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Imitation Google, YouTube sites emerge in China
(AP) -- Imitation Web sites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.
Earth Not Properly Protected from Asteroids
The United States must do more to safeguard the Earth against destruction by an asteroid than merely prepping nuclear missiles, a new report found.
Iran, Pakistan sign off on pipeline in Feb
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Iran and Pakistan announced they would sign off on the final agreements for a gas pipeline from the South Pars field in the...
Nabucco notes Oettinger's support
VIENNA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Nabucco pipeline consortium noted the incoming European energy commissioner's support for diversifying the European energy sector.
Canadian mobile uptake to speed up: Orascom
Canada may reach 100 per cent mobile phone uptake within the next decade, matching rates now seen in most of the world, according to Wind Mobile backer Orascom Telecom Holding.
My Wish List for the Apple Tablet
Steve Jobs Takes the Stage Next Week: Here's What I Hope He Says After Taking the Stage
US IT brands may be gone in 20 years: Acer founder
US computer brands may be gone in 20 years' time due to an inability to produce the low-priced PCs the market demands, the Taiwanese founder of computer maker Acer was...
3-D TV is Coming; But Is It Time?
Tech Analyst Larry Magid says the New Sets Will Be Affordable, But Isn't Ready to Buy One, Or the Glasses
Squid Counting And Comics
Not a whole lot of squid news this week, although the cephalopod mailing list continues to host a lively discussion, spurred by that coconut octopus story, of concepts like "tool...
Costs of psoriasis treatments outpace inflation
Findings from a cost model suggest that expenses for systemic psoriasis therapy appear to be increasing at a faster rate than inflation, and newer biologically derived treatments are more expensive...
'Green jobs' are key to U.S., Canadian recovery
Barack Obama's envoy to Ottawa says "green jobs" are the key to long-term economic recovery in both the United States and Canada.
Food scientists develop appetite-curbing gel
Need to shed some pounds? Scientists at Birmingham University aim to help, with research into a diet-suppressing solutionThe season of peace, goodwill and over-indulgence has come and gone. In the cold dawn of...
No big bonuses necessary for bankers
Scientific evidence suggests that finance jobs are too complex to be aided by performance-related payNext time you hear a banker defend big bonuses as an essential spur to doing a good job, attack...
China online earnings reach 11 billion dollars in 2009
Chinese firms earned nearly 11 billion dollars from their Internet operations last year, a research group said Monday, as the nation with the world's biggest online population becomes more web-savvy.
Number of free, noncredit courses on Web increasing
A stay-at-home mom in Maine. A physics teacher in an under-supplied school in Quito, Ecuador. A food-service-supply salesman in Lancaster, Pa., laid up for months with little to do after...
Jawbone makes talk pretty and smart
Aliph is adding brains to beauty in a new line of Jawbone Icon wireless earpieces designed to be Internet smart and techno-chic.
Motorola Introduces MOTOROI, Korea's First Android 2.0 Smart Phone
Motorola today inaugurated a new era in Korea`s mobile lifestyle with the introduction of MOTOROI, the first smart phone in Korea to be powered by Android version 2.0.
Easy-build wireless networks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Networks that monitor life-threatening situations or improve environmental efficiencies will be easier and cheaper to develop and operate, following the creation of a single middleware solution for the...
Google pledges cooperation with German competition probe
The US Internet search giant Google said on Monday that it would cooperate with a German competition probe after rivals and press associations filed complaints.
Questioned Deals In Europe
Pharmaceuticals: European commission seeks to vet settlements for payoffs to generic drugmakers.
Fresh Start For Pharma
Outlook: Despite challenges, drug firms were upbeat at the JPMorgan Healthcare meeting.
Britons start green energy challenge
LONDON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Fourteen British communities are competing in a yearlong contest to see who will become the greenest in the region, British Gas announced.
Australia's LNG plants could face delays
SYDNEY, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Half the proposed liquefied natural gas plants in Australia could face delays, analysts say.
What's in a cigarette? FDA to study ingredients
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products....
EBRD offers loan for Bulgarian wind farm
LONDON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- An $86.2 million loan to Bulgaria for the development of a wind farm advances European efforts to use more green energy resources, European bankers...
Libya eyeing Uganda oil, executives say
KAMPALA, Uganda, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Libyan investors arrived in Uganda to begin negotiations on the development of oil refineries in the east African nation, oil executives said.
Florida Airport is Newest U.S. Spaceport
The first wealthy tourists rocketing into space from Florida may start their trips in Jacksonville, not the Space Coast.
Receive Between the Lines: FCC Mulls Signal "White Space" as Part of National Broadband Plan
As more and more wireless gadgets suck up more high-speed Internet bandwidth, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is challenged to find new avenues for consumers to get their mobile...