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Microsoft fixes browser flaw used in Google breach
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. took the unsual step of issuing an unscheduled fix Thursday for security holes in its Internet Explorer browser that played a role in the recent...
Haiti earthquake: Converting shipping containers into emergency housing
Resources to solve the housing crisis in Haiti may already be on hand. Some researchers have been experimenting with ways to convert shipping containers into emergency housing in the hurricane-prone...
Making it easier to save energy
Scientists in Germany are developing programs that help show at a glance how much energy devices -- such as cell phones -- are consuming.
Japan Prize Honors Impacts on Society
Selfless engineer, green biologist win awards [Read more]
Doctors Without Borders sending field hospital to Haiti
The president of the Canadian chapter of the medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders is working to get a field hospital to Haiti to replace hospitals devastated in the massive...
4 Sale: Barely-Used Late Night Talk Show
Conan O'Brien Puts `Tonight Show" Up for Sale on Craigslist
The Math Behind A Cell Switch
Earlier this week I argued that biological systems posses dynamical properties that are biologically important, and understandable primarily through mathematical modeling. As an example, I discussed a paper that explored...
Germans to profit from British wind boom
BERLIN, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Britain's multibillion-dollar offshore wind adventure is great news for two German companies: Siemens and Repower are the only companies producing turbines for farms at...
Broadband traffic gets into a jam on wireless expressway
The Internet has become an ever more mobile beast. Through iPhones, netbooks, Kindles, BlackBerries, Skiffs and other freshly evolved hosts, its appetite for bandwidth grows by the minute.
iTablet scavenger hunt raises Apple hackles
A Silicon Valley gossip website has evidently triggered Apple's ire by offering rewards for proof that the notoriously secretive company has made a tablet computer.
A road map for greener transport
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study says the best way to reduce emissions in the short term is a 'drastic downscaling of both size and weight' of conventional petrol and...
B.C. court affirms injection site's right to exist
The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by the federal government to shut down Vancouver's supervised injection site on the city's troubled Downtown Eastside.
Statoil unveils adaptable biofuel
STAVANGER, Norway, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- With its Bensin 95 biofuel, Norwegian energy giant Statoil said it is the first company in Norway to offer 5 percent bioethanol to...
Apathy for European energy diversity?
BATUMI, Georgia, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A regional energy summit in Georgia lost steam when Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's departure caused a rush for the door.
Asia Ascending in Science and Engineering
(PhysOrg.com) -- This morning, the National Science Foundation in the United States released its regular report on science and engineering indicators. Not surprisingly, Asia appears to be ascending -- and...
S. Koreans named world texting champs
Two South Korean teenagers have been crowned fastest texters in the world.
China's Web Use Soars
Despite Censorship, the World's Biggest Nation Also is the World's, Biggest Population of Internet Users
Moncton man wins back disability supplement
A Moncton man who has been fighting to get his provincial disability supplement reinstated since the fall has won now that the government has introduced changes to the cut-off policy.
Obama: Feds Still Use Outdated Technology
Visiting CEOs Told that the U.S. Government Remains Hampered by Old Tools
Don't dump your new TV for 3-D television set just yet
With my ears still ringing from the roar of a thousand TVs on the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show, I'm going to use this week's column to answer...
Patch for flaw in key Internet protocol
(PhysOrg.com) -- A flaw was found in November in a key Internet protocol that encrypts most sensitive online transactions and communications, including credit card and banking transactions. A patch has...
Herschel restored to full health
Europe's Herschel Space Telescope is fully operational again after engineers bring its damaged instrument back online.
Innovation doesn't always carry a big brand name
The giants of the electronics industry make the big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, as usual, with towering displays, celebrity spokespeople (Taylor Swift sang for Sony, live and in...
Google search engine's future in China is unclear
(AP) -- Google Inc. is enjoying an avalanche of good will because of its threat to leave China over e-mail hacking attacks against dissidents.
Hardware boosts December video game sales
(AP) -- Americans spent a record $5.53 billion on video games in December, the most money ever in a single month, according to market researcher NPD Group.
High bid for O.C. Fairground called too low
Orange County lawmakers criticize $56.5-million offer for a property that was expected to raise up to $180 million for the state. The auction was the first in a series proposed by the governor....
Programming a GPS while driving a danger: Marketplace
Programming your car's portable GPS while driving is a dangerous distraction, according to a Marketplace investigation, but so far the industry still allows drivers that option.
Ethiopia – country of the silver sickle – offers land dirt cheap to farming giants
Addis Ababa sells vast fertile swaths to international companies in effort to introduce large-scale commercial agricultureThis is a country of the bent back and the silver sickle, where virtually all the crops have...