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Fujitsu to buy Telstra's IT unit in Australia

Technology / Business

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday it had agreed to buy Australian telecoms giant Telstra's IT services unit for 200 million Australian dollars (127 million US).





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Human guinea pigs link pay and risk levels

Medicine & Health / Other

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Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they ...


Safe journey for works of art

Safe journey for works of art

Technology / Engineering

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Valuable paintings travel long distances when they are shipped from one place to another. To minimize damage, they are packed in special picture cases. In future, these will be equipped with sensors to detect ...


Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less (AP)

Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...


Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June

Technology / Software

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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.


Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

Medicine & Health / Health

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Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.


Fishing the online stream

Technology / Internet

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On West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, Pa., local businessman Robert Lail runs what he calls "YouTube for business."


Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth

Space & Earth / Environment

created 15 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.


Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content (AP)

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Technology / Telecom

created 15 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its ...


Wizard at circuits, physics

Wizard at circuits, physics

Physics / General Physics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, uses his personal energy and understanding of physics to design innovative integrated circuits.


Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP)

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts

Space & Earth / Environment

created 23 hours ago | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.



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