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Microsoft exec says Live Search needs image fix
(AP) -- The executive in charge of Microsoft Corp.'s search efforts acknowledged Tuesday that the company's "Live" brand for search and online services leaves much to be desired.
Some cantaloupes recalled in Canada
OTTAWA, June 3 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the voluntary recall of KingFisher-brand cantaloupes due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Taiwan's Asustek, Acer launch low-priced mini laptops
Two major Taiwan computer sellers launched low-priced mini laptops at Asia's biggest computer show on Tuesday, both forecasting the shipment of millions of units this year.
China experts warn of expanding space arms race
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese military experts have warned of an expanding arms race in outer space as Beijing and other rival powers seek to counter U.S. ambitions to dominate the...
Wireless Vision Implant: Implantable Prosthesis Lets Patients Perceive Visual Images
About 30 million people around the world have grown legally blind due to retinal diseases. The EPI-RET project has sought for a technical solution for the past twelve years to...
Corner Brook ICU patients moved after roof fire
Officials at the major hospital in western Newfoundland were forced to move instensive care patients this weekend after smoke poured into the building.
Feature: Caring for our scarcest resource
As Western Australia inches closer to effective full employment people are becoming the state’s newest scarce resource, reports Denice Rice.
Development Work Drives Personal Spaceflight Industry Growth
Companies offering spaceflight to the public saw revenues jump in 2007.
Best Buy testing free e-waste recycling program
(AP) -- Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient...
Ad network strives to make coupons more meaningful
(AP) -- While most forms of advertising are getting better at targeting likely customers, coupons rarely hit the mark. To wit: U.S. consumers redeemed less than 1 percent of...
Adobe launches new version of Acrobat with Flash
(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.
Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years
(AP) -- Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD....
Feature: Getting oil from a stone
It seems like an unlikely match, but a super high resolution CAT scanner is helping the petroleum industry to extract oil from stones.
Zombies and botnets: OECD warns of hidden armies in cyber wars
The simple act of using a computer for email or the Internet can mobilise armies of hidden agents and criminals out to subvert the system and business, the OECD says...
China tries to curb addiction to plastic bags
China joined a small group of nations Sunday in restricting the use of plastic bags, but there are doubts the rule would be effective in a country that consumes one...
Canada Launches Facebook Privacy Probe
The popular social networking site is under investigation by Canada's federal privacy commissioner after four law students complain it violates Canadian privacy law.
Jamaica to launch agricultural technology centre
Jamaica will open a research centre of excellence to combat the food crisis and boost agricultural production in the Caribbean region.
Kenya's Poor Hungry in the Midst of Plenty
Shelves are still stocked in Kenya's stores and stalls, but even staple food items are too expensive for the country's most needy. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News...
Shaky Start for New Quake Alert System in Japan
Recent failures in a high-profile project designed to give people up to two minutes' warning has critics concerned that the public will start to distrust and ultimately ignore alerts.
Thousands gather to protest Heathrow expansion
Thousands of people gathered Saturday for a protest against plans to expand London's Heathrow airport with a third runway and sixth terminal, police and organisers said.
Internet congestion a reality, Bell says
Canada's largest internet service provider has told the CRTC its traffic-shaping policies are necessary to prevent service disruption for 700,000 customers.
AP Impact: Hurricane season outlooks of little use
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts...
Toyota's Crown Hybrid Lets You See in the Dark
Considering that nighttime driving is often the most dangerous, the new Toyota Crown Hybrid could help make the roads safer by giving drivers a kind of nocturnal vision.
Joanna Collicutt : Face to faith
Darwin's epiphany was like the kind of enlightenment that leads to faith, says Joanna Collicutt
iPhone market share at 19 percent in 1Q, IDC says
(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones in the first quarter...
Publisher offers 5,000 more books for Kindle
(AP) -- Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of...
DNA Computer Puts Microbes to Work as Number Crunchers [News]
It's not your normal, electronic silicon-based machine, but scientists have made a computer from a small, circular piece of DNA, then inserted it into a living bacterial cell and unleashed...
Hurricane Experts at Florida State University
From prediction to recovery, Florida State University's experts are among the best in the nation when it comes to the study of hurricanes and their impact on people and property....