Adobe Open-Source Move Sets Showdown with Microsoft
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Adobe's plan to open-source its Flex Web development framework offers at least a partial open-source alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight and Extensible Application Markup Language.
Tracking Genes for Self-pollination in Arabidopsis
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Apr 27, 2007 |
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Some plants need a partner to reproduce. Pollen from one plant pollinates the stigma of another, and a seed is formed. But other plants can self-pollinate, a handy survival mechanism for a lonely plant.
Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
Apr 27, 2007 |
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The amount Americans spent on arthritis medications more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, due to the fast-rising number of people with the disease, increases in the number of medications they take each month and the inflation-adjusted ...
Microsoft Refuses to Reveal Current Vista Sales
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Microsoft on Thursday reported a 65 percent jump in third quarter profits, buoyed by sales of its latest operating system, Vista. Exactly how many Microsoft has sold, however, is still a mystery.
QuickTime Exploit Details Disputed
Apr 27, 2007 |
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There's definitely a serious vulnerability in QuickTime with Java code, but which browsers are affected?
Stone Age site found in Sweden
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Residents in a new development in the Swedish port of Gothenburg will be living on top of one of the earliest archaeological sites in the country.
Female ticks have market on gluttony
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Apr 27, 2007 |
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Sex makes you fat. If you're a female tick, that is. The "truly gluttonous" female ixodid tick increases her weight an astounding 100 times her original size after she mates, so a University of Alberta researcher ...
Net Neutrality Advocates Ready for New Congress
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Net neutrality advocates on Thursday reiterated their opposition to allowing preferential treatment on the Internet, and a key lawmaker pledged to continue the legislative battle against prioritized web access.
Passlogix and RSA to Combine Authentication Technologies
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Passlogix and EMC security division RSA have entered into a strategic partnership to combine RSA's two-factor authentication technology with Passlogix's single sign-on platform.
Optoelectronic tweezers push nanowires around
Apr 27, 2007 |
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In efforts that can improve studies of biological objects and the construction of nanotech materials, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have invented "optoelectronic tweezers," a new way of controlling ...
Top-Tier Ad Companies Betting on Joost
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Online television service Joost announced on Thursday it has signed on a group of 32 big name advertisers — including Intel, Coca-Cola, Nike, General Motors, and Visa — as launch partners.
Wal-Mart Shoots Down Cheap HD DVD Rumor
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Wal-Mart denied rumors that it had placed a substantial order with a Taiwan supplier for ultra-cheap HD DVD players that could swing the format wars in that direction.
McAfee Turns In Ninth Consecutive Record-Breaking Quarter
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Despite trouble with its own executives and the SEC, McAfee still continues to break revenue records.
NIST Issues Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Retailers, manufacturers, hospitals, federal agencies and other organizations planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to improve their operations should also systematically evaluate the possible security ...
Aspirin may be less effective heart treatment for women than men
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 27, 2007 |
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A new study shows that aspirin therapy for coronary artery disease is four times more likely to be ineffective in women compared to men with the same medical history.
