SKorea to start year end monitoring for bird flu: related news

SKorea to start year-end monitoring for bird flu

South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.

Opinion: Why the iPhone is Apple's Trojan horse

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Bird flu threat 'understated' in humans

Hong Kong - The H9N2 bird flu strain, identified as a possible pandemic threat, could be infecting more humans than commonly thought but its mild symptoms mean it often goes undetected, a leading Hong Kong bird flu expert said.

Bird flu claims one in Indonesia

Jakarta - The death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 112 after a 19-year-old man died from the virus last week, a health ministry official said on Monday.

Nimsoft Extends Monitoring to End User Experience for Web Services and Business Critical Web-Based Applications

Nimsoft, Inc., the "Big 4" alternative for IT performance and availability monitoring solutions, today announced that it has extended its flagship solution to offer real user response time in real time for Web services and Web-based applications. NimBUS Real User Monitoring (RUM) is a cost-effective appliance that collects and analyzes actual application traffic, providing quantitative and service management reports with minimum effort. IT customers will no longer have to reactively respond to anecdotal end user complaints or spend hours of arduous manual analysis to increase the performance of revenue-driving business applications.

Potential New Drug Candidates To Combat 'Bird Flu' Identified

As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or “bird flu� lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have developed resistance to the current roster of anti-flu remedies.

Priceline.com Reports Financial Results for 2nd Quarter 2008

Gross travel bookings increase 71% year over year; International gross travel bookings grow 80%, Domestic gross travel bookings grow 59% NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)-- Priceline.com Incorporated(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) today reported its financial results for the 2nd quarter 2008. Gross travel bookings for the 2nd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 70.9% year-over-year to $2.1 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 2nd quarter of $514.0 million, a 44.4% increase over a year ago. The Company's international operations contributed revenues in the 2nd quarter of $164.5 million, an 82.0% increase versus a year ago. GAAP gross profit for the 2nd quarter was $253.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

End-to-End Enterprise Compliance, Provisioning and Role Enforcement: With Sun Java™ System Identity Manager and SAP GRC Access Control

Nintendo Raises Full-year Forecasts, Sees Record Sales

The company raised its consolidated sales and operating income estimates announced in April 2008 by ¥200 billion (approx US$1.85 billion) to 2 trillion (a 19.6% year-on-year growth) and by ¥120 billion to 650 billion (a 33.4% year-on-year increase), respectively. If this goal is met, Nintendo will see its annual sales reach ¥2 trillion for the first time in its history.

Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins

wooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission.

Bird flu: A dead duck?

Health officials warned of a major bird flu pandemic ripping across the world as early as 2004. But it still hasn't happened. Was it scaremongering? Statisticians pick over the evidence.

Bird flu claims cargo worker

Belendung - An Indonesian cargo worker died of bird flu, relatives confirmed on Thursday, raising the unofficial toll in the world's hardest-hit nation to 111.

Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise

A California company says its early-stage testing of a new bird-flu vaccine for humans looks promising.

Bird flu vaccine shows promise

A California company says its early-stage testing of a new bird-flu vaccine for humans looks promising.

Bird flu replication genes identified

Hong Kong, July 09: Scientists have identified around 100 genes that the H5N1 bird flu virus needs in a host in order to replicate, and this finding may help in the hunt for ways to block its proliferation.

Bird flu: S Korea lifts all restrictions

Seoul, South Korea - South Korea said on Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks.

New bird flu strain found in Africa

Washington - A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation reported on Monday.

New bird flu strain found in Nigeria, UN's FAO says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Monday.

Fresh bird flu outbreak in Nigerian poultry

ABUJA (Reuters) - An outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in two Nigerian poultry markets, the first discovery in almost 10 months in Africa's most populous nation, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.

Nigeria reports bird flu outbreak

Lagos - Health authorities reported on Wednesday an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, the official NAN news agency said.

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