medical Lasers to Launch New Version of Eye Cubed Ultrasound System

Ellex Medical Lasers Limited (ASX: ELX), a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced that it will introduce the latest version of the Eye Cubed(TM) diagnostic ultrasound system at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), October 24 - 27, 2009 in San Francisco.

23 Oct 2009

Matter Communications Holds PhotoPlus Expo Passport Giveaway at PDN PhotoPlus International Expo

Matter Communications, Inc., a full-service public relations agency specializing in consumer and high-technology markets, today announced it will hold a PhotoPlus Expo Passport Giveaway at the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo in New York, NY. Participants will include several leading photography and digital imaging companies. Attendees can simply visit the booth of each of the six participating companies to be entered into a drawing for three exciting prize packages.

23 Oct 2009

Intevac Photonics Wins $7 Million Award to Develop 4 Mega-Pixel Low Light Sensor and Camera

Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac, Inc., (Nasdaq:IVAC) announced today it has received a multi-year award from the U.S. Government in the amount of $7 million for the development of a four mega-pixel, low light level sensor and camera. This sensor is based on Intevac’s patented EBAPS® (Electron Bombarded Active Pixel Sensor) design, which utilizes CMOS technology to produce digital imaging sensors for extreme low light level detection. Both the sensor and camera will be available for use in a variety of applications beginning in 2011.

23 Oct 2009

Leviton Joins Cisco Technology Developer Program Under Data Center Storage Networking Category

Leviton, Inc., a global data center integration firm specializing in the development of connectivity products and services for the physical layer of a data center, announced that it has joined the Cisco Technology Develo...

23 Oct 2009

IriTech Acclaimed in NIST IREX 2008 Test

IriTech, Inc., a leading provider of iris-based biometric identification technology, products and services, is identified in the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) IREX 2008 test as providing superior performance with operational iris images. NIST's results show IriTech's patented iris recognition algorithms outperforming the competition on many factors critical for successful operation.

23 Oct 2009