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Hacker sentenced in Boston in 3rd theft case
(AP) -- A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a computer hacker to 20 years in prison in the last of three cases that prosecutors say involved one of...
US cities vie to win Google's broadband favor
A city in Kansas renamed itself "Google." A Florida mayor hopped into a tank full of sharks to impress the Internet titan. Baltimore named a "Google Czar" and scores of...
Chinese firm strips Google from Android phones
China's second-biggest mobile phone company is scrapping plans to use Google's search function on two new phones.
Grigoriy Perelman - A Serious Lesson For All Of Us
Like about four years ago, the name of Grigoriy Yakovlevich (Grisha) Perelman is again in the mass-media headlines all around the world. Grisha is a prominent mathematician, who was able to...
Researchers identify strategy for passing tanning bed legislation
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that when attempting to pass tanning bed legislation, successful advocates collaborate with local and national organisations and lobbyists and have...
Spice up your health this barbecue season
A new study at The University of Western Ontario finds the sauces you use when firing up the barbecue this summer may provide unforeseen health benefits...
Laser security for the Internet: Scientist invents a digital security tool good enough for the CIA -- and for you
A new invention promises an information security system that can beat today's hackers -- and the hackers of the future -- with existing fiber optic and computer technology.
Keeping queso fresco fresh
Queso fresco, a quintessential ingredient in Mexican cuisine, would retain higher quality in supermarket display cases if stored at a lower temperature. That's the conclusion of a report presented here...
Environmentalists question solar plants
LAS VEGAS, March 23 (UPI) -- "Environmentally friendly" solar power plants planned for Nevada and around the U.S. Southwest may in fact devastate the local ecology, opponents say.
New website tracks jellyfish strandings around the world
Suppose you're walking along the beach and you see a jellyfish washed up on the sand. Then you see another and then another. It's a jellyfish invasion! What do you...
Falklands oil drilling results awaited as Argentina goes to OAS
BUENOS AIRES, March 23 (UPI) -- First results from the drilling for hydrocarbons in the Falklands waters were at the center of market speculation Tuesday as Argentina took its...
Adobe posts lower 1Q profit, exceeds expectations
(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that fiscal first-quarter earnings declined on higher expenses, but sales climbed as demand for its design and publishing software improved with the...
Rutgers historian puts 50th anniversary of the pill into cultural medicine cabinet
Americans consume innumerable amounts of medicine, but only one pill is known precisely as "the pill." This year marks the 50th anniversary of oral contraception, an innovative collaboration between Gregory...
N.Y. High School Student Wins National Brain Bee at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yvette Leung, taking bold step toward "final frontier" of neurosciences, next competes in international competition in San Diego.
Leap adds free nationwide roaming to Cricket
(AP) -- Leap Wireless International Inc. said Tuesday that it's eliminating most roaming fees for its Cricket contract-free wireless service, continuing a series of price cuts and service enhancements...
Medical alert jewelry gets more stylish
You can have a brilliant idea — roller skates for cats, for example — but if the public doesn't buy into it, the idea is worthless.
A good year for wine collectors: Carbon dating can accurately determine the vintage
The most expensive wine ever sold in the U.S. was a Montrachet 1978 from Domaine de la Romanee-Cont, according to a report by Forbes.com. Following a bidding war between two...
Should Volunteer Amateurs Get Credit In The Scientific Community For The Discoveries They Make?
This started out as a reply to another post, but then I realized that the topic was worthy of a blog of its own. The best way to illustrate what...
Egypt bans international Internet voice calls
Egypt has banned international calls made through mobile Internet connections, one of Egypt's top three mobile phone operators said on Tuesday, which would include internet Skype calls.
$400 million for Indonesia's geothermal
JAKARTA, March 23 (UPI) -- Indonesia's massive geothermal energy potential has been boosted by a $400 million investment fund plan to help double the sector's energy capacity, the World...
Your Turn: Should Google Set the Agenda?
Google Defied China On Filtering. Take Our Poll and Weigh In On How Silicon Valley Ought to Respond
Video: Nintendo Announces 3D DS
Google makes good on its promise to stop censoring search in China, the Kindle will be on the iPad after all, and Nintendo is creating a handheld game device that...
German book industry faces green change
BERLIN, March 23 (UPI) -- The German publishing industry is facing accusations that the production of its books is destroying rainforests in Asia, thus enforcing climate change and the...
Bill Nye: Cell phone aren't making us dumb
Gizmodo: Forget what you've heard, iPhones and Google going to take the place of our memory. According to Bill Nye the Science Guy, storing information outside of the brain is...
Video: Paperless Data Storage
Douglas Merrill, author of Getting Organized in the Google Era, on moving away from hard copies of data and storing information in the cloud.
Comment: Can we halt the flow of new designer drugs?
Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann
Shell, CNCP sign 30-year gas deal
BEIJING, March 23 (UPI) -- Royal Dutch Shell and China National Petroleum Corp. reached a 30-year deal Tuesday to develop so-called tight gas located in central Sichuan province.
Enbridge proposes shale gas pipeline
CALGARY, Alberta, March 23 (UPI) -- Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge said it was eyeing the possible route for a pipeline to move natural gas liquid from Marcellus shale to...