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Faster, easier way to access audiovisual assets
Millions of hours of old shows sit collecting dust in the basements of TV and radio broadcasters. Digging through these audiovisual treasure troves is becoming faster and easier thanks to...
More computer worms, viruses expected to target social networks
Social networkers of the world, it's time to amp up your security software and put on your cynical cap before clicking on friend requests and links to "funny videos." Facebook...
China moves to limit damage from Google fight
China tried Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors but giving no sign it might...
Sniffing out terrorists
A new intelligent system has been developed to help identify terrorists carrying explosives. Sensitive electronic noses capture the smell of the explosives; the system processes the acquired data, correlates it...
LG projects 2010 mobile phone sales at 140 million
(AP) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a significant increase in mobile phone sales this year as it rolls out 20 new smartphones and aims to...
'Greenroads' rates sustainable road projects
A newly released rating system, Greenroads, aims to do for road construction what the LEED system has done for the building industry. The document assigns up to 118 credits for...
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 31 December 2009–13 January 2010
Tanzania uses text messages to keep antimalarials in stock, Ghana takes the renewable road, Africa aims to harmonise ICT policies, and more.
Nonprofit, company team up for "artificial pancreas"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes advocates and a company that makes insulin pumps announced plans on Wednesday to team up to make a so-called artificial pancreas -- a system of pumps...
Calorie Postings No Match for Holiday Gluttony
A study of Starbucks stores in New York City found that people picked lighter food after a law requiring calorie counts, but lost all control around the holidays.
HERMES, new computer vision system for the analysis of human behavior
A consortium of European researchers, coordinated by the Computer Vision Centre (CVC) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has developed HERMES, a cognitive computational system consisting of...
Report offers policymakers multiple ways to stabilize national debt
WASHINGTON -- A new joint report from the National Research Council and the National Academy of Public Administration offers U.S. leaders ways to address the nation's fiscal problems and confront...
Assessing Google's Showdown with China
CBSNews.com's Sister Site ZDNet Looks at Why a Web Power-Player Would Abandon One of Fastest-Growing Markets
Research may help states address unfunded retiree liabilities
Research shows that, nationally, states are facing more than $550 billion in unfunded liabilities associated with health care and other non-pension benefits for retired state employees, a situation many states...
RCA's Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such as those from a wireless Internet connection, apparently with enough efficiency to make it practical...
Bell Aliant reacted too slowly: Innu
An Innu Nation leader says the company that provides phone and internet service to his Labrador community failed to react quickly when weather knocked out their services Jan.6.
Reporter's Notebook: Even in the cold, Clover is hot
In our “Reporter’s Notebook” series, we feature first-person accounts of News Office writers on life at the Institute.Customers of Clover Food Lab, the popular food truck that sits on Carleton Street behind MIT...
Yahoo selling e-mail service Zimbra to VMware
(AP) -- Yahoo is selling the e-mail service Zimbra to VMware as part of an effort to focus on the Internet services that generate most of its revenue.
Asian carmakers scope deeper inroads in US market
Asian carmakers, which have left US rivals in the dust on their home turf, signaled at this week's Detroit auto show they have set their sights on still bigger shares...
California Panel Considers Money From Climate Rules
A state committee’s recommendation offers an early glimpse of how California might manage a central element of its ambitious greenhouse-gas law.
Labor Campaigns Against Tax on Health Plans
House and Senate Democrats are trying to iron out numerous differences in their bills, including a tax on high-cost coverage.
Economic Scene: Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against Reform
President Obama has not chosen anyone to lead Medicare, but the chief would oversee big parts of the health reform.
Deals to Restrain Generic Drugs Face a Ban in Health Care Bill
A group of House lawmakers plans to ask Congress to block deals in which they say makers of name-brand drugs directly or indirectly pay generic makers to delay competition from...
Video: Deadly Distracted Driving
A new campaign called, "Focus Driven" is trying to put the brakes on distracted driving. As Nancy Cordes reports, this new advocacy group has their work cut out for them.
Online ReputationDefender wins investor backing
ReputationDefender announced on Tuesday that it has won 8.65 million dollars in venture capital backing for the company, which is devoted to protecting people's Internet personae.
Tough first year for Yahoo's tough-talking CEO
(AP) -- Carol Bartz spent much of her first year as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive rallying the troops and clearing the decks, often sounding like a salty drill sergeant...
E-reader Roundup At The 2010 CES
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the 2010 Las Vegas CES, many manufactures introduced their e-reader products in the hope to spark consumer interest in the e-book market. 2010 is going to prove...
Even real farmers play Facebook game FarmVille
An unexpected social media game has skyrocketed to popularity on Facebook, attracting more than 73.8 million daily users worldwide just six months after it was launched.
U.S. faces widening information gap on nanotechnology
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the global nanotechnology industry continues to produce cutting-edge consumer products, the scientific community is leaving a key part of the U.S. public behind when sharing knowledge of...