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Video: Loaded: Happy Windows 7 Day
Microsoft launches its new OS, Bing gets Twitter and Facebook updates, and there's a Bold new BlackBerry.
Standards for a new genomic era
A team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly...
Sockeye lox trim recalled in Canada
OTTAWA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat Classic Canadian-brand wild sockeye lox trim because of possible contamination.
Bringing gaming to the disabled
Ironically, it was located in one of the least-accessible areas of the Games for Health conference held a few months ago in Boston. Up a set of stairs and around...
Scholar helps classify clicks in African languages
(PhysOrg.com) -- Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language.
Taiwan's AU Optronics returns to profit in third quarter
Taiwan's Au Optronics Corp on Thursday posted a net profit of 7.4 billion Taiwan dollars (228.5 million US) on increased demand and higher product prices following two consecutive quarterly losses.
Microsoft launches Windows 7
Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 operating system made its global debut on Thursday.
Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts
(AP) -- Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them - legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps...
Newspaper, Internet titans duel at Web 2.0 Summit
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson opened fire on Google, accusing the Internet giant of promoting online news reading "promiscuity."
Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles
For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets...
High tech for bicycles
The roadside features such as curbstone edges, potholes, streetcar tracks etc. frequently rattle the nerves of any bicyclist. But for years now, professional and recreational bikers alike have been using...
Paterson Administration Fears Cost of U.S. Health Care Overhaul
States that have been more generous with Medicaid eligibility could fare worse than others under one proposed formula for sharing costs with the federal government.
Google Strikes a Twitter Search Deal, Too
Google Will Index Real-Time Twitter Messages in Search Results as Microsoft Integrates Tweets into Bing
Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years
(AP) -- A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years...
Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies
(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing...
MySpace Music videos to appear on Facebook
(AP) -- Social-networking site MySpace is using its joint venture with recording companies to launch a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook...
First White Spaces Network Brings Broadband Internet to Rural America
For the first time in the U.S., unused TV broadcast channels freed up by the transition to digital TV are being used to wirelessly deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to business,...
Saying No To Drugs (for No Reason)
There are benefits to being an emotionally deficient scientist. At least, there probably are. You can't prove a negative[1]. Anyway, there are definitely some drawbacks. One of which is the...
Pre-Columbian Societies Knew a Thing About Extracting Gold
South Americans may have developed metallurgy process centuries before Europeans did [Read more]
EBay 3Q net income down 29 pct though revenue rose
(AP) -- EBay says its third-quarter net income fell 29 percent as operating expenses climbed.
Jumping the queue for official documents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developed by European researchers allows citizens and local governments to exchange official documents over mobile phones. The software could help usher in the era of mobile government...
Ultracapacitors Make City Buses Cheaper, Greener
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fleet of 17 buses near Shanghai has been running on ultracapacitors for the past three years, and today that technology is coming to the Washington, DC, for...
Berlin Twitter Wall lets people write on wall
(AP) -- The Berlin Wall is gone, but people can still tag their memories on it online.
Watching me, watching you
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a...
Doppler Ultrasound Helps Scientists Understand Fescue Toxicosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doppler technology -- the very same technology used by meteorologists to track thunderstorms -- is being used by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to better understand the rate...
A Mixed Earnings Picture
Recovery Watch: The third quarter brings few signs of stronger demand.
Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense...
Rare economic espionage case going to trial
(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are...