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Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (34) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...





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FDA requires faster food safety reporting

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food makers will be required to alert government officials of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours under a new rule designed to help federal regulators spot food safety issues sooner.


Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing ...


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EU reveals probe into Oracle's bid

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business software giant Oracle's 7.4-billion-dollar bid for Sun Microsystems is under investigation under EU merger regulations, the European Commission announced on Thursday.


Relationships in rank and file: Better sequence searches of genes and proteins

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Since the sequencing of the human genome eight years ago, enormous progress has been made in analyzing and understanding it. Nevertheless, the function of most human genes is still barely understood. An important first step ...


Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about ...


EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.


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Sun cutting up to 3,000 jobs as awaits Oracle deal

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal being held up by antitrust regulators in Europe.


New Canadian research helps doctors care for kidney patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research funded by The Kidney Foundation of Canada and led by kidney specialists at Lawson Health Research Institute and The University of Western Ontario will make it possible for doctors to quickly and effectively access ...


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Oracle plays up promise of Sun take-over

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison opened fire on US technology veteran IBM and expressed optimism about the pending 7.4-billion-dollar-deal to buy Sun Microsystems.


Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis

Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at a group of 11 research centers in China are reporting for the first time assembly of the largest-ever collection of data about the proteins produced by genes in a single human organ.



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