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Video: Cashing in on Tweets
Twitter advertisers will pay those who promote with their tweets but social networking newbies beware of scams, reports Daniel Sieberg.
September 2009 Issue: Point. Click. Kill.
The future of remote-control air warfare Features Point. Click. Kill: Inside The Air Force's Frantic Unmanned Reinvention The age of remote-control warfare isn't coming--it's here, and not even the Air Force, which made it...
Chinese carrier in talks with Apple on iPhone
(AP) -- State-owned China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it is talking with Apple Inc. about becoming an iPhone carrier but denied a report it has reached a deal and...
SEO Tactics for Sulumits Retsambew SEO Contest
Are you constantly banging your head in frustration on not receiving all the internet traffic you would like to get to your sulumits retsambew web site? Are you tormented from information...
Internet filtering software optional, China says
China has backed off a controversial rule mandating all computers be sold with internet filtering software, with a senior official saying Thursday the software was optional for all users.
Nurses Open To Idea Of Robots
Front-line staff in the nursing and care sector would welcome sensor and robot technology in nursing homes and the homes of elderly people.
S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre
A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday.
Facial expressions 'not global'
A new study suggests that people from different cultures might read facial expressions differently.
July video game sales show sharp decline
(AP) -- Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many...
Google Books to add Creative Commons books
(AP) -- Google Inc. is now enabling authors and publishers who release their work under Creative Commons licenses to distribute it through Google Books, a free service that allows...
E-mails from public overload House Web site
(AP) -- Amid a boisterous debate on health care reform, people flooded members of Congress on Thursday with so many e-mails that they overloaded the House's primary Web site.
Green domain sparks war of words
The battle to take control of the .eco internet domain aimed at green groups escalates.
Obama Proposal to Create Medicare Panel Meets With Resistance
Some lawmakers question whether Congress should delegate power to a new group that is not politically accountable.
Free radio stations and podcasts sans computer
Television and radio broadcasts used to be free. Stick an antenna in the air and that's still true even though much of it has now gone digital. As technology advanced,...
Smoking rates stable: StatsCan
About 18 per cent of Canadians said they smoked either every day or occasionally last year, which is about the same as in 2005, Statistics Canada reported Thursday.
AT&T files program complaint against Cablevision
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. has filed a complaint with federal regulators charging that Cablevision Systems Corp. is violating federal law by denying AT&T's video customers in Connecticut access to...
Caribbean 'almost ready' to face tsunamis
Experts met this week to put the final touches to tsunami warning protocols for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada and Jamaica.
Review: `Madden NFL 10' is franchise's best yet
(AP) -- Football fans have grown accustomed to spending their Sundays in front of gigantic high-def TVs, and they can't just drop their visual expectations when the game goes virtual.
On2 vows to fight challenges to Google acquisition
(AP) -- Video software firm On2 Technologies said it will fight legal challenges to its planned acquisition by Google Inc.
Is Apple Planning September Event?
May Use Event to Debut Long-Rumored Apple Tablet, Upgrades to iTunes and iPod
Video: Loaded: Roughing It
Sony is expected to standardize e-book formats, Google's home page and Reader get more social networking features, and how to survive a camping trip...with Wi-Fi of course!
A matter of taste: Food ads work better if all senses are involved
(PhysOrg.com) -- Do potato chips taste better if an advertisement describes their crunchy sound? Is popcorn more flavorful if its buttery aroma is also depicted in an ad? Researchers at...
Augmented reality: Visual time machine offers tourists a glimpse of the past
(PhysOrg.com) -- A ruined temple, ancient frescos and even a long-dead king have been brought to life by a `visual time machine` developed by European researchers.
Online censorship on rise in Middle East, North Africa
Governments in the Middle East and North Africa are investing in censorship tools at the same time as they expand their media infrastructure, according to a new study of online...
Microsoft says Office for Mac will have Outlook
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will include Outlook, a popular e-mail and calendar program that's ubiquitous on its Windows computers, in the next version of its Office...
Calgary pharmacies face Dexedrine shortage
Some pharmacies in Calgary are dealing with a shortage of a particular dosage of Dexedrine.
Manitoba native leaders raise swine-flu fight funds
Manitoba's aboriginal leaders are trying to raise millions to supply their reserve communities with flu-fighting equipment because they don't trust the federal government to help if there's a pandemic.
Scientist-salesmen fail to convince Chinese public
Chinese scientists are respected, if remote, figures — so long as they are not involved in advertising.