http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing. http://www.physorg.com/news179134570.html Technology Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:10:03 EST news179134570 If you want to try out Microsoft Office 2010, the beta is available for anyone to download, the company announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. http://www.physorg.com/news177861512.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:59:13 EST news177861512 The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and ergonomics researchers are starting to wonder whether it's putting the younger generation at risk for some overuse injuries - once reserved for older adults who have spent years in front of a computer. http://www.physorg.com/news177089329.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:20:01 EST news177089329 (AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services. http://www.physorg.com/news175883415.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:01 EST news175883415 Legal counsel is a matter of life and death in Houston, but it is not necessarily tied to a defendant's socioeconomic status, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver (DU). http://www.physorg.com/news175870293.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:02 EST news175870293 (AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. http://www.physorg.com/news175783212.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:02 EST news175783212 (AP) -- Consumers may be shopping for computers again, but Microsoft Corp. still needs businesses to start doing the same. http://www.physorg.com/news175506785.html Technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:53:45 EST news175506785 (AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish. http://www.physorg.com/news173552666.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:30:01 EST news173552666 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news172333038.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:30:02 EST news172333038 (AP) -- The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. http://www.physorg.com/news171801309.html Technology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:35:48 EST news171801309 (AP) -- Cuba has authorized public Internet access at post offices across the country, though it has yet to apply what would be a landmark loosening of cyberspace rules in a nation where information is strictly controlled. http://www.physorg.com/news171730358.html Technology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:20:01 EST news171730358 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch of a real ball when playing football simulation games such as the NFL game, Madden. http://www.physorg.com/news171096232.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:01 EST news171096232 (AP) -- Have a gripe about Office? A couple of guys at Microsoft Corp. want to hear it directly. http://www.physorg.com/news169315979.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:13:48 EST news169315979 Microsoft and Nokia, in a challenge to Research in Motion's Blackberry, announced Wednesday that Microsoft Office software will be available on smartphones made by the Finnish company. http://www.physorg.com/news169297426.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:20:01 EST news169297426 (AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday that it has received an initial favorable ruling related to its patent fight with TiVo Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news168693497.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:10:03 EST news168693497 Microsoft on Monday said that the 2010 version of its popular Office software will feature online collaboration as the technology giant duels "in the cloud" with Internet titan Google. http://www.physorg.com/news166701237.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:55:02 EST news166701237 (AP) -- A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health deal spoke Sunday of "dialing down" expectations while one of President Barack Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary for a such a costly and comprehensive plan during a recession. http://www.physorg.com/news164815744.html Medicine & Health Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:09:41 EST news164815744 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system. http://www.physorg.com/news158991235.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:14:37 EST news158991235 (PhysOrg.com) -- Workplace ostracism hurts employees' feelings, and the impact on job performance can hurt the company's bottom line, according to new research from Purdue University. http://www.physorg.com/news158859025.html Other Sciences Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:31:31 EST news158859025 For budding "bracketologists" busily weighing picks for their annual March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois professor has some advice on how to pick winners: In the later rounds of the tournament, ignore a team's seeding, which is a statistically insignificant predictor of a team's chances of winning. http://www.physorg.com/news156425607.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:34:14 EST news156425607 Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation how tools, such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the enormous backlog of patent applications in the US. http://www.physorg.com/news154608203.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:44:32 EST news154608203 One of the toughest technological challenges for law enforcement is to simultaneously monitor live feeds from the wireless cameras scattered across their jurisdictions. A nearly impossible task under any circumstances, it was an even greater one for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. http://www.physorg.com/news152988620.html Technology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:50 EST news152988620 Study weather reports online, and you might want to give up on meteorology. "Deadly" storms fizzle, while weaker-looking fronts devastate. Temperatures often soar above predicted highs or plummet below predicted lows. http://www.physorg.com/news152379101.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:32:54 EST news152379101 (PhysOrg.com) -- On January 23, 2009 e-paper testing was started in Japan around Toshima Ward Office, which is just east of JR Ikebukuro Station. A wireless network was set up at the Toshima Life and Industry Plaza and served as the emergency hub for disseminating disaster information. The test was to see how effective an e-paper display system would be in case of a local disaster. http://www.physorg.com/news152290910.html Technology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:02:10 EST news152290910 Anyone who runs for Prime Minister or President should have an independent health examination to ensure their ability to govern, argues a doctor on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news145716477.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:47:57 EST news145716477 (PhysOrg.com) -- Changes in the salinity of our oceans are being brought about by man's influence on our climate, suggests new research conducted by the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Walker Institute for Climate System Research at the University of Reading, to be published in Geophysical Research Letters next month. http://www.physorg.com/news144070264.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:31:04 EST news144070264 Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity or NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). http://www.physorg.com/news136863314.html Medicine & Health Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:35:14 EST news136863314