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King of Bionic Ag Uses Turbocharged Seeds, Precision Chemistry, and a Little TLC
Wired Top Stories — ... This upheaval represents an opportunity for companies like Iowa-based Pioneer Hi-Bred, Cullers' main sponsor. A DuPont subsidiary, Pioneer grossed $3.3 billion in 2007, primarily from the sale of bioengineered seeds; its chief rival, Monsanto, ...

Pioneer drops four new AV receivers at CES 2009
T3.com All — ... high resolution audio backed up by HDMI 1.3 repeaters, and iPod/iPhone compatibility. The VSX-1019AH even has a built in colour screen for displaying album artwork. Add to that Pioneer s impressive ASR (Advanced Sound Retriever) technology which improves highly-compressed music files to near CD quality, and you ve got yourself a tight AV package. Prices are currently only listed for America, but you can own the AVR of your choice for between $200 and $500 in April 09. Link: Pioneer T3 s CES coverage is powered by ...

More Blu-ray power: Sharp and Pioneer merge optical disc businesses
CrunchGear — The consolidation process in Japan’s tech industry isn’t stopping. Pioneer and Sharp said today in Tokyo they have reached a basic agreement to launch an optical disc joint venture [JP, PDF], a move that is supposed to give the companies  a boost in the Blu-ray segment. Both companies said they are ready to completely transfer their optical disc businesses to the new entity. The joint venture is expected to start operations October 1 this year, which could mean bad news for competitors such as Panasonic or Sony. Pioneer and Sharp will ...