Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the launch of the BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ 320 Mycobacteria Culture System — a new, smaller capacity system to quickly and accurately detect tuberculosis (TB). Designed for laboratories with smaller volumes, the BD BACTEC MGIT 320 System is half the physical size of the industry-leading [...]
Microsoft Corp. has joined forces with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), with the support of Accuity, the American Bankers Association, Anti-Phishing Working Group, Citizens Bank, eBay Inc., Federal Trade Commission, National Consumers League and PayPal, to release a new program that will help mitigate potential losses due to online fraud and account compromise. [...]
The capability to the reservasion of airline tickets has grown greatly throughout the timeline of air travel from a lengthier manual operation to a computerized task with minimal manpower needed. Though this might seem like a drawback to workers it has allowed for departmental movement within the airline reservation and increased efficiency with the reservation [...]
Media Player + Projector¨C Access and play all of your favorite music, movies, pictures, eBooks, and watch TV shows right from your cellphone. And since this phone has a built in projector, you can enjoy colorful 8 to 25 inch screen! # Media Player + Projector¨C Access and play all of your favorite music, movies, [...]
Technology can be the biggest barrier to elderly computer users, but now a new technology allows a greater number of elderly users to use computers with ease. Care homes around the country now provide computers for the residents. These are used to send and receive e-mails from their family, keep up with news and to [...]
Following recent air travel disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption, coupled with the ever-increasing price of fuel and an unsettled weather forecast, breakdown cover specialist RAC predicts that many people are more likely to stay at home for the bank holiday and just go out for day trips rather than going away for the [...]
Now there’s a richly illustrated plastic surgery app written specifically for the iPad. An intuitive new application, developed by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Denenberg, displays hundreds of before and after photos, tells you what it’s like to have surgery, and lets you contact Dr. Denenberg for a free online consultation. “The iPad is the [...]
South African Tourism, the official customer service host for the world’s largest soccer tournament held every four years, has made social customer service available to more than 300,000 visitors from around the world with Service Cloud 2, salesforce.com’s customer service and support applications. Service Cloud 2 enables South African Tourism to provide real-time, location-based information [...]
There are certain industries which are usually not affected by a downturn in the economy, and the car repair market should be one of them. Not this time, say accident repair specialist John bee Ltd. When there is a recession, the majority of business owners will be looking at the coming years as a time [...]
Thomson Reuters has completed its Academic Reputation Survey, achieving a record 13,388 responses from professional scholars around the world. The survey forms part of Thomson Reuters Global Institutional Profiles Project, an initiative that will create data-driven profiles of globally significant research institutions. It also will help inform the Times Higher Education’s influential World University Rankings [...]
