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Google refines search results to counter Microsoft
(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to...
Senate's climate bill emphasizes jobs, security, protecting planet
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...
'Smart Choices' food label: a sign of nutrition or marketing?
A new logo is intended to highlight healthier groceries -- selected by food giants in partnership with a nonprofit group. Critics say a program that includes Froot Loops is too...
New drug shows promise in the fight against malignant melanoma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gavin Robertson is not a man who uses the word ‘hate` lightly, but he makes no secret of his desire to slay the dragon that is malignant melanoma.
Microsoft releases free antivirus software
Microsoft's free antivirus program, Security Essentials, is now available for download from the company's website.
Electric fish plug in to communicate
Just as people plug in to computers, smart phones and electric outlets to communicate, electric fish communicate by quickly plugging special channels into their cells to generate electrical impulses, University...
CNN Offers iPhone App, For a Price
New Outlet Among the First To Charge Consumers for Constant Stream of Info
Warner to return its music to YouTube
(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
Mathematicians in Dundee are to develop a virtual model of cancer growth in an effort to predict how it spreads.
CBS News in partnership with Global Post
GlobalPost.com, a news website launched eight months ago, is making its network of foreign correspondents available to CBS News under an agreement unveiled on Monday.
Cities weigh green features vs. expense in new buildings
Should a city that's committed to environmentally friendly construction pay $825,000 for a job that was expected to cost $248,000?
Opinion: Infrastructure needs multi-layered partnerships and robust coordination
The future of the Australian transport industry lies in savvy investments and much needed reforms, write Mark Mrdak and Mike Taylor.
Fit For Fashion And Purpose: Women Call For Better And Safer Clothing To Meet Their Work Needs
As London Fashion Week comes to a close, women working in the engineering, science, technology and construction sectors are calling on clothing manufacturers to fashion better and safer clothing for...
Video: Storing Bombs Inside Bodies
Security officials are concerned over a tactic newly employed by al Qaeda. Sheila MacVicar reports suicide bombers are now storing explosives inside their bodies in order to avoid detection.
Floundering El Ninos Make for Fickle Forecasts
Scientists agree El Nino is back. But not all El Ninos are created equal, and there's less consensus about the future strength of this year's event.
Dell settlement has tougher accounting oversight
(AP) -- Dell Inc. says it will beef up accounting and corporate governance rules as part of a settlement tied to an investigation into past financial practices.
YouTube a star as US online video viewing soars: comScore
Industry tracker comScore on Monday reported that US online video viewing hit a record high in August with YouTube luring a commanding share of the audience.
Global public health the focus of scientific conference
Monday, September 27, 2009, Rockville, Md. -- Counterfeit and adulterated food and drugs and advances in measurement science used to detect them emerged as key themes of the Annual...
Offshore wind facility would be Canada's largest
Green energy producer Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. announced plans Monday to acquire what it says will be the largest offshore wind operation in the world.
Solvay Sells Its Drug Unit To Abbott Labs
Acquisition: Firm is latest European conglomerate to split chemicals and drugs.
CNET Review: Sony's New PSP Go
CNET Editors Give First Hands-On Impressions of PSP Go, but Real Test Will Come when Sony Updates Online Store
Canada 'middle of pack' on health care: report
Canada earned a B grade on health-care outcomes compared with a D for the U.S., but trailed several other countries, according to a report card released Monday by the Conference...
Focus On The Wild Could Avert Plant Pollination Threat
The global threat to the pollination of flowers and food production crops, highlighted by a dramatic decline in honeybee colonies, could be eased by a renewed focus on ‘wild’ pollinators....
EPA tells schools to test aging caulk for PCBs
(AP) -- Hundreds of school buildings across the United States have caulk around windows and doors containing potentially cancer-causing PCBs, the Environmental Protection Agency says.
Web-based in-service training requires new skills
Mona Nilsen from the Department of Education and Didactics, University of Gothenburg, has analysed continued professional development within the food production industry, a sector with a generally low level of...
Nortel crippled by ongoing sell-off: prof
Nortel's ability to operate is being whittled away as it sells off its assets piece by piece, even if the effects are not fully obvious yet, a Canadian business researcher...
When Medicare is the piggy bank
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare is looking like a big fat piggy bank for health care overhaul....
Stabbing Robot Works by Mind Control, Still Loses Japanese Gladiator Competition
An unusual combat robot controlled by neural signals made its debut at Japan's Robo-One competition Future humans may look back on this mind-controlled stabbing robot as a forerunner to battle mechs and...