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Some Liberte-brand yogurt is recalled
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of all Liberte-brand "Mediterranee Wild Blackberry Yogurt" because of a labeling error.
Short Web address site tr.im to stay in business
(AP) -- Web address shortening service tr.im is back in business - just days after announcing it would trim itself out of operation.
Food Stamp Use Linked To Weight Gain, Study Finds
The U.S. Food Stamp Program may help contribute to obesity among its users, according to a new nationwide study that followed participants for 14 years. Researchers found that the average...
Google's Wields "Caffeine" in Search War
Larry Magid: Search Giant Rolls Out New Site, But Users Won't Notice Much Difference, Which is Good
Video: Loaded: Facebook gets friendly
Facebook acquires FriendFeed, HP tests a new way to sell laptops in Japan, and how to get textbooks on your iPhone.
Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique
Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine was designed....
FSU professor wins 5M grant to train next generation of education researchers
A researcher at The Florida State University has been awarded a $5 million, five-year federal grant to train doctoral students to conduct advanced research on the best ways of teaching...
Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
WASHINGTON (AP) -- August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp health care, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell...
Space Porch Open for Business
(PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business.
Video: Toils of Social Networking
Facebook and MySpace are more popular than ever but, as Kelly Wallace reports, many of the younger users of these social networking sites are now learning their drawbacks.
Video: Loaded: Let's make a deal
Yahoo launches a site to help you save money, how to make check deposits using your cell phone camera, and Google Voice comes back to the iPhone...sort of.
North American leaders face busy summit
Leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States are discussing swine flu, the global economic downturn, drugs, travel and trade at the so-called "Three Amigos" summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, on...
Cyborg Update: Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids Add iPod Input To Your Skull
The Sydney Morning Herald reports today on an Aussie man who traveled all the way to Beverly Hills to receive bone-anchored hearing aids, which are implanted behind the ear and use conductive technology...
The Perseids are Coming
Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield. Anyone who's ever driven down a country lane has seen it happen. A fast moving car, a cloud of multiplying insects, and...
Satellite Company's Chief Resigns Amid Lower Expectations
Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham has resigned over low expectations for the satellite company.
NASA wants proposals for space taxis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA plans to use $50 million of federal economic stimulus funds to seed development of commercial passenger transportation service to space, agency officials said on...
Cyber attacks continue at LiveJournal
Social-networking website LiveJournal said Monday it continues to be pounded by a cyber attack that last week derailed its blog service along with Twitter and Facebook.
Doing More with Your Cell Phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are...
Scripps up sharply on Wall St on surprise profit
US media company EW Scripps Co. reported a surprise quarterly net profit on Monday, despite a 29 percent decline in advertising revenue, sending its shares sharply higher on Wall Street.
Senegal to become part of ambitious maths network
Senegal is pushing ahead with plans to open a postgraduate maths institute as part of a continent-wide drive to see the discipline blossom.
Canada warns of onion sprout contamination
OTTAWA, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers not to eat certain varieties of Sprouts Alive-brand and Sun Sprout-brand onion and onion mixed sprouts.
Google goes to gardens of Versailles
Google's tricycle-mounted cameras on Monday shot footage of the 17th century gardens of France's Chateau de Versailles destined for its Street View service by year's end.
Pirate Bay to challenge Dutch ban
The owners of Swedish filesharing website The Pirate Bay will seek a retrial after a Dutch court temporarily banned its activities in the Netherlands, their lawyer said on Monday.
Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans products
(AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski steps down
(AP) -- Mike Zafirovski is stepping down as CEO of Nortel Networks, which is currently liquidating.
Possibly tainted foods seized in Louisiana
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. marshals, at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, have seized $72,000 worth of possibly tainted tuna salad sandwiches and other foods.
EPEAT green electronics registry goes international
The Green Electronics Council on Monday went international with a registry that shows how computers and monitors measure up when it comes to being Earth-friendly.
N.L. internet scammers sent to jail
A man and a woman who scammed people in both Newfoundland and Quebec out of hundreds of thousands of dollars have each been sentenced to three years in jail.