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Survey Shows Most Americans Switched to Energy-Saving Light Bulb

The second annual SYLVANIA Socket Survey, released today, reveals a paradox in Americans' attitudes towards lighting - while 74 percent have switched to an energy-saving light bulb in past year, the vast majority still don't know about the impending federal phase-out of incandescent bulbs, starting in 2012 with the 100-watt bulb. While increasingly price sensitive, the majority of respondents have warmed up to the idea of eco-lighting and say they are likely to purchase a CFL, halogen or LED bulb in the future.

17 Dec 2009

Scientists Develop 4D Electron Microscopy to Image Nanoscale Photons

4D electron microscopy makes it possible to image photons of nanoscale structures and visualize their architecture

17 Dec 2009

Astronomers Discover Super-Earth Using Few Ground-Based Telescopes

Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth

17 Dec 2009

Dayton Power and Light Intends to Build Solar Array near Yankee Substation, Ohio

Expected to Be in Operation by Spring 2010

17 Dec 2009

Philips to Install Entire Times Square Ball and Numerals with LEDs

Royal Philips Electronics ( PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that it will light both the world-famous Times Square Ball and Numerals (2-0-1-0) entirely with energy saving LEDs for the first time. Celebrating its tenth year as the official Lighting Partner to the Times Square Ball, Philips also announced that it has made the same LED technology used in the New York City icon available to consumers by releasing a broad range of high-performing, energy efficient and long life LED retrofit bulbs.

17 Dec 2009

TROY Group Releases New 42-PPM MICR 3015 Printer

TROY Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in secure on-demand printing solutions, announces the TROY MICR 3015 printers which provide customers 42 page per minute print speed and feature a new numeric keypad for use in printer password authentication and print job release.

17 Dec 2009

Laser Focus World Expects Global Laser Market to Rise 11% in 2010

The global market for lasers is expected to grow about 11% in 2010 bringing total revenues to $5.91 billion for the year, according to a new industry forecast from Laser Focus World.

17 Dec 2009

Ringdale, SquareOne Offer Secure Document Output Management Solution in Middle East

Ringdale, a leader in secure document output management solutions, and SquareOne Technologies, a major IT provider, are delivering "Green Printing" solutions to enterprises throughout the Middle East. The Ringdale, SquareOne collaboration enables enterprises to reduce paper and toner waste and save on printing costs by implementing Ringdale's FollowMe(R) secure document output management solution.

17 Dec 2009

KVH Industries Wins Order from U.S. Navy for Fiber Optic Gyro TG-6000 IMUs

KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) announced today that it has received a new $6.4 million order for its fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based TG-6000 inertial measurement unit (IMU) for use in the U.S. Navy's MK54 torpedoes. Shipments for this order are expected to begin during the first half of 2010 and continue into 2011.

17 Dec 2009

Verizon Successfully Completes Field-Test of 10Gbps Passive Optical Network System

Verizon is the first telecommunications company in the world to successfully field-test a passive optical network system known as XG-PON that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) downstream and 2.4 Gbps upstream, four times as fast as the current top transmission speeds supporting the company's all-fiber FiOS network.

17 Dec 2009

Intune Networks, Aricent to Develop Optical Packet Switch and Transport Networking Platform

Aricent(TM), a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, today announced that Intune Networks, an Ireland-based telecom company delivering next generation platforms based on ultra-fast dynamic optical technologies, has selected Aricent to co-develop a highly advanced Optical Packet Switch and Transport networking platform for next generation Metro Networks.

17 Dec 2009

Epson's UB Projectors Obtains THX Certification

Building on its commitment to deliver high-quality home entertainment experiences, Epson America today announced that its award-winning Home Cinema 8500 UB and Pro Cinema 9500 UB projectors have received THX® certification. Designed for custom installers and home entertainment enthusiasts, the native 1080p 3LCD(TM) home theater projectors deliver accurate and exceptional picture quality with THX Movie Mode, a playback setting that lets consumers experience studio color, black levels and clean signal processing right out-of-the-box.

17 Dec 2009

BancTec Enters Distribution Deal with ImageTEK for Document Scanning Transports

BancTec, Inc., a global provider of advanced, high-volume, document and payment processing solutions and services, has signed a distribution agreement with South Africa-based ImageTEK, a leading provider of scanners and document capture solutions. The agreement covers distribution in South and sub-Saharan Africa of BancTec's highly acclaimed IntelliScan® and E-Series high-speed document scanning and sorting transports.

17 Dec 2009

Largest Solar Power Plant in Italy Completed by SunRay Renewable Energy and SunPower

SunRay Renewable Energy, a leading independent solar power producer, and SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that the Montalto di Castro solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the largest in Italy, has been completed and is contributing clean, renewable solar power to Italy's national electric grid. The two companies announced the completion of the system at an interactive conference on renewable sources, Re-Event, being held this week in Rome.

17 Dec 2009

LDK Solar Enters Deal with Uni Land for PV Plants Construction

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Uni Land S.p.A., an Italian company listed on the Italian Stock Market with operations in land banking, real estate development and renewable energies, to develop and construct PV plants totaling 20 megawatts (MW) in 2010 and 2011.

17 Dec 2009