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Video: Loaded: Showing off the Nook
We show you our new Nook, Apple acquires music site Lala, and the 2010 World Cup will be shot in 3D.
Ankara wants status quo at Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Turkish environmental officials arrived in Denmark on Monday to tout their greenhouse gas reductions and desire to maintain the national status quo.
Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe
(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in...
Kids eat less junk food when middle schools stop providing it
It seems like a no-brainer, and it is: Take the junk food out of school vending machines and cafeterias, and kids will eat less junk food, according to a new...
Santa’s sleigh: Researcher explains science of Christmas magic
Santa skeptics have long considered St. Nick's ability to deliver toys to the world's good girls and boys on Christmas Eve a scientific impossibility. But new research shows that Santa...
Sacred Heart holds off Monmouth 81-73
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Chauncey Hardy scored 18 points and three others reached double figures as Sacred Heart beat Monmouth 81-73 on Saturday in the Northeast...
Gen-x will need 10x (the computing power)
It is my perception that researchers are increasingly adopting computer modeling and simulation in their work. And as communities get more familiar with their respective tools of the day, the...
Google buys online collaboration startup
Online collaboration startup AppJet said that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating.
Hearst looks to digital readers of the future
With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst Corp. announced plans Friday to launch a digital newsstand, advertising service and electronic reader for newspapers and magazines.
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Efforts to Strip Health Care Provisions Fall Short
The measures would make deep cuts in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans and create a new long-term-care insurance program.
Pros' picks: Best fitness devices
Heart rate monitors, vibration plates and pedometers make the experts' must-have list. ...
Mephedrone and the problem with 'legal highs'
The key side-effect of the mephedrone scare has been a spike in sales – and a government policy now close to breaking pointThe unintended consequence of this week's media coverage of mephedrone, a...
Tech accessories can spice up holiday list
As much as I love buying big-ticket items such as TVs, computers, cell phones and cameras, I also love buying accessories for those items just as much, maybe even more.
Tips on Having a Green Christmas
It was Bing Crosby who immortalized a white Christmas in his 1942 hit single, but these days more and more eco-conscious consumers are dreaming of a green Christmas instead. If...
This Week in the Future, November 30-December 4, 2009
Leave a comment to win a TWITF t-shirt! Pork grown in a lab, butterflies hatched in space, male fish going girly and a brand new rainbow trap? The future sure keeps us...
Microsoft unleashes lawsuits, raids in piracy crackdown
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has unleashed a series of lawsuits and is cooperating in criminal prosecutions worldwide in an effort to stem piracy of its software.
'Digging into Data Challenge' grant awarded
A professor at Tufts University will lead a team of international researchers to explore how humanities scholars can use data analysis to track topics about the Greco-Roman world as they...
N.L. tobacco 'power walls' coming down
Large cigarette displays in stores, known as "power walls," will be illegal across Newfoundland and Labrador beginning Jan. 1.
Rockefeller postdoc wins GE & Science Prize
Michael Crickmore has been named Grand Prize winner in the essay competition, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in molecular biology. Crickmore’s essay, titled “The Molecular Basis of Size Differences,” comes...
Download of the day: FireFound tracks your stolen computer, nukes your personal data
The worst thing about losing your laptop isn't the cost of replacing your gear; it's the loss of personal info and saved passwords. Firefox extension FireFound tracks your lost laptop's...
Pharmacists are a vital, if under-used, part of healthcare
One physician says their years of training make them 'walking encyclopedias' on drug effectiveness, side effects and interactions. ...
Ginger prices rise on flu fears
BEIJING, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Ginger prices could skyrocket this year because of a supply shortage coupled with an increase in demand during flu season, a Chinese research firm...
Britain shuts down UFO-hunting unit
The British government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini New Chair of Innovation Task Force
Paul S. Otellini, President and Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation, has accepted the invitation of the Task Force on American Innovation to serve as its new chair.
Pantomime season comes early to Canada in climate debate with sceptics
What would your debating strategy have been against Bjorn Lomborg? How could I have handled him better?I've just returned from Canada, where I've been involved in efforts to stop the government's disastrous campaign...
British businesses back Brown on climate
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- More than 850 companies in the United Kingdom signed a measure joining Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling for a new climate-change deal.