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Ximedica blog looks at health innovation
PROVIDENCE – Ximedica LLC, the health-product development firm, has created a new blog.
The blog, Living Innovation, features contributions from Ximedica employees on a...
Morris Group to sell Hexagon products
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Hexagon Meteorology Inc. has signed a strategic-partnership agreement with Morris Group Inc., a supplier of Computer Numeric Control machine tools and...
FDA extends review of Covidien’s Exalgo
MANSFIELD – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended to Feb. 22 its deadline for deciding whether to approve the drug Exalgo, a...
5 firms partner to fight recession’s effects
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Three IT services firms based in Rhode Island and two others located in Massachusetts will hold a daylong event at Gillette...
Study: Digital-age info gap growing
NEW YORK – A new report says the country needs to make an effort to ensure all Americans have high-speed Internet access similar in...
Carcieri promoting cybersecurity in October
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has joined the U.S. Homeland Security Department in declaring October “Cyber Security Awareness Month.”
“While the many benefits of...
Brown launches section on iTunes U
PROVIDENCE – After a five-month beta phase, Brown University this month officially launched its own page on iTunes U, a section of Apple Inc.’s...
FCC chief warns of ‘looming crisis’ in wireless
WASHINGTON – The chair of the Federal Communications Commission has warned that a lack of available airwaves could pose a major problem for the...
CVS expands EHR deal with Microsoft
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp.’s retail pharmacy customers can now download their prescription and medication information to their Microsoft Corp. HealthVault accounts under a...
Universal U.S. broadband could cost $350B
WASHINGTON – The cost of bringing high-speed Internet access to all U.S. households could total anywhere from $20 billion to $350 billion depending on...









