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Sask. musician promoted via Google Street View
A Saskatoon musician looking to promote an upcoming album has succeeded in getting his picture on the new Street View feature of Google Maps.
Obama shifts Copenhagen visit to boost deal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize...
FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees
(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.
Sony to enter car battery market: Stringer
Sony Corp. will tap the rechargeable car battery market amid a growing focus on electric cars and green auto technology, chief executive Howard Stringer said Thursday.
New Cell Phone Technology Allows Deaf People To Communicate - Via American Sign Language - Anytime, Anywhere
For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, cell phone use has largely been limited to text messaging. But technology is catching up: Cornell researchers and colleagues have created...
Flight of fancy: MIT autonomous mini-helicopter solves one tough challenge
In its first 18 years, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International`s annual aerial-robotics competition posed four successive challenges, which robotics researchers had to meet using entirely autonomous aerial vehicles...
Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women
In the Appalachian region of the country - where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low - a...
Maths builds better machines
Fluid modelling is helping researchers in mineral processing – letting them see what’s going on and how new designs would work.
MySpace Music debuts in Britain
MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a "Get Real Close" campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican.
Movieclips.com launches with studio deals
(AP) -- Movieclips.com, an online movie clip-sharing service, launched in beta test mode on Wednesday touting the cooperation of six major Hollywood studios amid an industrywide slowdown in DVD...
Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to 'see'
Taking inspiration from genetic screening techniques, researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware...
Science, atheism and ironed trousers | Adam Rutherford
Listen to Adam read his contribution to The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, edited by Ariane Sherine. The book is out now in print, audio and on iTunes. The contributors and...
Briny With A Rich Seafood Essence
My google news alert for "squid" frequently pops up recipes and restaurant reviews, most of which I dismiss out of hand. But a critical mass of alerts mentioning squid ink...
Facebook tops 350 million users, tightens privacy
Facebook is enhancing privacy controls and eliminating its regional framework for online communities as the Internet's most popular social networking service tops 350 million users.
Feature: Cars that 'think' may help drivers who don't
The cars of the future may be able to tell us the 'greenest' routes and closest petrol stations, but will they just cause more driver distraction?
Pulitzers change rules to allow more online work
(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize board announced Wednesday that it will open its doors wider to journalism entries from online-only news publications.
Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain
(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw...
Microsoft launches redesigned map search with apps
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.
Review: Two new 3-D laptops still feel shallow
(AP) -- In its search for another technology to excite us, the consumer electronics industry is reaching deep - into the third dimension. The big push for 3-D TV...
LST builds first global nanotech regulation database
(PhysOrg.com) -- A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have...
Conquering the Digital Data Overload
Computer scientist seeks to better find and integrate mounds of data available.
Podcast Teaser: Why Rationality?
Dear readers, Rationally Speaking is soon going to be (also) a podcast, produced by New York City Skeptics, and co-hosted by Julia Galef and yours truly. Before each (initially biweekly, starting...
Prescription drug kiosks get OK in Ontario
People in Ontario will soon be able to buy prescription drugs through an ATM-like self-serve machine now that Bill 179 has been passed in the Ontario legislature.
Guttmacher named acting NICHD director
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Dr. Alan Guttmacher has been named acting director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Tullow needs cash to pre-empt Heritage
LONDON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Tullow Oil could have a tough time funding the pre-emption of the sale of the assets of its Ugandan partner Heritage to Italian giant...
BP's Alaska leak still under examination
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Crews and officials dealing with oil contamination from a BP pipeline in Alaska said the cause of the leak and the severity of...
'Everything will be OK,' Naftogaz says
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Ukrainian utility Naftogaz does not anticipate any problems with its gas payments to Russia through the beginning of 2010, executives said.
India moves into South Pars
NEW DELHI, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. reached an agreement to take a share of a liquefied natural gas plant associated with the South...