Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking

Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking

Technology / Internet

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Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.


A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Technology / Energy

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It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.


Posters promote Apple iPhones at a store in Beijing

iPhone disappoints in China launch: analysts

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say.


House passes health care bill on close vote (AP)

Landmark health bill passes House on close vote

Medicine & Health / Health

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(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(AP) -- Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Biology / Ecology

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(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.


Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court (AP)

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections ...



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