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Tablets: How best to bridge phone, laptop
The season of the tablet computer has arrived. Sparked eight months ago by Apple Inc.'s debut of the iPad, every major computer company is now trying to get one in...
Robots imitate honey bees for aircraft aerobatics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian scientists have developed a novel autopilot that guides aircraft through complex aerobatic manoeuvres by watching the horizon like a honey bee.
FCC preparing to vote on network neutrality rules
(AP) -- Federal regulators are moving ahead with a plan to prohibit phone and cable companies from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their broadband networks.
BP oil spill swamps Yahoo search engine in 2010
(AP) -- It took a man-made disaster to topple a celebrity from the top spot on Yahoo Inc.'s annual list of most popular search requests.
Google in crosshairs of the wary and watchful
Google's unabashed ascension to the Internet search throne has caused some to doubt the sincerity of its "Don't be evil" motto and made it a prime target for market watchdogs.
Dwolla a new player in electronic money transfers
(AP) -- Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards.
Transgenic crops: How genes jump from crop to crop
A comprehensive, data-driven statistical model including the surrounding landscape, pollinating insects and human seed dispersal allowed researchers to assess the movement of an inserted gene between crop varieties more realistically...
A New Breed of AIDS Activists Dogs Obama
Unlike the first generation of patient-activists, this crop is composed of public health scholars, mostly heterosexual.
Nintendo says Wii sales got boost on Black Friday
(AP) -- In a told-you-so moment for Nintendo, sales of the Wii console are picking up, with 600,000 of them sold in the U.S. last week, according to the...
US cuts access to files after leak embarrassment
(AP) -- The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing...
Crop Breeding Gets Boost from Sweet Potatoes
In Uganda, the sweet potato is a major staple crop. In an effort to identify, collect, evaluate, and mitigate the loss of important types, a study was conducted by the...
Record $10M cigarette bust made in B.C.
RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency made the largest cigarette bust in B.C. history when cheaply made cigarettes from China, with an estimated value of $10 million, were seized...
Consumers want targeted marketing: Facebook
Today's consumers feel it's "their right" to receive personalized messages from marketers, says the new managing director of Facebook Canada.
Oregon's POLST program expands to provide patients with more control at the end of their lives
Oregon's groundbreaking POLST program -- a program that allows persons to communicate their end-of-life plans via a physician's written order -- has achieved a new milestone.
Dot Earth: Farewell to a Great Web Effort at Worldchanging
A "bright green" Web site designing the future is shutting down.
Microsoft scrambling to keep up with Kinect demand
Microsoft said Tuesday that it sold more than 2.5 million Kinect for Xbox 360 devices worldwide in the 25 days after that the gesture-sensing videogame controllers hit the market.
Facebook co-founder's new venture to promote causes
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, launched a new venture on Tuesday to promote charitable causes.
New facilities for Wyss Institute
With an exhortation from its biggest backer to conduct research that ultimately will improve patient care, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering officially inaugurated two facilities Monday (Nov. 29), opening 60,000 square...
What’s possible
Students and faculty interested in the online archive of Byzantine seals at Dumbarton Oaks, ways to digitally engage with Harvard Art Museums’ artworks, or video links to professors in different time zones only...
GM launches Volt, ramps up green hiring
General Motors Tuesday launched its battery-powered Chevrolet Volt and a major hiring program to ramp up production of green vehicles.
Branson launches glossy iPad magazine, 'Project'
British tycoon Richard Branson launched a glossy magazine for the iPad on Tuesday, getting the jump on News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch in the race to develop publications for the hot...
Ex-Goldman Sachs programmer goes on trial in NYC
(AP) -- A Goldman Sachs programmer stole secret computer code that enables high-speed trading on his last day with the company so he could help develop the same kind...
Motorola to break into 2 on Jan. 4
(AP) -- Motorola Inc. will split into two companies effective Jan. 4, finalizing the breakup of one of the founders of the U.S. electronics industry.
Celebrating a better battery
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's 30 years since research by Oxford University scientists led to the development of one of the world's most popular rechargeable batteries.
Green: Google Energy Guru Will Head Policy Center at Stanford
Dan W. Reicher, an energy expert who is leaving Google for Stanford, says that policy mechanisms will be critical to making progress on a shift to renewables.
The National Database for Autism Research announces its first data release
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) researchers now can use data from over 10,000 participants enrolled in ASD studies. The National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), created by the National Institutes of...
Oil tanker traffic ban sought by B.C. groups
B.C. First Nations, commercial fisheries and environmental groups are demanding a ban on oil tanker traffic in the Northwest Pacific region to protect sea-based economies.
Sierra Club, CAPP both claim victory in ad ruling
The Sierra Club and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers both claim victory after the advertising standards watchdog ruled that an oilsands ad was not misleading.