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...believe that global PC shipments are near the bottom (of the cycle) and that we are approaching the beginning of the next, long-awaited PC-replacement cycle," Morgan's report said. Supporting that notion, a release on June 22 from a meeting of the Global Technology Distribution Council, whose member companies handle more than $100 billion in global technology sales, said that "the worst may be over...
Maybe so. But this will be a different kind of recovery for tech companies. One reason is that a key driver of demand in the next 18 months will be smaller and smaller computers. The growing popularity of netbooks - laptops that can easily fit in a briefcase or handbag and offer basic computing tasks, such as Web browsing - are the prime case in point. Netbooks are cheap, and with new, high-efficiency processors on the scene, they will likely get more powerful, and cheaper still. So while unit volume is improving for tech companies, the actual revenue they bring...
...Over the next 18 months, researchers analyzed urine samples from 67 pediatric patients who came to Children's emergency room with possible cases of appendicitis. Of those, 25 were confirmed to have the sharply painful condition; samples from the other patients were used as controls. Steen explains that in an emergency room situation, physicians are often faced with distinguishing appendicitis from conditions involving abdominal pain, so it made sense to mimic this contrast in the protein analysis as well...
...many - including analyses of adult patients and larger study groups - but if these promising results can be replicated, it could mean a dramatic improvement in patient care and a reduction in medical costs. To hasten the process, Kentsis and his colleagues are already planning further studies within the next year...
Most of Harvard's schools will implement the cuts this coming week, Faust wrote in her e-mail, with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School, the central administration, and "several of the allied institutions" to follow beginning next Monday, June 29. FAS Dean Michael D. Smith wrote in an e-mail to faculty and staff today that the notification process for the layoffs would begin at Harvard College Library today, with the rest of FAS following next week...