Apple Launches 17-Inch MacBook Pro In India

Apple Launches 17-Inch MacBook Pro In India
Measuring 0.98-inches thin and weighing 6.6 pounds, the 17-inch MacBook Pro is claimed to be the world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch notebook.

Apple has launched the new 17-inch MacBook Pro featuring a new built-in battery that delivers up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family in October.
In addition, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes NVIDIA graphics and the latest generation Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors. As part of the industry’s greenest notebook family, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is made of highly recyclable materials, meets stringent energy efficiency standards and is made without many of the harmful toxins found in other computers, Apple said.
“We’ve developed new battery technology that is better for the user and better for the environment,” said Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple. “Apple’s advanced chemistry and innovative technology deliver up to eight hours of use on a full charge cycle and up to 1,000 recharges.”
The new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a widescreen glossy 1920 x 1200 display with 78 per cent more pixels than the 15-inch MacBook Pro and a 60 per cent greater colour gamut that delivers desktop-quality colour in a notebook. The LED-backlit display uses up to 30 per cent less energy and eliminates the mercury found in industry standard fluorescent tube backlights.

Philips To Develop Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Philips To Develop Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Philips Joins hands with NeuroNexus Technologies to improve the treatment of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders.
NeuroNexus Technologies and Philips Research have signed a joint research agreement to develop next-generation deep brain stimulation devices with the ambition to improve the treatment of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders.
By combining Philips Research’s strengths in microelectronics, signal processing, ultra-low power system design and miniaturisation with NeuroNexus Technologies’ expertise in micro-scale electrode design and fabrication, the two companies aim to show the technical feasibility of highly programmable and MRI-safe deep brain stimulation devices.
Their initial research will aim to meet the functional requirements of a deep brain stimulation device for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. This is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs people’s motor skills and speech, leading to a progressive loss in quality of life. Recent publications suggest that deep brain stimulation could also be suitable for treating psychiatric disorders such as clinical depression.
Late-stage Parkinson’s disease is increasingly being treated using deep brain stimulation – a technique that involves implantation of a medical device, a “brain pacemaker” that sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the patient’s brain via permanently inserted electrodes. The pacemaker control unit is normally implanted into the patient’s chest or abdomen, with a connecting lead routed under the skin to the brain electrode. While offering an effective therapy that helps many patients, currently available technologies have significant limitations.
“As currently used, deep brain stimulation poses several challenges to both the patient and the physician: The implantation requires a lengthy surgical procedure involving both neurosurgeons and neurologists. Following surgery, setting the right stimulation parameters requires painstaking efforts on the part of the neurologists before the patient can be sent home. In the long term, patients may for example develop spine problems that would require further examination using MRI, but with current implants MRI scans are not possible due to the materials used in the fabrication of DBS electrodes and the stimulators”, explains Prof. Maximilian Mehdorn, Head of Neurosurgery at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany.
The joint research project aims to address these clinical needs, and will leverage Philips’ expertise in medical imaging and surgery planning with the aim of simplifying the implantation process and shortening the surgical procedure. Philips will also contribute to making the entire device MRI compatible so that patients fitted with the implant are not barred from MRI scans. With its world-leading track record in neural micro-electrodes, NeuroNexus Technologies brings in key technology and knowledge for novel brain probes.
“As neuroscientists become increasingly able to understand the language of the brain and fix neurological conditions with advanced electrical stimulation techniques, they will need a new generation of DBS devices that give them much greater flexibility in tailoring therapy,” explains Daryl Kipke, chief executive officer of NeuroNexus Technologies. “With our unique micro-scale implantable electrode technology and Philips Research’s integration expertise, we are well positioned to make a significant leap forward in delivering technologies that will support neurologists and neurosurgeons in improving patient treatment.”

Yahoo, Microsoft Partnership

Yahoo, Microsoft Partnership deal near
A mega partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft, nearly a year and a half in the making, may finally be nearing reality.
The two technology giants are said to be close to finalizing a search advertising deal, according to AllThingsD.
Microsoft would sell search engine ads for both companies while Yahoo would probably take over display advertising sales, the report said. However, the details of the proposed agreement remain fluid, and the negotiations could still collapse, as they have several times in the past.
Several of Microsoft’s leading executives have flown to Silicon Valley from their headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to finalize the details, according to the report. They include Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president for Microsoft’s online business group, and Qi Lu, who is in charge of the company’s search group.
Microsoft and Yahoo representatives declined to comment about the negotiations.
By cooperating, Yahoo and Microsoft would present a more formidable challenge in search to Google, at least in theory. Individually, their small size (Yahoo’s U.S. search market share is 19.8 percent while Microsoft’s is 8.4 percent, according to comScore) compared with Google (65 percent), means that they lack reach and therefore often command lower ad prices.
Microsoft’s search business, long dismissed as largely irrelevant, has gained a small amount of momentum recently with the release of its redesigned search engine, Bing. It has received good reviews and a small bump in traffic, although it’s unclear whether that can be sustained over the long term.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is under pressure to do something to revitalize the Sunnyvale Web portal, which has suffered because of indecision, lack of innovation and the recession. She has repeatedly said that she’s willing to cut a deal with Microsoft as long as the terms are lucrative enough.

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