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Is vitreous enamel coating NSF/ANSI 61 certified coating for equipment processing drinking water? If not, what are the possible alternative coatings?
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How to Manage Passwords In Any Browser And On Any OS [Security]
I want a universal password manager—something that can work with any browser and any OS—and I want it to be simple, secure, and completely dummy-proof. Turns out that such a thing actually exists. Meet LastPass.
Lifehacker's Kevin has a great guide to how LastPass works and how you can get the most out of it, but here's one of the most important things to keep in mind:
[T]he only thing stored on LastPass' servers is a heavily encrypted bundle of your passwords and the sites they belong to-a form of host-proof hosting. They don't have the encryption key to your passwords (only you do), and the encryption and decrypting all takes place on your own computer, where a backup copy of LastPass' records is always kept. If LastPass became evil, or got hacked, the nefarious doers would have to buy one of Google's server farms to break into its users' passwords.
Sold? I am and will be giving LastPass a shot. You can read all about the password manager's features such as browser extensions, one-time passwords, bookmarklets, secure notes, and mobile app compatibility over at Lifehacker. [Lifehacker]
Whoops! AP Breaks Its Own Embargo and Confirms TiVo Premiere [Oops]
The AP supposedly had an embargo time of 7:01 PM EST on this photo, but it's up on their site now and it confirms the previously mentioned TiVo Premiere. [AP via CrunchGear]
The Best Google-Yahoo Comparison To Date [Block Quote]
Happy Birthday, Yahoo! You turned 15 today. As a present, here's a pretty scathing assessment of you from Ditherati, compliments of Twitter. You know, your new content-sharing partner! It's okay... everyone's teen years are awkward.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz's comments about comparing her company to Google came during a CNBC interview today, in which she also spilled that yeah, sure, Yahoo would accept a buyout at the right price:
And what do you bet that price is dropping every day? Let's hope they blow out all the candles in Sunnyvale today—Yahoo could use a wish or two. [Twitter, CNBC]
Sony Reader Daily Reviewed: Do Not Buy [Sony]
Our friend Mark Spoonauer at Laptop published the first major review of Sony's 3G-connected Daily Edition ebook reader. Despite Mark's diplomatic tone, you can tell he thinks it sucks.
As a side note, I don't have a review unit of my own to check out. But I don't need to to know that this Daily has the same screen—and screen problems—as the Sony Reader Touch. And, according to Mark, a few more.
Many people know that the Sony Reader Touch Edition I reviewed recently has a film over it that causes glare and makes reading difficult. I speculated that the Daily Edition would have the same unbearable screen covering, and according to Spoonauer's review, it does. As he puts it:
Due to the extra layer Sony added to the screen to enable touch functionality, the Daily Edition's E-Ink display looks somewhat dull compared to non-touch eReaders, such as the Kindle and Nook... We did find that when reading in medium to low lighting we felt more eye strain with the Daily Edition than with other eReaders.
So my chief complaint on the Touch would apparently be my chief complain on the Daily. Anyone who cares about the value of e-ink—how it is easier on the eyes than LCD—should steer clear of both the Touch and the Daily.
If that were all, the consumer attractiveness of this device might be debatable. But Spoonauer had other beefs with the product. He also cites interface "sluggishness" and network connectivity drops that led him to feel it was "easier to browse and search the store on our computer." So like yikes.
Spoonauer concludes his piece—which I encourage you to read—with a verdict that the Kindle is still way better, and that even the Nook is a better choice for people who particularly want a touch interface.
I recognize that by writing this, I forfeit my request to a review, but truth be told, I have always respected Spoonauer's opinion, and given his thorough work, if he didn't like it, neither will I. I hereby wash my hands of the whole Sony Reader touchscreen nightmare. By his word and by our experience with previous devices, do not buy the reader. [Laptop]
Sorting device for analyzing biological reactions puts the power of a lab in a researcher’s pocket
Microfluidic technology increases efficiency, reduces costs, and could be a boon for synthetic biology.
PDS Biotechnology Corporation Awarded $1.28M National Cancer Institute Contract
The contract provides funding to complete studies required to file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the FDA for the company's lead human papillomavirus (HPV)-cancer product late in 2010.
Amtech Announces $8.5 Million in New Solar Orders
The company today announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $8.5 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers in Asia and one new customer in Europe.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New UV-Vis Spectrophotometer to Increase Laboratory Throughput
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today launches the Evolution Array, a new UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer driven by photodiode array (PDA) technology that offers dramatic improvements in laboratory throughput.
Cooper appointed interim director of Birck Nanotechnology Center
Longtime Purdue University professor James Cooper has been named interim director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, a Discovery Park facility he helped lead during its startup.
New study show that silver nanoparticles can cause toxicity in fish
Tested on fathead minnows - an organism often used to test the effects of toxicity on aquatic life - nanosilver suspended in solution proved toxic and even lethal to the minnows. When the nanosilver was allowed to settle, the solution became several times less toxic but still caused malformations in the minnows.
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Receives Frost Sullivan 2010 North American Technology Innovation Award in Carbon Nanotubes
The company was honored with this highly coveted award for its innovative CoMoCAT nanotube production process.
IBM Donates Supercomputer to Rice University for Biomedical Research Collaboration
Rice University and IBM today unveiled a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative for biomedical and life sciences research that features one of the most powerful supercomputers in the Texas Medical Center. Rice scientists will use the supercomputer in collaboration with researchers from across the medical center to study cancer, AIDS and other complex diseases.
STMicroelectronics Launches New Dual-Interface EEPROM Enabling Remote Access to Electronic Device Parameters
New RFID-compatible EEPROMs simplify lifetime management and enable new features and capabilities.
UMichigan’s Lurie Nanofabrication Facility selects EV Group Wafer Bonding Systems for advanced MEMS research
EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it has shipped two wafer bonding systems to the University of Michigan's Lurie Nanofabrication Facility.
Scientists expand the potential uses for glass through a study into how atoms vibrate
Scientists from the Functional Materials Group at the University of Kent's School of Physical Sciences have expanded the potential uses of glass by developing an experimental technique that reveals more clearly how atoms in glass vibrate.
Bruker Introduces Novel Fourier 300, a Compact, Easy-to-Use 300 MHz NMR
Bruker BioSpin announces the new Fourier 300, an innovative, easy-to-use 300 MHz high-resolution spectrometer that brings Fourier transform (FT) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy within every chemist's reach.
PerkinElmer Advances Elemental Analysis for Environmental, Materials, and Consumer Safety Applications with NexION 300 ICP-MS
PerkinElmer, Inc. today announced the launch of the NexION 300 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) for elemental analysis at PITTCON 2010.
Life Technologies Unveils Single Molecule Sequencing Technology
Life Technologies Corporationhas announced early stage results from its single molecule sequencing (SMS) technology.
Call for papers – Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies
The program committee invites all discussions of anthropological, cultural, economic, ethical, historical, philosophical, political, and sociological aspects of nanosciences and emerging technologies.