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Patient Privacy Assured By Electronic Censor
Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. A new computer program is capable of deleting details from medical records which...
Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort
Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.
Still slumping: New home sales drop again
Government data show sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months in further evidence that the nation is still in the grips...
Obama's brief stop in Paris belies popularity
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expected to spend just enough time in Paris on Friday for talks with the French president and a joint news conference, not a rousing speech...
Taiwan's AU Optronics posts lower-than-expected profit
Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest flat-panel maker by revenue, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 24.4 percent from the previous quarter due to weak global demand.
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers
(AP) -- With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its...
SKorea's Hynix to close US chip plant
(AP) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines...
Facebook to help some programmers, punish others
(AP) -- Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs...
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
(AP) -- The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a...
Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion...
Norwegian music fests go climate-friendly
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 23 (UPI) -- Two music festivals in Norway linked with the United Nations to become a climate-friendly music venues, the U.N. Environmental Program says.
Bell's internet throttling is like reading people's mail, ISPs say
Bell must not be allowed to determine which traffic is urgent and which isn't, wholesale customers tell CRTC.
Minimum wage going up, but will it matter?
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some...
'Pantyhose Bandit' causes sheer annoyance
Dozens of pairs of pantyhose have been left near a Milford school bus stop — causing sheer annoyance in the neighborhood.
VIDEO: Green Dream Machines Debut
By turns spacey, electric, and just plain cute, fuel-saving car designs from Ford, Saab, Mini, and others took center stage at the British International Motor Show.
Why You Will Eat Less in the Future
With food and fuel costs soaring and the financial costs of global warming becoming reality, a new cure-all suggestion has emerged.
Susan Carey receives David E. Rumelhart Prize
Susan Carey, a Harvard psychologist whose work has explored fundamental issues surrounding the nature of the human mind, has been awarded the 2009 David E. Rumelhart Prize, given annually since...
US-India nuclear deal moves forward
Landmark agreement faces opposition from scientists and arms-control experts.
China: Visions of China
Can the Chinese government meet its ambitious targets on space, the environment, research, energy and health? David Cyranoski takes a look at China today and what it hopes to be...
AOL integrates widget tech to boost social-net ads
(AP) -- Install a little photo program to show off pictures of your dog on Facebook, and you might find you're really spreading an ad.
McCain credits Bush for oil price drop
The Republican presidential hopeful is crediting the recent drop in the price of oil to the president's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, which he has been advocating...
Teva Bids $9 Billion For Rival Barr
Deal is latest consolidation move in generic drugs sector
Columnist Novak hits pedestrian
Syndicated columnist Robert Novak says he has been issued a $50 citation after hitting a pedestrian while driving in downtown Washington.
Google unveils reference tool after 7-month test
(AP) -- Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on...
AT&T introduces global GPS service for phones
(AP) -- Is it a long, long way to Tipperary? Don't know if you're on the path to Bath? AT&T Inc. aims to help, with a new phone service...
New food labelling rules call for listing of allergens, gluten, sulphites
Federal Health Minister Tony Clement announced new food labelling regulations Wednesday which will force food manufacturers to list specific allergens, gluten sources and sulphites on the labels of the products...
Internet founder blasts ISPs for hurting national interests
Vint Cerf says phone and cable firms are like "little kids" for ransoming investment in their networks while Rogers stirs up new controversy.
Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities
The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics and...