Smokers clock up almost 8 additional days of sick leave every year
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Smokers take an average of almost eight days more of sick leave every year than their non-smoking colleagues, suggested research published in Tobacco Control.
Device draws cells close -- but not too close -- together
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Mar 29, 2007 |
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In a popular children's game participants stand as close as possible without touching. But on a microscopic level, coaxing cells to be very, very close without actually touching one another has been among the most frustrating ...
Chromosomal microarray analysis proves accurate
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Two years and more than 2,000 samples after researchers at Baylor College of Medicine started to use a new gene-chip technology called chromosomal microarray analysis to look for potential genetic abnormalities in children, ...
NASA Astronaut to Run Boston Marathon in Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2007 |
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams will go faster than anyone has ever gone in the Boston Marathon. She will run the famed race in April as an official entrant from 210 miles above Earth aboard the International ...
U.S. Cedes Top Spot in Global IT Competitiveness
Mar 29, 2007 |
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A low rate of mobile telephone usage, lack of government leadership in IT and fallen quality of math and science education were blamed for the U.S. slipping to seventh place in the World Economic Forum's ranking of technology ...
Survey: CIOs Like Their Jobs, Not Their Outsourcers
Mar 29, 2007 |
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With their salaries and budgets on the rise, a majority of CIOs speak highly of their jobs in a new survey. Yet they have mostly harsh words for their outsourcing relationships.
Hands-On With the Helio Ocean
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Helio makes me glad. I've been waiting quite a while to say that, as I've felt for ages that the social-networking-focused wireless carrier was waiting for a phone that could really change the way people communicate. ...
ThinkFree, Zimbra Prep Offline Clients
Mar 29, 2007 |
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ThinkFree and Zimbra announced at the 2007 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference offline clients of their popular office software packages.
Lack of care for older breast cancer patients
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Older women with breast cancer get a lower level of care than younger women, researchers at The University of Manchester have found.
NTT to Sell Exclusive M702iS Dolce & Gabbana in Japan
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2007 |
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NTT DoCoMo announced today that the company will begin marketing, for a limited time, an exclusive, special-edition handset, the M702iS Dolce & Gabbana, developed jointly by Dolce & Gabbana, Motorola and DoCoMo, ...
Webroot Study Finds 43% of Firms Hit with Malware
Mar 29, 2007 |
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The security vendor's State of Internet Security report surveys 600 companies on their experiences with malware threats.
Latest Draft of GPL 3 Comes Under Fire
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Corporate reaction to the release of the third discussion draft of the GNU General Public License has been immediate and critical.
London asthma sufferers get space-based help
Mar 29, 2007 |
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The city of London has launched an innovative service, funded by ESA, which delivers air pollution alerts and health advice via SMS text messages to those who suffer from asthma and other conditions vulnerable ...
SAP Announces New Co-CEO, Resignation of Board Member
Mar 29, 2007 |
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On the heels of a law suit from Oracle and two quarterly earnings misses, SAP AG announced a major executive reshuffling.
Rift Over Co-CEO Caused Agassi to Leave SAP
Mar 29, 2007 |
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His departure had nothing to do with the Oracle lawsuit or SAP's bumpy financials, officials said.
