New software
from 3D design shop RTT
RTT USA, Inc., the Royal Oak-based
subsidiary of the German developer of 3D visualization software and
services, Wednesday introduced several new products and updates: RTT
DeltaGen 9.0, latest version of RTT’s award-winning proprietary
software; RTT DeltaTex, the world’s first software for virtual
material design; RTT PowerHouse, a new tool that enables Web-based real
time rendering; and RTT PictureBook 5.0, an upgraded version of RTT’s
visual asset management and presentation system. More.
State
healthcare IT coalition to get to work Thursday in DC The Michigan Coalition for
Health Information Technology is to be announced Thursday in Washington,
D.C. during National Health Information Technology Week. Included among
those making the announcement are to be Michigan State University president
Lou Anna K. Simon, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
executive vice president Carla Smith, Denise Holmes of the Michigan
Coalition for Health Information Technology, Helen Hill and Michael
M. Talley of the Southeast Michigan Health Information Exchange, Richard
Mark Soley, chairman and CEO of Object Management Group Inc. and more.
MCHIT will spearhead the state’s HIT efforts. More.
New
cancer fighting software from Compendia Ann Arbor-based Compendia
Bioscience Inc. Wednesday announced the release of Oncomine Research
Edition version 4.2, a significant product upgrade for the academic
and non-profit communities. This new version of Oncomine features a
completely redesigned user interface, improved search and filter capabilities,
and several other new features designed to make gene discovery and validation
simpler and more efficient. More.
UM study
shows flu shots beat sprays in adults A flu shot is 50 percent
more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza
in healthy adults, a new University of Michigan study shows. The UM
School of Public Health study compared the effectiveness of a vaccine
that uses an inactivated influenza virus with a vaccine that uses a
live but weakened virus, said Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology
at the UM School of Public Health. The inactivated vaccine is delivered
by injection, the live vaccine by nasal spray. "This study now
establishes that the flu shot is more effective than the nasal spray
vaccines in healthy adults in preventing seasonal influenza," Monto
said. The differences in protection were demonstrated for the A (H3N2)
viruses, the seasonal strains which cause the most severe disease. More.
Eastern
touts economic impact, enrollment rise
Eastern Michigan University’s annual impact on Michigan’s
economy was $3.7 billion in 2008, reflecting a return of $42 for each
dollar received from the state. This annual impact includes $166 million
in state tax revenue, equal to $1.87 for each dollar received from the
state. Those are just several snapshots
from a report that details the broad role Eastern Michigan plays beyond
its campus. The report, entitled “Economic And Social Impact Of
Eastern Michigan University, 2008” can be found at www.emich.edu/impact.
EMU also announced a 4.3 percent increase in enrollment and an increase
in average incoming student grade point average. More.
TC firm's study shows companies struggle with credit card data
Companies
still struggle with data security of credit card information, despite
the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, putting consumers
at continued risk for identity theft.
That's the result announced Wednesday of
a survey of more than 500 global IT security practitioners, conducted
by Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Imperva and the Traverse City research
firm Ponemon Institute.
In fact, 71 percent of companies surveyed
admit to not making data security a top strategic initiative, and 55
percent admit to only securing credit card information and not sensitive
information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license
numbers, and bank account details.
However, the survey also found that companies taking
a strategic approach to PCI compliance have fewer data breaches.
Based on these findings, Imperva is making specific
recommendations to consumers, businesses and the PCI DSS Council to
improve the safety of consumers’ personal information.
The PCI DSS standard was put into effect to provide
security guidelines to all businesses that handle credit card information
to better protect consumers. Since it was enacted in June 2005, the
number of data breaches and amount of credit card fraud has continued
to rise.
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2010 Chryslers
to have owner's manual on DVD only
To help reduce costs and save paper, Chrysler Group LLC says it will
replace traditional printed owner’s manuals -- some of which were
more than 500 pages long -- with DVD-based packets in all 2010 model
Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles sold in the United States. The
story in Auto Tech Daily notes that traditional owner’s books
can still be obtained through dealerships. The digital data will be
supplemented by a full-color, 60- to 80-page printed user’s guide
that focuses on key information. More.
Another
successful test for Adaptive Materials fuel cell
Ann Arbor-based Adaptive Materials
Inc. said Wednesday that it had demonstrated its prototype 180-watt
unmanned ground vehicle power pod on an iRobot PackBot at Ft. Hood,
Texas. Over the three-day event, the power pod demonstrated that Adaptive
Materials’ propane-powered fuel cells could reliably extend the
mission duration of the PackBot in a realistic military environment.
Prior to the Ft. Hood event, Adaptive Materials demonstrated 12 hours
of continuous PackBot run-time using the power pod. More.
Cybernet
Systems opens office in Orlando Ann Arbor-based Cybernet
Systems Corp. Thursday announced the opening of a new office in Orlando,
Fla. The company said the new office is focused on serving the modeling
and simulation community, particularly in the area of information assurance
operations. Paul Bernhardt has been selected to lead the office, supported
by team members in Orlando, San Diego, Calif. and Honolulu. More.
THE WORLD
IN TECH
Engadget
blog: Wii close to $50 price cut to $200 A $50 price cut may be
imminent for Nintendo's popular Wii gaming console. Tech blog Engadget
said in a posting late Tuesday that the Wii, which has cost about $250
since its 2006 launch, will see its price drop to $200 beginning Sunday.
Engadget, which is owned by Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, posted what it said
was a leaked memo from Best Buy Co. talking about the price drop. Representatives
Nintendo Co. did not immediately return phone messages left Wednesday
by The Associated Press. Best Buy declined to comment. More.
Regulators
OK accounting rule change that helps Apple Regulators
are changing accounting rules so technology companies can report sales
for certain gadgets all at once. Apple Inc., for one, has had to spread
iPhone revenue out over two years. That makes quarterly results seem
weaker than they actually were. Apple must do that because the phone
blends hardware and software, and Apple provides software updates beyond
the initial sale date. Now, Apple can "unbundle" iPhone hardware
from its software and report the hardware sales up front, so investors
can more easily tell how Apple did in the quarter. The company would
still report software revenue separately, over several quarters. More.
Life
magazine goes online through Google scan project Decades
of Life magazine have been scanned and posted online, giving the public
the first comprehensive electronic access to the iconic publication's
archives. Life already has made images available through the Life.com
Web site and a partnership with Google Inc. The latest effort, also
with Google, makes stories available as well, all searchable and viewable
for free in their original magazine layout. The archives cover the magazine's
main run as a weekly, from 1936 to 1972 — more than 1,860 issues
in all. More.
Dell
gets EU OK for 54.5 million-Euro subsidy; production to Poland Dell
Inc. won EU approval Wednesday to receive a euro54.4 million ($80.4
million) subsidy from the Polish government to build a new plant there,
replacing Ireland as the computer maker's new European manufacturing
hub. The European Commission said it could allow the government aid
the company because the new factory would create jobs in a disadvantaged
part of Poland -- Lodz, the country's third-largest city -- where there
is an unusually low standard of living and high unemployment. The state
will pay just over a quarter of the total investment of euro189.58 million
in the plant which will eventually employ up to 3,000 people to make
desktops, notebooks and servers, including Latitude and Inspiron models.
Open since January 2008, the factory currently employs 1,700. More.
Stocks:
Shares fall despite better view from Fed Investors were encouraged
by the Fed's latest improved assessment of the economy, but not enough
to propel the Dow Jones industrial average past 10,000. Stocks closed
lower Wednesday as a brief rally followed the Fed's economic statement
and then faded. The Dow came within 82 points of crossing 10,000 for
the first time since October, but ended the day with a loss of 81. Stocks
often trade erratically on days when the Fed meets to discuss interest
rates, as investors pore over the statement accompanying the Fed's interest
rate decision for clues about the economy and what the central bank's
next steps might be. Analysts said there were no surprises from the
Fed meeting, though some investors worried that the Fed would pull its
supports for the economy too soon. More.
The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP)
rose 8.26 points or 0.4 percent to 2,146.3. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average ($INDU)
rose 51.01 points or 0.5 percent to 9,829.87. The Philadelphia Semiconductor
Index ($SOX)
rose 2.93 points or 0.9 percent to 329.33. The Morgan Stanley High Tech
35 Index (MSH)
rose 3.59 points or 0.7 percent to 542.32. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical
Index (DRG)
rose 0.4 points or 0.1 percent to 287.17. The NYSE Arca Biotech Index
(BTK)
fell 7.93 points or 0.8 percent to 957.04. Finally, the Standard & Poor's
500 (SPX)
rose 7 points even or 0.7 percent to 1,071.66.
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