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Something to tweet about: Twitter gets more dough
(AP) -- Twitter Inc. has raised $100 million in a deal that values the startup at $1 billion - even though the 3-year-old company still hasn't generated any meaningful...
Sound Waves Save Roads
Every year European roads are built and repaired to the tune of several billion Euros. Intensive efforts are underway all over the world to get 'more road for your money'...
Nosher's Choice-brand fruit recalled
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Americas Favorite Noshers Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y., is recalling its Nosher's Choice-brand "Just Fruit" because it contains undeclared sulfites.
Stock graphs can mislead: People prefer stocks with shorter runs
Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that when investors use charts, they...
Netflix Prize Awards $1M, Promises Better Recommendations
A team of former rivals has officially won the competition to improve Netflix movie recommendations. The collaborative known as BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos took home a $1-million prize today for their winning submission from...
Students design portable Braille label maker
(PhysOrg.com) -- A device that started out as a class project last fall is moving rapidly toward becoming a commercial product that could make the lives of millions of visually...
Energy Efficiency - Let's Not Make The Perfect The Enemy Of The Good
If you find it ironic that members of Congress take private jets to meetings on global warming or debate raising taxes to pay for government health care they get for...
Indian innovation stands to improve, says report
India is ranked behind Brazil and China for growth in innovative capacity, says a new report, but its tech readiness is praiseworthy.
Alberta nurses slam health service CEO
The president and CEO of Alberta Health Services has been accused of bullying staff and misleading the public in a formal complaint filed by the United Nurses of Alberta.
After 52 years, Tech Talk ceases publication
Today, the News Office launches a new web site designed to serve the MIT community — and to tell the Institute's story to the wider world.
A turning point in the struggle against cancer?
Using new tools, ideas and ways of working, MIT biologists and engineers hope to change paradigm.
Intelligent Surveillance System To Detect Aberrant Behavior By Drivers And Pedestrians
A team of researchers in Spain has developed an intelligent surveillance system able to detect aberrant behavior by drivers and people on foot crossing pedestrian crossings and in other urban...
Journalism still finding recruits if not profits
(AP) -- At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business.
Opinion: Meeting global challenges, collaboratively
'Cross-disciplinary foresighting' will provide long range advice on issues of national importance, significant long term challenges and opportunities facing Australia in the future, writes Australian Chief Scientist Professor Penny Sackett.
Dell buys IT services firm for $3.9B
Dell Inc. took a large step outside the personal computer business on Monday by buying IT services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion US.
Queen Victoria spinach recalled in Canada
OTTAWA, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume Queen Victoria-brand bunched fresh spinach due to possible contamination.
Journalists need 'new, collaborative ways to tell stories'
(PhysOrg.com) -- User-generated content may make some in the mainstream media 'uneasy' but it allows journalists to 'explore new, collaborative ways to tell stories', according to a paper published by...
Zooming to the center of the Milky Way -- GigaGalaxy Zoom phase 2
This 34 by 20-degree wide image provides us with a view as experienced by amateur astronomers around the world. However, its incredible beauty and appeal owe much to the quality...
Samsung to Release New Omnia Smartphones
Samsung Electronics today announced plans to release a series of new Omnia smartphones offering a range of multimedia and work features.
Study: mobile microbloggers struggle to make their postings interesting
A study shows that mobile microbloggers struggle hard is to make postings interesting enough to keep audience coming back and commenting. The analysis by researchers from Helsinki Institute for Information...
ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences
(AP) -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.
EU cites emails to support Intel anti-trust case
(AP) -- The European Union is publishing computer makers' e-mail excerpts to support a ruling that Intel Corp. pressured companies into choosing their chips over rival Advanced Micro Devices...
The Caucus: The President’s Best Hope in the G.O.P.
Senator Olympia J. Snowe has not promised to back President Obama’s health plan, but his efforts to win her over appear to be going well.
A Proposed Tax on the Cadillac Health Insurance Plans May Also Hit the Chevys
A plan by Senator Max Baucus is intended to help pay for health reform, but more modest plans would soon be taxed as well.
The TV Watch: From Obama, Five Programs, One Message
The president’s talk-show grand slam was a remarkable — and remarkably overt — display of media management.
Microblogging Sustainability When The Top 5 Twitter Posts Are ...
Microbloggers are having trouble being interesting, a new study says. So they write more often, just to have something to say. The top 5 most frequent postings on microblogging...
High school football player in Missouri with Down Syndrome scores big
Matt Ziesel doesn't stray far from coach Dan McCamy on the sidelines during St. Joseph Benton High School's freshman football games. He likes to stay within earshot.
River heals as lawsuit against Big Poultry looms
(AP) -- David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn't have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.