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UK: Banking software glitch delays payments, bills
(AP) A British banking group says it has almost fully cleared up a weeklong banking glitch which delayed posting credits and debits to millions of customers with its NatWest...
Internet naming agency picks little-known executive as CEO
A businessman with experience in building consensus between competing Silicon Valley technology companies will be the next CEO of ICANN, the agency in charge of contentious policies surrounding the assigning...
Engineering Mentor Wins Presidential Award
Dedicated mentor honored with Presidential award for work supporting diversity in the materials research Ph. D pipeline.
How a Startup's Cup Helps Kenyan Girls Stay in School
One startup is bringing menstrual cups to the developing world.
Facebook signs apps privacy agreement
(AP) Facebook became the seventh company to agree to give people advance warning if its mobile applications pull personal information from mobile phones and tablet computers.
New Google site aims to save endangered languages
Google has launched a new site intended to help preserve the more than 3,000 world languages that are at risk of extinction by compiling the latest linguistics research and connecting...
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Limping Toward the End in Rio
In the absence of a binding accord, some question whether global environmental meetings are worth the trouble.
Dot Earth Blog: Dispatches from Rio and Nepal: Knife Fights Over Firewood
While diplomats debate at an Earth summit, Nepali families fight over firewood.
Green Blog: Is Air-Conditioning a Basic Right?
Is it a good goal for everyone in the world to have access to air-conditioning - like clean water or the Internet?
Maths tells when to be more alert on the roads
Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analysed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid's M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By...
Robots Join Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane
Underwater robots will help search for Amelia Earhart's plane on the 75th anniversary of her disappearance.
Researchers come to Calgary to discuss older drivers
Researchers from around the world are gathering in Calgary this week to address issues and share research on older drivers.
Thomson Reuters Unveils Data Citation Index for Discovering Global Data Sets
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters announced today that it will preview at the American Library Association Conference (ALA) the Data Citation Index, an upcoming research resource...
Green Blog: New York Mandates Alerts on Sewage Discharges
A bill that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign into law would require that the public be notified within four hours of a discharge into any state waterway.
Bomb threat? An app for that, too
At approximately 6:30 pm on Saturday, May 1, 2010, a smoking SUV in Times Square was reported by alert street vendors. Acting quickly, NYPD evacuated vast stretches on 7th and...
Smartphones as wallets: Using portable device for purchases on the rise, but hurdles remain
Picture walking up to the Dillard's counter, two shirts in one hand, smartphone in the other. There's no need to reach for your wallet, because all of the credit card...
10 Job Search Websites You Don't Know About
If you're still looking on generic job web sites, maybe it's time to focus your job search. Whether you're looking to work in fashion or accounting there's a job website...
Green Blog: DuPont Facing 30,000 Claims for Tree Deaths
Some property owners complain about the pace of the compensation process for trees damaged or killed by a new herbicide.
New Timing Hinted on Health Care Ruling
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. could make a decision on health care next week, along with an Arizona immigration law. Court rulings included drug sentences, corporate fines and union...
The phone that knows where you're going
(Phys.org) -- Can mobile phones predict our behavior? Three EPFL students won the "Nokia Mobile Data Challenge" by accurately predicting the place where phone users were likely to go next....
Green Blog: Rio+20: The View from Manhattan
Passersby share their thoughts on the environmental conference in Rio and whether such meetings can lead to meaningful policy changes.
Out-of-the-box learning
A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an inclusive learning environment - driven by a shared belief...
E-book trend slow at US libraries: study
Even as e-book sales surge, Americans are slow to look to their public libraries to take advantage of the format, a study showed Friday.
Purchasing Hawaiian isle fits with mogul's persona
(AP) Buying an inhabited Hawaiian island may sound extreme, even for a guy known for flaunting his fortune like a playboy driving fancy cars, wooing beautiful women, flying...
HP picks Intel's Centerton for low-power server rollout
(Phys.org) -- Hewlett-Packard has a longer term message that reaches over all company announcements. HP wants the world to know that, never mind hasty CEO exits and entrances, never mind...
A battle for Internet freedom as UN meeting nears
(AP) Secret negotiations involving dozens of countries preparing for a United Nations summit on international telecommunications could lead to changes in a global treaty that would diminish the Internet's...
Nintendo to start selling 3DS with larger screens
(AP) Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. has upgraded its 3DS handheld to sport a screen nearly twice as big as the previous model amid hot competition against smartphones and...
Google stock split wins approval; CEO loses voice
(AP) Google shareholders gave CEO Larry Page what he wanted Thursday by approving an unconventional stock split meant to cement his authority, but he wasn't around to hail the...