Technology News:
FIFA says goal-line technology rejected because of costs (Sports Illustrated)
ZURICH (AP) -- The introduction of goal-line technology was rejected because it was too costly and wasn't universally applicable, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday.
Blatter: Goal-line technology was too costly (AP Sports)
The introduction of goal-line technology was rejected because it was too costly and wasn't universally applicable, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday. The FIFA-dominated International Football Association Board rejected plans to pursue the use of technology at its annual meeting last weekend.
Blatter defends decision to rule out goal line technology (Reuters Sports)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, responding to criticism of the decision to reject goal line technology, said he wanted soccer to be played under the same rules at all levels and retain its human element.
US human rights report: Hillary Clinton says technology advances aid activists, oppressors (The Christian Science Monitor)
US human rights report reveals concern about China's clampdown on advocates for democracy and Internet access. New technology tools are 'useful to both oppressors and to those who struggle to expose the failure and the cowardice of the oppressors,' said Hillary Clinton.
Blatter: Goal-line technology was too costly (AP Finance)
Use of goal-line technology was rejected because of high costs and potential interruptions in the flow of games, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday.
Network-based LED lighting technology for commercial buildings (EETimes)
Redwood Systems launched what the company claims to be the first network-based technology for LED lighting and building performance systems.
Network-based LED lighting technology for commercial buildings (EETimes)
Redwood Systems launched what the company claims to be the first network-based technology for LED lighting and building performance systems. Technology - Redwood Systems - Solid-state lighting - Lighting - Business
U.S. Stocks Pare Retreat as Technology Companies Rally (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks pared losses as technology companies rallied and raw-materials producers trimmed their retreat. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.1 percent to 1,144.17 at 10:44 a.m. in New York after decreasing as much as 0.6 percent earlier.
The Results are in: Users of BodyMedia's Wearable Body-Monitoring Technology Lose 3 Times More Weight (redOrbit)
SAN DIEGO, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- With obesity in America reaching alarming levels -- across our adult and youth populations -- results from a clinical trial unveiled by BodyMedia today confirm that participants who used BodyMedia's wearable body-monitoring technology either in conjunction with a group weight loss program or as part of their own self-directed program lost up to three times ...
Technology's Richest Billionaires (Forbes)
Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls.