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Twitter partners with Indian firm for SMS tweets
Twitter announced a deal with India's top mobile company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday that will allow users of the hot micro-blogging service to send "tweets" at standard SMS message rates...
US must focus on protecting critical computer networks from cyber attack
Because it will be difficult to prevent cyber attacks on critical civilian and military computer networks by threatening to punish attackers, the United States must focus its efforts on defending...
Household robots threaten privacy
SEATTLE, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The increasing use of household robots mask security risks that threaten privacy, University of Washington researchers warn.
Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny
(AP) -- After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's...
India's Infosys second quarter profit up 7.5 pct
Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software firm, posted Friday a surprise 7.5 percent quarterly jump in net profit as a better global economy eased pressure on the company to cut prices.
New conflict unearthed at Ontario health ministry
A trio of senior program managers at Ontario's health ministry were allowed to set up their own firm, then profit from dozens of ministry contracts worth millions of dollars, according...
Fat city: W.Va. town braces for TV show depiction
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Weary of being stuck with what they call the false label of America's unhealthiest city, Huntington residents are offering a wary welcome...
Twitter's becoming an important tool for job seekers and employers
As the Internet's microblogging superhero Twitter continues to balloon with 40 million users worldwide and countless apps like Twhirl and TweetDeck, the Twittersphere has been overrun lately with refugees from...
Decline in Growth of Prescription Drug Revenue Is Forecast
A forecast released by IMS cited increased sales of generic drugs and the worldwide economic downturn.
No Facebook at work in most US companies
More than half of US companies do not allow employees to visit social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter while at work, according to a new survey.
New portal for plant genomics will support research into improved crops
Today sees the launch of Ensembl Plants – a freely available web resource for plant genomics research – by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), in partnership...
Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop
The National Institute for Computational Sciences' (NICS's) Cray XT5 supercomputer -Kraken -has been upgraded to become the first academic system to surpass a thousand trillion calculations a second, or one...
Users Report Twitter Outage
Problems with Update Stream Started This Morning; Facebook Acknowledges Own Issues
University creates iPhone medical apps
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- University of Utah researchers say they have created three iPhone applications that are designed to assist scientists, students, doctors and patients.
Google tracking flu outbreaks in 16 more countries
Google on Thursday expanded a flu-tracking tool to include 16 more countries, analyzing local patterns in search queries to determine the spread of the influenza.
Tech review: Navigating iPhone GPS applications
Since Apple Inc. announced it would support turn-by-turn GPS applications for the iPhone, a slew of GPS apps have appeared in the iTunes app store.
Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in...
Small wonders take the prize in photo contest
From Newsweek: Click through gorgeous past and current winners of the Nokia Small World photomicrography competition.
Deep-fried food with less fat?
Ah, the wonders of technology: Rice-based batter that is supposed to absorb up to 50% less cooking oil than traditional batters.
Reversing brain drain
A battered U.S. economy has sent many of the country's leading minds packing for "greener" shores. America is losing thousands of top scientists, academics and biotech executives to cities like...
CSI in a virtual world: New grant furthers NC State's work in forensic science
Imagine using the same process that goes into building video games to help investigators solve real-world crimes. Through a new grant, that's what researchers at North Carolina State University plan...
Bring back health-care premiums, Albertans say
Albertans favour reinstating health-care premiums in the province by a margin of almost two to one, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by the CBC.
Cigarette sales kindle craving
In a recent studies, smokers were more likely to smoke within a few hours of seeing cigarettes on sale – even if they didn’t buy any.
EC calls for major rethink on EU research
European research needs to step up its game to remain competitive against the US and emerging nations, says the European Commission
South Korea's little firefighting robots (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two South Korean firms have developed mini firefighting robots to help human firefighters safely plan their course of action before entering a blazing building.
Look-alike sturgeon may get protection
Good news for shovelnose sturgeon may be bad news for this region's commercial fishermen, who sell them to make caviar.
Mobile device makers want common earphone plugs
An international trade group representing wireless device makers has announced it was backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs for laptops and other mobile gadgets.
SKorea targets world electric car market
President Lee Myung-Bak Thursday offered full government support to help South Korean firms secure about 10 percent of the global electric car market by 2015.