Expanding Its Presence In Asia, Live Video Streaming Platform Ustream Launches In Korea

Ustream_final_logo_no_tag_279C1Back in October, live video streaming platform Ustream announced a partnership with KT Corporation -- a leading telecommunications provider in South Korea. The joint venture also included an additional $10 million funding round, much of it led by the sizable Japanese telecom provider, Softbank (whose independent by closely-connected VC firm, Softbank Capital, operates in the Boston, among other cities). The funding brought Ustream's total outside investment close to just under $100 million. Both the additional capital from Softbank and the partnership with KT Corporation came in the anticipation of Ustream's launch in Korea., and today the streaming video provider is finally ready to officially announce its new Korean language service and portal, Ustream Korea .

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US govt sets new tariffs on China solar panels

(AP) ? The Commerce Department is imposing new import fees on solar panels made in China, finding that the Chinese government is improperly giving subsidies to manufacturers of the panels there.

The Commerce Department said Tuesday it has found on a preliminary basis that Chinese solar panel makers have received government subsidies of 2.9 percent to 4.73 percent. Therefore, the department said, tariffs in the same proportions will be charged on Chinese panels imported into the U.S., depending on which company makes them.

The tariff amounts are considered small, but the decision could ratchet up trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Several U.S. solar panel makers had asked the government to impose steep tariffs on Chinese imports. They are struggling against stiff competition from China as well as weakening demand in Europe and other key markets, just as President Barack Obama is working to promote renewable energy.

"Today's announcement affirms what U.S. manufacturers have long known: Chinese manufacturers have received unfair ... subsidies," Steve Ostrenga, CEO of Helios Solar Works in Milwaukee, said in a statement. The company is a member of a group called the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing.

On the other side, some U.S. companies argue that low-priced Chinese imports have helped consumers and promote rapid growth of the industry.

The new tariffs are low, making the Commerce Department decision "a relatively positive outcome for the U.S. solar industry and its 100,000 employees," said Jigar Shah, president of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy. "However, tariffs large or small will hurt American jobs and prolong our world's reliance on fossil fuels. Fortunately, this decision will not significantly raise solar prices in the United States."

Members of CASE include California-based SunEdison, Recurrent Energy, SolarCity and Westinghouse Solar, as well as China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co.

Commerce said it was putting off until May 17 a decision on whether Chinese companies are dumping the solar panels on world markets, selling them below cost. Tariffs for dumping cases usually are much steeper than those intended to counteract subsidies.

Also, because the decision on subsidy-related tariffs is preliminary, the amount of those tariffs could eventually be changed.

"Today's decision by the Commerce Department is a signal that China's unfair trade practices in the solar energy industry may soon be remedied, giving American producers a more level playing field on which to compete," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said following the announcement. "As the administration continues its investigation into exposing China's subsidies, and especially into the question of dumping, I anticipate that the tariff margins will significantly swell."

Oregon is the home base of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest U.S. maker of silicon solar cells and panels, which has led the U.S. manufacturers' complaints. It is a subsidiary of Germany's SolarWorld AG.

Trade tensions with China are especially sensitive at a time when the U.S. and other Western economies want to boost technology exports to revive economic growth and reduce high unemployment.

The Commerce Department decision "puts the White House in a bind," said David Spooner, an international trade attorney at Squire Sanders in Washington who previously held positions at Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The administration wants domestic solar manufacturers to be protected from unfair foreign competition. But higher prices on foreign products designed to accomplish that also could hurt the goal of encouraging Americans to use solar energy, Spooner noted.

The U.S. and China are two of the world's biggest markets for solar, wind and other renewable energy technology. Both governments are promoting their own suppliers in hopes of generating higher-paid technology jobs.

China announced its own probe in November, saying it will investigate whether U.S. support for renewable energy companies improperly hurts foreign suppliers.

The U.S. manufacturers' complaints have been amplified by the controversy surrounding Solyndra Inc. ? a California-based solar panel maker that filed for bankruptcy protection after winning a $500 million federal loan from the Obama administration.

Solyndra's failure embarrassed the administration and prompted a lengthy review by congressional Republicans who are critical of Obama's green energy policies. Solyndra has cited Chinese competition as a key reason for its failure.

U.S. energy officials say China spent more than $30 billion last year to subsidize its solar industry. Obama said in November that China has "questionable competitive practices" in clean energy and that his administration has fought "these kinds of dumping activities." The administration will act to enforce trade laws where appropriate, Obama said.

Obama is visiting a big solar energy plant Wednesday in Boulder City, Nev., part of a four-state swing aimed at showcasing his administration's energy policies.

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Anti-smoking PSAs offer tips on life with a tracheotomy

Last night, while watching an episode of A&E's Intervention, I saw a new public service announcement (PSA) from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The PSA, "Tips From Former Smokers," featured a number of former smokers who had tracheotomies, an operation in which a surgical hole is created from the outside of a person's neck to access the trachea. Along with severely altering, or even removing, a person's voice, the operation poses several long-term issues.

In the ad, the smokers gave examples of ways in which the tracheotomies interfere with normal daily actions.

"When you have a hole in your neck, don't face the shower head."

"Suction out your throat before you eat."

"Crouch, don't bend over. You don't want to lose the food in your stomach."

It turns out the CDC has released an entire series of the PSAs. You can watch more of them below. They are difficult to watch but powerful and moving. In related news, yesterday a federal appeals court in Kentucky upheld a law requiring cigarette companies to carry "graphic warning labels" on their packaging. The law is being challenged by two tobacco companies.

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Tomatometer Watch: The Hunger Games

After a salvo of positive tweets from writers after the Hunger Games premiere (@silaslesnick: "A new sci-fi classic"; @firstshowing: "Had a LOTR-epic feeling by the end"; @jenyamato: "Captured what I loved in the books"), the critic reviews coming in now shape a similar early consensus. Xan Brooks of the Guardian: "The Hunger Games is the rarest of beasts: A Hollywood action blockbuster that is smart, taut and knotty."

"Despite its well-worn ideas and themes, Gary Ross's provocative, pulse-surgingly tense adaptation couldn't feel fresher," writes Robbie Collin (Daily Telegraph), "Or timelier."

James Rocchi (Box Office Magazine) concludes his review with incredible praise, this line among it: "As action, as allegory, as cinema, The Hunger Games is the best American science-fiction film since The Matrix."

As a book series, author Suzanne Collins was careful to write to all audiences without resorting to lowest common deominator tactics, a quality that appears to be upheld for the movie, judging by quotes from The Playlist's Todd Gilchrist ("It appeals to genre fans regardless of gender") and Total Film's Matthew Leyland ("This is both credible science fiction and a teen tale that doesn't patronise or pander to its audience").

While all reviews are thus far fresh, there are reservations to consider. Justin Chang (Variety) calls The Hunger Games "a watchable enough picture that feels content to realize someone else's vision rather than claim it as it own." And from Time Out's Tom Huddleston: "Overall, this is a solid take ...It could have done with a little less narrative incident and a little more cinematic sparkle."

If the numbers stand, this will be Jennifer Lawrence's sixth straight fresh movie, with three of them having gone Certified Fresh (X-Men: First Class, Like Crazy, and Winter's Bone). For Gary Ross it will be 3-for-3 fresh as director, with Pleasntville and Seabiscuit also having gone Certified Fresh.

The Hunger Games is out in theaters Friday, March 23.

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Qbo robot gets Xtion Pro motion sensor add-on, can't help but gloat (video)

Qbo robot gets Xtion Pro motion sensor add-on
Who would spend their allowance on Asus's expensive Xtion Pro motion sensor? Qbo the cute open-source robot would, because he needs a constant stream of new abilities to maintain his youthful self-image. The sensor's laser emissions create a "3D point cloud" that is added to data from Qbo's existing odometer and gyroscope to create maps, model objects in 3D and plan movements. Why the Xtion instead of the cheaper Kinect? The robot's builders, The Corpora, simply say they picked it for its "small size and weight" as well as its ability to adapt easily -- which was precisely Asus's developer-friendly intention in the first place. See the world as Qbo sees it, right after the break.

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Notorious B.I.G. 'Locked' Lil' Kim In A Room To Prevent Jodeci Collabo

'Big was very protective of me, like overprotective,' Lil Kim tells 'RapFix Live.'
By Rob Markman


Lil' Kim on RapFix Live
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In the 1990s, there was no R&B band quite like Jodeci. While Boyz II Men, with their clean-cut image, were cut from a more traditional R&B cloth, K-Ci, JoJo, Dalvin and DeVante were the bad boys of the genre. No wonder they fit in so well with rappers, collaborating with the likes of Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Redman. They almost cooked up a collaboration with Lil' Kim as well, but the Notorious B.I.G. put a stop to that.

"Big was very protective of me, like overprotective," Lil' Kim said when she appeared on the March 7 episode of "RapFix Live."

In the early '90s, Jodeci got their start at Uptown Records, where their talent was cultivated by a then-unknown Sean "Puffy" Combs — whom fans now simply call Diddy. Under the young executive's watch, the quartet released their multiplatinum 1991 debut Forever My Lady, but somewhere down the line the relationship soured.

Kim recalled one incident where she and Diddy's Bad Boy crew had a run-in with Jodeci in a hotel. "Me and Keisha from Total were in the hallway talking to Dalvin and, I think, JoJo," she remembered. "Puffy and Big were looking for us, and when they found us, Big just started draggin' me by my coat and Puff was like, 'We don't eff with them. What are y'all doin' talkin' to them?' "

Despite the incident, Jodeci later wanted to include Lil' Kim on a remix of their 1995 single "Luv U 4 Life" and offered her a lot of money to do it, but Big, who was both Kim's musical mentor and lover, vetoed the feature. "At that time, it was the beginning of my career; I hadn't seen that much money for one record," Kim recalled.

"So Big comes to where I was stayin' and he's like, 'You ain't goin' nowhere, I'm gonna go out there to see what's goin' on,' " Kim remembered of Biggie's interference while laughing. "He locks me in the room; he was like, 'Oh you ain't gonna go do no song with them.' "

Join MTV News as we celebrate the Notorious B.I.G's life on the 15th anniversary of his death. From now through March 25, we will be rolling out exclusive and commemorative content from Biggie's closest friends, collaborators and his biggest fans. To join the conversation on Twitter, hit @MTVRapFix using the hashtag #biggie15.

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Having a dental check-up can take a long time. Aside from the long wait on the waiting area, there is another wait for dental preparations and the like. It is important that these dental sessions are done in an economical and efficient way. With the advent of new dental technology, patients can get their teeth checked by special-skilled professionals like a E4D dentist Dallas.

This area of specialization is mainly a dental technique which makes use of new machinery. These machines follow a CAD/CAM system which rely on computers to scan and project an image on the screen. The image provided is a four dimensional picture of the mouth, teeth and gums.

More dental experts are finding this machines useful in their practice. The operation of the machine is easy to use and simple. If one encounters problem, there is a technical support on its system that can aid these professionals. Its four dimensional images are accurately produced as well.

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