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Consumers overpredict the use of holiday gifts
Before you add that fancy "it" gadget to your holiday wish list, you should know you're not going to use it as much as you think you will. For a...
First Tourist Spaceship to Be Unveiled by Virgin Monday
Aspiring space tourists will get a glimpse of their future ride late Monday, when Virgin Galactic takes the wraps off the first of its long-awaited SpaceShipTwo planes.
With Lure of Cash, M.I.T. Group Builds a Balloon-Finding Team to Take Pentagon Prize
About 4,300 other teams participated in a Pentagon-sponsored contest to correctly identify the location of 10 red balloons distributed around the United States.
Researcher catalogs venomous catfish
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The first comprehensive study of venomous catfish suggests there are at least 1,250 poisonous species worldwide, a researcher in Michigan said.
Oil is a tool for Iran, an analysis says
TEHRAN, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. intelligence review said Tehran could use oil as a diplomatic weapon by closing down the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media boasts.
Lightweight bionic hand ready for testing
ROME, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A lightweight bionic hand controlled by the brain soon could be ready for testing on people, scientists in Italy said.
DARPA Challenge Competitors Already Mobilizing Social Networks
Tweets and status updates have been buzzing for weeks about DARPA's Network Challenge , even though the event does not officially kick off until 10 A.M. Eastern time Saturday...
Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Industry Canada orders a 14-year-old Ottawa boy to shut down the unlicensed radio station he started a week ago.
Microsoft Store mirrors popular concept of its rival
Blink an eye, and the Microsoft Store could be mistaken for an Apple Store.
User-controlled camera debuts on Hockey Night
The Hockey Night in Canada All Access Cam will make its debut during Friday's telecast of the Montreal Canadiens' centennial anniversary game against the Boston Bruins.
Patient Money: Knowing What’s Worth Paying for in Vitamins
Vitamin sales in the United States are expect to grow 8 percent this year to $9.2 billion, according to Nutrition Business Journal,.
Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook
Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store...
U.K. military shuts down UFO hotline
Britain's military has closed a hotline that took reports of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, for more than 50 years. The military said the reports had not revealed any...
Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June
When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.
Lawmakers demand testimony by WH social secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House Democrat says someone from the White House social secretary's office should have helped the Secret Service clear people into last week's...
Source: Stephanopoulos offered 'GMA' job
(AP) -- An executive with knowledge of the negotiations says ABC News has offered George Stephanopoulos (STEFF'-uh-nop-oh-luss) the job of "Good Morning America" co-anchor, although ABC's political expert hasn't...
Best and Worst in Cell Phone Service
Consumer Reports Releases Reader Survey Results in January Issue, Finds AT&T, Sprint Viewed as Worst, Verizon Best
Sony signs 3-D video deal for 2010 World Cup
(AP) -- The 2010 World Cup is going 3-D. Sony Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal with FIFA, the international football governing body, to record up to...
Google adds translation to main search engine
Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.
Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says it is waiving its condition that 90 percent of shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing equipment firm Tandberg ASA back its $3.4 billion takeover offer...
Can Comcast-NBC Play Nice With Hulu?
With Advent Of The Media Joint Venture, Hulu's Development May Have Hit A Wall
Search warrants served in ESPN reporter video case
(AP) -- FBI agents want Yahoo Inc. to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by an Illinois man already accused of secretly...
Food sustainability: Modified opinions
Historians of the future may mark the early 21st century as the point where the science of agriculture finally broke into public understanding. Ten years of ill-tempered debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs)...
Web ad group launches privacy education campaign
(AP) -- A group of leading Internet publishers and digital marketing services on Thursday launched an online campaign to educate consumers about how they are tracked and targeted for...
THQ opening Montreal video game studio
Video game giant THQ is opening a new design studio in Montreal, further strengthening Canada's position as a global industry leader.
Pfizer exec's health-funding job defended
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is not reconsidering the appointment of Bernard Prigent, a senior pharmaceutical executive at Pfizer Canada, to the governing council of the federal government's funding arm for...
Turning genetic trash to treasure
(PhysOrg.com) -- John Rinn, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Broad Institute, overcame a rocky start in life through a passion for...
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