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New Mexico Voters Defeat Spaceport America Measure
Voters in Otero County, NM, voted against a proposed spaceport aid tax Tuesday.
MySpace Deal Allows Copyrighted Video Use
Instead of trying to take down all copyright-protected videos that its members post, MySpace will let certain clips stay - and give the creators of the original content a cut...
Imaging software makes bridges safer
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- German scientists say they have developed an image-processing software program that automatically detects irregularities in bridge materials.
Feature: The Green RIG driving eco-education
Thinking outside the box, a small regional government agency in New Zealand has taken its environmental education ‘show’ on the road – in an 18-metre-long ‘big green box on wheels’,...
Artificial gut reveals foods' GI
Australian researchers have developed an 'artificial gut' that can accurately measure a food's glycemic index (GI) much faster than the current method.
China top target for computer attacks: Microsoft
Chinese computer users have become chief targets for online criminals, according to a security report released Monday by Microsoft.
Ageism More Prevalent Than Racism Among Presidential Voters, Study Finds
An ongoing study of 20,000 registered voters has found that far more of them would vote against Sen. John McCain because of his age than would vote against Sen. Barack Obama because...
Videoconferencing More Confusing For Decision-makers Than Face-to-face Meetings
Although videoconferencing has become a billion-dollar substitute for flying business people to meetings, it leaves distant participants less likely to make sound judgments about speakers being viewed over a screen,...
Credit Card-swipe Device To Test For Hundreds Of Diseases
Scientists successfully created a sensitive prototype device that could test for dozens or even hundreds of diseases simultaneously by acting like a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card loaded...
Coordinated avoidance manoeuvres
A road construction barrier falls over: The car driver can't avoid it, since there are cars on the lane next to him. In future, a new software program will enable...
Protect your vote -- avoid election machine errors
Of all the conceivable problems that could lead to a miscount Election Day, there's one possibility that voters can do something about - avoid making election machine-related errors, says...
Canada reissues Hershey recall notice
OTTAWA, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials say some previously recalled Hershey-brand chocolate products may be on sale in various independent retail outlets across Ontario.
Marcus du Sautoy gives lessons in science
The Emperor Scrumptious was born in 35 BC, and died on his birthday in AD 35. What was his age when he died?
Microsoft unveils 60 million dlr investment in SKorea
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Monday unveiled a plan to invest 60 million dollars in South Korea's software industry as part of the US giant's drive to strengthen its presence...
Diet diehards eat less to live longer
Most people diet to trim waistlines a belt notch or two. Bob Cavanaugh and other members of the US-based Calorie Restriction Society are more ambitious.
Motorola handset unit 'no quick fix'
Three months into leading Motorola Inc.'s mobile phone division, co-chief executive Sanjay Jha has started some painful housecleaning that he hopes will restore the company's competitive standing.
Go forth and multiply, says Oxford's new Professor for the Public Understanding of Science
How Richard Dawkins's successor plans to make maths sexy
Terrorists try to infiltrate UK's top labs
Dozens of suspected terrorists have attempted to infiltrate Britain's top laboratories in order to develop weapons of mass destruction, such as biological and nuclear devices, during
Facts don't get in the way of Web political rumors
(AP) -- With just days to go before the election, gossip, hearsay, innuendo and smears are flying through the Internet as gadflies and rumormongers hope to sway voters before...
BPA fate undecided after FDA hearings
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after hearings, has yet to decide the fate of the compound bisphenol A, which is used in...
Microsoft Previews New Office, Windows
Microsoft offered developers a sneak peek at the next versions of its two flagship applications -- Windows and Office.
MTV Launches New Music Video Hub
It's "better late than never" for Viacom's new music video hub. The real question: whether people will go here instead of Google's YouTube to watch them.
"Bait Cars" Catch Thieves In Act
The new, hi-tech system enables police to lure would-be crooks, watch via video remote as they do their thing, then disable the vehicle from afar and nab the suspects. The...
Judge Kills Mayor’s Try at Greening Taxi Fleets
A federal judge blocked Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposed rule that all new taxis must meet stringent fuel efficiency standards.
Phone company: Heavy Internet users to pay more
(AP) -- Phone company Frontier Communications Co. will probably charge its subscribers a dollar or two per gigabyte of Internet traffic if they go over the monthly allotments the...
Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 staff after Facebook criticism
Virgin Atlantic said Friday it has sacked 13 of its cabin staff after they criticised the airline and some of its passengers on social networking website Facebook.
Internet collaboration still in infancy: Wikipedia founder
The age of public collaboration over the Internet is still only in its infancy, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told AFP in an interview.
Lean economy, fatty diet
When money's tight, many people switch to cheap, unhealthful foods. But it doesn't have to be that way.