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Convention on tobacco control a triumph for public health

26 February 2010 — Cost-effective measures set out in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control could prevent 5.5 million deaths within a decade.

CONFERENCE: Moving Ahead Together: Celebrating the Legacy, Shaping the Future of Maternal and Child Health

Organizer: AMCHP – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Event dates: 6-10 March 2010
Venue: National Harbor, MD

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 90

As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 90

As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.

Five Gates to Innovation

Corning Inc.’s process for developing inventive products actually works, a claim that few companies can make.

Challenges facing health of migrants to be tackled at key meeting

MADRID ¦ 3 MARCH 2010 — The World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Spanish Government, which currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, are opening a Global Consultation on Migrant Health in Madrid today. Millions of migrants face multiple health risks, including poor access to health care, poverty and exploitation during the sometimes perilous journeys they undertake in search of a better life.

10 great geek cakes

From lip-smacking gadgets to chest-bursting aliens, these infamous Internet cakes are irrefutable proof that you can have your cake and eat it too.


Africa united in fight against polio outbreak

4 March 2010 — Over 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in an example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic.

Repaying Micro-Loans

Elisabeth Rhyne on how lenders ethically get their small loans repaid.

Apple’s Suit Would Block HTC’s HD2 Windows 7 Phone

Apple is attempting to put the brakes on potential for one of the first Windows Phone 7 Series smartphones. Apple’s suit against HTC would block the company from releasing its HD2 mobile phone equipped with Microsoft’s new mobile operating system in the U.S.

Apple’s complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission would stop the Taiwan-based HTC from importing some of its 7 Series phones into the U.S.

HTC has created some buzz recently for its HD2 phone. The device is the first Windows phone equipped with the HTC Sense user interface. It uses a sensor used to prevent false screen touches when the device is picked up to answer or make a phone call. The device also includes a light sensor that adjusts brightness automatically.

The HD2 is a super-thin phone with a high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive touch display, and a one-gigahertz Snapdragon processor by Qualcomm, and will use T-Mobile’s 3G network.

So, why all the concern? Apparently Apple thinks the HD2 is too similar to its iPhone, observers say.

Core of Complaint

At the core of Apple’s complaint is a claim that HTC has infringed on 20 patents covering various technologies that Apple said relate to the iPhone’s interface, architecture and hardware.

Although HTC is based in Taiwan, it has U.S. headquarters in Bellevue, Wash. And some of the patents questioned in the lawsuit were likely developed in HTC’s Seattle research and development lab.

“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”

The lawsuit could affect not only the manufacturers and software providers, but carriers, too. T-Mobile USA could be hurt by the lawsuit, as…


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