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Cisco announces its first servers, riling rivals

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. wants a bigger chunk of the corporate computing market, and plans to start selling servers in competition with old partners like Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp.





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RIM to boost BlackBerry presence in China

Technology / Business

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Research in Motion said Tuesday it planned to expand the China market for its BlackBerry smartphone to include consumers and small businesses, amid fierce competition in the world's biggest mobile market.


BMI and waist circumference

Medicine & Health / Health

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Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are well known risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but a new study reported in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation today now conclu ...


Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys

Medicine & Health / Health

created 7 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction.


Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' research finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce ...


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...


Yahoo launches online consumer privacy tool

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Yahoo wants its users to know what it knows about them.


With amino acid diet, mice improve after brain injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Neurology researchers have shown that feeding amino acids to brain-injured animals restores their cognitive abilities and may set the stage for the first effective treatment for cognitive impairments suffered by people with ...


Type 2 diabetes gene predisposes children to obesity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of ...


Eureqa, the robot scientist

Eureqa, the robot scientist (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new program, Eureqa, takes raw data and formulates scientific laws to suit, and it is available by free download to all scientists.


Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe (AP)

Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.



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