Balance problems? Step into the iShoe

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The iShoe insole would measure and analyze the pressure distribution of the patient's foot and report back to their doctor. Photo / Donna Coveney

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.

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YouTube adds full-length TV shows to video menu

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YouTube said Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video snippets.

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Error puts data on 30 million German phone users on Internet

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Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.

Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers

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(AP) -- The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics

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(AP) -- Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was ...

Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again

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(AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

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