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Japanese seek to scrap Google's Street View
A group of Japanese journalists, professors and lawyers demanded Friday that the US Internet search giant Google scrap its "Street View" service in Japan, saying it violates people's privacy.
Slippery Slope: One Tiny Truffle Can Trigger Desire For More Treats
Indulging in just one small chocolate truffle can induce cravings for more sugary and fatty foods -- and even awaken a desire for high-end status products, according to a new...
Hexion, Huntsman Drop Merger Deal
With a $1 billion settlement, the Huntsman takeover saga ends
Florida Water Board, Voting 4 to 3, Approves U.S. Sugar Deal in the Everglades
The $1.34 billion deal to buy nearly 300 square miles of land could reshape both the Everglades and the sugar business.
U.S. Air Defense Command Offers New High-Tech Ways to Track Santa
For those who believe, Santa Claus and his team of reindeer have taken to the skies every Christmas Eve for the past 1,600 years. But this is the first time...
A new vision for people in space
A team led by MIT researchers released on Monday, Dec. 15, the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation's human spaceflight program undertaken in many years.
The Fastest Racing Yacht Ever?
A controversial new breed of yachtsman is fighting both on the seas and in the courts to win the America's Cup. Jerry Bowen takes us on a high-speed ride on...
Province increases support to help aging seniors stay at home
Alberta's new long-term care plan, announced Monday, includes more services to help seniors and people with disabilities remain in their own homes.
Mobile phone to be main Web tool in 2020: survey
Mobile devices will be the primary tool to connect to the Internet in the year 2020 and voice-recognition and touch-screen interfaces will be much more prevalent, according to a new...
Hurricane Protection System in New Orleans 'A System in Name Only'
The Army Corps of Engineers is mandated to provide New Orleans with an improved hurricane protection system by 2011. Virginia Tech geotechnical engineers are among the researchers analyzing the floodwall...
We've got your number: Consumers choose products with more technical specs
Many products have numbers attached: megapixels for cameras, wattage ratings for stereos, cotton counts for sheets. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that consumers are heavily...
Authors find social networking technology helps reveal what matters most in campus culture
Facebook and other social networking sites aren't just online spaces where students can connect, they're the frontier of self-definition and identity to the first generation raised with the Internet, according...
Go for the gold (or silver): Status tiers promote loyalty
How special does that gold card offered by a hotel or airline make you feel? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the connection between status and...
Just look: When it comes to art, viewing may be as satisfying as buying
The experience of purchasing art shares much in common with viewing it in exhibits, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Author Yu Chen (Oakland University)...
Smokers can sue over 'light cigarettes': Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that smokers can sue Altria and other toobacco companies for allegedly deceptive marketing of "light" or "low tar" cigarettes.
New tool could unpick complex cancer causes and help sociologists mine Facebook
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Statistics and Centre for Complexity Science have devised a new research tool that could help unpick the complex cell interactions that lead...
Judges hear owners' case against Kentucky governor's administration for seizing Web domain names
Lawyers representing online gambling interests told the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday that Gov. Steve Beshear's effort to seize domain names is blatantly unconstitutional.
Hackers 'aid' Amazon logging scam
Hi-tech criminals have helped Brazilian logging firms evade official limits on how much timber they can harvest, says a report.
Supercomputer Center Director Offers Tips On Data Preservation In The Information Age
The world has gone digital in just about everything we do. Almost every iota of information we access these days is stored in some kind of digital form and accessed...
Feature: Habitat - the burning question
Australia's recent bushfires have put the spotlight on fire management policies and practices, but not everyone agrees on what's best.
Impoverished NKorea gets new mobile network
(AP) -- An Egyptian telecoms giant launched an advanced mobile phone network in North Korea on Monday, the latest attempt to introduce a global symbol of personal freedom into...
'Parowan Prophet' Predicts U.S. Will Be Nuked by Christmas
The prophecy of Leland Freeborn, Parowan Prophet: Obama's election will cause riots and a nuclear attack.
US Fidelity seeks to sell Indian tech services unit: report
US financial giant Fidelity Investments has put its captive Indian technology services unit up for sale as part of a cost-cutting move, India's Economic Times newspaper reported Monday.
Ontario pastrami product may be tainted: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to eat an Ontario pastrami product because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Science Weekly podcast: The Enigma cipher machine, and how the European Space Agency is helping the games industry
John Alexander brings in his cipher machines, including the German Enigma. We attempt to encipher a simple message using it. John also sets a code to be cracked by the...
The Crash Of 2008: A Mathematician's View
Markets need regulation to stay stable. We have had thirty years of financial deregulation. Now we are seeing chickens coming home to roost. This is the key argument of a...
Mould Toxins More Prevalent And Hazardous Than Thought
Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Researchers have analyzed dust and materials samples from buildings damaged...
Startup banks on making money from free broadband
(AP) -- For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to...