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Microsoft tablet to have little impact in 2012: analyst
Even with its highly publicized launch of a new tablet computer, Microsoft is expected to have little impact this year on the fast-growing market, a research firm said Wednesday.
California physicians unprepared for electronic health record regulations
Electronic health records (EHRs) are used widely by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet new federal standards aimed at improving the quality of health...
Sustainability index that looks beyond GDP launched
The world's fixation on economic growth ignores a rapid and largely irreversible depletion of natural resources that will seriously harm future generations, according to a report which unveils a new...
Ending refugees' exile
We all tend to assume that refugees want to go home. But often refugees cannot just return to their home country when conflict ends. Many have spent decades in exile;...
Audi leads 24 Hours of Le Mans
LE MANS, France (AP) -- Audi was in position to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the 11th time, with its cars in the...
China Issues Rules On Breaking Pharmaceutical Patents
Intellectual Property: Guidelines likely to worry international drug manufacturers
Distinguished Engineer-Physicist Named UIC Vice Chancellor for Research
Mitra Dutta, distinguished professor and head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former senior executive with the U.S. Army Research Office, has...
Science Weekly podcast: Citizen science
In this week's show we delve into the world of crowdsourced science to find out why scientists are increasingly relying on members of the public to make observations, gather information and analyse vast...
What was expected, what was not ... and what we got
JIM ALGAR || United Press International Now that the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference has folded its tent and sent the Apple faithful home to consider the wonders that lie ahead,...
Alan Turing's legacy: how close are we to 'thinking' machines?
This year, the Loebner prize, the annual competition to find a computer that can pass for a human, was held in Turing's former stomping ground of Bletchley Park. How did they do?It...
Letters: Action needed on diesel and cancer
The World Health Organisation has declared that diesel exhaust fumes cause cancer (Report, 13 June). The decision suggests more urgent action is required to ensure air-quality standards are met. Presently, our adopted limits...
Higgs News ?!
I hope my colleagues will pardon me if I just point you readers here to a site which has many more readers anyway, where Peter Woit is distributing a rumor...
China creates model for sustainable urban living
At first glance, Tianjin Eco-City looks much like any other upscale Chinese urban development, with its rows of identical apartment blocks, wide roads and manicured verges.
Cornell jigsaw solver uses shape-blind algorithm
(Phys.org) -- A Cornell scientist has come up with an algorithm that can sift through 10,000 pieces of a jigsaw in 24 hours to complete the puzzle. Andrew Gallagher at...
Google launches cultural map of Brazil's Amazon tribe
Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil' Surui indigenous people, a digital tool that will help the Amazonian tribe share their vast knowledge of the forest and fight...
There's no point resisting corporate websites. It's time to sell yourself
There's a massive market for our personal information – and we ought to capitalise on itInformation is far from free. Just ask Phyllis Pearsall. She was the woman who drew up the...
A Fly In The Mathematical Ointment
For about a day I had been trying to read Real Clear Science, particularly the article linked Evolution Debate: Blame Atheists. Alas, every time I visited the site I got...
France extradites alleged credit card trafficker to US
France has extradited to the United States a 27-year-old Russian alleged to be one of the world's most prolific traffickers in stolen credit card information, the Justice Department said.
'Spectrum crunch' may slow US mobile revolution
The United States is bracing for a data crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices as the explosion of Internet-ready devices eats up the radio...
Gear: A test of 4 new bike computers
Bike computers get better and more complex every year. The trick now becomes simplifying the experience, from easily accessing the fancy data to being able to attach and move the...
Music that gets John Mauceri moving
John Mauceri, the founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, likes to run to John Barbirolli's complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius.(Editor's note: The Hollywood Bowl begins its summer season on...
Mexican mogul Slim expands empire in Europe
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Friday moved to spread his telecoms empire into central and eastern Europe by raising his stake in Telekom Austria to 9.9 percent with the aim...
Microsoft to buy Yammer for $1 bn: report
Microsoft has reached a deal to purchase the Yammer business software company for $1 billion in an apparent bid to shore up its widely-used Office software, the Wall Street Journal...
First Apple computer fetches $374,000
A rare surviving first model of the Apple computer -- a stripped down, clunky device that bears no resemblance to today's sleek gadgets -- sold for $374,000 at auction in...
Happiness is a glass half empty | Oliver Burkeman
Be positive, look on the bright side, stay focused on success: so goes our modern mantra. But perhaps the true path to contentment is to learn to be a loserIn an unremarkable...
Clumsy Insects Inspire Clever Flying Robot
A clever drone design mimics flying insects by surviving clumsy collisions and using the bumps to figure out navigation.
The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, June 11-15, 2012
Bursting Through This is what it looks like when an F/A 18F Super Hornet bursts through the sound barrier. Read more here. U.S. Navy/Jarod Hodge Thanks for joining us for Food...
Green Blog: A Second Life for Discarded Fishing Nets
A pilot program gives Philippine fishermen an incentive to collect worn-out gear that can be turned into something useful instead of dumping it in the ocean.