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(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization, keeping in step with the board's recent decision to allow entries from more online sites. http://www.physorg.com/news179429509.html Technology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:10:02 EST news179429509 (AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize board announced Wednesday that it will open its doors wider to journalism entries from online-only news publications. http://www.physorg.com/news179002667.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:10:01 EST news179002667 French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news178085432.html Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:20:01 EST news178085432 (AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service. http://www.physorg.com/news177919207.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:39 EST news177919207 (AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles. http://www.physorg.com/news176464605.html Technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:57:19 EST news176464605 Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said. http://www.physorg.com/news175842300.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:10:01 EST news175842300 Making exercise less boring. For millions of gamers, this was the promise of the original "Wii Fit." http://www.physorg.com/news174847975.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:00:01 EST news174847975 (AP) -- Dell Inc. says it will beef up accounting and corporate governance rules as part of a settlement tied to an investigation into past financial practices. http://www.physorg.com/news173383893.html Technology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:30:02 EST news173383893 (AP) -- The federal safety agency that investigates transportation accidents is banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while driving on government business. http://www.physorg.com/news171654734.html Technology Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:52:37 EST news171654734 Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy. http://www.physorg.com/news171039417.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:57:26 EST news171039417 The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized electronic components - but no clear way to satisfy it until now. http://www.physorg.com/news170517055.html Chemistry Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:51:51 EST news170517055 The US agency behind Voice of America said Friday it is working on ways to slip news past tough Internet blockades in countries such as China and Iran. http://www.physorg.com/news169537485.html Technology Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:00:04 EST news169537485 (PhysOrg.com) -- Companies with female board members fare worse on the stock market, despite performing as well on all other measures as those with all-male boards. This is the finding of a new study by the University of Exeter, published today (13 August 2009) in the British Journal of Management. http://www.physorg.com/news169378923.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:44:07 EST news169378923 (AP) -- There's nothing all that charming about Nintendo's latest gadget. http://www.physorg.com/news161595362.html Electronics Fri, 15 May 2009 08:36:54 EST news161595362 US attorneys general met with Craigslist on Tuesday to discuss concerns that the free online classified service is being used to advertise prostitution. http://www.physorg.com/news160766518.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 18:22:31 EST news160766518 (AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards. http://www.physorg.com/news157290453.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:48:37 EST news157290453 (AP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak - currently strutting his stuff as a competitor on the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars" - is joining the advisory board of search startup DeepDyve. http://www.physorg.com/news157218077.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:42:00 EST news157218077 From the operating room to the executive board room, the benefits of working in teams have long been touted. But a new analysis of 22 years of applied psychological research shows that teams tend to discuss information they already know and that "talkier" teams are less effective. http://www.physorg.com/news157037451.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:25 EST news157037451 Fraud-hit Indian outsourcing firm Satyam on Friday said it had been given the green light to open a global bidding process to sell off a 51 percent stake in the company. http://www.physorg.com/news155537757.html Technology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:56:29 EST news155537757 Two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809, people still argue passionately about his theory of evolution. http://www.physorg.com/news152726503.html Biology Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:02:33 EST news152726503 Every scientific researcher has asked themselves the question at some stage in their professional career: Why has the paper I submitted to be peer reviewed disappeared into the ether? http://www.physorg.com/news152285814.html Biology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:37:17 EST news152285814 (PhysOrg.com) -- The cooling of electronic components is playing an increasing role in the design process of electronic equipment such as mobile telephones, games computers and laptops. Wessel Wits, PhD student at the University of Twente, has developed two innovative concepts for cooling such devices. Patents for both concepts are pending. Wits will be awarded his doctorate on 4 December at the faculty of Engineering Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news147624858.html Technology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:54:18 EST news147624858 A new study in Strategic Management Journal reveals that Boards of Directors commonly make mistakes in CEO appointments when they hire CEOs from outside the firm. The Board knows less than the external CEO candidates regarding their true competencies, and as a result Boards often make faulty hires when they seek new leadership outside the firm. Boards can help avoid the problem of short-tenured external appointments -- although not eliminate it -- if they create nominating committees with leadership by outside directors, who tend to have broader perspectives on the skills of potential candidates. http://www.physorg.com/news139751869.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:57:49 EST news139751869