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CNET: Yahoo! Founder To Step Down As CEO
Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang is to resign his position as the company's CEO, as pressure builds amid gloomy financial news and the fallout of an attempted takeover by Microsoft.
Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Sharing tools, they continue working on a repair. ...
Space waste: Handling garbage when your dumpster is 100 million miles away?
In space, no one takes out the trash. Garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts in the cramped living quarters of a space station...
Microsoft Releases New Robot-Building Software
(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its belief that robotics is an important emerging technology, Microsoft has released Robotics Developer Studio 2008, a software program that enables users to create applications...
Technology behind the Personal Network
(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts believe Personal Networks will run to a thousand devices by 2017, which presents an enormous networking challenge. European researchers are developing some very clever technology to create...
Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching
The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganised. But what you see online at any given moment is just a snapshot of the Web as a whole...
Mathematics Students Make Prime Discovery
Mathematics students have made a significant new discovery in the mathematical field of number theory. They have discovered the first known example of a 3 by 3 by 3 generalized...
Second life, podcasting, mobiles, PDAs - the technology of education
The University of Leicester has a strong presence at the premier annual conference for the international e-learning community. Presentations by members of the University will be made at the Online...
Scientists find facial scars increase attractiveness
Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found. It was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was...
Virtual Desktop For Mobile Parliamentarians
Members of parliament and other citizen representatives now have a new tool at their fingertips to help them keep on top of their work while on the move -- a...
The Invisible Telephone/Internet Or Whatever Makes Sense Network
Shall I make this call with the landline, mobile or VOIP? Laptop or PDA? Let the phone and the network decide for themselves, say European researchers planning a future of...
National Geographic getting into video games
(AP) -- National Geographic, best known for its yellow-framed magazine and often breathtaking nature shows, is getting into video games.
NY judge tentatively OKs Google copyright deal
(AP) -- A judge has tentatively approved a settlement of lawsuits between Google and book authors and publishers that may put millions of out-of-print texts online.
Spansion sues Samsung over flash memory patents
(AP) -- Spansion Inc. wants to block U.S. sales of iPods, BlackBerry gadgets and other devices because memory chips made by Samsung Electronics Co. and used in those products...
In space, no-one can hear you paint... but zero-G artwork does pay, a UK artist finds
An artwork by British artist Nasser Azam which was completed in zero gravity sells at a New York auction for $332,500 (£223,000).
Ethanol Will Curb Farm Income Until Economy Rebounds, Economist Says
Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half, an...
Women's Gains in Politics Not Seen in Board Rooms, CEO Offices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Half of California's 400 largest public companies have no women in top executive offices, according to a study reported today by University of California, Davis, researchers. Almost half...
Spammers sent packing -- for now -- by Web shutdown
(AP) -- E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that...
Liberals, NDP name science and technology critics
Political debates over science and technology issues will be hearing some new voices as the Liberals and NDP have announced opposition critics to counter Conservative cabinet members.
Kennedy: Healthcare to be high on agenda
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Universal healthcare may be a key item on the agenda of the 111th U.S. Congress, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., said Monday.
HP Launches Virtualization Technologies That Cut Networking Costs by 55 Percent
HP today announced breakthrough networking, storage and server technologies that reduce costs, increase bandwidth flexibility and improve overall performance of virtual server environments.
Agent-based computer models could anticipate future economic crisis
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the stock market continues its dive, economists and business columnists have spilled a lot of ink assigning responsibility for the ongoing financial calamity. While hindsight might be...
Gordon Prize Focuses on Cybersecurity Issues
Prof. Lawrence A. Gordon of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business has created the Gordon Prize, which will focus attention on the economic issues related to cybersecurity. Prof. Gordon...
Metropolitan quantum cryptography network will be available in Spain by 2010
Researchers from the Department of Languages and Systems and Software Engineering at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's School of Computing have developed a prototype metropolitan quantum key distribution network that...
International biofuels conference gets underway in Brazil
An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change.
dmedia G400 WiMAX MID to Show Off at CES 2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dmedia G400 offers a choice of 3.8 or 4.3-inch touchscreen with an 800 x 480 resolution. The device features integrated WiMAX, Bluetooth, HSPDA/WCDMA, GPS, and a microSD...
How to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
Giving dogs and clams a new lease on life, mini-nuclear power plants, and more, in today's crop of radioactive links. read more
TiVo To Make Dominos On Demand
Digital video recording company TiVo Inc. said it is teaming up with Domino's Pizza Inc. to allow subscribers to order pizza for delivery or pick-up from their TV sets.