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Social Networking: An Internet Addiction?
Social networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook have never been more popular. As national correspondent Hattie Kauffman reports, some worry the sites are perhaps too popular... maybe even addicting.
BCE shares jump on top court ruling
Shares of BCE Inc. surged following Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada allowing the $52-billion buyout of BCE by a group headed by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan...
Worldwide number of PCs tops 1 billion
The number of personal computers in use worldwide has surpassed one billion, with strong growth in developing regions expected to push that total to two billion by 2014, according to...
Detlef Gromoll, Known for Math ‘Soul’ Idea, Dies at 70
Dr. Gromoll was a mathematician who helped lay the foundations for studying the abstract distortions of shapes in three or more dimensions.
Deals transfer water from northern Wash. counties
(AP) -- Ray Colbert wanted out after five decades of growing apples, but his son didn't want the farm in northern Washington. No one else did either.
Green energy push planned for UK
British homeowners may face higher bills as part of a "green revolution" to reduce fossil fuel reliance.
Ecuador boy sets zero-G flight record
(AP) -- A 7-year-old Ecuador boy has become the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight.
Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent $512M for patents
(AP) -- A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million in damages and interest, letting stand a jury's decision that the software maker infringed on two...
BlackBerry outage scheduled for Sunday
BlackBerry users will be out of luck early Sunday morning as a planned outage will leave them without service for about four hours.
Flood-Stricken Iowa Pets Reunited with Owners
Hundreds of animals are being housed in makeshift emergency shelters after a devastating flood forced 24,000 people to evacuate across the state, rescuers say.
Settlement to ease drug costs for some
WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- A settlement the U.S. federal government reached in a class-action lawsuit will ease drug costs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, court records show.
Personalized medicine initiative targets lung cancer
A U.S.-based personalized medicine initiative led by scientists from the Biodesign Institute, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Seattle`s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has secured its first major international...
Computer Science Professor`s Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest
Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows...
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Naked Cyclists, Tractor Army, More
A tractor army, a harvest of rifles, Midwest floods, and a fleet of naked bicyclists helped flesh out summer solstice week.
Scientists Develop Brain-Wave Binoculars
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has won a $6.7 million contract to develop brain-wave binoculars.
European companies top in access to medicine
European drug companies are topping their US counterparts in ensuring medicines reach the developing world, according to a new ranking.
Passengers virtually stripped naked by 3-D airport scanner
The airport in Kelowna, B.C., will be the first in Canada to test a new type of passenger scanner that creates a three-dimensional virtually nude image of people.
Cameco looks to next-generation uranium enrichment
Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. is investing $123.8 million US to buy into the next generation of uranium enrichment, the company said.
Charles Arthur: God help us if machines ever think like people
Humans are a terrible example to follow if you want to develop a conscious machine, writes Charles Arthur
Ladies Who Lunch Do It Over The Internet
Women over 40 may be the fastest growing group of internet users. The contributors to "wowOwow.com" are betting on it by giving women content from their point of view.
Pakistan science increase marred by high inflation
Pakistan's new government has boosted science spending by almost three per cent, but the increase will be negated by high inflation.
Wi-LAN files patent litigation against RIM, Motorola
Ottawa-based intellectual property holder Wi-LAN Inc. has filed patent infringement litigation in Texas against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and U.S. mobile-device giant Motorola Inc.
Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences
Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they...
California scientist to get Kyoto Prize
(AP) -- A California-based computer scientist, a philosophy professor and a molecular biologist will each receive $460,000 after being selected Friday as winners of this year's Kyoto Prizes for...
Bell ordered to publicly prove internet congestion
Bell Canada Inc. has been ordered to publicly disclose information that details the level of congestion on its network in regards to a dispute over the company's internet speed-throttling practices.
Officials suspend Calif. aerial spraying program
(AP) -- Officials on Thursday abruptly canceled a state program to spray chemicals to combat crop-eating moth in urban areas after months of public uproar over its unclear effects...
Math could help cure leukemia
When kids complain that math homework won't help them in real life, a new answer might be that math could help cure cancer.
Unhappy Yahoo shareholder reaches out to Microsoft
(AP) -- One of Yahoo Inc.'s disgruntled shareholders is urging Microsoft Corp. to make a more compelling case for its bid to buy the Internet pioneer's search operations -...