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Kim Dotcom offers travel deal to U.S.
MegaUpload founder says he'll travel to U.S. without extradition if his assets are unfrozen to cover legal and living expenses
A look at RIM's much-delayed BlackBerry 10
Research in Motion Ltd. faced disgruntled investors Tuesday, less than two weeks after announcing yet another delay to its upcoming BlackBerry 10 system, which the company considers crucial to its...
Computer turns into boardgame master of all it surveys
(Phys.org) -- Igniting interest in computer logic and gaming, a paper titled Learning Games from Videos Guided by Descriptive Complexity shows how computer systems can successfully learn how to play...
Secure protocol for linking data registries for HPV surveillance
Scientists have developed a secure protocol that allows the linking of individual patient records without revealing personal information, new research suggests.
Google reported to pay $22.5M US fine in privacy case
Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking the online activities of millions of people who use...
The Best Approaches to Educating Rangeland Professionals Apply to All Students
New ideas and approaches for better teaching are common to all who are interested in learning. The Society for Range Management seeks to address gaps between what students are learning...
How Australia survived the global financial crisis unscathed
A detailed picture of how Australia coped during the global financial crisis has been provided by the latest report from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey,...
Halifax tech firm Golnstant sells for millions
Halifax technology firm Golnstant, which makes software that allows users to collaborate over the web, has reportedly been sold for tens of millions of dollars to Salesforce.com, a cloud-computing company...
RIM to woo testy shareholders at annual meeting
Research In Motion faces another hurdle on its long march back to prominence on Tuesday — a room full of shareholders eager to hear how the fallen tech darling plans...
Vince Cable announces £120m investment for UK aerospace industry
Business secretary says he hopes cash will help UK retain status as largest aerospace industry in EuropeThe government has hailed a further £120m investment in the UK aerospace industry, including funding to develop...
Tracking animal epidemics through road network
Road transport is one of the main vectors of animal epidemics. It is vital to understand how potentially infected animals are transported and exchanged within a country. A French-Italian team,...
Your country and your age might influence how you access news
(Phys.org) -- A report shows that Germans still prefer a newspaper, while online news has overtaken print and TV news as the most frequently used medium in the UK and...
Online retail contributes to decline in product quality, study shows
(Phys.org) -- Consumers may revel in the convenience of online shopping, but the low prices on the Internet are often accompanied by even lower product quality, warns new research co-written...
Online universities are the future of higher education
OPINION: In higher education, weve been talking about e-learning for years. But, in practice, we have mostly been teaching in the same way just through different mediums; that is, delivering...
ASML shares jump on Intel deal
(AP) Shares in ASML Holding NV surged Tuesday on news that Intel Corp intends to take a 15 percent stake in the company for around $3.07 billion, and will...
Penn State physics professor helps keep world on schedule through work on the accuracy of clocks
How much is a fraction of a second worth? It could cost millions of dollars during a crash of the stock market, when panic selling causes investment values to plummet....
Researcher releases first results from nationwide bee count
(Phys.org) -- A San Francisco State University biologist has released the initial results of her nationwide citizen science project to count bee populations and has found low numbers of bees...
Vehicle fuel economy down again in June
(Phys.org) -- Fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States has dropped for the third month in a rowlikely reflecting the continuing reduction in gas prices, say...
FEATURE: Dan Shechtman: “Perseverance Pays”
“My message to young scientist is the following: if you want a wonderful career in science or in other areas, thrive to become an expert. Once you are an expert you can...
Can cheap food be produced sustainably? | Leo Hickman
A new Defra report says agriculture needs to change if food prices are to be kept low and the environment preserved. But how? Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates. Post your views...
Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest law
Wikipedia has shut down its Russian-language site for 24 hours to protest a law that would give the government sweeping powers to blacklist certain sites.
Poker company founder freed on bail in NY case
(AP) An Internet poker company founder who surrendered last week to face charges he operated his business like a Ponzi scheme was released on bail Monday.
US NSA chief backs cybersecurity law
The head of the powerful National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander, said the US must adopt a law to protect the country from cyberattacks while insisting that it would respect...
Green food report favours curry
England could spice up its food production by growing more herbs and spices, says a report looking at the nation's future food security.
Cell Phone Jammer Puts Brakes on Driver Chats
A jammer stops drivers from yammering while leaving passengers free to use their smartphones.
Ontario doctors launch challenge in fee fight
A group representing Ontario's doctors launched a constitutional challenge Monday in its ongoing battle to reverse fee cuts imposed by the cash-strapped governing Liberals.
Social network screening of employees can make organizations unattractive to applicants
Social networking websites offer a potentially large amount of personal information to organizations about job applicants. However, organizations that implement online screening practices through sites like Facebook may reduce their...
BlackBerry marketing head undeterred by share loss
(AP) The new marketing chief for BlackBerry smartphones isn't dejected by perceptions that his products look ancient next to iPhones and Android devices.