IBM Developing Transistor to Reduce 'Vampire Energy'

IBM Seeks to Abolish `Vampire Energy,' Cut Electronics' Power
International Business Machines Corp. is researching a way to cut electronic devices power consumption by 90 percent and reduce so-called vampire energy, or power used while machines and gadgets are turned off.

10/27: Cross-Cultural Research
There has been a growing interest among our U.S. clients to compare the opinions and perceptions of Americans to residents in other countries. This prompted me to Recount some methodological issues discussed at a workshop I attended last spring in Switzerland. The Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI) was a small, international conference of survey methodologists who share a strong interest in cross-cultural, multi-national, and multi-regional research. Gathering...

World Cup will turbo-charge game: FFA
AAP Football Federation Australia boss Ben Buckley has called upon FIFA to put the round ball game on top of the nation's sporting heap by awarding it the 2022 World Cup. In front of an audience packed full of influential figures in Zurich, Buckley produced a composed performance in selling the nation's bid before the host announcement on December 2. "Football has been growing rapidly in Australia and hosting the World Cup in 2022 will be like putting a turbo charger on the growth of the game...

Swiss bank UBS makes third-quarter net profit of $1.65 billion after $816 million tax credit
Geneva — Swiss bank UBS AG reported a Third-quarter Net Profit of 1.66 Billion Swiss francs ($1.65 Billion) Tuesday, beating expectations thanks partly to a significant one-off Tax Credit. The Zurich-based bank, which posted a Net loss of 564 million francs in the same period of 2009, also said it saw a Net inflow of deposits from wealthy customers during the Third Quarter for the first time in over two years. In a note to investors, analysts at Zuercher Kantonalbank said that without...

Energy Conservation Tips
Posted on 26 October 2010 Did you know, by conserving Energy you can actually save money..?! Well yes that is right. You save money as well as protect the environment from the poisonous Greenhouse Gas Emissions . Conserving Energy means to save Energy. Tips To Conserve Energy There are many ways to conserve Energy . Just follow thesimple and easy Energy saving tips and save Energy and money both at one time. 1) Install CLF Bulbs:

A Nano-Solution to Energy 'Vampires'
Vampire power , the electricity consumed by devices that are plugged in but not in use, costs American Homeowners some $4 Billion every year and accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all residential Energy use, according to estimates from the Department of Energy. Studies in Europe have found similar amounts of Energy waste in residences and businesses. There are a variety of ways to cut down on this type of power waste, like manually unplugging appliances from the wall or using a power strip that...

One Thing . . .
IBM declined? They're doing quite well, thank you, just not in the PC world. Their innovation has never been questioned - they file more Patents every year than any other company in the world. If anything, their vision is sometimes myopic. The real problem with PCs is that the underlying hardware sucks. IBM built the original PCs with Intel 8086 chips instead of the vastly better Motorola 68000 chips because Motorola couldn't guarantee a sufficient supply and Intel could. IBM accepted the...

IBM to buy back $10 billion in stock
IBM said Tuesday its board has approved another $10 Billion to purchase nearly 6 percent of the technology's giant's outstanding shares. IBM said the funds will join about $2.3 Billion left over from a previous authorization of $8 Billion in April. IBM also plans to request permission to buy even more shares at next April's board meeting. IBM shares were up 0.6 percent on Tuesday to $140.67. The stock hit an all-time high of $143.03 on Oct. 18. IBMs higher value, higher margin business...

Swiss use steamroller to make statement on counterfeiting
Fake goods were crushed to make a statement against counterfeiting Thursday. Thousands of watches, CDs and DVDs were crushed by a steamroller Thursday as part of a Swiss campaign against Counterfeit goods. The smashing of the Counterfeit goods at an airport in Bern, Switzerland, highlighted Stop Piracy Day 2010 and launched the Swiss Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Platform’s “Piracy is Cruel” campaign. The public-private Swiss group is trying to educate consumers on how purchasing goods

Keith Jarrett: Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part 2
Every few years I rediscover a monumental work of improvisation, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded: Keith Jarrett’s Solo Concerts: Bremen & Lausanne . I first heard this record in a small sushi bar in Tokyo in 1974, and it hasn’t aged; if anything, it’s more moving and profound than ever. This four-part video playlist is the second half of the Lausanne concert, beginning with Keith going inside the piano. (The sound is slightly better if you switch...

The Salvation Army International
Salvation Army Clinic in Haiti prepares for possible influx of cholera patients The Salvation Army's clinic in Port-au-Prince is preparing to treat a possible influx of cholera patients, following a rise in the number of people contracting cholera. The disease is primarily spread through contact with dirty water. More... Salvation Army represented at Lausanne Congress 2010 The Salvation Army has a strong representation at the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation in Cape Town,...

Private Sector Strikes Again
Here's something that should be of interest to every Hospital in the country.HN: Czech firm invents photoactive air cleaner Advanced Materials, a small Czech company seated near Prague specialising in Nanotechnology, has invented special paints that can clean air from emissions and kill viruses and Bacteria, the daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes Tuesday. These photocatalytic Suspensions can remove 95 percent of pollutants from the air in 24 hours, including exhaust gases, allergens, flu vir...

Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both?
Recently I wrote about how people in six Kansas towns had been motivated to cut their Energy use through intertown competitions. The residents were largely skeptical about the science behind Climate Change but were moved to act by values like thrift and Patriotism. In some cases towns reduced their Energy Consumption by as much as 5 percent over a year, considered a giant drop in this field. So when the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released its annual scorecard comparing...

JPMorgan, BofA, Citi, And More Plead With Supreme Court To Keep THEIR Bailout Details Secret, Too
A group of pretty much every bank you can name just asked the Supreme Court to withold documents that detail emergency cash injections they received from the Government at the end of '08, Bloomberg reports. The consortium, named the Clearing House Association, filed the appeal today. The CHA is hoping the Court will overule an August judgement demanding the Fed turn over documents to Bloomberg News under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Bloomberg is demanding the release of 231 term...

Treasury Thumbs Nose at Bloomberg FOIA Request on Citi Guarantees
In Rudy Giuliani’s Second Term as mayor, the famed backer of law n’ order had a great fondness for taking it into his own hands. Groups that wanted to assemble on the steps of City Hall were required to file a notice or petition of some sort. A peculiar ritual would then ensue. The mayor’s office would deny the request, the Group in question would seek a Court order to allow their little Protest to go ahead, and without fail, permission would be granted. It was a form of...

Federal Reserve loses suit demanding transparency
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Federal Judge on Monday ruled against an effort by the U.S. Federal Reserve to block disclosure of companies that participated in and securities covered by a series of emergency funding programs as the global Credit Crisis began to intensify. In a 47-page opinion, Chief District Judge Loretta Preska of the Federal Court in Manhattan said the Central Bank failed to show that disclosure would cause borrowers in the Federal Reserve System to suffer "imminent competitive...

Examiner Editorial: Treasury's embrace of [redacted] transparency
Timothy Geithners Treasury Department has resorted to questionable tactics for months to avoid making public thousands of documents related to TARP. (Susan Walsh/AP file) At the outset of his presidency, President Obama signed a memorandum to all Federal Departments and agencies declaring his support for the Freedom of Information Act. He directed that "all agencies should adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure, in order to usher in a new era of Open Government. The presumption of...

Treasury Offers Negative Yield Securities!
The Treasury sold $10 Billion of five-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at a negative yield for the first time at a U.S. Debt auction as investors bet the Federal Reserve will be successful in sparking Inflation. The securities drew a yield of negative 0.55 percent, the same as the average forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of 7 of the Fed’s 18 primary dealers. The sale was a reopening of an $11 Billion offering in April. Conventional Treasury notes erased gains amid...

Somali Pirates Threaten Revenge
The rescue of an American merchant captain held by Pirates has unleashed threats of revenge from Pirates in Somalia and raised concerns about escalating violence in the region. After U.S. Navy snipers killed three Somali gunmen who were holding merchant Capt. Richard Phillips hostage in a lifeboat, a Somali pirate told The Associated Press that the Pirates would retaliate. Speaking by telephone from the Somali town of Gaan, a man identified as Abdullahi Lami said, "In the future, America will...

Insider Selling To Buying Update: 1,169 To 1
2,341-1 ratio. Perhaps even the idiots are getting skittish about owning stocks without having access to the Fed's backstop facilities. Also, keep in mind that the primary dealers have about $ 60 Billion in Bills to repurchase past the End of quarter window dressing. Unfortunately, for the players in the hot potato game, this capital can only come from stock sales. For those who believe last week's data is an outlier, here is the weekly selling to buying ratio over the past month: Source: ...

Valerie Jarrett Interview
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett talks about the U.S. economy and President Barack Obama's Job-creation initiatives. Jarrett, speaking with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop," also discusses the outlook for the Group of 20 meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nomura's Janjuah Says Global Asset Bubble Is `Building
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Bob Janjuah, co-head of cross-asset allocation strategy at Nomura International Plc, discusses the outlook for the Global Economy. Janjuah, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack,” also talks about the potential impact of further Quantitative Easing by the Federal Reserve on the U.S. Economy, Emerging-market valuations and expectations for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Source: Bloomberg

A.M. Vitals: Cholera Likely to Spread in Haitian Capital
By Katherine Hobson Cholera Update : Health officials say that even as the spread of cholera in Haiti slows, more cases are expected to emerge in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, the WSJ reports . The disease is symptomless in many people, which means it can unknowingly be spread — and the outbreak isn’t likely to end any time soon, the paper says. Crowded conditions, poor sanitation and a lack of Clean Water all provide fertile ground for the dangerous bacterium. PBM Deal :...

Versa Said to Seek Buyer for Polarfleece Maker
Versa Capital Management , the owner of Polartec , is seeking a buyer for the century-old maker of the Polarfleece material, Bloomberg News reports , citing two people with knowledge of the matter. Versa is seeking about $200 million, said one of the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are Private. Moelis & Company is advising on the sale, these people said. A spokeswoman for Versa declined to comment to Bloomberg. Versa, a Philadelphia-based Investment Firm...

Banks: U.S. Solicitor General Blocked Fed Appeal to Supreme Court
By Brent Kendall A group of large Commercial Banks said the Obama Administrations top lawyer at the Supreme Court blocked the Federal Reserve from filing an appeal to the High Court in a case involving disclosure of Central Bank loans. Associated Press The Clearing House Association said in a Court filing that it didnt learn until Oct. 22 that the U.S. Solicitor General was not authorizing the Fed to pursue an appeal to prevent the release of information identifying Banks that received...