AGA Medical Receives Japanese Approval for AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) AGA Medical Corporation announced today that it received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for its AMPLATZER® Duct Occluder . The ADO is a percutaneous, transcatheter occlusion device used for the non-surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus , a common type of congenital heart defect that occurs when a blood vessel known as the ductus arteriosus fails to ...

Apple's Jobs has hormone defect, will remain (Belleville News-Democrat) Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

Lasko pays penalty over box, floor fans (Miami Herald) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said recently that Lasko Products of West Chester, Pa., has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty for failing to immediately report incidents about its defective portable box and floor fans.

Shop smart: know your consumer rights (Computer Active) Consumers are being warned not to let retailers rip them off when shopping in the January sales. Consumer Direct , the Government-funded agency, said that many shoppers and sales staff don’t realise that the buyer has exactly the same statutory rights when buying sales goods as when buying full-price items.

Shop smart: know your consumer rights (vnunet.com) Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve , Wednesday 7 January 2009 at 17:02:00 Shoppers' rights apply even in the sales, says Government agency Consumers are being warned not to let retailers rip them off when shopping in the January sales. Consumer Direct, the Government-funded agency, said that many shoppers and sales staff don’t...

Software testing is inferior to development is a myth (CIOL) NEW DELHI, INDIA: Software testers have traditionally thought off by their more 'advantaged' developer community as some ones who don't get involved in high-end and challenging work, and hence don't deserve the attention and recognition that they themselves command.

Synta and Roche Form Discovery, Development, and Commercialization Alliance in Inflammation (Centre Daily Times) Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) and Roche (SWX: ROG) announced today the formation of a strategic alliance to discover, develop, and commercialize small-molecule drugs targeting a novel family of ion channels that are critical to immune cell function, known as calcium release-activated calcium modulator (CRACM) channels. In preclinical models, the CRACM inhibitors discovered by Synta ...

Synta and Roche Form Discovery, Development, and Commercialization Alliance in Inflammation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LEXINGTON, Mass.----Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Roche announced today the formation of a strategic alliance to discover, develop, and commercialize small-molecule drugs targeting a novel family of ion channels that are critical to immune cell function, known as calcium release-activated calcium modulator channels.

How MIDs Are Complicating Mobile Linux Development (TechNewsWorld.com) The mobile Internet device is the most exciting new device category to hit the market since the smartphone. A MID is a handheld device that delivers high-speed wireless Internet and multimedia services, typically with a 4- to 7-inch screen form factor. Most MIDs will be based on the Linux operating system and at less than half the cost of an average laptop, MIDs are an appealing new alternative.

Matthew H. Printz and Heather L. Mills Named Partners of Murchison & Cumming, LLP (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew H. Printz and Heather L. Mills have been named Partners of the firm.