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D.Telekom Meets Expectations, Confirms Outlook: FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn) posted flat first-quarter core profit, in line with expectations, as revenues at its fixed-line and broadband unit declined. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were 4.7 billion euros ($7.28 billion) on sales...; Tags: Financial accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Operational accounting, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany, earnings, EBITDA, tax, Thomson Reuters Corp., amortization, mobile communication, VoD, phone, revenue, net profit, telephony, mobile, DSL, sales, mobile phone, Internet service, b; News items 2008-05-07
Cablevision to Buy Sundance Channel For $496 Mln: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC) said on Wednesday it would acquire Sundance Channel from General Electric Co's NBC Universal, CBS Corp's (CBS) Showtime Networks and entities controlled by Robert Redford, the actor and director. Cablevision said it would...; Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Rainbow Media, General Electric Co., Showtime Networks, CBS Broadcasting Inc., NBC Universal Inc., New York, cable, Thomson Reuters Corp., director, adjustment, tax, programming, blog; News items 2008-05-07
Vonage Narrows Losses; Inks Deal with Covad: Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...; Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Company, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Productivity Tip: Have a Fun Day: Having fun outside of the office boosts productivity. Or so argues the blog Chief Happiness Officer, which suggests that companies would improve productivity by giving employees a fun day -- an extra day off and a little bit of money to go do something fun. To ensure that it's...; Tags: Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Michael Fitzgerald, fun day; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Toshiba Eyes Doubled Operating Profit in 3 Years: By Mayumi Negishi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders. Toshiba,...; Tags: Semiconductors, Memory, NAND, Toshiba Corp., Japanese electronics company, operating profit, NAND flash, semiconductor, electronics company, memory chip, Tokyo, chip, portable audio player, Nikkei, audio player, Japan, circuitry, nuclear energy, portable audio, HD-DVD, profi; News items 2008-05-08

Nikon Profit Up 33%, Outlook Misses Expectations: TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese precision equipment maker Nikon Corp said on Monday its annual profit rose 32.5 percent, thanks to sales of its advanced cameras and chip-making equipment, but its outlook missed forecasts. Operating profit was 135.2 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in...; Tags: Nikon Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Yen, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Sales, Hardware; News items 2008-05-11
BSkyB Says on Track Despite Difficult Environment: By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters UK) - Pay-TV firm BSkyB met forecasts with 56,000 net new customers in the third quarter and said it was on track for the full year despite a tough consumer environment. Shares in the group rose 2.6 percent on the news...; Tags: Environment, Broadband, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-30
NBC, CBS Seen Bidding For Weather Channel: By Jui Chakravorty Das NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp and GE's NBC Universal plan to bid for the Weather Channel in the second round, with bids expected to range between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, people familiar with the matter said on...; Tags: Financial services, CBS Broadcasting Inc., NBC Universal Inc., NBC, General Electric Co., cable television, auction, cable, LBO, asset, New York, private equity, Thomson Reuters Corp., financing, programming, network, environment, Web, Web site, industry; News items 2008-04-29
EU Puts Second Galileo Test Satellite Into Orbit: By Dale Hudson BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - The European Union launched the second and final test satellite for its $5.3-billion (2.7 billion pound) rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System on Sunday, brushing off industry doubts over its viability. The Galileo project, Europe's biggest single space...; Tags: Satellite, European Union, Galileo, Network Technology, Networking, Oukbs, SI Financial Group Inc.; News items 2008-04-27
Samsung Elec Profit Jumps, Outlook Strong: By Marie-France Han and Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics , the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Memory, indictment, South Korea, businessman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., prosecutor, Seoul, affiliate, tax, computer memory, memory chip, Strategic Planning, market capitalization, Thomson Reuters Corp., leader, TV, chip, computer; News items 2008-04-25
Du Pont Medical Center: Fort Wayne, Indiana: When the administrators of Fort Wayne, Indiana's St. Joseph Medical Center decided they needed more office space and a satellite surgery center at their Du Pont Medical Center facility, they concluded the existing building could not support such an undertaking. Geothermal Design Associates was enlisted to design the pond size...; Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, pond, Indiana, geothermal energy, satellite; Case studies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Controls Quality and Costs: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California leads the world in developing innovative, high quality, cost-efficient systems for space exploration. Most of JPL's 144 buildings contain very sensitive devices that demand high power quality. Power disturbances can have severe consequences, such as instrument damage, assembly disruptions, or lost research data. JPL...; Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, disturbance, monitoring system, Ethernet, desktop, network, computer; Case studies
Petrochemical Company Reaps Huge Profit From Accurate Sub-billing: A Fortune 500 company that runs a major chemical processing operation in Texas identified a problem area in its utility billing. Like many large refineries, they sell off different processes to other companies and accurate bill for power they use is quite a challenge. To remove billing guesswork, Power Measurement...; Tags: Network technology, billing, fiber-optics, Intranet, Ethernet, modem, radio; Case studies
Seismic Design Check of the Vasco Da Gama Bridge and Approach Viaducts: Hyder Consulting, one of the UK's leading consultancies use LUSAS Bridge to perform a design check of the Vasco da Gama bridge and associated crossing of the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal. The 18km long crossing comprises a series of concrete viaduct structures together with a 420m span cable stayed bridge...; Tags: VASCO, LUSAS, 2D, cable; Case studies
Making Sense of Broadband: The article highlights that while many providers of broadband access have fallen on hard timesùDirecTV in the United States is only the latest to exit the businessùbroadband itself is gaining popularity. As broadband moves into the mainstream, it is reshaping the telecommunications, cable, and Internet access industries. So far, there...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, McKinsey & Co., broadband access, broadband, Internet access, telecommunications, cable, industry, Internet; White papers
Dynamic Analysis of the Hungerford Bridge Millennium Project: The two multi-span main footbridges are 320m long and 4.7m wide. They comprise pre-stressed concrete edge beams connected by a structural slab and down stand ribs. The decks are suspended using arrays of cable stay rods from inclined steel pylons. Steel cable backstays hold the 25m high pylons at the...; Tags: LUSAS, cable; Case studies
Design of the Novi Sad Friendship Bridge: Novi Sad Friendship Bridge is an asymmetric cable stayed swing footbridge which spans the River Wensum in Norwich to provide access to a new commercial development and helps regenerate a historic but run-down part of the city. Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Ltd in association with architects, Yee Associates, used LUSAS...; Tags: LUSAS, analysis, cable; Case studies
New Mississippi River Bridge: When built, the New Mississippi River Bridge will be a record-breaking, cable-stayed structure linking the States of Illinois and Missouri in the USA, helping to relieve traffic on other bridges across the river. The designer, Modjeski and Masters, was chosen by the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transportation to perform...; Tags: LUSAS, Illinois, transportation, 3D, cable; Case studies
Air Pulse System for Artificial Lift Reduces Costs: In six months of testing at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC), a unique air pulse lifting system, developed by Petroleum Asset Management Co. (PAMCO), lowered power consumption for lifting fluids in two shallow oil wells by 71%. Significantly, there was enough excess capacity with the 3-hp air compressor...; Tags: WorldOil.com, petroleum, power consumption, satellite, Web, software; White papers
World First on Safety Support System for Power Industry: The discovery of a material fatigue problem on a 90° tee connection on a 24-inch recirculation cooling water line in the Romanian Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP), identified following a comprehensive inspection, caused major concern - the plant produces 11% of the power for Romania, and shutdown would have had...; Tags: Furmanite Worldwide, epoxy, power supply; Case studies