http://www.redorbit.com Technology http://www.redorbit.com/modules/news/images/tools/rss_logo.gif http://www.redorbit.com Just one in four U.S. companies have enabled their employees to work remotely, according to a survey published Monday of information technology managers at more than 500 U.S. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790344/most_us_companies_unprepared_for_workforce_disruption/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500 Technology Microsoft has reportedly been in talks with News Corp about a possible alliance that could find the media giant being paid to remove its content from Google News.A source close to the matter has told reporters that the talks with Microsoft were initiated by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, and are in the early stages."This is all about Microsoft hurting Google's margin," a source told the Financial Times.Earlier this month, Google responded to a threat made by News Corp Chief Murdoch in which he told Sky News Australia that he would be looking in to ways to remove stories from his news empire from Google News.News Corp had made a previous announcement that it would begin to charge customers for access to its news content online."There's a doctrine called 'fair use', which we believe to be challenged in the courts and would bar it altogether," Murdoch told Sky."But we'll take that slowly."Google responded by stating that any news entity could request to have its content removed from the search engine.“Google News and web search are a tremendous source of promotion for news organizations, sending them about 100,000 clicks every minute,” said one Google spokesman. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790339/microsoft_news_corp_discuss_possible_alliance_against_google/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:00:03 -0500 Technology Security company F-Secure has revealed that a second worm has hit the iPhone that specifically targets people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING, BBC News reported.The worm redirects the bank's customers to a site with a fake log-in screen for the application.However, only "jail-broken" phones -- a modification that enables the user to run non-Apple approved software on their handset -- are affected by the hack. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790336/iphone_worm_turns_phones_into_botnets/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:30:04 -0500 Technology It’s well known that smoking can add health risks to your body, but Apple says it also poses a health risk to your Mac.The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm believes this to such an extent that two Mac users in different regions of the US have reported having their Applecare service plan voided on account of second-hand smoke damage to their Mac.In April 2008, Derek, a Mac user from Iowa, took his 2007 Macbook to the Jordan Creek Apple Store in West Des Moines, because he had been “experiencing some issues with it overheating.”“Today, April, 28, 2008, the Apple store called and informed me that due to the computer having been used in a house where there was smoking, that has voided the warranty and they refuse to work on the machine, due to ‘health risks of second hand smoke,’” Derek said in an e-mail to Apple Chief Steve Jobs, which he copied to The Consumerist, a consumer watchdog group.“Not only is this faulty science, attributing non smoking residue to second hand smoke, on Chad's part, no where in your Applecare terms of service can I find anything mentioning being used in a smoking environment as voiding the warranty.”A few months later, an iMac user named Ruth, wrote to The Consumerist about a similar situation.“I bought an iMac for my son (for school) along with the extended Applecare warranty. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790119/apple_voids_warranties_due_to_secondhand_smoke/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:05:00 -0500 Technology Multimedia services are surging past text messaging in 2009 as the largest resource of mobile operators' non-verbal profits in Asia, industry analyst IDC announced on Monday.Caused mainly by the increase of technologically superior handsets, multimedia services hit a total of 16.34 billion http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790108/multimedia_services_soaring_in_asian_phone_market/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0500 Technology Empa scientists synthesize graphene-like materialTwo-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by “building in” specific arrays of holes in their structure. Physicists at Empa, together with chemists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz have, for the first time, succeeded in synthesizing a graphene-like porous polymer with atomic accuracy.Graphene consists of a two-dimensional carbon layer in which the carbon atoms are arranged on a hexagonal lattice, resembling a honeycomb. Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of graphene, and thick piles of graphene sheets form graphite. Graphene boasts some very special characteristics – it is extremely tear-resistant, an excellent thermal conductor, and reconciles such conflicting qualities as brittleness and ductility. In addition, graphene is impermeable to gases, which makes it interesting for applications involving air-tight membranes. Because of its unusual electronic properties graphene is viewed as a possible substitute material for silicon in semiconductor technologies. By inserting holes of a specific size and distribution into graphene sheets, it should be possible to impart the material particular electronic characteristics. For these reasons intensive research is being conducted worldwide into the synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional graphene-like polymers. Graphene and graphene-like polymers are currently hot research topics in materials science, with this year’s Körber European Science Award being awarded to the Dutch physicist Andre Geim for his pioneering studies in the field of two-dimensional carbon crystals.New manufacturing method: “bottom-up” synthesis on metal surfacesTogether with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, scientists from Empa’s “nanotech@surfaces” laboratory have for the first time succeeded in synthesizing a graphene-like polymer with well defined pores. To achieve this feat the researchers allowed chemical building blocks of functionalized phenyl rings to “grow” spontaneously into a two-dimensional structure on a silver substrate. This created a porous form of graphene with pore diameters of a single atom and pore-to-pore spacings of less than a nanometer.Until now, porous graphene has been manufactured using lithographic processes during which the holes are subsequently etched into the layer of material. These holes are, however, much larger than just a few atoms in diameter. They are also not as near to each other and significantly less precisely shaped as with the “bottom-up” technique based on molecular self-assembly developed by the Empa and Max Planck group. In this process the molecular building blocks join together spontaneously at chemically defined linking points to form a regular, two-dimensional network. This allows graphene-like polymers to be synthesized with pores which are finer than is possible by any other technique.---Image Caption: Scanning tunneling microscope image of the two-dimensional porous polymer (left side of image) with a model of the material structure superposed (right side: blue-green – carbon; white – hydrogen; gray – silver surface). http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790113/polymer_with_honeycomb_structure/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:38:19 -0500 Technology NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvergEx, a leading provider of investment and execution technology solutions to institutional clients worldwide, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NorthPoint Trading Partners, LLC. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790335/convergex_acquires_boutique_prime_brokerage_business/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:21:00 -0500 Technology SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790334/seagate_to_participate_in_nasdaq_omx_23rd_investor_program/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Technology WASHINGTON, Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790333/att_pledges_support_to_national_lab_day_partnership/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Technology ATLANTA, Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790332/ihg_tweets_into_the_new_year_with_31_days_of/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:44:00 -0500 Technology SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Technology Council celebrated the power of technology, networking and membership at the 2009 NJTC Gala Awards last week at The Palace at Somerset Park. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790331/njtc_celebrates_the_power_of_technology_in_nj/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:38:00 -0500 Technology DENVER, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: Priding itself on technical excellence and delighting its customers, Magpie provides software development services to clients around the world--from Fortune 500s to Start-up companies. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790330/magpie_brings_to_life_rich_product_presentations_for_extreme_networks/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:32:00 -0500 Technology BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Higher Education institutions familiar with CampusVue® Student, the student information system (SIS) from Campus Management Corp., will now see the brand name used to encompass the company's suite of administrative software. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790329/campus_management_expands_the_campusvue_software_product_line/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0500 Technology Organizations Support President Obama's Call to Promote STEM Education WASHINGTON, Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790328/video_game_competitions_to_expand_stem_learning_in_the_united/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:25:00 -0500 Technology NEW YORK, Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790327/get_into_the_holiday_spirit_this_cyber_monday_give_your/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:20:00 -0500 Technology PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) today announced that Brad Dever has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development for its CDI-Talent Management division. Mr. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790326/cdi_announces_new_vice_president_of_business_development_for_talent/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0500 Technology SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced today that the retailer is offering exclusive, one-of-a-kind fashion and travel packages created by some of the hottest names in the world of fashion including designers Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790325/nordstrom_offers_exclusive_fashion_and_travel_experiences/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 Technology NUREMBERG, Germany and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Voice over IP' (VoIP) technology has revolutionized corporate communications to become one of the most efficient, flexible and affordable solutions for day-to-day business communication. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790324/prtg_network_monitor_72_ensures_reliability_and_quality_of_voip/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 Technology AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790323/renewdata_webinar_to_predict_top_ediscovery_trends_for_2010_and/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:41:00 -0500 Technology SUWANEE, Ga., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that, in cooperation with its value-added reseller LICA s.r.o., it has deployed DOCSIS 3.0 C4® CMTS' at 4 MSOs across the Czech Republic. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790322/arris_rolls_out_docsisr_30_broadband_access_across_the_czech/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0500 Technology SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790321/gigamon_and_sharkrack_partner_to_simplify_enterprise_data_center_management/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Technology SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Wine.com, the nation's #1 online wine retailer, today announced its Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers to kick off the 2009 holiday shopping season. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790320/winecom_announces_black_friday_and_cyber_monday_deals_go_green/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Technology IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- San Bernardino County residents, businesses and visitors are enjoying improved service thanks to a new Verizon Wireless cell site. The site expands 3G wireless coverage to the 210 Freeway at Milliken Avenue. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790319/3g_wireless_more_coverage_in_rancho_cucamonga_california/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Technology BEAVERTON, Ore., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) today announced that Olivier Carmona, technical marketing director at AwoX, has joined the Alliance Board of Directors as an elected director. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790318/olivier_carmona_of_awox_elected_to_dlna_board_of_directors/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:59:00 -0500 Technology PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1790317/ni_technology_updates_outlooks_for_cree_citrix_systems_f5_networks/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:00 -0500 Technology