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Ambulance takeover by Alberta Health met with cautious praise, concern
The announcement that Alberta Health will take over responsibility for the province's ambulance service is being cautiously welcomed by most of the province's emergency medical service providers.
Computer Scientists Devise A 'P4P' System For Efficient Internet Usage
A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers and Peer-to-Peer software providers can work cooperatively...
Rupert Murdoch, Tom Glocer support Microsoft-Yahoo merger
Two media titans, Rupert Murdoch and Tom Glocer, the head of Thompson Reuters, said they support a partnership between computer giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo, after a deal between...
Key To Angelina-like Cheeks? Add Volume To Deep Fat Compartment
Not only are cheeks central to your face -- they are central to the American concept of beauty. A study in June's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal...
Net neutrality bill hits House of Commons
The NDP has followed through with its promise to introduce legislation that seeks to keep the internet democratic, open and free from control by service providers.
Web site lets Dell customers apply for restitution
(AP) -- Customers can apply at a new Web site for restitution from Dell Inc. after a state judge found the computer maker falsely and deceptively advertised its warranties...
U.S. EPA smog limits challenged in court
WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- A group of 13 states, two cities and several environmental organizations are challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's smog standards.
Belgian newspapers want Google to pay for copyright violation
A group of Belgian newspapers are seeking 49.2 million euros ($76.6 million) from Google Inc. for a copyright lawsuit they won against the search engine company in 2006.
SAfrica protests Microsoft Office 2007 file standard
(AP) -- South Africa is appealing a decision to make Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents, officials said Wednesday.
E-Paper To The Rescue In 2020
It's a tough time for print publications. A seven-year decline in paid circ culminated in last year's 1.7 percent drop to $277 million in H107 from $282 million in the...
Medical marijuana user files human rights complaint over smoking laws
Ontario regulations banning medicinal-marijuana users from smoking on bar and restaurant patios violate the human rights of people with disabilities, alleges an Ottawa man who has filed a complaint over...
AU teams up with Microsoft to advance ICT
The African Union and Microsoft have signed an agreement to advance the development of ICTs in the region.
Brown expands nuclear ambitions
Gordon Brown raises the prospect of new nuclear power sites as he says the UK needs to "be more ambitious".
Most Developing Countries Ill-equipped To Ensure Global Biosafety
A two-year study of internationally funded training programs in biotechnology and biosafety warns that as many as 100 developing countries are unprepared to effectively manage and monitor the use of...
US files WTO complaint against EU over high-tech goods tariffs
The World Trade Organisation said Wednesday the United States had filed a complaint against the European Union over tariffs levied on high-technology goods.
Geopolitics and Geology Force Oil Companies to Explore New Options [News]
Crude oil and retail gas hit record high prices last week--more than $135 a barrel and $3.83 for an average gallon of regular. During a congressional hearing, lawmakers verbally pummeled...
Laptops that are made to play
CBCnews.ca test drives some of the latest high-end notebooks to see how they fare playing some of the most graphically sophisticated video games around.
Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining...
Florida county watching for deadly amoeba
STUART, Fla., May 28 (UPI) -- Local health officials in Florida are warning residents that muddy ponds and lakes may harbor a deadly amoeba.
HHMI gives $600 million for med research
CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 28 (UPI) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced a $600 million program to support research by 56 top U.S. scientists.
Research budgets cut amid food crisis, wheat worry
(AP) -- Dr. Yue Jin, a kind-faced man in a blue lab coat, is the nation's bulwark against a devastating new plant disease. He's the only federal scientist whose...
US on track to break record for tornadoes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements....
No road skill makes hog road kill
Hedgehogs are poor at reacting to cars, which may help explain why the UK's population is declining.
Agreement may mean end of cable set-top boxes
(AP) -- The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction. A leading television manufacturer, Sony Electronics Inc., and the National...
Amazon.com cuts Kindle e-book reader price by $40
(AP) -- Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. has nipped $40 from the price of its Kindle e-book reader.
Study: Oregano oil works as an insecticide
ALGIERS, Algeria, May 27 (UPI) -- Algerian scientists say they've found oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to combat infestation by a common beetle found in...
Faster, Higher, Stronger: From a World-Class Rower, Tips to Sharpen Technique
During Michelle Guerette’s ascent in the ranks of elite rowing, she has learned a few lessons that could also benefit recreational and collegiate rowers.
Multispectral imaging technology updated
ATLANTA, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a narrow-band filter mosaic that will expand the uses of multispectral imaging.