Archive: 03/23/2009
Intel CEO gets $12.4M in 2008 pay
(AP) -- The value of Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini's compensation package rose slightly to $12.4 million in 2008, a year in which the chip maker's profit was whacked by a global slowdown in personal computer ...
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Silver surfers: New social networking Web site Genkvetch geared to seniors
Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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What are 'green cities'?
Dear EarthTalk: What is the "green cities" movement? - John Moulton, Greenwich, Conn.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Conference will offer a sneak peek at future of video games
The video game business has come a long way from the original Atari console or even the original PlayStation of a decade ago.
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Food companies add new ingredient: Social networking
It's not just a dream. Your supermarket really is talking to you. And its says it's time for vitamins.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Aerobically fit women have lower chance of breast cancer, study says
A new study by University of South Carolina researchers indicates aerobically fit women are three times less likely to die of breast cancer than those who seldom exercise.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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US teen's YouTube promo for jobless dad scores big
A YouTube video by an enterprising 14-year-old showcasing the talents of his laid-off dad, a Florida-based marketing specialist, has scored thousands of hits and several job interviews.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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EPA closer to global warming warning (Update)
(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first step on the long road to regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest
(AP) -- NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009 |
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To Fight Drug Addiction, Researchers Target the Brain with Nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Scientists: Less ice on Great Lakes during winter
(AP) -- Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2009 |
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New England lobster traps are nabbing dinner, data
(AP) -- Skip Ryan has worked the same channel into Boston Harbor for 50 years, setting and hauling his lobster traps so often that he is certain of one thing.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Astronauts complete 3rd and final spacewalk
(AP) -- Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just five years ago went on a spacewalk together Monday, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Union OKs strike at AT&T; contracts end April 4
(AP) -- Union workers at AT&T are giving their leaders the authority to call a strike as part of negotiations for a new contract covering 112,500 employees.
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Qualcomm backs game console for 'next billion'
(AP) -- A startup called Zeebo Inc. is betting that people in emerging markets want to play good video games just as much as people in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan do.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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