Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the library has kept a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. Starting Saturday, it will also be bound to record every British website, e-book, online newsletter and […]
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Duke Energy Has New Ind. Economic Development Plan
The state’s largest power company says it’s revamping its Indiana economic development program to improve opportunities for communities to attract jobs and capital investment. Duke Energy said Thursday that its new “Site Readiness Program” will provide funding and expertise to help communities promote industrial sites in its service territory. It says three to five projects […]
Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s Cooling System Fails
The cooling system for a storage pool for fuel at one of the reactors at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan failed on Friday for the second in a month, although there was no immediate danger from the breakdown. Nuclear Regulation Authority spokesman Takahiro Sakuma said an alarm went off in the afternoon about the […]
Chevron Completes Repairs at Damaged Refinery Unit
Chevron Corp. says it has completed repairs at an area of its Richmond refinery that was damaged last year in a fire. The Contra Costa Times reports (https://bit.ly/XXWLpG ) that production will not begin in the repaired crude unit until final regulatory approvals are given, which could be by the end of June. The refinery […]
Best Buy stores to feature Samsung kiosks
Shares of Best Buy jumped on Thursday after it announced plans to create store-within-store kiosks for Samsung products — a vote of confidence from a major consumer electronics retailer that the brick-and-mortar format is still an important way to sell products. Best Buy shares rose more than 16 percent Thurday. The Minneapolis-based company has battled […]
Exxon Crews Recover 19K Barrels of Oil in Ark.
An Exxon Mobil Corp. spokeswoman says crews have recovered about 19,000 barrels of oil and water since a pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas last week. That number from spokeswoman Kim Jordan is up from an estimated 12,000 barrels of water and oil that the company had previously cited. ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured Friday, spilling thousands […]
GM to Invest Nearly $30M in Bedford, Ind., Plant
General Motors Co. says it plans to invest nearly $30 million for the production of two new engines and other auto parts at its Bedford Castings plant in southern Indiana. GM said Thursday the Bedford plant will receive $19 million to produce components for a small gas engine and $10.4 million to produce components for […]
Simple.TV draws $5M in venture money
Really Simple Software said it closed $5 million in Series A funding from New World Ventures. The company launched Simple.TV over a year ago at CES 2012. The system is based on a DVR that streams both live and recorded TV shows to tablets, phones, or connected TVs. The system is designed for consumers looking […]
Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching into the Fast Lane
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies. Magnetic switching is used to encode information in hard drives, magnetic random access memory, […]
A Skateboard, with a Boost
Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work – or anywhere in a six-mile radius – quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you. Yes, this souped-up skateboard could change the face of morning commutes.