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Google willing to share digital books with rivals
(AP) -- Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers wins court approval.
Tiny Pump Means Pain Relief For Big Cats: Vets Modify Implant To Give Pain Relief After Surgery
Veterinarians have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of their most difficult patients: big cats.
Green production guidelines give 'road map' for new administration
With good directions, anyone can find the right path. That's what George Mason University Professor Nicole Darnall is hoping with her new report that gives clear guidelines on how the...
Video: Loaded: CAPS LOCK
eBay may sell off Skype, Apple gives us a few clues about new iPods, and you'd better turn off your Caps Lock key if you don't want to get fired.
Program sorts music based on beat, tempo
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Computer scientists in Taiwan say they've developed a neural network computer program that can classify computerized music based on its beat and tempo.
For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home
Therapists say Jaycee Dugard’s biggest challenge may prove to be shaking the influence of her abductors.
Health experts offer action steps local governments can use to cut childhood obesity rates
WASHINGTON -- Zoning restrictions on fast-food restaurants near schools and playgrounds, community policing to improve safety around public recreational sites, requirements that publicly run after-school programs limit video game and...
MIT For Free
The world’s most prestigious universities have begun posting entire curricula on the Web—for free. But how much can you really learn with a DIY online education? I enrolled to find out I...
Purdue uses new student warning system
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Purdue University freshmen and sophomores this fall will be using a first-of-its-kind computer system that will warn them if they need work...
Microsoft gives Windows Mobile a new look for fall
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving its operating system for "smart phones" a new look in time for the holiday shopping season.
Super-fast Computers Of The Future
Computers which use light to process large amounts of data faster than ever before are just one of many groundbreaking potential applications of a new research program in the UK...
Google Chrome gets boost with Sony tie-up
Sony said Tuesday that its Vaio-brand computers sold in the United States would have Google's Chrome as their default Internet browser, boosting the search engine giant's fight against rival Microsoft.
Confronting the sceptics
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Sweden slashes research aid budget
Research cooperation with developing countries is to be cut by 20 per cent, with Latin America hardest hit.
LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The...
Mass call for government apology to computing pioneer Turing
Writer Ian McEwan is among thousands of people calling for a government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing.
Healthcare: The Road To Robotic Helpers
Robots are whirring away in factories all over the world, building cars, phones and cookers. Yet they can do so much more. Robotics for healthcare has been tipped as the...
Tobacco Firms Sue to Block Marketing Law
Large tobacco companies have banded together to say that a new law further limiting the marketing of cigarettes is a First Amendment issue.
Icahn pares Yahoo stake with sale of 12.7M shares
(AP) -- Financier Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.'s largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company down a percentage point...
Chips' year-over-year sales fall 18 percent in July, SIA says
Global chip sales fell a little more than 18 percent in July from the year-earlier period, but in a sign of improving demand, semiconductor revenue rose on a month-to-month basis...
Bloggy Goes Cosmic? With Project Calliope, Scientific Blogging Enters The Space Race
The secret is out; there's only one science blogging site out there with its name on a satellite and it is us. Well, so far it is us. The commies...
Businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks
Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Ottawa draws fire for axing cellphone rate calculator
Industry Minister Tony Clement is taking fire for scrapping a taxpayer-funded online tool that would have helped consumers pick a cellphone plan, allegedly after being lobbied by the wireless industry.
Pittsburgh paper to launch 'members-only' website
As US newspaper publishers mull charging readers on the Web, a Pennsylvania daily announced plans on Monday to put some content behind a pay wall.
OpenAjax Alliance Delivers Software for More Secure Enterprise Mashups
The OpenAjax Alliance announced today the approval and availability of OpenAjax Hub 2.0 as an industry standard for more secure Web 2.0 mashup applications. Advances in security in Hub 2.0...
Apple to hold media event next week
Apple, with its usual air of mystery, announced on Monday that it would hold a media event next week but did not reveal what it would be about.
Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
(AP) -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection...
Smart Glove Turns Hand-Waving Into Text
Is that person gesticulating on the street corner insane? Or just an early adopter of the latest interface tech? Neuroscientists have developed a fingerless glove that automatically translates hand motions into text...