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Climate email hackers had access for more than a month
Email sent to weatherman suggests hackers had access to Climatic Research Unit's systems for longer than first suspectedComputer hackers who broke into the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) server at the University of East...
Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming.
New law bans genetic discrimination
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the most sweeping anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years, prohibits employers from hiring or firing based on a person's genetic makeup. ...
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Billy Bragg, NDP push for new law on music downloads
British folk singer Billy Bragg teamed up with Canadian songwriters and the NDP to advocate for copyright reform and a new approach to music downloads while on tour in Ottawa...
SEC accuses 4 people in alleged Ponzi scheme
DENVER (AP) -- Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide...
Yikes: Peruvian Jungle Gang Arrested for Selling Fat of Its Murder Victims
Is there any medical use for black market human fat? Scientists are skeptical Plentiful fat seems more reviled than revered in today's society, even when it has uses for the medical and...
Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Food production of modern human societies is mostly based on large-scale monoculture crops, but it now appears that advanced insect societies have the same practice. Our societies took...
Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed...
Bullying is a public health issue: researcher
Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries.
US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent
US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.
H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO
H1N1 appears to have peaked in parts of western Europe and the United States but transmission continues to intensity in Canada, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Google books hearing set for February 18
A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and...
Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone
Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the...
Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers
(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.
EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27
(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover...
Vivendi inching closer to decision on NBC
(AP) -- Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal and clear the way for the creation of...
Networking For Freelancers
What do rock climbing, book clubs, and sci fi have in common? The answer is they all help an astrophysicist with job hunting. Read on for why and how! Back on...
The Latest in Spy Tech
Daniel Sieberg Highlights the Newest Commercial Gizmos and Gadgets for Suveillance
Google to aid tropical rainforests
LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A proposed Google program would allow anyone with Internet access to spot illegal logging in tropical rainforests and report it, the company said.
Congress Scrutinizes U.S. Chemicals Policy
Safety: Stakeholders are divided over how sweeping changes to TSCA ought to be.
Most beautiful and most wonderful | Darwin photographic competition
Winning entries of a photographic competition celebrating the birth of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution
Trust Linux!
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global...
Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze
(PhysOrg.com) -- Blame it on the heavy meal, the alcohol, or simply the opportunity afforded by a free afternoon on a traditional holiday. Just don't blame it on the tryptophan,...
The court will now call its expert witness: the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new...
Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty
(AP) -- Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said...
Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display
(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the...
EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.