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McAfee first-quarter profit falls to 19 cents a share

said late Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell to $31.6 million, or 19 cents a share, from $43.4 million, or 27 cents a share, in the year ago period. Excluding items, the company would have reported a profit of 43 cents a share in the latest quarter. Revenue rose to $369.6 million from $314.9 million last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimated an adjusted quarterly profit of 42 cents a share on revenue of $352 million. The company sees a second-quarter profit of 42 cents to 47 cents a share on revenue of $360 million to $375 million. Analysts expect 43 cents a share on revenue of $355.2 million. Separately, McAfee said it signed a multi-year worldwide partnership with computer maker Acer Inc. to provide McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor for Acer's consumer customers.

Samsung reclaims top LCD TV Share in North America; Vizio overtakes Sony for #2 in total flat panel share

After Sony posted the top LCD TV share in Q4’07, Samsung edged slightly higher to retake the #1 LCD TV ranking in North America for the first time since Q1’07, rising to 12.8% unit share in a very competitive category. Samsung maintained their share lead in combined flat panel TV comprising shipments of both LCD and Plasma TVs, according to preliminary findings from DisplaySearch’s latest Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report. Other flat panel TV highlights from Q1’08 include

Health Net Swings To 1st Quarter Loss OF $35.7M On Legal, Operations Chgs

swung to a first-quarter net loss of $35.7 million, or 33 cents a share, from a profit of $88.6 million, or 77 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding legal and operation strategy-related charges of $53.8 million, Health Net posted non-GAAP income of 16 cents. The Woodland Hills, Calif., managed health care provider said revenue rose to $3.84 billion from $3.43 billion. On average, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected per-share earnings of 62 cents on revenue of $3.85 billion. Health Net expects second-quarter earnings of 48 cents to 61 cents a share or 77 cents to 79 cents a non-GAAP share excluding strategy-related charges. Health Net lowered its projections for 2008 earnings to $2.47 to $2.65 a share or $3.45 to $3.55 a share on a non-GAAP basis, from previous expectations of $4.

Astronauts to work on giant robot

After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to work on giant robot

After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Calculating the Date of Easter

The God Plays Dice blog has an entertaining post on how the date of Easter is calculated. Wikipedia has all the messy details of course, but the blog makes a good introduction to the topic. "Easter is the date of the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21... [T]he cycle of Easter dates repeat themselves every 5,700,000 years. The cycle of epacts (which encode the date of the full moon) in the Julian calendar repeat every nineteen years. There are two corrections made to the epact, each of which depend[s] only on the century; one repeats (modulo 30, which is what matters) every 120 centuries, the other every 375 centuries, so the [p]air of them repeat every 300,000 years. The days of the week are on a 400-year cycle, which doesn't matter because that's a factor of 300,000.

Astronauts to work on giant robot

HOUSTON -- After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

HOUSTON - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to work on giant robot

HOUSTON — After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts take rest day after setting up giant robot

WASHINGTON: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station settled in for a rest day yesterday after three lengthy spacewalks and a day readying the Dextre robot for work outside the station.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

(HOUSTON) — After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

HOUSTON (AP) -- After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

HOUSTON (AP) -- After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts Celebrate After Marathon Work

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Astronauts at international space station unload parts to work on building giant robot

HOUSTON: After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts to Work on Giant Robot

CBNNews.com - HOUSTON -- After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts at ISS unload parts to work on building giant robot

HOUSTON (AP): After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got to work Thursday unloading the parts they will need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

ISS astronauts take rest day after setting up giant robot

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station settled in for a rest day Wednesday after three lengthy spacewalks and a day readying the Dextre robot for work outside the station.

StockPicking.com: Stock Trading Newsletter Reports on Google, Inc. and Baidu.com, Inc.

Yesterday after the bell, Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported outstanding earnings that blew away earnings expectations and tempered fears that online advertising clicks are slowing down. The company reported earnings that beat expectations by 32 cents a share. The StockPicking.com newsletter reports alerting Google to its subscribers near its bottom after the recent selloff. The newsletter alerted GOOG at $429.50 and $455.00 a share. Last check the stock has reached $535.00 a share since the alert for a whopping $105.50 a share gain in a few short weeks.

Corporates promote blogs as office tools

Social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook and blogs are part of your personal life, right? If you are lucky and these sites aren’t blocked at work, you probably manage to steal a few minutes at work to access them, while pretending to be hard at work. But if you work for a select few companies that see such sites as vital office communication tools, then social networking online could all be in a day’s work. The benefits? The emergence of a whole new, democratic work culture.

Astronauts Build Massive Robot 'Dextre'

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronauts Richard Linnehan and Michael Foreman outside the international space station as they work on putting together Dextre, the gigantic walking and working machine on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour, is designed to assist spacewalking astronauts. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA)

RumbleRace - Beat the Easter Bunny

Who cares for Easter Eggs? This Easter, RumbleRace has something far more exciting to offer its players: The Easter Championship comes with a wagon load of action and prizes and a special “Easter Egg Race” that gives even new players the chance to win amazing prizes.

Astronauts Test Handyman Robot's Brakes

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronauts Richard Linnehan and Michael Foreman outside the international space station as they work on putting together Dextre, the gigantic walking and working machine on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour, is designed to assist spacewalking astronauts. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA)

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