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Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal

16 years ago from Physorg

Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to...

RIM, Visto settle patent dispute

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. has agreed to pay $267.5 million US to resolve a three-year patent dispute with a California-based technology company.

Biking Downtown Could Help Power The Bus That Gives You A Ride Home

16 years ago from PopSci

A new bike-sharing program stores the kinetic energy from the bikes to power buses, and gives cyclists a free bus ticket for helping out We've told you about bike-sharing programs before, but...

Comcast online video trial grows to 23 networks

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- CBS Corp. and 17 cable networks said Tuesday they are joining an online video trial by Comcast Corp., a move that tacitly acknowledges advertising isn't enough to...

Simulating medical situations helps students learn, retain basic science concepts

16 years ago from

Simulating medical scenarios helps medical students learn and retain vital information, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine...

'Lipstick on a pig' - tracking the life and death of news

16 years ago from

By observing the global flow of news online, Cornell computer scientists have managed to track and analyse the 'news cycle' - the way stories rise and fall in popularity...

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

16 years ago from Live Science

Scientists can already control the flight of real moths using implanted devices.

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16 years ago from Science Blog

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S. Korea: Hackers Got Data in Cyberattacks

16 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Police Say Hackers Who Contaminated Computers in U.S., S. Korea Extracted Lists of Files

Poor Aussies going without

16 years ago from Science Alert

Almost two-thirds of Australians who turn to welfare agencies for help still can't afford the basic essentials, a study has found.

Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVs

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Having been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to television screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new...

'Lifecasters' part of a growing group of social-networking junkies

16 years ago from Physorg

It's just before noon, and Jeni Searcy is sitting in her room, talking to a friend about driving to the Apple Store to buy a new iPod.

Pressure on Obama mounts over healthcare

16 years ago from LA Times - Health

The president has been a cheerleader for reform, but he'll soon need to address specifics: how to pay for it, and whether government-run insurance should be involved. With divisions among congressional Democrats threatening...

AP settles lawsuit with AHN Media

16 years ago from Physorg

The US news agency the Associated Press announced Monday that it had settled an intellectual property lawsuit against AHN Media, an online company accused of misappropriating AP articles.

Australia seeks new army robots

16 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Australia launches a competition to build a new generation of military robots that can do some of the army's "dirty work".

Internet regulator mulls cybersquatting block

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The Internet's key oversight agency is considering a centralized database of trademark holders, to cut down on questionable registrations of new Internet addresses.

Online Computer Games Could Encourage Children To Eat Healthy Foods

16 years ago from Science Daily

Children who play an online game promoting healthy foods and beverages appear more likely to choose nutritious snacks than those who play a game promoting unhealthy products, according to a...

Green Industrial Lubricant Developed

16 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives. The new formula does not include any of the contaminating components used to manufacture traditional industrial...

Offer puts value of at least $6.5B on Facebook

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to put it at $6.5 billion to $10 billion.

Honda to Begin Sales of Two More Hybrid Models in 2010

16 years ago from Physorg

Honda Motor announced plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sporty hybrid model in February 2010 and Fit Hybrid before the end of 2010.

Dell: PC demand stable compared with '08 quarter

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Dell Inc. expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be slightly higher than the first quarter, when sales plunged 23 percent to $12.3 billion.

Have Your Say! The Nuffield Council on Bioethics discusses the ethics of ‘personalised’ health care in a consumer age

16 years ago from Science Blog

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics sent this email to Daniel MacArthur over at Genetic Future. The topics range from electronic records to full body scans to DNA profiling and internet-based...

Video: Loaded: Twitter for Nobel Peace Prize

16 years ago from CBSNews - Science

We get a look at Microsoft Office 2010, a former White House aide thinks that Twitter could win a Nobel Peace Prize, and Apple Netbook rumors resurface.

Why cable TV bills are rising

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers often grouse that their cable television bills go up every year, but multichannel video program distributors (MVPD) are often just passing along ever increasing costs, says a...

Software to unlock the power of grids

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge amount of computing power sits idle most of the time, and new technologies enabling the sharing of resources aim to capitalise on that. Now European researchers...

Microsoft seeking buyer for Razorfish

16 years ago from Physorg

Microsoft has approached five of the world's biggest advertising companies about buying its digital advertising agency Razorfish, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Screens replace greens for South Korean golfers

16 years ago from Physorg

Park Joong-Soon raised his putter triumphantly after sinking a five-metre birdie on the final hole and pocketed his winnings from friends -- all without leaving the comfort of his local...

400-bln-euro plan to pump African solar power to Europe

16 years ago from Physorg

Twelve European companies launched a 400-billion-euro (560-billion-dollar) initiative on Monday to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe.