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Netbooks start raising the stakes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The standard desktop computer is about as popular as swine flu these days, with all the major innovations happening in the laptop and netbook segment.


Elpida Completes Development of 65nm XS Version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as ...





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Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday. That means it will be reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers stick around ...


In rural areas, more women falling into health care gap

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For Americans living in rural areas, obtaining and maintaining health care can be challenging. Aside from common barriers, including shortages of care providers and facilities, older women face additional challenges, according ...


Who gets expensive cancer drugs? A tale of 2 nations

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The well-worn notion that patients in the United States have unfettered access to the most expensive cancer drugs while the United Kingdom's nationalized health care system regularly denies access to some high-cost treatments ...


Survey: Internet use grows fast among Latinos

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project.


FCC seeking to close programming access loophole

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Federal regulators are seeking to close a loophole that allows cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from rival providers such as satellite TV.


FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.


Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use

Technology / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.


Obesity epidemic taking root in Africa

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group. ...


Volunteer program provides quality low-risk operative care to patients in need

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that a volunteer program providing low-risk outpatient surgical procedures can deliver safe and effective health care t ...


Proximity to convenience stores fosters child obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Childhood obesity is directly related to how close kids live to convenience stores, according to the preliminary findings of a major Canadian study presented at the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier in Lyon, France. The ongoing ...



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