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Hello Bruce. New Test Results, Score: 1281
http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=FFN4AWJZEGMSSMJ3
I received the HP back from the HP Repair shop on Friday the 13th.
It is on its way back for a problem fan that whines/howls continually.
Luckily it is less than a year old and still covered under warranty.
I finally realized I got a lemon....got tired of playing games with it.
Bought a new computer, about the same price range as other one, except no AMD processor.
This one has Pentium4 w/hyper-threading. The above results are from it.
Borealis
Gigwoof, your EHRC is lookin' good this morning.
Got some last Fri.
borealis
Unlikely hero to the rescue...BUTTMAN
Posted on Sun, Feb. 15, 2004
BY STEPHANIE STOUGHTON
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. — He's billed as America's most pathetic superhero:
Buttman, an overweight chain-smoker who hacks, spits and gets too winded to respond to emergencies.
Buttman is part of a series of anti-smoking ads increasingly popular with youths in Virginia, a steadfast tobacco state that's home to industry giant Philip Morris USA. A recent survey suggests that most children in the state are aware of the television and radio initiative, perhaps due to its in-your-face humor and high gross-out factor.
"You should be almost able to stop any kid on the street, and only one in four couldn't tell you about the campaign," said Danny Saggese, marketing coordinator for the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, which funds the advertisements.
Last year, the advertising industry publication Adweek gave its approval to the Buttman ads. And a leading anti-smoking group, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, cautiously praised the foundation and its Richmond ad firm, Work Inc. It called the campaign a step forward in spite of the state's poor record of funding tobacco prevention.
The edgy campaign has reached about three-quarters of its target audience — kids ages 10 to 17 — since it began in 2002, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey commissioned by the foundation. The research also revealed that more Virginia teens and preteens now believe tobacco use hurts their self-esteem and social acceptance.
Among the kids' favorites is an ad in which a girl tastes a trash-can lid and car tire, with the message that these disgusting habits are comparable to smoking. The same theme emerges when a group of kids visits the school's cool nose-picking spot, a takeoff on the informal smoking areas outside many schools.
Wearing thick, black-framed glasses, the disheveled Buttman appears in several spots: lighting up at a gas station, flicking ashes into the cup of a prospective employer and making kids cry.
Under development is an ad that mimics a reality TV program; kids eat bowls of nasty critters to show that smoking can diminish the ability to taste.
In addition to the broadcast ads, the marketing campaign includes a Web site and billboards.
Anti-smoking advocates say such aggressive initiatives are needed to help lower youth tobacco use rates. The 2002 National Youth Tobacco Survey found that 13.3 percent of middle school students and 28.4 percent of high school students used some form of tobacco.
Virginia has no recent figures on youth tobacco use, and its earlier reporting was not comparable to national numbers, a state health official said. But in 2002, about a quarter of Virginia adults smoked, compared with the national rate of 23 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The younger the adult, the higher the rate.
Funding for the ads come from the state's share of a historic settlement with tobacco manufacturers. The Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation gets about $14 million a year to cover community, education and enforcement programs to prevent youth tobacco use.
While Buttman and similar ads have proven to be popular, they compete with the tobacco industry's multibillion-dollar marketing machine. Cigarette companies can no longer target U.S. youths, but they still depict adult smokers as "cool," an image that conflicts with and perhaps overpowers the message of Virginia's upstart campaign, said McGoldrick of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Virginia isn't the only state that has created edgy ads attacking smoking. California, for instance, plastered billboards with pictures of a cowboy resembling the Marlboro Man. "I miss my lung, Bob," he says to a friend.
Such ads are successful because they don't preach — the "kiss of death" for ads targeting teens and preteens, said Rob Austin, executive vice president of Virginia's Work ad firm, which has a three-year, $27 million contract for its part in
the campaign.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/living/health/7951908.htm
Test results link:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=G0SDAW8K17MSHHW3
I did look in the box, the Mother Board did look new and shiny, but so did the other one.
Really can't tell if it is the original MB or not. The computer is less than a year old.
I should have looked for some distinguishing mark,
label, etc. before I sent it.
Borealis
Bruce, got the HP back and ran PitStop.
Score: 1256
http://pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/Summary.asp?conid=9724823
Repair Order mentioned one replaced part: MBF2.
"Reformated HardDrive, Flashed/Updated Bios", etc.
plus listed various tests that were performed.
Seems to work OK.
And amazingly, all the programs, Favorites, etc remained on computer.
BitDefender is still installed.
I'll get rid of it and replace it with McAfee or Grisoft soon.
Borealis
Thanks Bruce, tc. I'll have to remember not to get trigger happy
when there is the possibility of deleting (all) the stored Restore Points.
Borealis
Bruce....E-mail response from BitDefender regarding error message,
'no disk in drive', when loading BitDefender.
I no longer am using BitDefender.
Maybe I'll try it later and see what happens, but McAfee works OK for me now.
Borealis
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(From; BitDefender Support Team <support@bitdefender.com>
Friday, February 13, 2004 11:41 AM)
Dear sir/madam,
In order to solve the issue you have encountered please update BitDefender
using the Live!Update module and then see if the issue with 'no disk in drive'
meesage persists.
Please don't change the subject of the email in order to better keep track of
the message history.
Feel free to contact us with any suggestion or should you require more
information.
Best regards,
Valentin Dico
BitDefender Technical Support Engineer
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SOFTWIN
Data Security Division
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e-mail: support@bitdefender.com
phone: +(4021) 233 18 52; 233 07 80
fax: (+4021) 233.07.63
Bucharest, ROMANIA
http://www.bitdefender.com
http://www.softwin.ro
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secure your every bit
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<jartc@usfamily.net> wrote:
> BitDefender support,
>
> I downloaded and installed the BitDefender Pro Editon v7.2 Security recently.
>
> I'm satisfied with the performance and results, and especially the speed.
> and I will most likely buy it. Only 17 days left on the Trial.
>
> But there is one issue I want resolved before I subscribe.
> Whenever I start my computer (7 month old HP with Win XP),
> on top of the BitDefender window a popup message appears:
> header of popup: Windows - No Disk
> contents of popup: There is no disk in the drive
> Please insert a disk into
> Drive\Device\Harddsk\DR3
> If I press <Cancel> button 2-3 times it disappears, and BitDefender finishes
> loading.
>
> I downloaded the file, so what disk is the message referring to?
> What's happening?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Art Charlton
> jartc@usfamily.net
Got a question Bruce, regarding Restore Points...
When I get my HP back, I plan to cover myself better by creating backups, etc.
BUT, how can I control the Restore Points?
Your message seemed to indicate that by clicking "Turn Off System Restore",
then ALL of the current Restore Points would be deleted.
(using WIN XP) how can I keep or delete Restore Points selectively?
Thanks,
Borealis
KAIH -- got some at .22
UMCI - Wha' happened? I sold about a week ago at .06,
then forgot about it.
Of course then it took off.
Getting impatient and selling too early is getting to be too habit forming.
Gotta pay closer attention !!
BOREALIS
UMCI -- GTC finally me out @ .06
BOREALIS
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Nanotechnology: the science of small things
Nanotechnology, according to its fans, will jumpstart a new industrial revolution with molecular-sized structures as complex as the human cell and 100 times stronger than steel. The new technology transforms everyday products and the way they are made by manipulating atoms so that materials can be shrunk, strengthened and lightened all at once.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4232
Chinese,US scientists make headway in nano-wire research
Chinese,US scientists have recently collaborated to make headway in the research of nano optical wave guiding. Dr. Tong Limin and Prof. He Sailing from Zhejiang University [profile], working together with researchers from Harvard [profile], used a new method and got very even-shaped sub-micron and nano-diameter silicon oxide wires,and successfully conducted low-loss transmission experiment using these wires.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4231
For Science, Nanotech Poses Big Unknowns
Nanotechnology, the hot young science of making invisibly tiny machines and materials, is stirring public anxiety and nascent opposition inspired by best-selling thrillers that have demonized the science -- and new studies suggesting that not everything in those novels is fantasy. [Supporters and critics both] agree the stakes are huge. Government officials have called nanotechnology the foundation for the "next industrial revolution," worth an estimated trillion dollars within the coming decade. But if nano's supporters play their cards wrong, experts say -- by belittling public fears as "irrational" or blundering into a health or environmental mishap -- the industry could find itself mired in a costly public relations debacle even worse than the one that turned genetically engineered crops into "Frankenfood."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4230
Stirring research provides recipe for nanotube success
If manufacturing is entering the "Golden Age" of nanotechnology, then carbon nanotubes are the "Golden Child." In recent years, these tubes of graphite many times thinner than a human hair have become a much-touted emerging technology because of their potential ability to add strength and other important properties to materials. Adding carbon nanotubes to plastics and other polymers has potential to make automobile and airplane bodies stronger and lighter, and textiles more tear-resistant. And because of their electrical properties, carbon nanotubes also may be used to embed sensors in clothing for military and medical applications. By one estimate, the carbon nanotube market valued at approximately $12 million in 2002 could grow to $700 million by 2005. Editor's Note: Research done at NIST [profile].
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4229
Nanotech spy eyes life inside the cell
In Prey [purchase], Michael Crichton's tale of nanotech gone awry, a swarm of light-sensitive nanoparticles swim through a human body, creating the ultimate medical imaging system. In the real world, biochemists are hoping to go one step further, deploying viruses as "nano-cameras" to get a unique picture of what goes on inside living cells and a greater understanding of how viruses themselves work. Editor's Note: Research focuses on work at Indiana University (Bloomington) [profile]
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4228
Nanotechnology Can Have a Big Future in the Bay Area; Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium's Report Promotes Regional Collaboration
The San Francisco Bay Area is an internationally recognized hotbed of nanotechnology, but it must not relax or rest on its laurels if this science of the ultra-small is to provide big future economic benefits to the region. This is the main message of a 36-page report on nanotechnology in the Bay Area released today by the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC). The report - "Nanotechnology in the San Francisco Bay Area: Dawn of a New Age" - is being unveiled at today's groundbreaking for the Molecular Foundry, a $85 million user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to provide researchers the tools needed to make new molecules and nano-sized objects.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4227
Ceramic nanopillars form ferroelectromagnet
Scientists from the University of Maryland [profile], Rowan University [profile], Virginia Tech [profile] and Pennsylvania State University [profile], US, have made a nanostructured BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 ferroelectromagnet. The self-assembled multiferroic structure contained vertical CoFe2O4 nanopillars in a ferroelectric BaTiO3 matrix.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4226
Scientists spy on nanotube growth
Researchers in Denmark have taken the first high-resolution videos of the growth of carbon nanofibres in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The scientists, from Haldor Topsøe [profile] and the Technical University of Denmark [profile], made the nanofibres by methane decomposition over nickel nanocrystals.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4225
Chemicals map nanowire arrays
Minuscule grids of nanowires could enable smaller, faster computer circuits. But there are two challenges to getting nanowire arrays ready for prime time -- finding ways of accessing any particular nanowire junction, and connecting the devices to the outside world. Chemically modifying the right junctions could solve both problems. Editor's Note: Research teams at Harvard [profile] and CIT [profile].
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4224
Melted Fibers Make Nano Channels
Tiny channels designed to control the flow of minuscule amounts of fluids are a major component of labs-on-a-chip, which promise to enable inexpensive, hand-held devices for chemical and biological testing. Researchers from Cornell University [profile] have devised a simple, inexpensive way to construct fluidic channels whose corners are elliptical rather than sharp, which permits fluid to flow more freely.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4223
Civil society groups call for more communication between nanotechnology stakeholders
The UK working group charged with carrying out a study on the likely developments in nanotechnology has heard calls for the creation of a 'space' where scientists, government representatives, civil society groups and industry can communicate as needed. Representatives from civil society groups attended a meeting with the working group, and agreed that now is the optimum time to instigate such a process. This is mainly due to an increasing desire among scientists to interact with society, and, as a result of debates on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), recognition within businesses of the importance of engagement.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4222
Nano technology strikes key research chord
Nano technology will be one of the key research directions of universities and institutes in HCM City. The HCM City Hi-tech Zone has defined nano technology as one of its four key research targets.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4221
A Tale of Two Nanotechs
It's the best of times for nanotechnology. Or is it the worst of times? There's evidence in both directions.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4220
Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
Paper warns of 'Nano-divide' between have and have-not countries
The chasm between have and have-not countries will grow even wider if nanotechnology research is upended by the unbalanced positions of high-profile opponents like Prince Charles, warns a new analysis from a leading global medical ethics think-tank. Nanotechnology is the building of working devices, systems and materials molecule by molecule by manipulating matter measured in billionths of a meter. The research seeks to exploit the unique and powerful electrical, physical and chemical properties found at an infinitesimally small scale.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4219
Infineon, Albany Nano-Tech, Genus Invest $12M in R&D
Infineon [profile], Genus and the University of Albany Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics [profile] have signed a letter of intent to enter into a $12 million, three-year partnership to develop next-generation memory devices, it was announced today. Under the program, researchers and engineers from Infineon, Genus and Albany Nano-Tech (ANT) will work jointly on site at the UAlbany Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics R&D complex to develop and optimize atomic layer deposition processes for both metal electrode and high-k dielectric materials for sub-45nm DRAM capacitors on a Genus StrataGem-300 300mm wafer bridge cluster tool.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4218
Sandia, University of New Mexico Researchers Mimic Photosynthetic Proteins to Manipulate Platinum at Nanoscale
Method Has Potential of Changing the Metal's Properties; Many New Applications Possible
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 27 -- Researchers from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories [profile] and the University of New Mexico [profile] have developed a new way of mimicking photosynthetic proteins to manipulate platinum at the nanoscale. The method has the potential of changing the metal's properties and benefiting emerging technologies. "While we are in the early stages of research, we see the possibility of manipulating the nanoscale structure of platinum so that we can have control over the size, porosity, composition, surface species, solubility, stability, and other functional properties of these metal nanostructures," says John Shelnutt, the Sandia scientist leading the research effort. "Such control means that the redesigned platinum could be used in many new applications, including catalysis, sensors, and optoelectronic and magnetic devices."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4217
Plasma prefers semiconducting nanotubes
Researchers at Stanford University [profile], US, have found that a plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) technique can produce high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes at low growth temperatures - around 600°C. What’s more, in an unexpected bonus, almost 90% of the resulting nanotubes were semiconducting.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4216
CANEUS Seeks Bidders for Micro-Nano-Technology RFPs in Aerospace Applications
The CANEUS organization invites researchers, consultants and agencies / organizations to submit proposals for the preparation of CANEUS pilot projects concept papers and process workshops background papers for the CANEUS 2004 conference.For more information please visit: http://www.caneus.org/RFP2004
Contact
Questions may be submitted to
Milind Pimprikar, CANEUS Chairman:
mp@caneus.org
Tel: 1-514-499-3959
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4215
Nanotechnology laboratory at UI to get more room
URBANA – The University of Illinois [profile] lab for studying the very tiny will soon be 50 percent larger. Nanotechnology will continue to study matter at the molecular level and life at the cellular, but the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab on the UI's Engineering Quad will be remodeled to try to keep ahead of changes in the fast-evolving field.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4214
Nitpicking Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, the manufacture of materials and machines with atomic precision and size, is regarded as the next technical revolution. As the debate rages on its eventual capabilities, it is inevitably becoming a target for environmentalist attacks. The first major public attack on nanotechnological safety was launched by the Winnipeg-based organization ETC Group. It has worked hard to raise the red flag on the issue internationally. Pat Mooney, the group's executive director, claims not to oppose nanotechnology per se, believing that it has a huge potential for improving health and the environment. His worry is that the science is unregulated and must be brought under control to prevent human harm or undesirable social consequences.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4213
New type of nanotube made of gold or silver created at the Weizmann Institute
Rehovot, Israel -- January, 26, 2004 -- Weizmann Institute [profile] scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique electrical, optical and other properties, depending on their components, and as such, may form the basis for future nanosensors, catalysts and chemistry-on-a-chip systems. The study, published in Angewandte Chemie, was performed by Prof. Israel Rubinstein, Dr. Alexander Vaskevich, postdoctoral associate Dr. Michal Lahav and doctoral student Tali Sehayek, all of the Institute's Department of Materials and Interfaces.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4212
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NANOBUSINESS NEWS
Cetek Shareholders' Report for the Fourth Quarter 2003
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2004--Cetek Technologies Inc. [profile] reports that the fourth quarter of 2003 was the first profitable quarter in over four years. Revenues for the year 2003 were 185% higher than the year 2002.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2266
Researchers seek big payoff from tiny products
The smaller things get, the less the normal rules apply. That's among the reasons that researchers who are able to manipulate the smallest building blocks of nature are struggling to mass-produce some of the intriguing machines and materials they have constructed from individual atoms. At stake is the potential to create faster computers, super-strong lightweight materials, and medical devices that monitor or regulate the body from within.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2265
Nanotechnology is area giant
Here in the East Bay, nanotechnology has become the fabric of our lives. Based in large part on technology developed by scientists at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley and Livermore National Laboratories, East Bay start-ups have been among the growing number of businesses taking nanotechnology, which involves manipulating particles one billionth of a meter in size, from its science fiction roots and turning it into a moneymaking reality.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2264
ON THE RECORD: NANOTECHNOLOGY An insider's view of nanotech Three stars from the emerging industry dissect its huge potential and possible pitfalls
It's no surprise that the Bay Area -- with its concentration of computer scientists, venture capitalists and biotechnology giants -- is a leading contender in the emerging field of nanotechnology. The Chronicle invited three of the most prominent leaders in the field (Jurvetson, Eigler, Alivisatos) -- all from the Bay Area -- to join in a freewheeling discussion and give readers an insider's view of nanotechnology's potential and possible pitfalls.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2263
Nanogen Issued Patent for Addressable Biologic Electrode Arrays
SAN DIEGO, Jan 28, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Nanogen, Inc. [profile] announced today that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,682,936, "Addressable Biologic Electrode Array," by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The '936 patent relates to electrode-based array devices and methods of operation in which individual electrodes contained within the array can be selectively addressed or manipulated.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2261
Examining Nanotechnology
The U.S. Army next Tuesday will showcase its nanotechnology research as part of an effort to attract commercial partners. washingtonpost.com's Kyle Balluck toured the nanotech facilities at the Army Research Lab in Adelphi, Md.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2260
Hybrid Plastics’ Receives a $100,000 R&D Grant from the NSF
Fountain Valley, CA: Hybrid Plastics, Inc. [profile] has received a $100,000 R&D Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of Nanostructured Solder Materials. This competitive Phase I Small Business Innovation Research [SBIR] award will allow the company to advance the fundamental knowledge and service performance of lead-free electronic solders.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2259
NANOTENNIS ANYONE? TINY, SPORTY MATERIALS HAVE THEIR DAY ON COURT
Every year, tennis racket manufacturers fund a substantial amount of research and development in their quests for the Holy Grail of rackets: the playing stick that will become the most-sought-after model for the vast majority of recreational players. In recent years, tennis ball manufactures have also stepped up the pace of their R&D as competition for the lion’s share of a somewhat stable, but not wildly increasing, market has become stiffer.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2258
COATINGS COMPANY WANTS CONSUMERS TO LOOK FOR THE U-RIGHT LABEL
Raymond Chui, deputy CEO of U-Right International Holdings Ltd., wants consumers to think of Texcote when they think of water- or stain-repellent fabrics – the same way that soda refers to Coca-Cola. But U-Right might have to settle for being Pepsi. The garment industry is one of the first consumer markets in which nanotechnology has really taken off, and the battle for shares already seems to be taking a page from the cola wars – where similar products depend on branding to increase sales.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2257
Biotrove, Inc. secures $10.9 million to continue the development and commericalization of novel nano-scale drug discovery solutions
Woburn, MA, January 29, 2004- BioTrove, Inc. [profile] today announced that the company has successfully raised $10.9 million in venture capital funding. The investors supporting the financing include Catalyst Health and Technology Partners, CB Health Ventures, Zero Stage Capital and BioFrontier Partners. The funds will be used to continue the development and commercialization of the Company’s micro- and nano-scale products and services, the Living Chip™ and Momentum™ Assay Development and Screening.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2256
Nanotechnology Takes On Cancer
On Sept. 30, National Institutes of Health director Elias A. Zerhouni laid out a series of far-reaching initiatives known as the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Developed with input from more than 300 nationally recognized leaders from academia, industry, government and the public, the Roadmap's goal is to speed the movement of research discoveries from the bench to the bedside. One of its top five priorities? Nanomedicine. And nowhere is the use of nanotech in medical advances more critical than at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which sees the potential for nanoscience to dramatically enhance our ability to effectively detect cancer, deliver targeted therapeutics and monitor the effectiveness of cancer interventions.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2255
Nanotechnology: Big Potential In Tiny Particles
BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Brainiacs at companies like Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Sun Microsystems have hailed the science of small things as an industry-changing force. Nanotechnology, broadly defined, involves the scientific development of brand new machines and materials at an atomic or macromolecular level.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2254
Biophan Technologies Completes First Round of Financing for $2.9 Million
Financing Funds BIPH Strategic Plan and Potential Major Exchange Listing
Rochester, NY January 30, 2004 – Biophan Technologies, Inc. [profile], an innovator, developer and marketer of MRI-related and other advanced biomedical technology, announced today that it has completed its first round of financing with SBI-Brightline, Irvine, California. The financing will further enable the company to pursue its previously announced strategic initiatives which include expansion of its patent portfolio, acceleration of marketing programs, potential strategic acquisitions, and the exploration of a potential listing on a major exchange.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2253
NanoCure(TM) Corporation Receives a Michigan Economic Development Corporation Contract Award to Commercialize Drug Delivery Technology
NanoCure(TM) Corporation [profile] has been awarded a contract from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) that provides $187,075 over three years. This contract is part of a $1.24 million award to the University of Michigan from the MEDC to develop a drug delivery platform based on patented dendrimer technology exclusively licensed by NanoCure(TM) from the University. The funds provided to NanoCure(TM) will support costs related to commercialization, including developing applications for clinical testing of the platform and funding to support clinical trials.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2252
Optiva Strengthens Management Team to Focus on LCD Business; Nanotechnology Innovator Appoints Peter Hopper as CEO
Optiva, Inc. [profile], the creator of a new class of nanomaterials for optical applications, announced today a key addition to its senior management team. The board has appointed Peter Hopper as chief executive officer (CEO) as the company focuses on the importance of the liquid crystal display (LCD) business in Asia to their immediate future. Hopper will oversee all aspects and product lines for Optiva strengthening introduction of their commercial products to key customers, partners and suppliers.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2251
Sumitomo Corporation and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Finalize Strategic Alliance Agreements in Asia
Sumitomo Corporation and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. [profile] today announced the signing of two significant agreements that cement their relationship in developing the carbon nanotechnology business in Japan and S. Korea. These two world-class organizations have agreed to combine their efforts (1) by completing an exclusive marketing and distribution arrangement for CNI's buckytubes in Japan and S. Korea and (2) through an arrangement that includes an immediate financial investment, with the opportunity for additional investments, by Sumitomo Corporation in CNI. Sumitomo and CNI have been working together in Asia for two years to develop and promote the markets for CNI buckytubes.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2250
Quantum Dot Corp. Adds Four Patents to Its IP Portfolio
Quantum Dot Corporation [profile] added four new patents to its intellectual property portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2003, bringing its total for the year to eight patents. With 137 patents issued or pending, QDC is the world leader in semiconductor nanocrystal technology and its commercialization for use in biological, biochemical, and biomedical applications. "These four patents are additional evidence that Quantum Dot Corporation has established a dominant position in nanocrystal-based biological imaging," said Ken Barovsky, Ph.D., QDC's vice president and intellectual property counsel. "We clearly have the industry's strongest intellectual property portfolio."
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2249
SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE SHINES EVEN IF FLASH DEVICE WAS FOR SHOW
Chances are, consumers will never see IBM’s [profile] nanocrystal flash memory on the marketplace. But the self-assembly technique used for making the nanocrystals could become a cornerstone – and a building block – in Big Blue’s future miniaturized computing components.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2248
QUANTUM CONTROL HOLDS THE KEY TO A SHINING LED LIGHTING MARKET
The new Audi A8 6.0's headlights feature daylight running lights based on them. And 12,000 of them illuminate the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. 12,000 white LEDs illuminated the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. They are white LEDs, full-spectrum versions of the colored light-emitting pinpoints commercialized in recent decades as ubiquitous indicator lights.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2247
Applied NanoMaterials Completes Launch Phase - Changes Name to ApNano Materials
New York, January 28, 2004. Applied NanoMaterials, Inc. [profile], a provider of advanced nanotechnology products, today announced a new company name to reflect its progression to sales and production after having successfully completed its start-up and product launch phases. The company has changed its name to ApNano Materials, Inc.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2246
American Superconductor’s Nanotechnology Breakthrough Significantly Increases Performance of Superconductor Wire
Company Files for Patent on Proprietary New Nanodot Technology; Nanotech-Based Manufacturing Process Delivers 30% Higher Current Carrying Capability in Second Generation High Temperature Superconductor Wire
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – January 26, 2004 – American Superconductor Corporation [profile], a leading electricity solutions company, announced today that it has successfully developed and filed a patent application for a nanotechnology-based manufacturing technique that delivers an immediate 30% increase in the electric current-carrying capability of the company’s second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. This new nanotechnology process leverages AMSC’s proprietary metal-organic chemical processing methodology by producing a dispersion of “nanodots” throughout the superconductor coating of the company’s 2G HTS wire. Nanodots are ultra-small particles of inorganic materials typically less than 100 atoms across. AMSC’s 2G HTS wire is being designed as a form-fit-function replacement for today’s commercial first generation (1G) HTS wire, but at two to five times lower manufacturing cost, which is expected to further expand the market for HTS applications.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2245
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Here's a new score for you Bruce....
Score: 21
http://pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/Summary.asp?conid=9525146
That is from my 7 year old MIcron Desktop.
I was just curious to see what the score might be.
I ran SpyBoy and Ace before running too.
I thought the HP would be soon shipped so disconnected it and
hooked up the MIcron by bypassing the DSL modem and my ISP,
then connecting to the freebie dial-in NetZero.
Incredibly slow !!!
Fed EX still hasn't picked up my sick 'puter to bring back to HP,
so I connected it back up until MOnday...or maybe Tuesday.....
BOREALIS
Bruce, finally going to put sick computer into intensive care.
Talked to HP Support today and explained problems.
Arrangements were made to send it to HP.
The computer problems seemed to get worse, less responsive, etc.
I ran PC.Pitstock yesterday, the score was 1036, lowest ever.
I have the new video card and new monitors, but did not want
to hook them up, considering the computer's condition.
I was considering buying another computer.
I don't think I'm computer savy enough to build a Terminator.
If the HP repair job doesn't do the job, then I'll decide which way to go.
BOREALIS
MASG - .023 x .024, 4.4mil volume already
AGEL -- .065 x .073 (Fri close .061)
BOREALIS
Thanks for the info. EZ. It looks like the articles have been published for quite some time.
Just did a quick look at some back thru Jan. 2, 2004.
BOREALIS
RE:<<MadLights and Happy Modding>>
Amazing !!
I didn't realize there was so much interest in custom-built cases, etc.
BOREALIS
MODDING ---- Internet's first Professional Case Modder and Modding Service:
http://www.mnpctech.com/
article...
http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/4331027.html
BOREALIS
That's great Art. Thanks for posting the FREEDOM ROCK link.
BOREALIS
DeeDee, thanks for posting your NANO Basket...
That's a group I'm interested in.
I made a couple of lists on Yahoo from your list.
One is a quick view, the other a more detailed view.
I posted all the symbols in Yahoo first, then changed
them as needed after the list printed. Then re-ran it.
(The only way I could get the whole string of symbols to print in I'Hub was
to separate the http://xxxxxxxxxx from the string of symbols.)
Then join the two to paste into an explorer address.
Or paste just the symbols into a Yahoo quote box.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=
ALTI+AGRD.ob+AMEV+APPA+AVXSF.pk+BIPH.ob++BSDI+BIOI+BRLGQ+CBMX+CTKH.pk+CTT+ELN+EMFP.ob+FEIC+FLML+HDWR+HHGP+HP+GPNAF.pk+IBM+IFXV.ob++IMMF+JMAR+MDT+MFIC.ob++MSGL+MVIS+NANSe.ob++NANO+NANX+NIPNY+NGEN+NNBP.pk++NNOS.ob++NNPP.ob++NPCT.ob++NVEC+NVEK(?)+OBDCF.pk+PCOP+PFCE.ob++ROBE.ob++SKYE+SOTK.ob++SPHRF.ob++SMMX+TINY+UTEK+VECO+USGA.ob+WEDX&d=v1
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=s&s=
ALTI+AGRD.ob+AMEV+APPA+AVXSF.pk+BIPH.ob++BSDI+BIOI+BRLGQ+CBMX+CTKH.pk+CTT+ELN+EMFP.ob+FEIC+FLML+HDWR+HHGP+HP+GPNAF.pk+IBM+IFXV.ob++IMMF+JMAR+MDT+MFIC.ob++MSGL+MVIS+NANSe.ob++NANO+NANX+NIPNY+NGEN+NNBP.pk++NNOS.ob++NNPP.ob++NPCT.ob++NVEC+NVEK%28%3F%29+OBDCF.pk+PCOP+PFCE.ob++ROBE.ob++SKYE+SOTK.ob++SPHRF.ob++SMMX+TINY+UTEK+VECO+USGA.ob+WEDX
I's a little time consuming tho.
Do you have a quicker, easier way of doing something similar??
Thanks,
BOREALIS
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=
ALTI+AGRD.ob+AMEV+APPA+AVXSF.pk+BIPH.ob++BSDI+BIOI+BRLGQ+CBMX+CTKH.pk+CTT+ELN+EMFP.ob+FEIC+FLML+HDWR+HHGP+HP+GPNAF.pk+IBM+IFXV.ob++IMMF+JMAR+MDT+MFIC.ob++MSGL+MVIS+NANSe.ob++NANO+NANX+NIPNY+NGEN+NNBP.pk++NNOS.ob++NNPP.ob++NPCT.ob++NVEC+NVEK(?)+OBDCF.pk+PCOP+PFCE.ob++ROBE.ob++SKYE+SOTK.ob++SPHRF.ob++SMMX+TINY+UTEK+VECO+USGA.ob+WEDX&d=v1
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=s&s=
ALTI+AGRD.ob+AMEV+APPA+AVXSF.pk+BIPH.ob++BSDI+BIOI+BRLGQ+CBMX+CTKH.pk+CTT+ELN+EMFP.ob+FEIC+FLML+HDWR+HHGP+HP+GPNAF.pk+IBM+IFXV.ob++IMMF+JMAR+MDT+MFIC.ob++MSGL+MVIS+NANSe.ob++NANO+NANX+NIPNY+NGEN+NNBP.pk++NNOS.ob++NNPP.ob++NPCT.ob++NVEC+NVEK%28%3F%29+OBDCF.pk+PCOP+PFCE.ob++ROBE.ob++SKYE+SOTK.ob++SPHRF.ob++SMMX+TINY+UTEK+VECO+USGA.ob+WEDX
Bruce, BitDefender WAS the program that listed the I/O rrors.
Ran Ace: "cannot delete iaddhide3"
I'm assuming the problem is related to my existing problems.
BOREALIS
Bruce, I uninstalled BitDefender Pro.
Also did a search and manually deleted 4 remaining folders.
Just finished installing Mcaffe Internet Serurity.....for now.
BOREALIS
Bruce,
Build your next one yourself. We'll be here
I'll be thinking about it as I continue working on the HP.
Thanks,
BOREALIS
Bruce, I mentioned "insert disk" message from BitDefender before.....
Here's an e-mail to BitDefender support regarding the issue,
and their (form letter) response.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your interest in our security solution BitDefender.
We are aware of this situation's occurence, and our software
development team is already trying to fix this situation. We will let you know
about the release of the fix once it is corrected.
Please don't change the subject of the email in order to better keep track of
the message history.
Feel free to contact us with any suggestion or should you require more
information.
Best regards,
Valentin Dico
BitDefender Technical Support Engineer
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SOFTWIN
Data Security Division
-------------------------------------
e-mail: support@bitdefender.com
phone: +(4021) 233 18 52; 233 07 80
fax: (+4021) 233.07.63
Bucharest, ROMANIA
http://www.bitdefender.com
http://www.softwin.ro
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secure your every bit
-------------------------------------
<jartc@usfamily.net> wrote:
> BitDefender support,
>
> I downloaded and installed the BitDefender Pro Editon v7.2 Security recently.
>
> I'm satisfied with the performance and results, and especially the speed.
> and I will most likely buy it. Only 17 days left on the Trial.
>
> But there is one issue I want resolved before I subscribe.
> Whenever I start my computer (7 month old HP with Win XP),
> on top of the BitDefender window a popup message appears:
> "header of popup: Windows - No Disk
> contents of popup: There is no disk in the drive
> Please insert a disk into
> Drive\Device\Harddsk\DR3"
> If I press <Cancel> button 2-3 times it disappears, and BitDefender finishes
> loading.
>
> I downloaded the file, so what disk is the message referring to?
> What's happening?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Art Charlton
> jartc@usfamily.net
Bruce -- an update on my computer situation:
Talked with Schwab Advanced support; reviewed possible fixes and looked at others.
He decided the problem was either with my Internet Provider, or the explorer browser.
I could get to the internet with dial up thru different Provider, but still had same problem. (not the problem)
He suggested I download IE 6.0. But couldn't do it, "computer already has more current version".
SO --- I did "System Restore", took only about 40 minutes thru initial part of program.
Everything went OK until ......
When computer restarted there were error messages, "file not found: c_sysprep\I386, 8514oem.fon."
Message stated to insert CD rom. No CD's were supplied with computer.
I tried to give address for files on (backup) D-drive. Didn't like it. I continued on......
Program next stated that new hardware had been added for AMD K7 processor, then "AMD K7 did not pass".
I continued on......
The following message appeared as many times as there are drivers:
"xxxxxxxx did not pass Windows Logo Testing". Was prompted to Cancel or Proceed. I PROCEEDED!!
Went thru same process for all drivers. Finally finished.
Computer re-started.
HEY-- it works. Everything works, including the Schwab site I couldn't get to before.
Did a full backup on 6 CD's.
I ran ACE, the IO error messages were reduced from 125 to now 109.
I ordered an Internet Explorer 6.0 from Microsoft .(It's free)
I thought about running "Clean Disk", then the new IE CD when it comes.
BUT I seem to get the feeling the 'puter may be running on borrowed time.
And that maybe I should leave well enough alone.
I still don't have the new video card or additonal motiors connected,
but when I do that may possibly create more problems.
Brice, WHAT DO WOULD YOU SUGGEST I DO NOW??
BOREALIS
ARES lookin' good Dallas. Wish I'd of gotten in earlier in the day instead of near the end.
Tomorrow should be interesting.
BOREALIS
bagheera, EGAM looks even better when viewing a longer
term chart, and looking at MACD and Accumulation/distribution.
I'm having a little trouble posting the chart, but here's
the site I was looking at:
http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=EGAM,uu[h,a]daclniay[de][pb12,50!f][vc60][iut!Ua12,26,9!....
And GUSH looks even better.
Thanks,
BOREALIS
Augie,
My 'puter is working as good it will ever be.
Problems I had earlier are no longer an issue.
I plan on installing another video card an 2 more monitors
very soon, and wanted to preserve what I do have presently.
So yesterday I did a complete system backup (6 disks).
If my computer is just having random brain farts,
or something more serious, I'm covered.
BOREALIS
Bruce, OK I'll go for all 3.
Tomorrow when I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (what ever that means) I'll try to do it right.
Gotta check for anything in the way of fan blades, too.
Thanks,
BOREALIS
Bruce, read some info on the HereOnTheWeb site.
Suggested procedure:
install the card, hook up the monitor to the new card and restart your computer.........
Next time around I'll install the new video card,
and also install my old monitor and the new one to the
two ports on new video card.
Will WinXP prompt me for the rest of the installation, and automatically chage the BIOS?
Does that sound like a better way, or should I have 3 monitors
connected to all 3 ports??
BOREALIS
EASY FIX?? OK
Maybe Id' better clarify a couple things.
I still have/had only one monitor (my old one) connected to the
stock AGP port.
I have another monitor (still in box).
Should I connect that to one of the PCI ports on new card?
I assumed the new video card software installation should be
done before the monitors are connected.
Don't understand why...set the PCI card as the primary and to boot first.
I'm assuming the original setting (AGP as primary and to boot first) would remain the same.
Next....need help going into BIOS.
Bruce, a new video card problem.
I got the Jaton Video card today, and installed it into one of two available PCI slots.
Turned on computer....monitor did not display....only black screen.
Turned off computer and moved video card to other slot.
Turned on computer....monitor did not display....only black screen.
BUT in about 2-3 minutes there was a terrific noise coming from computer.
Sounded like a bearing going out, or fan blades hitting on something.
Turned off computer. Uninstalled new Video card.
Turned on computer.
Monitor displayed as usual.
In about 2-3 minutes same noise appeared.
Shut off computer.
Turned on computer again. No more noise. I can do everything I was able to do before.
Computer has been running for maybe 2 hr. now with no problems.
Wha' Happened?? Maybe bad new video card? Maybe bad computer hardware/software?
BOREALIS
Augie, did some checking about I/O error issue.
RE:
[1] Ran Scan Disk version as per MS-support site.
It ran OK, but never indicated if everything was OK, or if there were problems.
[2] Downloaded the Ram test.
Run info:
Memory Test: ALL UNUSED RAM
In general, the longer the test, the better. Here are three typical lengths of testing you might try:
Test until 100% coverage (a quick test to make sure your RAM is functioning reasonably)
Test for 1 hour (detects the majority of memory errors)
Test overnight (this will catch virtually all errors in your memory)
I Let it run until it reached 220%, doing 730 cycles, then killed it. There were 0 errors.
[3,4,5] Maybe BitDefender is causing the I/O message.
Because every time I login, and before BitDefender starts,
I get the message: There is no disk in the drive.
Please insert a disk into drive\DEVICE\Harddisk\DR3.
I can cancel the pop message window if I hit <cancel> 3 times.
Earlier I uninstalled BitDefender....no disk error message.
When I downloaded and again installed BitDefender, message appeared.
Gremlins at work, I think
Thanks,
BOREALIS
augie, I was going to contact you a few days ago,
regarding the results I received when running the BitDefender PRO virus scan.
I asked Bruce about the following;"IO ERRORS: 125".
And he suggested I contact you, the resident expert on Bit Defender .
http://investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2048244
http://investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2048310
A few days I downloaded and installed the group of programs on Dream Machine; AdAware,SpyBot,Ace,BitDefender. Bruce helped me thru the routine of getting a "tune-up" and improving the scores.
BUT, the I/O Errors message does not change, even after running 2-3 times again.
Everything else seems to be OK now.
Is the I/O issue something I can ignore??
Thanks,
BOREALIS
PTSO - in a few days ago, lookin' good!!
Picked up TKRN this morn. Looking at VIGSF, IVOC.
Thanks ez
BOREALIS
augie, nice flag signature!! It looks familiar.
Milton, here's one possibility for reasonable cheap NEC 19" CRT monitor:
Normaly sells for $260, now on sale for $140, at Circuit City (thru 1-14-2004 I think)
"Sale price" is actually two rebates; one from NEC and one from Circuit City.
NEC MultiSync 19" Flat-Screen CRT Monitor, Brand/Model: NEC MS97FBK
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&qp=0&bookmark=bookmark_0&oid=80733&....
BOREALIS