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Filling In The Blanks: Consumers Want Complete Information To Make Choices
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the way consumers behave when information about a purchase is incomplete. The study suggests that there are ways for marketers...
U.K. starts world's largest household poll
LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom's Economic and Social Research Council says it has started what it calls the world's largest household longitudinal study.
New Service To Curb Cell Phone Distraction
With wireless use a factor in many car crashes, a Canadian company announced that it has developed software that will detect whether a cell phone is moving at car speeds,...
How The Campaigns Are Working Online
Tech guru Larry Magid scrutinizes the Republican's and Democrat's online efforts to garner votes in those all-important swing states.
Apple Unveils New Laptops
Contrary to the rumors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs did not announce an $800 laptop but he did introduce cool new MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks along with a small price...
Opinion: Reward ideas, not CVs
The way scientific research is funded in Australia’s universities puts an excessive emphasis on guaranteed results at the expense of adventurous ideas and major breakthroughs, writes Bryan Gaensler.
Biofuels center director: Next president should take page from JFK
The director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) at Washington University in St. Louis is challenging the next president of the United States to set...
US authorities shutter worldwide spam operation
(AP) -- E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam - at least for a while. Authorities said Tuesday they have shut down one of the largest...
65 U.S. Nobel laureates endorse Obama
CHICAGO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Sixty-five U.S. Nobel Laureate scientists have sent "an open letter to the American people" urging support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
MIT Museum glows with promise of future energy
More than 1,200 people showed up Friday night at the MIT Museum to learn about the latest developments, and the most promising new research efforts, in creating new energy technologies...
New LED technology and leading light for advertisers
A new lightweight LED screen developed by UQ Business School's Enterprize business plan competition finalist, LAADtech, proposes to make outdoor advertising more versatile and easier to install.
New research suggests changes in underwater data communications
An NJIT professor, who has discovered new communication channels in underwater environments and invented a technique to communicate data through these channels, will be honored later this month by the...
Tweet, tweet! Current TV's ‘Hack the Debate' lets viewers provide the commentary
Just imagine if, when the TV cameras pulled back to show the audience during last week's presidential debate, Charles Gibson had breathlessly exclaimed: "Uncomfortable chairs brought to you by Ikea!"...
Broadcom co-founder leaves guilty plea in place
(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli plans to appeal a judge's rejection of the plea deal he made with prosecutors in one of the nation's largest stock options...
Drug Industry, Having Long Smiled on G.O.P., Now Splits Donations Equally
Lobbyists and executives say the swing reflects the fact that drug companies’ fortunes depend more than ever on Democrats in power.
The Scan That Didn’t Scan
Just as big a problem as the erratic quality of M.R.I. scans is the tendency of doctors and patients to rely on them too much.
New kids on the block: Latecomers must be unique to outperform pioneer brands
What is it that allows some brands to succeed and some to fail? Why is it sometimes better to be first and other times more advantageous to reach the market...
New Standard at NSCL Provides Assurance of Quality to Users
Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory has earned an important international certification indicating that the service it renders to the world's nuclear scientists - namely rare isotope beams -...
Computers That Understand How You Feel
A navigation system able to provide emergency services with the quickest route while at the same time taking stress into account; this is an example of a new type of...
Facebook is 'social glue' for university freshers
The first few weeks at university can be a difficult time for freshers as they attempt to settle in to their new academic and social life. Researchers at the University...
Google, Yahoo discuss ad deal with Justice Dept: WSJ
Google and Yahoo are discussing possible changes to their proposed advertising deal with the US Justice Department in a bid to avoid an antitrust challenge, The Wall Street Journal reported...
For Microsoft's Windows, 7th time's a charm
Microsoft Corp. has come up with an official name for the seventh version of its Windows operating system: Windows 7.
Transforming the 1930s house into an energy efficient home of the future
The 1930s semi is an icon of its age. Three million were built and they are still a major part of our current housing stock. Now a three year research...
Despite turnaround, software outlook still cautious
Despite a broad sell-off that saw software stocks tumble in unison last week before turning around Monday, analysts nonetheless issued a tepid outlook for the market's future.
Science the key to solving Africa's problems
Science is the key to solving problems such as poverty, drought and famine in Africa, say Janez Potoaçnik and Jean-Pierre Ezin.
Vaunted Michelin guide adds mobile Internet to its review menu
Michelin guides, lauded as roadmaps to the world's finest cuisine, will be delivered to iPhones and other "smart" mobile devices as the century-old publication embraces the Internet age.
Fans anxiously await revamped, cheaper Apple laptop computers
Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a "town hall" gathering at its northern California headquarters on Tuesday.
For first time, scientists predict arrival of asteroid
The object burned up over Sudan, posing no threat to people. The successful prediction shows that an alert system is working, Jet Propulsion Laboratory expert says.