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PayPal's India transaction block could last months
(AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.
Breakthrough for mobile television
Long Term Evolution, the new mobile telecommunications standard, will revolutionize mobile Internet. High transmission rates will soon be possible on mobile devices. For this purpose Fraunhofer researchers at HHI Berlin,...
Web site health info perceptions studied
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests health information written by a doctor is rated as more credible when it appears on a Web site...
Tech That Says "I Love You"
CNET Senior Editor Shares Word on Gadgets That Go Above and Beyond Chocolates and Flowers
Tanning bed bill not based on reliable science: industry
Tanning salon operators say proposed federal legislation that would warn consumers of the cancer risks of tanning is political grandstanding and they are instead calling on the provinces to help...
US publishers smile again as Kindle rivals emerge
US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth.
Macworld taking off without Apple on board
A Macworld conclave devoted to all things Apple gets under way this week without the technology sun around which the annual event has revolved for years.
Shoppers spurn loyalty cards
A recent report has found that loyalty programs are mostly a waste of time – for both shoppers and supermarkets.
The Real Story Of Gravity
Ironically, it was Aristarchus of Samos (310BC -230 BC), who lived after Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC), who was the first person in recorded history to come up with...
Brooklyn Journal: Learning What Food Looks Like Before It Goes Into the Package
In a neighborhood of fast food and low incomes, a high school tries to show students that there are fresh and healthy ways to eat.
Street Smarts: The BioBus Brings a Rolling Science Lab to Resource-Strapped High Schools
It's halfway through first period, and 10th-grade students at Frances Perkins Academy in Brooklyn are in science class--not in school, but on a specially outfitted bus parked outside. ...
Google-inspired fashion makes debut
Google has gone techno-chic, debuting fashion designs inspired by the Internet giant.
Cosmic Log: Buying into predictions
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Who’ll win the Super Bowl? There’s a market for that. The Oscars? There’s a market for that. How well will Apple’s iPad do? Yep, there’s...
Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook's 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.
Vrooms with a view: Europe's most scenic drives
Ten stunning journeys on the open roadAtlantic Highway, EnglandStart Abandon the M5 at Bridgwater (J23) amid watercolour landscapes of the Somerset Levels heading west on the A39, my favourite UK driving road.Route (135...
Disclose cleaners' contents: green groups
Environmental advocates have reached back to a 1971 New York state law in an effort to force manufacturers to list the chemicals found in household soaps and cleaners.
Wind power capacity grows at record pace, but industry jobs actually fall
America's wind energy industry enjoyed a banner year in 2009, thanks largely to tax credits and other incentives packed into the $787 billion economic stimulus bill.
Google Earth dives into oceans and WW II
Google Earth mapping service is letting people use the Internet to dive into the world's oceans or see the ruin that World War II bombings rained on European cities.
FBI wants Records Web Visits
Recording what Web sites Get Visited Lkely to Draw both Practical and Privacy objections
Iraqi VP asks for help amid Karbala attack
BAGHDAD, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Iraqi forces need help in establishing a reliable security network capable of addressing the country's varied security challenges, a vice president said.
3 Questions: David Mindell on Obama's NASA proposal
In 2008, David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; professor of aeronautics and astronautics; and director of MIT`s Program in Science, Technology,...
Egypt signs off on Apache oil deals
CAIRO, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Cairo announced it signed formal agreements with U.S. oil and gas explorer Apache for prospecting rights in the deserts in the west of the...
Malware continues to be a challenge to computer security
(PhysOrg.com) -- Identity theft continues to be a serious problem nationwide, and according to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, (ITRC) the economic recession may be a cause in the...
Expert Comment: Expert Available to Discuss Toyota's Recall
Dr. Kenneth Ragsdell, a professor of engineering management at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has advised U.S. and foreign carmakers, including General Motors and Nissan, since 1968. He has...
Nepal to finalise national wind policy
Nepal will finalise its draft national wind policy in the next three months, to boost the use of wind power across the country.
BG Group heralds LNG potential
READING, England, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- London-listed gas producer BG Group looked to liquefied natural gas as a source of exponential growth as low gas prices dragged on fourth-quarter...
U.S. will not wreck gas plans, Iran says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Tehran will not let U.S. pressure and regional military activity get in the way of plans to build a natural gas pipeline to...
Eni dumps stake in pipelines
MILAN, Italy, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Italian energy giant Eni said it is dumping its interest in three international gas pipelines in order to settle European challenges of market...