Archive: 09/30/2009
Location tracking on cell phones raises privacy concerns
I love the location-based features on my iPhone. But after talking with privacy advocates last week, I'm concerned about who's keeping track of my location -- and what they're doing with that data.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Yahoo looks to improve search experience
When Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz announced a $100 million global brand campaign in New York recently as the company launched its new Internet search "experience," research scientists like Preston McAfee, Duncan Watts and David ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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New technology lets users set data to self-destruct
What if you could send an e-mail to a co-worker, text a friend or post something on Facebook confident that it would eventually self-destruct?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Cisco falls short of its high standards on compensation
When I think of Silicon Valley companies I admire, Cisco Systems is usually one of the first that comes to mind.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Bacteria co-infections common in swine flu deaths: CDC
Many people who have died from swine flu in the United States were also infected with other bacteria, including one which can cause pneumonia or meningitis, US health officials said Wednesday.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Physician-assisted suicide does not increase severity of depression, grief among family members
Unlike other forms of suicide, physician assisted death does not cause substantial regret, or a sense of rejection among surviving family members. In addition, the prevalence and severity of depression and grief among family ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Complications are not best predictor of hospital mortality
A compelling University of Michigan Health System study debunks assumptions about the role of complications in distinguishing good and bad hospitals.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line
Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Keyboards and mice can harbor hospital infections
Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that bacterial contamination rates from c ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Trying to inhale: Asthma sufferers say CFC-free inhalers aren't as effective
Months after a federal ban went into effect outlawing a propellant used in most rescue inhalers, some asthma sufferers insist that the replacement inhalers don't work and might even be harmful.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 30, 2009 |
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A need for leadership in primary care
Community health centers have become the centerpiece of the nation's efforts to provide access to primary care for all and therefore experience a greater need for primary care providers, who already are in short supply. According ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Come together, right now... tropical depression 18W dissipates, Parma intensifies
Two tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific are keeping in tune to the 1969 hit song by the Beatles, "Come Together." Tropical Depression 18W and Tropical Storm Parma are already beginning to merge now that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Increase in 'academic doping' could spark routine urine tests for exam students
The increasing use of smart drugs or "nootropics," to boost academic performance, could mean that exam students will face routine doping tests in future, suggests an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Google gadget lets websites go multilingual
Google on Wednesday released free software that lets website operators automatically translate online pages into any of 51 languages.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Conditions combined for devastating tsunami
(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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