Fast Automobiles

Fujitsu Laboratories has developed image compression technology for automotive use to support digital image transmission over an in-vehicle LAN. The new technology, SmartCODEC, features a compression rate of one third and a compression-decompression time of 2 to 3 milliseconds.

Auxilium shares rise on deal to sell 5.5 mln shares
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares rose 11% to $10.32 in Friday morning trade after the Malvern, Pa.-based company said it expects to raise $43.3 million from the sale of 5.5 million share of its common stock.

Growing Acidity of Oceans May Kill Corals
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer The escalating level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the world's oceans more acidic, government and independent scientists say.

PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Sept. 19, 2006
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