Tuesday, June 24, 2008
News stories: Europe's Most Innovative Countries (欧洲最具创新能力的国家); etc.
In Pictures: Europe's Most Innovative Countries
http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/18/european-innovative-countries-tech-innovationeu08-cx_po_0618countries_slide_2.html?partner=cbc
Switzerland is home base for a number of multinationals doing cutting-edge research, including Nestle, the world's biggest food company, luxury goods companies such as Richemont and Swatch, as well as pharmaceuticals druggernauts Roche and Novartis. (Armando Franca/AP)
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Cellphone carriers in Australia, which has fewer people than Canada, will allow customers to buy the new and improved iPhone with no contract commitment. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/24/shuttle-layoffs.html
http://www.forbes.com/2008/06
TECHNOLOGY
R&D
Europe's most innovative countries
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | 8:11 AM ET Comments0Recommend1
By Parmy Olson Forbes
Switzerland is home base for a number of multinationals doing cutting-edge research, including Nestle, the world's biggest food company, luxury goods companies such as Richemont and Swatch, as well as pharmaceuticals druggernauts Roche and Novartis. (Armando Franca/AP)There's innovation in the Alps.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Switzerland is the European country that has filed the most patents in the three leading patent offices around the globe — the U.S., the European Union and Japan. Even better: Seven of the top 10 countries on the OECD's list are in Europe. Japan grabbed the No. 1 spot overall.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/20/f-forbes-europe.html
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Canadian iPhone buyers face long lock-ins
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2008 | 5:40 PM ET Comments30Recommend48
By Peter Nowak CBC News
Cellphone carriers in Australia, which has fewer people than Canada, will allow customers to buy the new and improved iPhone with no contract commitment. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)Softbank Corp., Japan's third-largest cellphone carrier, is the latest to announce it will sell Apple Inc.'s new-and-improved iPhone on a two-year deal, leaving Canadians wondering why they will be saddled with the longest contracts in the world if they buy the trendy device.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/23/tech-iphone.html
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NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | 8:32 AM ET Comments3Recommend7
The Associated Press
NASA told a Senate panel on Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/24/shuttle-layoffs.html
Pictures: Panniers on the side of the back of bicycles
A pannier on the side of the back of a bicycle
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