DNASTAR launches latest version of next generation sequencing software

The bad news: first-quarter spending on computing technology was worse than forecast. The good news: growth could resume earlier, according to a report Forrester Research released Tuesday. The analyst firm reduced its forecast for 2009 information technology spending from a 3 percent decline to a 10.6...

Expands intellectual property portfolio for multiplexing, detection of prokaryotic organisms MILWAUKEE - Prodesse Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on infectious disease, today announced that it has taken worldwide, non-exclusive sublicenses with Abbott for the Caskey (U.S. No. 5,582,989) and Stanbridge (U.S. No. 5,851,767)...

MADISON -Gentel Biosciences, Inc., a leading protein microarray technologies firm, announced today the availability of its APiX™ Chromogenic Protein Array System to the global research community. Composed of a user friendly scanner with optional analysis software, proprietary surface chemistry substrates, and licensed detection reagents, it...

Large and medium-size businesses are increasingly planning to invest in IT products and staff as confidence among IT decision makers begins returning to the corporate sector. However, earlier signs of IT investment among small businesses have slipped. In the government sector, federal government IT decision makers...

Madison is leading the country once again. Our utility company, Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) has purchased six electric car charging stations for the city. While the technology is not new it will be the first network in the United States from an...

Yahoo thinks its plan for a new data center could eventually help the company achieve carbon-neutral status without having to resort to the purchase of carbon offsets. Yahoo designed its forthcoming data center to let outside air cool the servers at all times, borrowing the idea...

Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, on Tuesday announced a new Web site designed to track more than $70 billion in government information technology spending, showing all contracts held by major firms within every agency. The revamped site, USAspending.gov, was launched early this morning, and...