Japan approves CyberKnife system for extracranial use

"Robotic radiosurgery system offers non-invasive treatment alternative for tumors anywhere in the body Sunnyvale, Calif. (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Japan's...

AMD to Sack 10% of Employees

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. saidit is cutting about 10% of its work force, or about 1,650 jobs, andwarned that weaker-than-expected sales hurt results in its recentquarter."AMD, locked in a battle with Intel Corp. over chips known as microprocessors, said it expects...

Michael Woelk joins Picarro as President and CEO

"Previously, he served as vice president of marketing at Varian, Inc., overseeing the company's scientific instrument business. Mr Woelk will replace Bill Gignac, who will remain with the company. "I am extremely excited to join Picarro as I believe the company has a...

Yahoo executives grilled by House Foreign Affairs Committee

Yahoo management has been publicly humiliated in Washington recently for disclosing information to the Chinese government about a dissident journalist in China.  House Foreign Affairs Committee Charman called Jerry Yang a 'moral pygmy' among other things.  Now it...

Fujitsu and Naivini demonstrate beamformed mobile wimax (TM)

"The demonstration, the first in the industry between two different vendors, took place in Navini's test facility in Richardson, Texas, using Navini's Ripwave(R) MX8 base station running Mobile WiMAX software and a CPE reference design prototype based on the Fujitsu MB86K21...

Innovalight Raises $28 million for solar product development

""Innovalight is developing a very attractive approach to lower the costs of conventional solar energy," said Bjorge Gretland, managing partner for Convexa Capital who joins the board of Innovalight. "The company's silicon ink process to make cheaper solar cells offers huge...

The Race for the Best and Brightest Ad Talent

"Bennett Porter is wickedly busy these days. She has just been promoted to Yahoo's head of marketing for Southeast Asia, so she's frequenting the parabola between Singapore and corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yet Ms. Porter still is in the process of disengaging...