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Lessons from the past can clarify banking crisis
Stricter regulation of the financial services sector is likely to result from the latest upheaval in national and global markets. It is being demanded by politicians of all parties while...
Wild Horses to Be Killed as Upkeep Costs Rise?
Thousands of wild mustangs kept in U.S. government holding pens may have to be euthanized unless alternatives are found, according to a new federal report released this week.
Opinion: GM crops deserve more reasoned debate
Debates around the potential benefits of GM crops for developing countries must be reasoned and evidence-based, believes Albert Weale.
Nanosoccer at 2009 RoboCup in Austria
The World Cup may be two years away, but soccer aficionados can get an early start at satisfying their yen for global competition when the National Institute of Standards and...
October video game sales jump 18 percent
(AP) -- People flocked to buy video games in October despite a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low, spending $1.31 billion in U.S. retail stores on hardware,...
AMD makeover moves show limited choices in slump
(AP) -- Many of the problems facing Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are of its own making. But the limited choices the chip maker has for solving its troubles are...
NIST, NCI Bring Web 2.0 Tools to Nanotechnology Standards Effort
Federal government and U.S. industry scientists say they are forging ahead with plans for an international, on-line collaboration to speed up creation of critically needed nanotechnology standards, including the underpinning...
"Pet Earth" iPhone game champions defending the planet
Travel-planning website GoPlanit.com has launched an iPhone game in which players shake, tap and blow on devices to defend nature on a "Pet Earth" and earn world-greening virtual trees.
Web shopping only holiday retailing bright spot, Purdue expert says
Despite anticipated weak holiday retail sales overall, Internet holiday shopping is expected to increase at least 10 percent, said a Purdue University retail expert. Online sales are estimated to be...
VIDEO: Obama to Get Hairless Puppy?
A Peruvian association is offering U.S. President-elect Obama's family Machu Picchu, a hairless, hypoallergenic puppy. Obama's daughter Malia is allergic to most breeds.
Microsoft Live gets social in website make-over
Microsoft ramped up its battle for Internet popularity on Thursday with plans to make Windows Live services more social and build bridges to Twitter, Flickr and other popular websites.
Sharing Their Demons on the Web
Some psychologists and psychiatrists are concerned about Internet peer support crossing over into delusions.
Living with Penguins
NSF field scientists learn penguin physiology secrets in Antarctica. Credit: National Science Foundation
Internet drug peddlers raided in 9 countries
Authorities in nine countries have raided businesses suspected of supplying medicines illegally over the internet in an unprecedented global swoop co-ordinated by Interpol, officials said on Thursday.
Unlicensed News Stories Rampant On Web
Unauthorized copies of online news and magazine articles draw 1.5 times more viewers than the versions on publishers' official Web sites, a new study found.
Health care spending to reach record $171B: report
Health care spending in Canada is expected to outpace inflation to reach $171.9 billion in 2008, up more $10.3 billion from last year's estimate, according to a report released Thursday.
Internet gives ad agencies more for their money
Flexibility and the ability to manage new means of communications are the keys to survival for advertising and public relations agencies when budgets are tight.
Google stock below $300 mark, first time since 2005
Analysts who follow Google Inc. cut their estimates for the Internet giant's fourth-quarter financial results Wednesday, as the company's shares dipped below the $300 mark for the first time in...
The New Congress And Technology
Presidential elections may capture the public's attention, as Barack Obama's victory did last week, but the less glamorous work in the U.S. Congress tends to prove more important for technology...
'Spoken web' aims to beat India's digital poverty trap
Researchers have devised a version of the web that requires cellphones instead of computers, targeted at people who cannot read or write
Allergy alert: undeclared egg in Lucerne cream
Canada's food watchdog is warning consumers with egg allergies to avoid Lucerne 10 per cent Half and Half Cream distributed in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
End of dial-up for all Islanders
High-speed internet service will soon be available to all Prince Edward Islanders.
EU seeks to expand energy grids
The European Commission unveils plans to diversify the EU's energy imports and reduce reliance on Russia.
Qualcomm to link people to Internet without computers
US wireless technology titan Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is unleashing technology that will let people in poor countries connect to the Internet without personal computers.
Faux phone has hordes longing for it to be real
The new Pomegranate phone plays music, takes photos, browses the Web, doubles as a harmonica and a shaver, and even brews coffee. Internet chat rooms and blogs were abuzz with...
WITNESS: Zero G is like being born
Tim Hepher has been a journalist with Reuters for 14 years, with experience covering trade wars and takeover battles, and now specializes in aerospace business in Paris. In the following...
Everglades Deal Now Only Land, Not Assets
A slimmed-down deal intended to rescue the Everglades allows United States Sugar Corporation, the company selling 181,000 acres of land to the State of Florida, to stay in business.
Ethics of pandemic considered
BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. expert on bioethics says the question of who is 'essential' during a flu pandemic must be considered by emergency planners.