New laws needed for nanotech safety?

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WASHINGTON–The risks posed by nanomaterials remain largely unknown, but now is the time for the U.S. government to [...]

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Up and runnning: Newsvine - The first news social network

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Newsvine is a news bookmarking-social network-digg kind of service. I am mentioning the site since it’s the first serious try to create one big blogging network based on news analysis and commentary. The great majority of stories [...]

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TI puts M-Systems flash drives into car audio solution

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Texas Instruments performance audio manager Dave Maples: DOC H-series presents an attractive, easy-to-integrate storage solution.
Source: Globes
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers (Nasdaq: FLSH) has announced that Texas Instruments (TI) has integrated M-Systems’ DOC H-Series embedded flash drive (EFD) into its [...]

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A good year: 99 companies raised $890m in 2005

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Fortune smiled on Israeli high tech in 2005.
Source: GlobesThe improvement in economic and security was a favorable factor. A window of opportunity for Nasdaq issues emerged, despite the draconian provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US. Foreign [...]

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The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists

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Venture capitalists are simple people: we’ve either decided to invest, and we are convincing ourselves that our gut is right (aka, “due diligence”) or there’s not a chance in hell. While we may be simple, we’re not necessarily forthcoming, so [...]

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Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies

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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is applicable to a broader array of materials that previously thought. The discovery increases the [...]

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Interesting site: Venture Capital Conferences

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There is still a lot of room for improvement, but this interesting site lists with no charge Venture Capital conferences around the world.
goto: Venture Capital Conferences

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Philips Israel develops innovative computer imaging system

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The first clinical trial of the new system is taking place at a large medical center.
Royal Philips Electronics’ (NYSE: PHG; Amsterdam: PHI) Haifa-based subsidiary Philips Medical Systems has devised a new computer imaging technology, the first of its kind in [...]

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How To NOT Write A Business Plan

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Entrepreneurs often ask me for a sample business plan they can use as a model for their fundraising efforts. They are surprised when I send them a powerpoint file.
Source: Who has time for this?Read till the end and see an [...]

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Google Awarded Patent To Make Data Move Faster to Wireless Phones and Devices

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News from Alexadria, Virginia (home of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) today that Google has been awarded a new patent in the wireless arena. It’s far from search related but we still thought [...]

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