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China could force web users to disclose real names
China could introduce a system requiring web users to provide their real names before posting comments online, state media reported Wednesday, as authorities move to tighten control over the Internet.
Apple iPhone prototype finder identified
A 21-year-old Californian man was identified on Thursday as the person who found and sold an Apple iPhone prototype to the technology blog Gizmodo.
Australian emissions trading scheme on hold
Emissions trading scheme will be delayed until the end of 2012 at the earliest
Samsung launches Galaxy A, its first Android smart phone for Korean market
Samsung Electronics today introduced the Galaxy A (SHW-M100S) to the Korean market. The new smart phone is the company`s first Android-powered smartphone available in Korea. Along with the release of...
Financially wronged? New study says investors should target leadership instead of corporation itself
Class-action lawsuits against financial companies would often be better aligned with the financial interests of the wronged investor if they were directed at corporate officers and advisors who...
HuffPo a Top News Site as It Turns 5 Years Old
If Growth Trend Continues, Huffington Post Could Surpass New York Times' Website's Traffic This Year
PETMAN robot to closely simulate soldiers (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A freely walking biped robot the size and shape of a human being is being developed to realistically simulate a soldier wearing protective clothing.
China's Alibaba teams up with US PayPal
Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said Tuesday its new transaction platform would accept payments from users of US online payment service PayPal, amid efforts to expand overseas.
Capistrano schools announce tentative contract deal with teachers
The Capistrano Unified School District announced late Monday night that it had reached a tentative contract agreement with teachers, which would end a strike that began last Thursday over the...
Ousted Kyrgyzstan president charged with organizing mass killings
Scores were killed when security officers fired on protesters this month. Provisional leaders want him extradited from Belarus to stand trial. ...
Experts try to break dengue scourge with gene study
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Former policewoman Jaycee Choy had to be pushed around in a wheelchair and couldn't eat for a week when she fell ill with dengue fever in...
Happy Meal toys could be banned in Santa Clara County
A county supervisor has created a stir with his proposal to bar the inclusion of toys in restaurant meals that contain high amounts of sugar, salt or certain fats. ...
Firing over creationism e-mail leads to appeal
The former director of the science program for Texas' public schools asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive a lawsuit over her firing for forwarding an e-mail about a...
A Robot Called WANDA (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab scientists have established a revolutionary nanocrystal-making robot, capable of producing nanocrystals with staggering precision. This one-of-a-kind robot, named WANDA, provides colloidal nanocrystals with custom-made properties for...
Fantasy TV in the service of science: An open letter to HBO about "Dothraki"
Editor's note: Joshua Hartshorne is a graduate student at Harvard University's Psychology Department interested in human behavior and language. He wrote the open letter below because HBO is currently...
The Future Of Philosophy Of Science
I am in Tilburg, Netherlands, for a conference on the future of philosophy of science. Ah!, you might say, and what would that look like? I hope to write at least another...
Barriers keep vulnerable workers from accessing unemployment insurance
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Michigan study suggests that provisions in a federal economic stimulus plan falls short of fully bringing vulnerable unemployed workers into the unemployment insurance program.
Cellphone game tracks every exercise move
A cellphone with a bit of smart software could help people to track their physical activity levels.
Abel Maldonado confirmed as lieutenant governor
State Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) was confirmed by the California Senate on Monday as lieutenant governor, filling a vacancy created when John Garamendi was elected to Congress.
Drunk driving charges filed against top L.A. budget official
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley filed drunk driving charges Monday against L.A. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, the top budget advisor at City Hall.
iPhone blogger's computer taken by authorities
A blogger in California who posted photos of a misplaced iPhone has handed his computer, digital camera, and mobile phone over to computer-crime investigators.
Dynamic Nimbus cloud deployment wins Challenge Award at Grid5000 conference
The Nimbus toolkit, developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago as an open source set of software tools for...
Improvement in chip divisions boosts profit at TI
(AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc.'s first-quarter profit leaped after the chip maker improved results in all its product lines, and the company offered an outlook better than what financial...
Charles River To Acquire WuXi
Contract Services: $1.6 billion deal creates an integrated drug discovery and clinical development services company.
Elephants ready to rumble at sound of bees
The buzz of angry bees can stir elephants to sound a "rumbling" alarm, signalling troop members to flee their attackers, a study released Monday said.
U.N. pulls foreign workers out of Afghan city of Kandahar
Local staffers were also told to stay home. The decisions reflect the perilous state of security in Afghanistan’s second-largest city, where two civilians were killed in explosions Monday. ...
Southwest cutting 12% of flights from Bob Hope Airport
Southwest Airlines, which accounts for two-thirds of passenger traffic at Bob Hope Airport, will phase out 12% of its weekly flights by September, airport officials said. The carrier's decision to trim...
Pulp mill pickets present a headache for Argentina's government
BUENOS AIRES, April 26 (UPI) -- Protesters against Uruguay's pulp mill on the border are now well and truly out of government control, despite a World Court ruling, even...