Vancouver, BC, September 25, 2008--(T-Net)--Icron Technologies (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB(R), the USB extension and bridging technology, is ranked No. 44 among the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing Canadian technology companies, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years.

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today a venture capital investment of $4 million in Advanced Electron Beams, whose technology helps traditional manufacturers become more environmentally sustainable while improving profitability. The technology uses a stream of electrons to initiate chemical reactions or break chemical bonds more efficiently than existing thermal ...

Circassia, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, has announced positive results from a Phase II clinical study of its anti-allergy technology, ToleroMune, in the field of cat allergy.

UOP has signed a letter of intent with Ensyn to form a joint venture to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into oil for power generation, heating fuel and for conversion into transportation fuels.

NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system.

In yet another sign that the technology industry is becoming part of Washington's lobbying establishment, two major tech trade groups are hoping to join forces to deliver a more unified message to lawmakers and regulators. AeA, formerly known as the American Electronics Association, and the Information Technology Association of America said Thursday they are in talks to merge their operations.

TORONTO - Being forced to give up driving due to dimming eyesight and slowed reaction times can be emotionally devastating for older people, so researchers are turning to technology in the hopes of prolonging an aging population's ability to stay behind the wheel.

New ways to wear technology are affecting everything from the health care field to the halls of academia to the catwalk. Even fashion designers are getting into the wearable computing act.

Two of the worlds biggest technology trade organisations have confirmed they are in merger talks.

( New Jersey Institute of Technology ) The Department of Justice has awarded NJIT $254,889 to continue developing childproof child-safe gun technology. US Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez and US Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. earmarked the grant in last year's annual Congressional appropriation bill.