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Intel will offer 'Broadwell' SOC to battle Calxeda, AMD

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Intel has updated its road map with a new, low-power server chip to help it ward off competition from Calxeda and other makers of low-power chips.

The new chip will be based on Broadwell, a microarchitecture to be introduced next year as the successor to Intel’s Haswell design. But this processor will be a system-on-chip, setting it apart from Intel’s other Xeon server products.

SOCs combine several components onto a single chip to reduce power consumption and space requirements. In the server market, they’re often used in micro-servers, a type of low-power server used for large-scale, online workloads.

Intel already offers SOCs in its Atom family of chips, but Atom has its own microarchitecture. The new chip announced Monday will be Intel’s first SOC that uses the same microarchitecture as its more powerful Xeon chips.

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News, Politics, Government

Presidential Memorandum — Presidential Determination on Syria Drawdown

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By The White House

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Drawdown Pursuant to Section 552(c)(2)of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $10 Million in Commodities and Services from any Agency of the United States Government to the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) and the Syrian Opposition's Supreme Military Council (SMC)

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), 22 U.S.C. 2348a, I hereby determine that:

(1) as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of assistance under chapter 6 of part II of the FAA in amounts in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States; and

(2) such an unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision of assistance under chapter 6 of part II of the FAA.

In addition, pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 614 of the FAA, I hereby determine that it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish this assistance to the SOC and the SMC without regard to any other provision of law within the purview of section 614(a)(1) of the FAA.

I therefore direct the drawdown of up to $10 million in nonlethal commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any agency of the United States Government to provide food and medical supplies to the SOC and the SMC for distribution to those in need.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress, to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register, and to coordinate execution of this drawdown.

BARACK OBAMA

From: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/11/presidential-memorandum-presidential-determination-syria-drawdown

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases New Video on Its Website

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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CEL-SCI Corporation Releases New Video on Its Website

VIENNA, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE MKT: CVM) announced today that it has released a new video about its investigational cancer drug Multikine* and the dedicated manufacturing facility to produce Multikine near Baltimore, MD, USA. The video can be seen at www.cel-sci.com.

The Multikine Phase III study is enrolling patients with advanced primary, not yet treated, head and neck cancer on 3 continents around the world. The objective of the study is to demonstrate a statistically significant 10% improvement in overall survival of enrolled patients who are treated with Multikine plus Standard of Care (SOC) vs. subjects who are treated with SOC only. The universally accepted current standard of care for the patient population being enrolled in the CEL-SCI study is surgery plus radiation or surgery plus concurrent radiation and chemotherapy, dependent on the risk factors for recurrence found after surgery. Multikine treated patients receive 15 local injections of Multikine over a 3 week period prior to standard of care treatment. Multikine injections are administered in the area around the tumor and in the area of the adjacent lymphnodes since those two areas are where the tumor is most likely to recur. Multikine is intended to create an anti-tumor immune response to reduce local / regional tumor recurrence and thereby increase the survival of these patients.

CEL-SCI’s lead investigational therapy Multikine, is the first immunotherapeutic agent being developed as a potential first-line treatment for advanced primary head and neck cancer. If it were to be approved for use following completion of our clinical development program, Multikine would become an additional and different kind of therapy in the fight against cancer: one that employs our body’s natural ability to fight tumors.

About CEL-SCI Corporation

CEL-SCI is dedicated to research and development directed at improving the treatment of cancer and other diseases by utilizing the immune system, the body’s natural defense system. Its lead investigational therapy is Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection), currently being studied in a pivotal global Phase III clinical trial. CEL-SCI is also investigating an immunotherapy (LEAPS-H1N1-DC) as a possible treatment for H1N1 hospitalized patients and as a vaccine (CEL-2000) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (currently in preclinical testing) using its LEAPS technology platform. The investigational immunotherapy LEAPS-H1N1-DC treatment involves non-changing regions of H1N1 Pandemic Flu, Avian Flu (H5N1), and the Spanish Flu, as CEL-SCI scientists are very concerned about the possible emergence of a new more virulent hybrid virus through the combination of H1N1 and …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Teradyne Presents Innovative Solutions for the Low Cost China Market at SEMICON China 2013

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Teradyne Presents Innovative Solutions for the Low Cost China Market at SEMICON China 2013

NORTH READING, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Teradyne, Inc. (NYS: TER) will present, to a growing Chinese market, focused low-cost ATE solutions in booth #3121 at SEMICON China held in Shanghai on March 19-21. Teradyne will display and perform product demonstrations on the ETS-88, the J750Ex and the Magnum test cell.

“Teradyne has been supporting the Greater China semiconductor industry since 1978 and currently has over 2,800 systems installed in the region,” said Houken Tseng, Teradyne Greater China Field Operations manager. “Teradyne has one of the strongest product portfolios in the semiconductor test industry, spanning the entire range of SOC test needs from logic, RF, analog, power, mixed signal and memory technologies, and reliably delivers performance and throughput with low cost-of-test for the broad range of semiconductor devices.”

The ETS-88™ is an innovative high performance multisite production test solution designed to test a wide variety of high volume commodity and precision devices including LDOs, PWMs, Battery Chargers, Hot Swap Controllers, Gate Drivers, Power Switches, Op-Amps, and Audio Amps (including Class D).

The J750Ex provides highly economical, parallel test solutions for high-performance microcontrollers, consumer SoC devices and digital wafer sort applications. Teradyne’s J750 test system, first introduced in 1998, is one of the most successful platforms in ATE history. With an installed base of over 4,000 systems including over 1,000 systems installed at OSATs, the J750 platform is the most widely available ATE for low cost SoC testing.

Magnum is a highly efficient, production test solution that increases throughput and significantly reduces test time making it ideal for low cost wafer test. The Magnum test cell solution includes the Magnum test system, a Semics OPUS-3 Prober and a Reid Ashman Manipulator. It delivers maximum parallel test and operational efficiency for typical digital, DC and analog tests performed on cost-sensitive SoC applications such as touchscreen controllers. In addition, the Magnum product line is a leader in providing low cost-of-test for production and engineering memory requirements.

For more information, visit Teradyne in Booth #3121 at SEMICON China or go to www.teradyne.com.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYS: TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test semiconductors, wireless …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Rackspace Bolsters Expanding List of Security Credentials

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Rackspace Bolsters Expanding List of Security Credentials

SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rackspace® Hosting (NYS: RAX) , the open cloud company, today announced it has received global security certifications and compliance verifications for Service Organization Controls SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3, in addition to complying with the ISO 27001 standard. These credentials demonstrate Rackspace’s commitment to delivering a secure, open cloud experience for customers.

Rackspace has a dedicated focus on ensuring that its IT infrastructure meets the most stringent security requirements by staying closely aligned with the latest industry standards and best practices. The most recent list of Rackspace’s security certifications and compliance verifications include:

  • SOC 2 Report – the report pertains to security, availability, privacy, confidentiality and integrity processes. These reports benefit customers by helping them better understand Rackspace’s internal controls related to these areas.
  • SOC 3 Report – These reports are designed to meet the needs of users who want assurance on the controls at a service organization related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy but do not have the credentials or access to view the SOC 2 Report.
  • ISO 27001 certification – Rackspace has received this certification in all U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong data centers. Through these internationally recognized, provable security standards, Rackspace can demonstrate how it mitigates information security related risks for customers.

The ISO 27001 certification covers a broad range of security controls within Rackspace data centers, from the physical environment in which customer solutions are hosted, accessed and monitored, to the logical system-based controls employed to manage access. With this certification, Rackspace has shown a systematic approach to managing critical, confidential, and sensitive corporate information to meet modern standards for information security and to instil confidence in customers.

“At Rackspace, we want to provide peace of mind to customers. We know we are an integral part of keeping mission critical workloads secure and running well. Achieving industry standards and certifications is part of how we fanatically serve our customers,” said John Lionato, Rackspace Chief Security Officer.

Rackspace currently holds the following standards and certifications including ISO 14001 (UK), BSOHSAS 18001 (UK), ISO9001 (UK Enterprise and Support Functions), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) Level 1 Service Provider, Safe Harbor, …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call with Syrian Opposition Coalition President Moaz al-Khatib

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By The White House

Vice President Biden called Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) President Moaz al-Khatib today to discuss the February 28 Friends of the Syrian People (FOSP) ministerial in Rome. Vice President Biden welcomed President Khatib’s confirmation that Coalition members would attend the gathering and meet with Secretary of State Kerry. He emphasized the importance of the meeting as a venue for the Coalition to share its views on the situation in Syria with the international community and to confer with FOSP members on ways to speed assistance to the opposition and support to the Syrian people. Vice President Biden emphasized President Obama’s commitment to a political transition in Syria to a democratic and inclusive post-Asad government that protects the rights of all its citizens. Vice President Biden commended President Khatib and the SOC for their courage and expressed his desire to stay in contact.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at The White House Press Office

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Readout of Vice President Biden's Meetings with United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi and Syrian Opposition Coalition President Moaz al-Khatib

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By The White House

Vice President Biden met with United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative (JSR) Lakhdar Brahimi today in Munich, Germany, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. The Vice President thanked Brahimi for his steadfast work to bring resolution to the ongoing crisis in Syria and pledged that the United States would continue to support his efforts. The Vice President and JSR Brahimi discussed the dire humanitarian situation inside Syria and the regional implications of the Syria crisis.

Vice President Biden also met separately with Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) President Moaz al-Khatib on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. The Vice President praised al-Khatib’s personal courage and leadership of the SOC, the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The Vice President urged al-Khatib to continue his efforts to maintain unity among the SOC leadership, to isolate extremist elements within the broader opposition, and to reach out to, and be inclusive of, a broad range of communities inside Syria, including Alawites, Christians and Kurds. The Vice President reaffirmed the U.S. call for an end to the Assad regime and a transition that leads to a peaceful, inclusive and democratic Syria, where the rights of all Syrians are protected. The Vice President commended al-Khatib’s recent statements, including in Munich, expressing openness, under certain circumstances, to the possibility of negotiations to bring the Syrian people the leadership they deserve.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at The White House Press Office

Science & Technology

New protocol recommendations for measuring soil organic carbon sequestration

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Increased levels of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), have been associated with the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, cultivation of grasslands, drainage of the land, and land use changes. Concerns about long-term shifts in climate patterns have led scientists to measure soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural landscapes and to develop methods to evaluate how changes in tillage practices affect atmospheric carbon sequestration. University of Illinois professor of soil science Kenneth Olson has used data collected over a 20-year period at Dixon Springs, Ill., to develop a new protocol for more accurately measuring the carbon removed from the atmosphere and subsequently sequestered in the soil as SOC.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org