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Aid for sustainable fisheries is key to global food security
Lack of governance threatens global seafood supplies and the food security of billions of people who rely on fish for protein or livelihoods.
Computer simulations can be as effective as direct observation at teaching students
Students can learn some science concepts just as well from computers simulations as they do from direct observation, new research suggests. A study found that people who used computer simulations...
Forget Cupid. Online connections have valentines falling in love, researcher says
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the ease of online dating services and the explosion of Facebook and virtual communities, it's no surprise that a growing number of people have found their valentine...
NPD: January video game sales down 13 percent
(AP) -- U.S. video game retail sales declined 13 percent in January, another down month for the industry after closing out a rough 2009.
Google's convoluted search for China compromise
(AP) -- Shedding China's shackles on free speech is proving to be easier said than done for Google Inc.
Hands-on: From classroom to employment
MADISON, WI, February 11, 2010-Academic programs and courses have increased in recent years for sustainable agriculture, organic farming, and agroecology.
Why can't Apple and Adobe just get along?
The bickering between Apple and Adobe over why Apple's iPhone and its new iPad don't run Adobe's Flash software is giving me a headache.
BP expands program that rolls back gas prices
BP said Thursday that it is expanding a program to attract drivers by giving them a break when they fill up....
CRTC struggling to rein in rising phone, TV prices
Skyrocketing phone and television prices are a key area of concern for the CRTC but the regulator has no easy answers for fixing the problem, according to a report issued...
Video: U.S. Technology in Iran
Iran is getting hi-tech components for a variety of weapons from right here in the USA, despite a total U.S. embargo on trade with that country. Lesley Stahl reports, Sunday,...
Motorola to split into two publicly traded companies in 2011
Motorola announced plans on Thursday to split into two publicly traded companies in 2011 with one focusing on handsets and home digital entertainment devices and the other on two-way radios,...
Virtual reality and other technologies offer hope
New Rochelle, NY, February 11, 2010 -- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) threatens to overload healthcare and social support systems worldwide as the number of cases rises and existing treatments...
Google buys ask-your-friends site Aardvark
(AP) -- Google Inc. has bought Aardvark, a free question-and-answer Web service.
India's economy fueled by reliance on coal
NEW DELHI, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Despite India's progress in renewable energy, the country's economic growth rate of 8 percent is fueled by coal, according to an article in...
Why Advertised Broadband Speeds Lag Behind Reality
Slower-than-advertised connection speeds have left broadband consumers frustrated.
New technology won't prevent information security breaches, say ISU experts
(PhysOrg.com) -- The story's become all too familiar in today's digital world. A security breach provides a hacker access to a computer system containing the personal information of 80,000 people.
Iraq eyes OPEC top spot, seeks India pact
NEW DELHI, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Iraq, vowing to become OPEC's top oil producer, has offered to boost the sale of its crude to India by up to 60...
CINJ Welcomes Princeton U. as Scientific Collaborator
Expanding its research horizons in the fight against cancer, New Jersey's only NCI-Comprehensive Cancer Center has formally welcomed Princeton University as a scientific collaborator. The new relationship will allow...
Oscar Angst over 'Avatar' Tech
Digitized Performances of Characters Raising Is-It-Live or Is-It-Memorex Questions
Uncle Sam Wants to track Phone Locations
DOJ to Tell Courts it Doesn't Need Warrants to Obtain Cell Phone Location Data
Irish domain name company buys '.mobi' suffix
(AP) -- An Irish company is buying a venture that was founded by leading technology and wireless companies and operates the ".mobi" Internet domain for mobile Web sites.
Cambridge researchers show Chip and PIN system vulnerable to fraud
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have uncovered flaws in the Chip and PIN system that allow criminals to use stolen credit and debit cards without...
Researcher finds 'network privacy' an online oxymoron
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer science professor says he only needs a mite of information to fill in Facebook users' personal data -- and he has created the algorithm to back it...
Transneft pressures Sofia on oil pipeline
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Bulgaria stands to make significant economic gains if it decides to make formal commitments to an oil pipeline to the Aegean Sea, Russian...
Facebook Data Reveals Secrets of American Culture
Ex-Apple engineer mines public Facebook data for patterns of ‘Net-connected Americans.
Apple wants to cut TV show price to 99 cents: reports
Apple is in talks with television networks to begin selling TV shows on iTunes for 99 cents, half the current price, to coincide with the release of the iPad next...
Road Test: Finally, Good-Looking Non-Toxic Paint?
Testing 10 brands of indoor paints that are very low in, or free of, the chemicals like benzene and formaldehyde found in traditional paints.
Some Applegate Farms sausage recalled
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of about 1,485 pounds of Applegate Farms-brand sausage because of possible contamination.