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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data. http://www.physorg.com/news179002196.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:20:03 EST news179002196 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it's not to blame for a problem that is causing a "limited" number of Windows computers to boot up to a blank black screen. http://www.physorg.com/news179002045.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:10:01 EST news179002045 Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. http://www.physorg.com/news178909169.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:48:47 EST news178909169 (AP) -- Michael Jackson's stunning death made him the Internet's biggest star this year. http://www.physorg.com/news178866291.html Technology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:30:01 EST news178866291 Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people's beliefs, according to new study published in the Nov. 30 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news178819089.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:59:26 EST news178819089 The year has not yet ended but Microsoft says "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year. http://www.physorg.com/news178814390.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:50:03 EST news178814390 (AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that turning into a lucrative plan for newspapers. http://www.physorg.com/news178784890.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:20:01 EST news178784890 What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism functions as a system? http://www.physorg.com/news178459055.html Biology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:10:02 EST news178459055 Q. Our 6-year-old PC computer is dying a slow death and we are considering moving to a new iMac but have a few concerns. First, of all, we have several Word documents on our disk drive now that we want to keep and add to as well as many pictures that will be kept as well. What capabilities are available to transfer these files to an iMac? Is there a Word program for Apple? Finally, do you think our decision to change to Apple is the way to go, overall? http://www.physorg.com/news178394620.html Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:40:01 EST news178394620 The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't have to break their budgets. http://www.physorg.com/news178394370.html Electronics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:02 EST news178394370 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, named Ikhana, recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest. Ikhana, an unmanned aircraft equipped with an infrared imaging sensor, completed a seven-hour imaging flight on Nov. 19, 2009 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. http://www.physorg.com/news178384574.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:30 EST news178384574 Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign countries, according to third-quarter lobbying reports. http://www.physorg.com/news178313476.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:40:03 EST news178313476 Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news178314674.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:51:39 EST news178314674 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other business programs. http://www.physorg.com/news178312390.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:14 EST news178312390 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. http://www.physorg.com/news178221092.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:55:10 EST news178221092