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Google and T-Mobile Launch G1 Smart Phone with Android Software
Google, Inc. and T-Mobile today unveiled their much-anticipated G1 mobile phone, their answer to Apple's iPhone. The new T-Mobile G1 is expected to vigorously compete with Apple's iPhone when it...
Failed biotechs tout cash to attract buyers
BOSTON (Reuters) - Small biotechnology companies with cash but failed or floundering products are in hot demand as partners for companies that are unable to raise money in the capital...
Britain unveils new ID card amid criticism
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unveiled its new biometric identity card on Thursday which the government says will be vital in fighting illegal immigration and terrorism, while critics call it an...
MySpace songs launch irks independent music group
(AP) -- MySpace's new music service managed to bring major record labels together, but a group that licenses song rights for thousands of independent labels feels left out and...
Tobacco-movie Industry Ties Traced To Hollywood's Early Years
Today's movie industry still draws on those images to justify smoking in movies -- even as public health experts call for smoking to be eliminated from youth-rated films. Last month...
Differences Between People And Animals On Calorie Restriction
Calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories and high in nutrition, may not be as effective at extending life in people as it is in rodents, according to...
Galloping and breathing at high speed
The coordination of two systems are key for any horse to walk, trot, gallop or win a race. The first are the lower limbs, which allow the animal to move...
Yahoo board approves new talks with AOL: report
Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors, which now includes one-time nemesis Carl Icahn, has approved new talks with Time Warner Inc. on a possible merger with America Online, a news report...
Google Street View A Child Safety Threat?
A new child safety campaign is targeting Google Street View, claiming that the image-mapping feature aids potential predators. CBS News Technology Analyst Larry Magid disagrees.
New Trial Granted In Music Download Case
A federal judge granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation's first file-sharing trial, ruling Wednesday he made an error in the...
A Fertilizer Good for Only Growing Things, Not Destroying Them
You might not know it but fertilizer is the explosive of choice for budget-conscious terrorists. The blasts at the World Trade Center in 1993, Oklahoma City Federal Building in 1995...
Ultra-Endurance Competitors: Lessons From Sled Dogs In The Iditarod
Racing sled dogs are best known for their "mushing" each March during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the world's longest sled race. They are the premier ultra-endurance competitors, covering...
Fishing fears over beaver return
Ministers face demands to halt new trial introductions of the European beaver in Scotland.
Oracle to sell computer hardware for first time
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. is selling computer hardware for the first time in its 31-year history, signaling an ambition to become more than a one-stop shop for business software.
Microsoft courts Chinese consumers with slashed software price
Microsoft said Thursday it had cut the price of one of its Office operating system products by more than 70 percent in China as it tries to encourage consumers to...
University of Ill. virtual campus flounders
(AP) -- An $8.9 million online campus launched by the University of Illinois nine months ago has had disappointing enrollment and fewer course offerings than expected, but the man...
Tobacco companies paid movie stars millions in celebrity endorsement deals
Tobacco companies paid the Hollywood A-listers of the 1930s and 1940s millions of dollars in today's money to endorse particular brands of cigarette, under contract, reveals research in Tobacco Control.
EU getting tough on telecom companies
The European Parliament has approved a proposal that will let national governments compel companies to sever their network operations from their retail divisions.
UN forecasts boom in 'green jobs'
Millions of new jobs will be created over the next few decades by alternative energy technologies, a UN report says.
Canadian HIV drugs en route to Africa after years of delay
Canada's first emergency shipment of seven million HIV pills left for Rwanda Wednesday, four years after a law was passed to help African countries get cheaper drugs.
Sony brings visual add-on to PlayStation 3
(AP) -- Sony Corp.'s U.S. video game division is adding a slick visual program to the PlayStation 3 game system that delivers news headlines, weather reports and webcam views...
Dell to use greener LED displays for all laptops
(AP) -- Dell Inc. is switching to mercury-free light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to illuminate laptop screens starting in mid-December, a move aimed making the computers softer on the environment and...
Digital TV coupons now available to more users
If you make a big enough stink, the agency that hands out those $40 coupons for digital converter boxes will, apparently, change the rules.
Pop-up ad scam led to no laptop, but lots of spam
Question: I foolishly responded to a pop-up ad that promised I had won a free laptop. But after I gave away my e-mail address, I discovered there was no laptop....
Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs
Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant...
Keep Mac screen from dimming
The Internet is full of great TV shows and movies that you can watch for free online, but sometimes, Mac computers will often dim the screen slightly while you are...
Study: Work e-mail use creeps into off hours
(AP) -- Joe Soto, general manager of an advertising firm in Philadelphia, has a complicated relationship with his BlackBerry e-mail phone.
How to Stay Happy Amid Economic Gloom
Researchers and analysts say finances, as well as moods, will bounce back.