Schools in the dark about tainted lunches Nov 17, 2009
That's because the food often is handled by many processors and distributors ... That happened this year when nine people died and 700 were sickened including 226 school-age children by salmonella in peanut products from the Peanut Corp. of America, or PCA. Five weeks after acknowledging that PCA products were purchased for the National School Lunch Program, the USDA still was trying to figure out which products had gone to which processors and which schools ended up with them. (USA Today)
Jaguar beats Roadrunner to top list of fastest supercomputers Nov 17, 2009
759 petaflops; 224,162 processors) Roadrunner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US (1. 042 petaflops; 122,400 processors) Kraken XT5, University of Tennessee, US(831 ... 7 teraflops; 98,928 processors) Jugene, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany (835. (BBC News -- Americas)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results Nov 17, 2009
The Company combines its semiconductor design expertise with its software development capabilities to deliver highly-integrated baseband processors with multimedia functionality and power management. The Company has developed its solutions based on an open development platform, enabling its customers to develop customized wireless products that are feature-rich and meet their cost and time-to-market requirements. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tennessee's Kraken Named World's Third Fastest Computer, ORNL's Jaguar Is No. 1 Nov 17, 2009
Kraken alone has 100,000 processors that work simultaneously to produce the high speeds at which the computer is capable to address major scientific questions. Jaguar clocked in at a sustained speed of 1. (Science Daily)
Cray now has worlds fastest supercomputer Nov 17, 2009
The Cray XT5 with six-core AMD Opteron processors is now capable of two petaflops of computing power. A petaflop is a quadrillion mathematical calculations per second. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Palm Beach Merchant Services helps businesses save on processing fees Nov 16, 2009
Then she heard about Robert Livingstone, president of West Palm Beach-based Palm Beach Merchant Services, which deals directly with credit card processors on behalf of businesses ... Processors are essentially the brokers between the credit card companies and the individual merchant, Livingstone said ... "Some businesses get 10 calls a day from processors trying to solicit their account. They get too scared to change and hate everybody associated with the industry.". (The Palm Beach Post)
ISU Extension to offer training for local meat producers and buyers (21) Nov 16, 2009
Introduction of the ISU Beef and Pork Whole Animal Buying Guide, working with small meat processors, storing meat, and cooking and food safety tips. Jackson will also discuss marketing claims like grass-fed, natural, organic, corn-fed, certified humane, free-range, and pasture raised. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Dakotas Might See Record Sunflower Yields Nov 16, 2009
Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada. The good year for growers in North Dakota and South Dakota in turn might help keep consumer prices down for foods that use sunflower oil although worries remain about the weather-delayed harvest. (ABC News -- Wire)
Feds to Probe Low Milk Prices Paid to NY Farmers Nov 16, 2009
"These anticompetitive practices on the part of the nation's largest milk processors are squeezing both consumers and dairy farmers while securing the middlemen record profits," Schumer said. "The Department of Justice is doing the right thing by sending the nation's top antitrust investigator to New York to suss out what's going on.". (ABC News -- Wire)
Kenya: New Policy to Boost Kenya's Bid to Go Green Nov 15, 2009
The government has registered Kenya Bio-Diesel Association to (KBDA) as an apex body for research institutions, planting materials suppliers, growers, processors, marketers and distributors. Mr Nyoike said the strategy aims to fast-track development of biodiesel to increase security of energy supply by reducing vulnerability resulting from dependence on imported fossil fuels. (allAfrica.com)
Northern Rural Growth Programme takes off Nov 15, 2009
"I will appeal to farmers, processors and. agro firms that the NRGP offers these opportunities from business. perspective," he said. Mr. Ayariga said until the people saw agriculture as a business they would not move forward in the right direction. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Trade barriers impact commodities (2) Nov 15, 2009
Heck says that has led to an incentive for processors to move their operations there. That move might have come at the expense of other countries, such as the United States. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Dell debuts Android phone in China, Brazil Nov 14, 2009
For example, cellphone giant Nokia rolled out x86-based netbooks and with Intel to design handsets using Intel's its next-generation Atom processors. Dell's Mini 3 marks the first big move outside the Windows/x86 world for the PC maker. (EETimes)
Conair doubles Glendale plant size, adding 350 employees Nov 14, 2009
Cuisinart makes food processors, blenders, cookware and other kitchen appliances and accessories. Most of Conair s products are manufactured in China, Alley said. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Tech.view: Computer-aided crash? Nov 14, 2009
Though not cheap, using digital processors to send electronic signals down a wire to servo motors that mechanically actuate the control system in question reduces the number of moving parts that can break, get jammed or simply wear out. The result is less maintenance as well as less weight. (The Economist)
Chavez Seizes Venezuelan Coffee Producers Nov 14, 2009
CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez's government has nationalized two coffee processors and is planning to purchase a majority stake in a third as it moves to assert greater control over Venezuela's strictly regulated food sector. Presidential decrees published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday ordered the takeover of Fama de America and Cafea. (Newsmax)
Indian startup tips SDR-based TV demodulation Nov 13, 2009
"RF tuners and the Media Processors (MPEG decoder and A/V processor) - the other two major components of a TV - are moving towards universality. So the time for multi-mode demodulation has arrived and Saankhya aims to capitalize on this market opportunity," he said. While it is important to support multiple standards in a single chip, the key challenge is to provide a cost-effective solution. (EETimes)
HP Takes "SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT: Kilimanjaro" to New Heights as Official Technology Outfitter Nov 13, 2009
Once the climb begins, the team will use the HP Pavilion dm3t and with Intel processors to capture, blog and share photos and videos from Mt. Kilimanjaro with supporters on the official SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT website ... The Intel CORE processors used in the laptops the climbers will be carrying were designed and manufactured with the environment in mind, providing energy efficiency and extended battery life, while maintaining high computing performance ... The PCs, powered by Intel eco-friendly... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dealing in discards The dusty televisions sat stacked on the floor of a chilly thrift-shop warehouse in San Ysidro, surrounded by prospective buyers as an auctioneer quickly ... Nov 13, 2009
They drive into San Diego County to bid on televisions they arent sure work, torn couches the thrift stores cant sell and bins loaded with items as varied as blow dryers and food processors. Some buy the contents of 8-by-20-foot storage containers without knowing whats inside. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Intel to pay AMD $US1.25b in legal settlement Nov 13, 2009
34 billion) to Advanced Micro Devices Inc, its largest rival in the market for computer processors, to settle all antitrust and patent suits, the companies said on Thursday. Intel said it has agreed to abide by a set of "business practice provisions". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Share the Harvest gets $200K in state aid Nov 13, 2009
Share the Harvest reimburses participating meat processors, including in Wentzville, in Festus and in Dittmer, for a portion of the cost of butchering and packaging whole deer donated by Missouri hunters ... But now with the state aid, Conservation Federation officials said they will be able to generate sufficient private contributions to expand the number of Share the Harvest processors from 125 last season to 135 over the next three years; boost the number of deer processed from 4,729 to... (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
High Rate of Unemployment Negative to Cattle & Hogs Nov 13, 2009
Processors, at this point, seem to have more than enough fresh and frozen hams on hand to meet the wholesale needs for November through the first of January 2010 holidays. The ham market appears to be topping out with a few processors dropping bids late last week. (Agri-View, WI)
Intel and AMD Reach a Landmark Settlement Nov 13, 2009
A key part of the landmark settlement is the cross-licensing agreement that is likely to make it easier for PC makers to build machines based on both companies' processors. The patent battle had stemmed from AMD's spin-off last year of its manufacturing operations into a subsidiary called GlobalFoundries, which it jointly owns with an investment firm backed by the government of Abu Dhabi. (BusinessWeek)
Argosy Energy Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results Nov 13, 2009
Statements relating to "reserves" or "resources' are deemed to be forward looking statements, as they involve the implied assessment, based on certain estimates and assumptions, that the reserves and resources described can be profitably produced in the future.Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
The next level in handheld games Nov 13, 2009
Apple has also re-launched its devices with faster processors and third generation operating systems to enable them to handle more complex games. Nintendo has launched the DSi and its own app store called DSiWare. (BBC News -- Technology)
Hyosung Withdraws Bid for South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor; Shares Surge Nov 12, 2009
The price of the benchmark dynamic random access memory chip, which temporarily holds data and helps computer processors run multiple programs simultaneously, has almost quadrupled this year after falling 62 percent in 2008, according to , operator of Asias biggest spot market for semiconductors. Hynixs creditors agreed earlier this year to provide 1. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors, More Powerful Chips Nov 12, 2009
"The finFETs could enable industry to not only create smaller devices, but also much faster computer processors.". Transistors contain critical components called gates, which enable the devices to switch on and off and to direct the flow of electrical current. (Science Daily)
AMD sketches out two new x86 cores Nov 12, 2009
AMD and archrival Intel Corp. are both racing to deliver 32nm processors with integrated graphics ... How the programming model evolves for such mixed multicore processors will be key. (EETimes)
Acer Revo: Easy on the eyes Nov 12, 2009
Processors: Intel Atom Processor N230 (1. 6GHz /512K L2 Cache/533MHz FSB). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
HyperTransport leaps into server clusters Nov 11, 2009
The group will reveal extensions to the HyperTransport physical layer that enable a new class of systems using HyperTransport to link a mixture of processors and systems using both coherent and non-coherent links ... A number of network processors adopted HyperTransport, but few of them ever got much market traction. (EETimes)
Survivor: Core Edition Nov 11, 2009
Yesterday, I received an making Android available on some of its PowerPC based processors. With the exception of its design wins in videogame consoles, I think of PowerPC as a communications systems core, not a consumer or mobile processor. (EETimes)
Hog farmers fall on hard times as economy, flu myth take toll Nov 11, 2009
Reinecker, who buys baby pigs and grows them to market weight, won't reduce his herd, because he'd lose customers the processors that sell ham, bacon and sausage to farmers' markets. Other hog farmers are in more dire straits. (USA Today -- Money)
3 Years After E. Coli Outbreak, Is Spinach Safer? Nov 11, 2009
Currently, FDA food inspectors visit food processors an average of once every decade, even though they carry out 7,000 inspections a year. Related. (ABC News)
Good news, bad news, on jobless rate Nov 11, 2009
The biggest gain in jobs was in the local wholesale trade industry which accounted for an additional 360 jobs above August, tied to agriculture production, packing sheds and processors, Yohannan said. The increase in wholesale trade jobs was only 60 above September 2008. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
HP Targets Small Businesses With Virtualization Bundles Nov 11, 2009
HP ProLiant ML110 and DL120 G6 servers are based on Intel Xeon 3400 four-core processors and DDR3 memory. According to HP, they will ship on Nov. 16, and pricing starts at $759 and $999, respectively. (SmallBusinessComputing)
2 Cloud Computing Allies: Cisco, VMware, EMC Nov 10, 2009
Intel, which manufactures the Xeon processors predominantly used in the Vblock architecture packages, will also join Acadia as a minority investor, company officials said. "The purpose of Acadia is to leverage the partner ecosystem that we have," Tucci said in response to a question from InternetNews. (Datamation)
TiVo Wants FireWire Waiver For Cable-Provided DVRs Nov 10, 2009
Intel similarly has requested a waiver to the FireWire rule for cable set-tops incorporating its system-on-a-chip processors with IP outputs, calling the rule ;a technological ;bridge to nowhere;; (see ). The FCC is , with comments and oppositions due Nov. 30 and Intel;s reply due Dec. 10. (Multichannel News)
Poker Pros Ante Up for Online Gambling Nov 10, 2009
The federal government recently froze more than $30 million in the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players. The Poker Players Alliance is trying to get that money returned. (CBS News -- US)
Natural gas processors spend millions to bring cryogenic plants to western Pennsylvania Nov 10, 2009
Gas processors, such as MarkWest, separate the mixture that flows from a well various gases which have different condensation points by dropping the temperature to the point where the byproduct gases condense to liquid. While the processed gas goes into a distribution pipeline and eventually to the utilities that deliver it to consumers, the liquid byproducts butane, propane and others are further separated and sold separately. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Worlds single largest palm oil event begins Monday Nov 9, 2009
Sabri told StarBiz that PIPOC provided a sound platform for palm oil industry players, among others, to share the latest technological research breakthrough and innovations, increasing sustainability challenges and networking among stakeholders from planters, millers, refineries, traders, food processors, oleo and speciality chemicals to non-governmental agencies, government agencies and regulators. The event will also enable local scientists to interact and share their findings with their... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Hold the beef, pass the tests Nov 9, 2009
If you find it surprising that beef processors don't have to test their product for a common and potentially deadly organism, welcome to the club. The fact is, beef is not required to be tested for the presence of E. coli, bacteria typically found in the intestines of cows and pigs, or in their feces. (Albany Times Union)
San Francisco area utility turns food waste into green energy Nov 9, 2009
To take up excess capacity, the utility started collecting other waste in 2001, including that from wineries, dairies and chicken processors, says David Williams, director of wastewater for the utility. Food scraps from restaurants and hotels were added in 2004. (USA Today -- Tech)
Slump takes toll on pricing police Nov 9, 2009
Often, inspectors trace the inaccuracies back to manufacturers or processors to find and correct the cause of a problem. Besides food weighed and sold by retailers, inspectors test scales at a host of other businesses where items are weighed as part of a business transaction, such as a produce distributor or a concrete supplier. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Floridas Natural Foundation gives out inaugural grants Nov 8, 2009
After the development of frozen concentrated juices in the 1940s, the cooperative invested in the necessary infrastructure and became one of the largest juice processors in the state. In 1969, the Canners Cooperative eventually changed its name to Citrus World Inc. to better reflect its diverse product line. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Broadcom To Acquire AMDs Digital TV Unit Nov 8, 2009
Through the deal, Broadcom said Monday it can immediately scale its DTV business, to offer a complete product line that covers all segments of the digital television market ranging from low-end value and midrange quality to high-end interactive platforms and panel processors ... AMD's DTV product line includes Xilleon integrated DTV processors and complete turnkey reference designs, as well as NXT receiver integrated circuits, the Theater 300 DTV processor, and a line of panel processors that... (Multichannel News)
Report: Stream Processors to shut down Nov 8, 2009
Report: Chip startup Stream Processors to shut down - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal ... Report: Chip startup Stream Processors to shut down ... Venturebeat said a former CEO, Chip Stearns, is forming a company to acquire the assets of Stream Processors. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Tax refunds are targets of second guessing9:18 pm | (No comments posted.) Nov 7, 2009
Other recipients were Cherapa Place business center in downtown Sioux Falls, Basin Electric, the partially-completed Northern Beef Processors plant, 3M company and a variety of others. What bothers some people is that much and possibly all of this development would have taken place in South Dakota regardless of the availability of the tax refunds. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Nvidia pokes fun at Intel with cartoon website Nov 7, 2009
Originally about Intel's ability to produce processors on new manufacturing processes with great regularity, the cartoon reveals Otellini to be sitting on several sticks of dynamite labeled "Larrabee.". While prosecutions for libel on the basis of cartoons are rare Intel is also known to go after company's and websites that make use of the Intel name even in part. (EETimes)
Salmonella victims angryover no prosecutions Nov 7, 2009
Prosecutors decided not to go forward with a case against two produce companies involved in a 2006 tainted spinach case that killed three people and sickened 200 others, saying the investigation found growers and processors did not deliberately skirt the law. Former U.S. Attorney Kent Alexander of Georgia said prosecutors may be sifting through the dozens of lawsuits filed on behalf of victims before they take action. (MSNBC -- Health)
Designer debuts OMAP boards for Android Nov 6, 2009
A design based on the TI OMAP 3430 processor and a five-inch Samsung OLED display is available now with versions for OMAP 3630 and 4x processors using 3. 5-inch and 10-inch screens coming early next year. (EETimes)
Tech Products We Should Have Had By Now Nov 6, 2009
Those of us with fond memories of the Psion Series 5 and HP Jornada 720 had our hopes raised at June's Computex, where half of Taiwan seemed to be buzzing about smaller, less expensive alternatives to today's already compact $300 to $400 netbook PCs -- mini machines with ARM or Nvidia Tegra instead of Intel's Atom processors, built around Linux or Moblin or Android instead of Windows XP, promising eight or ten instead of four or five hours of battery life, and destined to sell for $200 or less... (HardwareCentral)
Analyst Says nVidia's Looking to Enter x86 Market Nov 6, 2009
The Transmeta processors were designed for low-power but never took off in earnest. In retrospect, the company may have gotten more attention because it had employed Linux creator Linus Torvalds than for its impact on the market. (HardwareCentral)
Japanese technology: Invisible but indispensable Nov 6, 2009
And chips designed by ARM, a British firm, dominate the market for application processors, which run software on smart-phones. Germany s Mittelstand, the closest Western equivalent of the chuken kigyo, also boasts many smallish world-beaters. (The Economist)
Air Canada reports 2009 third quarter results Nov 6, 2009
THIRD QUARTER OVERVIEW - Operating income of $68 million compared to operating income of $112 million in the third quarter of 2008. - EBITDAR of $320 million in the third quarter of 2009 compared to EBITDAR of $355 million in the same quarter of 2008. (Canada Newswire)
Eco farm warriors Nov 5, 2009
A sceptical public, a sometimes hostile metropolitan media and, increasingly, processors and retailers of Australian food and fibre products don't believe so ... Separately they receive a price premium from the Merino Company, a Melbourne conglomerate that works with growers, processors, marketers and retailers globally. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
SK Foods VP charged in fraud case Nov 5, 2009
Most of the state's tomatoes are made into paste, which food processors use to make everything from soup to pizza sauce. A few rules are needed to help foster a feeling of community. (Fresno Bee)
Haines fish processor accused of improper discharge into inlet Nov 5, 2009
Processors are required to grind waste to pieces of one-half inch or less. The EPA says that over the four years, Chilkoot processed more than 824,000 pounds of fish waste. (Juneau Empire)
Ethanol plants, cooperatives find middle ground Nov 5, 2009
That survey showed between the 1999-2000 crop year and the 2007-2008 crop year, the share of Iowa corn sold directly to processors, including ethanol plants, doubled to 32 percent. The percentage delivered from country elevators to processors also increased from 44 to 53 percent. (Agri-View, WI)
UNL professor: New meat cuts add value to beef Nov 5, 2009
It's being presented to processors and retailers. Comments. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
RedHawk buys Xxtreme Group for $66 million Nov 4, 2009
Houston-based Xxtreme Group comprises Exxtreme Pipe Services LLC, Xxtreme Pipe Storage LLC; Xxtreme Tubular Processors LLC, and Wolf Pack Rentals LLC, and has operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and West Virginia. Lafayette, La. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Cisco, VMware, EMC in cloud collaboration Nov 4, 2009
The architecture relies heavily on Intel Xeon processors and other Intel data center technology, the companies said. Acadia expects to begin customer operations in the first calendar quarter of calendar year 2010. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
3Leaf links 32 AMD chips in one server Nov 4, 2009
Startup 3Leaf Systems has released an ASIC that can link 32 Opteron processors into a single server. The company is working on a version that could do the same for 64 Intel Nehalem processors ... 8 GHz AMD Istanbul processors and 8 Terabytes of storage connected via an Infiniband switch lists for $250,000. (EETimes)
Health department cautions against lead-tainted venison Nov 4, 2009
94 percent of the ground venison samples collected from the meat processors contained lead fragments ... The study followed the distribution of guidelines to meat processors regarding the processing of venison shot by lead bullets ... "The study showed us that with the guidelines out there for processors, not only the professional ones, but the home ones too, there is still the possibility for lead in your venison," said Sandi Washek of the Department of Health. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Is Nvidia devising x86 processor? Nov 4, 2009
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. are separately developing processors with graphics capabilities ... Graphics chip vendor Nvidia has halted development of chipsets for next-generation Intel processors that feature the direct media interface (DMI) bus, pending the outcome of current litigation between the two companies. (EETimes)
Slim PC Begs Question: Netbook or Notebook? Nov 4, 2009
In fact, Intel has unveiled a new line of PCs called "ultrathins" that offer more powerful processors than netbooks. The argument is that these new PCs really provide a "full PC" experience whereas netbooks don't. (ABC News)
