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ST. PAUL, Minn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), a leading supplier of adhesives to the hygiene market has introduced two families of nonwoven adhesives to meet the growing demand for lower odor construction adhesives as well as enhanced supply. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130517/CG16272) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121025/MM00492LOGO) The company's offering of hot melt adhesives now includes Full-Care(TM) 5650 and...
BUFORD, Ga., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OMNIMETRIX, LLC, an Acorn Energy company (NASDAQ: ACFN), will feature its new 4G cellular G8700 Low-Power Mobile Generator Monitoring System and will introduce new Data Integration capabilities at the CTIA 2013(TM) tradeshow (Booth #2761-Tower Summit Pavilion), May 21-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The G8700, the newest system in the OMNIMETRIX product line, is a valuable tool to mobile generator fleet owners and cellular carriers who rely...
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced it has completed the divestiture of its Pratt & Whitney Power Systems unit to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Divesting Power Systems allows UTC to focus on its core aerospace and commercial businesses. Pratt & Whitney has entered into a long-term agreement with MHI under which Pratt & Whitney will provide certain...
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that its Space & Component Technology Division will be exhibiting at Space Tech Expo 2013 on May 21 - 23, 2013 in Hall A of the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, CA. News Facts TCS' Space & Component Technology representatives will be on hand at Booth...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The sensors used by implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers to detect the rhythm of a person’s beating heart are vulnerable to computer hackers, say researchers from the US and South Korea. Implanted defibrillators monitor the heart for irregular beating and administer an electric shock to restore normal rhythm when needed. Pacemakers use electrical pulses to continuously maintain the heart’s rhythm. Both types of...
NEW YORK, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Verizon Maryland LLC, will redeem the entire outstanding principal amount of its $250,000,000 7.15% Debentures, due May 1, 2023 (CUSIP 165069 AS4) (the "Securities"). The redemption date for the Securities will be June 17, 2013 (the "Redemption Date"). The redemption price for the Securities will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and unpaid...
Ranked Most Capable in Driving Innovation; Clients rate IBM Global Business Services as Most Capable at Delivering Value-Creating Innovation with Business Consulting Services ARMONK, N.Y., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that IT analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) named IBM Global Business Services as a leader in the IDC Marketscape: Worldwide Business Consulting Services 2013 Vendor Analysis. (Logo:...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that Dave Cote, Chairman and CEO, will be presenting at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 from 9:00 - 9:50 a.m. EDT. A real-time audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed at http://www.honeywell.com/investor, where related materials will be posted prior to the presentation. The presentation materials will be in Adobe...
PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New interactive learning forums will be held by the most innovative thought leaders of the medical device industry at the 2013 Medical Device & Manufacturing East conference and expo, from June 18-20 in Philadelphia. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130517/613829 ) These all-new MedTech Innovate Seminars were designed to deliver industry professionals practical presentations and implementable solutions...
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As the nation's healthcare landscape shifts to more consumer driven and accountable care models, mobile platforms, telehealth and other technology solutions are becoming a means to connect to the patient outside the traditional clinical setting. Convening senior executives from health care providers, payers, pharmaceuticals, vendors, government and associations, the mHealth + Telehealth World 2013 is the must attend event for...
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The Fairchild Channel F is a game console manufactured by Fairchild Semiconductor that was released in August 1976. It was the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console as well as the first to use a microprocessor. The original name for the system was the Video Entertainment System, but when Atari released their VCS the name was changed to Channel F. By 1977 sales had reached 250,000 and was second to the Atari VCS. The Channel F, using an F8 CPU, produced enough AI to use...
The RCA Studio II was released in January 1977 by RCA as a video game console. It had black and white graphics that were similar to Pong consoles. Game control used two built-in ten button keypads instead of controllers. The keypads made it difficult for two player games to be played because the players would have to sit so close together. It was discontinued in 1979. It used a switch box for the RF modulator and power supply. The sounds produced from the unit were comprised of varying...
The Bally Astrocade is a video game console and simple computer combination manufactured by Midway. The original name was the Bally Home Library Computer released in 1977 by mail order only, but shipments were delayed and the system was renamed the Bally Professional Arcade. In 1979 Bally sold the Consumer Product Division and a partnership was formed and in 1981 the system was released as the Bally Computer System. In 1982 the name was changed to the Bally Astrocade and production of the...
The Cybook Opus is an e-book reader produced by Bookeen from France, released on July 27, 2009. The operating system for the Opus is Linux with an open source firmware. In June 2010, Bookeen published and improved firmware with a one-second mode which allows the device to be turned on and off in one second. It also keeps the last page read open and the user does not have to reboot each time. There is no keyboard and it does not have a dictionary or bookmarks. There is no internet access...
The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
