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3/4 of all people have a mobile phone
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Three-quarters of the world's population have access to a mobile phone, a six-fold increase since 2000, a report by the World Bank said.
Well: Facebook Chat With Suleika Jaouad
The "Life, Interrupted" columnist, Suleika Jaouad, will host an hour-long Facebook conversation about living with cancer in your 20s, tomorrow at 4 p.m. New York time.
Modern life, at a cost
Looking for a not-so-light summer read? In July and August, the Gazette will showcase recent books by Harvard authors.
Google Glass theft-protector is granted patent
(Phys.org) -- Google has been granted a patent for a crime-busting technique that would lock down and sound the alarm if anyone stole a Google Glass customers $1500 headset. The...
Designer buggies: boy's toys for the 21st-century dad
Suspension: check. Steering: check. A man picking a new car? Almost. Baby buggies, reinvented as sleek, high-tech designer objects, have become boy's toys for a young generation of hands-on dads.
2.4 million Ontario voter records missing
(AP) A privacy breach involving as many as 2.4 million voters after memory sticks containing their personal information vanished from an elections warehouse is "deeply disturbing" and could lead...
Australia's Qantas unveils iPhone, iPad push
Flagship Australian airline Qantas said Thursday it was ditching BlackBerry for Apple's iPhone and rolling out in-flight iPad entertainment streaming, dealing a blow to the US firm's rivals.
Ebook sales skyrocketed in 2011: industry
Sales of ebooks more than doubled in 2011 to bring in some $2.07 billion for the US publishing industry, a survey showed Wednesday.
South-south partnerships point way for food security and poverty reduction | Fazle Hasan Abed and Kanayo Nwanze
Knowledge transfer between middle-income and least developed countries has proven potential to transform lives of poorestRural poverty and food insecurity continue to be serious challenges in many developing countries. But new partnerships are...
Green Blog: Report Sees Lax Inspections of N.Y. Gas Wells
More than 75 percent of New York State's active oil and gas wells go uninspected each year, an environmental group finds.
Green Blog: Hacking Inquiry Closes With Mystery Unsolved
A British police unit says it is closing an investigation into the hacking of climate scientists' e-mail because it cannot identify the culprit
Dropbox users hit with e-mail spam
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 (UPI) -- Cloud storage site Dropbox says it has brought in outside experts to investigate a spam attack targeting the Internet file storage site's users.
More 'smart TV' owners going to the Web
DALLAS, July 18 (UPI) -- More U.S. owners of "smart," Internet-connected, televisions are using them to access streaming video from the Web, a research firm says.
Political Ad Database to Have Facebook-like Features
The Federal Communications Commission's upcoming online database of political ad sales at TV stations takes cues from social media.
EPA, Chattanooga in sewage agreement
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's reached an agreement with the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., on overflows of untreated raw sewage.
US court sentences Estonian hacker to prison
An Estonian national was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for hacking schemes involving the theft or sale of more than 240,000 credit card numbers, officials said.
US hearing warns FBI, Facebook on facial recognition
A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.
Microsoft to release Windows 8 on October 26
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its next-generation operating system tailored for a world shifting from personal computers to smartphones and tablets will be available on October 26.
House Bill Targets Health Economics, Evidence-Based Medicine
Ban on economics research at NIH worries biomedical advocates
IBM's 2Q earnings rise despite revenue decline
(AP) IBM says its second-quarter earnings rose 6 percent despite a downturn in revenue amid Europe's economic jitters.
Bad-date rescue app fakes emergency call
A mobile app developed by the online dating company eHarmony enables anyone to end an awkward night out gracefully, and believably, by placing a fake call to your phone from...
Cogeco eyes US with $1.36B US takeover
Canada's fourth-largest cable TV company will get a toehold in the U.S. market with a $1.36-billion US deal to buy regional provider Atlantic Broadband, the Montreal company's first big acquisition...
WikiLeaks 'back open for donations' after banking blockade
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said Wednesday that it had found a way to get around the banking blockade that has dramatically cut its donations over the last 18 months.
The taste and fragrance of orange, vanilla, rose and more -- courtesy of bacteria and yeast
Suppliers of the orange, vanilla and other flavor and fragrance ingredients used in hundreds of foods, beverages and personal care products are putting their faith in microbes as new sources...
Five-second rule has plenty of bugs, says expert
Dropped grill items, ice cream cones that topple, pacifiers that fit the floor -- most of us have employed the five-second rule at some point to salvage a lost item....
Hacking victims' lawyer: significant email emerges
(AP) A British lawyer representing victims of phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch's News International says a significant new email has just emerged in litigation.
CRTC orders end to cable's local programming fee
Canada's broadcast regulator says a fee that cable companies charge to fund local television content is being scrapped, and the companies have until this fall to explain how they will...
FAO launches project to boost food security in Egypt
Nutrition education, capacity building and enterprise skills are the focus of a UN project to boost food security in rural Egypt.