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Senate's climate bill emphasizes jobs, security, protecting planet

14 years ago from Physorg

Backed by a giant American flag and rows of young veterans and business executives, a group of Democratic senators unveiled an energy and climate bill Wednesday that they say will...

SNM urges Congress to support CARE bill

14 years ago from

SNM is calling on Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE bill), which would ensure that states set minimum education...

Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.

Ein, Zwei, Molson Dry? Researcher Says Hand Gesturing To Count In Foreign Countries Can Be Tricky

14 years ago from Science Daily

If you are planning to do some Oktoberfesting in Germany, you may want to pay attention to how you order your beverages. The server is not giving you a three-for-the-price-of-two...

Sold-out Products Influence Consumer Choice

14 years ago from Science Daily

An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study.

Appeals court upholds dismissal of vaccine suit

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a program that requires some members of the military to be vaccinated against anthrax over objections from service members who...

Next season on the box? Cheap and light TV

14 years ago from Physorg

Cash-strapped couch potatoes forced to stay in thanks to the global economic crisis next season will be dished up platters of light low-cost entertainment as TV networks chase rare advertising...

Panasonic, Sanyo win EU takeover approval

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. must sell off a European plant that makes batteries to win EU antitrust approval for the $9 billion deal creating one...

Microsoft releases free antivirus software

14 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Microsoft's free antivirus program, Security Essentials, is now available for download from the company's website.

Warning: Homegrown Tobacco Still Deadly

14 years ago from Live Science

Tobacco seeds sales have sharply risen this year as smokers try growing their own.

CNN Offers iPhone App, For a Price

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

New Outlet Among the First To Charge Consumers for Constant Stream of Info

Tokyo Pitches a "Green Olympics"

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Organizers Rally Support in Bid for 2016 Games, Promoting Eco-Friendly Venues, Waste Recycling and Giant Robots

Facebook pulls Obama assassination poll

14 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Social website Facebook yanks a poll about assassinating President Barack Obama after being contacted by the U.S. Secret Service.

Synthetic Biology And Nanotechnology - The Public Knows Little

14 years ago from

Not a week goes by in science that there isn't a new study related to synthetic biology or nanotechnology.   They are two of the hottest fields in science and...

First Intelligent Financial Search Engine Developed

14 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have completed the development of the first search engine designed to search for information from the financial and stock market sector based on semantic technology, which enables one to...

Texas Tech Coach Clamps Down on Twitter

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Negative Posts by Players Prompts Decision; Coach Says Facebook Pages will be Monitored, Too

AT&T to start selling Garmin nuvifone in October

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S.

9 in 10 high schoolers short on fruits, veggies

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings...

Elpida Unveils Industry's First 2-Gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM

14 years ago from Physorg

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had developed the industry's first 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM.

Computer hacks jump in '09: study

14 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Canadian companies faced more computer attacks in the past 12 months, each of which cost the firm almost twice as much to fight, according to a study released Tuesday.

Companies dodge grisly duty

14 years ago from Science Alert

Cigarette companies are bending laws that force them to print gruesome images on packets, according to a recent study.

Abbott wins the race for Solvay’s pharma business

14 years ago from Chemistry World

Abbott has beaten off rival bids to acquire its cholesterol-franchise partner, Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

14 years ago from Physorg

ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.

Union executive sues CUPE, alleges email spying

14 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

An eastern Ontario union executive has launched a lawsuit against the Canadian Union of Public Employees, accusing a colleague of violating her privacy by reading her emails.

Fujitsu Develops Golf-Swing Analyzer Featuring Latest Sensing Technology

14 years ago from Physorg

Fujitsu today announced that it has codeveloped a sensing technology that accurately measures the body movements of a person carrying a sensor-equipped mobile phone. The technology was developed in collaboration...

As phones get smarter, game makers ring the changes

14 years ago from Physorg

Tetsuya Ide doesn't own an iPhone, but the teenage computer boffin is betting that Apple's hit gadget is the key to having a new generation of video game players in...

Warner to return its music to YouTube

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to return songs and music videos from its artists to the YouTube video site, after a monthslong boycott over what it...

Mathematics to build cancer model

14 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Mathematicians in Dundee are to develop a virtual model of cancer growth in an effort to predict how it spreads.