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$100K grants to improve global health
SEATTLE, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is giving 104 grants of $100,000 each to researchers exploring new ways to improve global...
Robots to replace backing tracks
Researchers have developed a robot that listens to music and improvises melodies and rhythms to accompany it, offering a cooler alternative to drum machines.
iPhone's Importance To Apple
The rampant success of the iPhone has forced Apple and its financial watchers to re-evaluate the value of the company.
TheirTube: Web sites compete for video uploading
Thirteen hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. It's headquarters for the small-town nobody with a camcorder and dreams of stardom. But when there are hundreds of millions...
SanDisk hits 5-year low after Samsung drops bid
(AP) -- Shares of SanDisk Corp. sank to their lowest level in five years Wednesday, after Samsung Electronics Co. dropped a buyout bid for the maker of flash memory...
AT&T 3Q profit up 5.5 pct, misses Street estimates
(AP) -- AT&T Inc.'s earnings rose 5.5 percent in the third quarter, but missed analyst expectations because of strong sales of iPhones, which the carrier subsidizes.
NC State study shows limits of using 'war on terror' to promote government policies
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that there are definite limits on the government's use of the "war on terror" as a rhetorical tool for advancing federal...
The Great Crash Of 2008
A new report projects economic problems for the UK after the great crash of 2008. The British economy will suffer next year as it experiences the worst setback among the...
The Doctor’s World: Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees’ Health
The limited information provided by the candidates is a departure from recent, more forthcoming, campaigns.
Bevacizumab Better Than Gold Standard Imaging At Detecting Tumors
Scientists have developed a new imaging agent that can be used in scanning for tumors, and which gives a much clearer and more precise image than existing methods. The discovery...
Interview: UK science minister Lord Drayson
It was on a family holiday to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida that the new science minister, Lord Drayson, really understood the power that astronauts have to inspire.
Innovative Food Packaging Solutions: Recent Innovations in Food Packaging Materials
Advances in food packaging lead to improved food quality and safety. Released this month from the Institute of Food Technologists(r) (IFT) is a Scientific Status Summary (SSS), a peer-reviewed report,...
UK positioned for sat-nav prizes
A UK company wins the European Galileo Masters prize for a satellite positioning-enabled lifejacket.
Health insurers reinvent themselves as money managers
Many rush to open banks as more Americans open health savings accounts, a tax-sheltered way to pay medical bills. Managing that money is more profitable than offering health insurance. ...
Middle schoolers earn top prizes in science competition
Society for Science & the Public’s national science competition selects winners
Yahoo firing 1,500 workers; 3Q profit falls 64 pct
(AP) -- Mired in a deep slump, Yahoo Inc. will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up...
Anti-piracy software creates more problems than it solves
Is there such a thing as "good" anti-piracy software in games? The perennial topic has been pushed back into the spotlight recently thanks to the PC game Spore.
Dutch youths convicted of virtual theft
(AP) -- A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for stealing virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service.
Sprint to trim cell phone termination fees
(AP) -- Following its rivals, Sprint Nextel Corp. will soon begin trimming the fees customers face for canceling their cell phone service early.
American Airlines sues Yahoo over search terms
(AP) -- American Airlines is suing Yahoo Inc. for trademark infringement, a case similar to one that the nation's largest airline settled this summer against Google Inc.
BlackBerry application store launching in March
Research In Motion Ltd. is launching an application store in March that will allow BlackBerry users to download software designed by third parties directly onto their devices.
Scientists help Microsoft and Yahoo improve online security
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at Newcastle University have cracked the security behind the biggest names in global email services.
HP Reveals Their Ipaq Data Manager & Voice Messenger Smartphones
(PhysOrg.com) -- HP's mysterious new smartphone entrants have just been revealed. The HP Voice Messenger will sell for €399 ($532) on November 5th and the Data Messenger will be selling...
Google releases Android open-source code: company
Google on Tuesday released the open-source code which powers its Android mobile operating system and invited outside programmers to tinker with the software to develop their own features.
Penny-pinching shoppers may get PC deals soon
(AP) -- Sales of personal computers didn't live up to expectations over the summer, and now analysts predict shoppers will cut spending even more drastically in the all-important holiday...
Interac service restored at Royal Bank machines
People trying to use their debit cards at Royal Bank machines across Canada were temporarily unable to do so for about two hours on Tuesday, the bank confirmed.
Bell's own retailers sue company for breaking contracts
Bell Canada's independent retailers are suing the company for years of "abusive, arbitrary" business practices that include changing their contracted commissions.
SC prisons take on feds over jamming phone signals
(AP) -- South Carolina wants to jam cell phone signals in prisons to prevent convicts from committing further crimes. There's one significant problem with the plan: It's against the...