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Deal Seeks to Offer Drug for Malaria at Low Price
The Clinton Foundation announced an agreement among several drug makers that it hopes will assure a supply of a crucial malaria medicine at reasonable prices for the world’s poor.
Economic worries loom over Google's 2Q earnings
(AP) -- Google Inc. has successfully tackled a lot of complex problems during its first decade in business, but even the Internet search leader may be hard pressed to...
SCO ordered to pay Novell for software royalties
(AP) -- The SCO Group has been ordered to pay Novell Inc. more than $2.5 million in royalties in a dispute over the Unix computer operating system.
Cutting costs one image at a time
In an effort to assess health-care organizations' cost-cutting techniques, MIT urban economist Frank Levy will study the effects of different initiatives to restrict non-necessary medical-imaging procedures on the costs and...
Research Reveals Patterns of Terrorist Preparation
Analysis of an extensive terrorism database housed at the University of Arkansas has revealed patterns in activities of terrorists preparing for an attack, information that can be invaluable for law...
AMD 2Q loss widens, worse than analyst forecast
(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter loss widened as the computer chip maker was hurt by a large asset impairment charge from discontinued operations.
California adopts new 'green' building code
California on Thursday adopted a new building code aimed at improving energy efficiency and water consumption in all new construction projects across the state.
EU: Ringtone Web Sites Rip Off Consumers
Eight out of 10 Web sites selling mobile phone ring tones and graphics are tricking consumers with hidden fees or false advertising for free products, the EU said.
Researchers Author Textbook on Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures
Researchers at Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have assembled a textbook that describes the progress and lessons learned from more than five years of biological...
Yahoo calls Microsoft's actions 'stupefying'
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. sent a letter to shareholders Thursday in which it called Microsoft Corp.'s actions in its dance to acquire all or part of the Internet company...
GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision
(AP) -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield...
Professor explores social behavior and business misdeeds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Corporate misconduct can be the stuff of high drama. But prevailing theory has it that "settling up," the process of meting out consequences for corporate misdeeds, is largely...
RFID unlocks supply chain potential
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) promises to revolutionise retailing through advanced stock management, sophisticated promotions and supply chain optimisation. But cost-effective solutions have proved elusive because serious technical and...
EU warns teenagers of mobile phone ring-tone rip-offs
The European Commission warned children and teenagers on Thursday to beware of mobile telephone ring-tone scams after hundreds of Internet sites were found to be charging too much for the...
Whitehall bid to cut IT emissions
The government unveils plans its hopes will help it become the first in the world to make its computer use "carbon neutral".
Millions raised for drug development
New consortium promises a richer future for China’s biotech industry
Smithsonian dishes the dirt on, well, dirt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths....
Iowa Group To Provide Home For Orangutans From Entertainment Industry
A group of orangutans who appeared in Hollywood films, television commercials and magazine advertisements is being relocated to Great Ape Trust of Iowa – a significant move that begins to...
Report: Invest $10 a person for better health
(AP) -- Investing just $10 per person - roughly the price of a six-pack of beer and some chips - could greatly fuel community programs that get couch potatoes...
AOL exec Leonsis turns film passion into business
(AP) -- Retired AOL executive Ted Leonsis is turning his passion for documentaries into an Internet service meant to give independent filmmakers broader viewership.
Mini ECG gets heart attack rehab patients mobile
Dr Charles Worringham of Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation said the unique 'Cardiomobile' monitoring system, developed by Gold Coast company Alive Technologies, was being further...
Context is everything: New research uncovers key to consumer preferences
When consumers shop for televisions or cereal, what makes them prefer one option to another? Which brand will they purchase again and tell their friends about?
Simply Ways To Cut Your Power Bill
Susan Koeppen's ideas don't even include buying new appliances!
Raw deal for foreign brides in Taiwan: study
More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in health care and...
Boy, 11, Tracks Speeders with Toy Radar Gun
Police can't be everywhere, so 11-year-old Landon Wilburn is on patrol in the Stone Lakes subdivision in Louisville. Landon told The Courier-Journal he used to shout at speeders to slow...
Bread Prices Stretch Egyptians -- And Their Government
Egypt is still suffering from riots and violence, despite expensive increases in bread subsidies, export bans, and strict regulation of fuel and utility prices. Part of Global Food Crisis: A...
S.F. Claims IT Worker Hijacked Passwords
A city computer engineer accused of tampering with San Francisco's new computer network to give himself exclusive access was ordered held on $5 million bail.
Videogames getting more social
Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.