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Facebook's Foray Into Democracy Explained
Facebook's decision to open up its policy making to user input is a very nice gesture, but CBS News and CNET technology analyst Larry Magid says it's not exactly on...
Yahoo CFO leaving as new CEO prepares shake-up
(AP) -- Yahoo's chief financial officer is leaving the troubled Internet pioneer as part of a management shake-up engineered by the company's new CEO.
Group Predicts Robots Will Win Soccer's World Cup in 2050
Scientists teaching robots to play soccer.
Environmental Footprint Of Information Technology Much Higher Than Expected, Researcher Finds
A researcher in Canada has found that the environmental impact of digital technology is much higher than previously believed.
In-store video ads a boon to retailers, a peril for traditional media
Video advertising in stores is a moneymaker for retailers, but a growing threat to already cash-strapped print and broadcast media, according to a new study co-written by a University of...
Study finds confidence in food safety plunges in wake of peanut butter contamination
Fewer than one in four consumers now believe the U.S. food supply is safer than it was a year ago, according to new data from the University of Minnesota's Food...
Cards on the table: Low-cost tool spots software security flaws during development process
A new risk management tool can help software developers identify security vulnerabilities in their programs early in the planning process, effectively solving problems before they exist, simply by having the...
A mathematical method helps to select human embryos
A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have developed a mathematical classification which makes it possible to select human embryos for use in assisted reproduction...
Apple bills new Windows-ready browser as world's fastest
Both Mac and Windows users now have access to a browser that loads web pages close to three times faster than the latest versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer or the...
Can virtual teachers plug the educational divide?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bringing more technology into the classroom might strike fear into the hearts of traditional educationalists, but one academic believes it may just hold the key to solving a...
Seeing the Light
Sometimes you’re the last to try something. Adobe came out with its Lightroom digital darkroom and photo-organization software a few years ago, and followed up with Lightroom 2 last year....
U.S. robotics competition to be held
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency is sponsoring the first District of Columbia regional high school robotics competition this week.
Robert Bigelow: Lessons, Visions, Realities…
Bigelow Aerospace’s CEO illuminates the foresight driving his company’s market positioning strategy.
Physics Research Program Celebrates 25 Years, New Funding
Valparaiso University's Department of Physics and Astronomy is celebrating a milestone this year as one of only a handful of non-Ph.D. granting institutions to receive 25 years of continuous research...
The Unusual Suspects
Obesity is our century's version of the Kennedy assassination: Everybody's got a theory. But even with blame perpetually shifting -- one day it's fast-food corporations, the next it's genetics --...
Japan may force utilities to buy surplus domestic solar power
Japan plans to soon require electricity companies to buy surplus power generated by household solar panels at about twice the current price, a government official said Tuesday.
Nokia seeks 1,000 voluntary layoffs
(AP) -- Nokia Corp., which announced this month it was planning cut jobs, said Tuesday it will seek up to 1,000 voluntary resignations to further reduce costs amid the...
Microsoft reaffirms grim outlook for year
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. reiterated Tuesday its belief that the economic crisis will persist at least into the second half of 2009 but attempted to reassure analysts that it...
Flash maker Spansion cuts workforce by 35 percent
Ailing flash memory maker Spansion, a joint venture of US company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Japan's Fujitsu, said Tuesday it would cut 35 percent of its global workforce, or...
Just How Fat Are We?
OBESITY IN AMERICA State Lines Obesity, defined as a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, is not equally distributed across the U.S. Check out this map to find out which...
Gestures lend a hand in learning mathematics
Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago.
Desperately seeking...
Sunday's Academy Awards clearly left many of us wanting more. Here are five hot Oscar-related search terms from Monday, as tracked by Google Trends:
Gmail breakdown affects users worldwide
The Google search engine's Gmail site suffered a major technical breakdown for several hours on Tuesday that prevented users around the world from accessing their accounts with the popular email...
New tool improves productivity, quality when translating software
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a software tool that will make it faster and easier to translate video games and other software into different languages for use...
Virtual Teaching Hospital System (VTHS) Project aims to transform medical training
A computer system which enables medical students to practise diagnosing and managing patients in simulations using real patient data is being developed in an interdepartmental collaborative project between Leicester Medical...
Reducing animal experiments through top-class research
The haematologist Professor Christopher Baum and his colleagues Dr Ute Modlich and Sabine Knoess have been awarded the 2009 Ursula M. Haendel Animal Welfare Prize. The prize was awarded to...
Paramedics ramp up union campaign with TV ads
Alberta's paramedics are launching commercials to win public support in their campaign for a separate union bargaining unit.
Eastern Health nurses back strike mandate
Nurses at the largest health board in Newfoundland and Labrador have given solid backing to a strike mandate to press contract demands with the Treasury Board, their union says.