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Judge keeps gag order in subway hacking case
(AP) -- Three college students who discovered a way to hack into the Boston subway system's payment cards and add hundreds of dollars in value to them were ordered...
Best Buy becomes first independent iPhone retailer
(AP) -- Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.'s and AT&T Inc.'s own stores.
'Top Secret' Technology To Help U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Milliseconds can mean the difference between triumph and defeat in the world of Olympic sports, leading more trainers and athletes to look toward technology as a tool to...
Broadband growth plummets in 2Q, cable stronger
(AP) -- The number of new broadband Internet subscribers in the United States fell in the second quarter to the lowest level in at least seven years, a research...
Atlanta Tree Lovers See Victory for Developers in Arborist’s Firing
A vigilant defender of Atlanta’s trees has been fired, upsetting tree-lovers in a city where development is rampant.
An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household PCs
A group, including Microsoft, has launched an initiative to distribute free software to personal computer owners to help them save on energy costs.
Art Review | 'Implant': Yes, the Live Music Is Lovely, but Will the Plants Like It?
Green art is flourishing, improbably, in a Midtown office building, in a show called “Implant” at the UBS Art Gallery.
If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs...
Separate science GCSEs for high scoring 14-year-olds, says CBI
Plan devised after consultation with employers after 40% of pupils get top mark in Sats
Card-counting whiz eyes Facebook football fantasy
(AP) -- By the time he graduated from MIT, Jeff Ma already had led a life many guys dream about. His card-counting prowess at blackjack tables during wild weekends...
Verizon, unions debate contracts as deadline looms
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers are still talking contracts, one day ahead of a deadline for a possible strike.
iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes
Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.
African 'tree of life' recast as European superfruit
In Senegal, villagers have always known about the health benefits of baobab fruit, which only now have been discovered by Europe in what could spell magic for localities like Fandene.
Scientists ask to plant GM trees
University researchers ask the Forestry Commission if they can plant genetically modified trees on its land.
Gene hooks smokers at first puff
Puffing on a first cigarette is a rite of passage for many, but whether it is enjoyable may be down to genes, research finds.
Hackers mull physical attacks on a networked world
(AP) -- Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the...
Yahoo to let visitors decline more targeted ads
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as...
'Cloud computing' trend heightens privacy risks
A US military computer science professor has warned that a trend to push software into the "clouds" exacerbates privacy risks as people trust information to the Internet.
Bad Science: Silly season, silly machine
Ben Goldacre: Silly season is in full swing
Slow Internet: Glitch or Malicious Interference?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a rights advocacy group based in San Francisco, released a software program last week that lets you track whether your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is purposefully...
Don't let price rises blow development off course
Commodity price rises are no substitute for long-term investment in infrastructure and capacity as a means of securing sustained development.
Geisinger Piloting Innovative Lab Processing Instrument
Geisinger Medical Center's microbiology lab in Danville Pa. is the first in the country to use Copan Diagnostics' Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP), which improves the efficiency and accuracy of laboratory...
Feds should use wireless cash to build more broadband: Telus
The federal government should spend the money raised in the recent wireless auction on improving the country's broadband communications network, not debt reduction, said the CEO of Telus Corp.
Bell introduces controversial new texting charges
Bell Mobility went ahead Friday with its plan to begin charging some customers for incoming text messages, despite mounting consumer and political pressure to drop the changes.
From 3-D to 6-D: Researchers developing super-realistic image system
(PhysOrg.com) -- By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full three-dimensional appearance, but also respond to their environment,...
Software might be able to predict disease
CATONSVILLE, Md., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. and Israeli scientists say they've developed a mathematical technique that can identify lab rats developing a neurodegenerative disease.
Scientists test model of motion perception
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- British and German researchers say they have developed and tested a mathematical model of how the human brain predicts the motion of...
Bill Clinton on Africa and the Future
Interviewed in Africa, the former U.S. President discusses how African leaders can fight the food, energy, and climate crises and how the continent can unite.