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New software to simulate future financial crises

New software to simulate future financial crises

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers ...


Download of the day: FireFound tracks your stolen computer, nukes your personal data

Technology / Software

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

The worst thing about losing your laptop isn't the cost of replacing your gear; it's the loss of personal info and saved passwords. Firefox extension FireFound tracks your lost laptop's location and nukes your personal data ...


High-risk women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Even when women at high-risk of breast cancer are well-informed about the risks and benefits of using the drug tamoxifen for prevention, only 6 percent said they were likely to take it.


Web ad group launches privacy education campaign

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- A group of leading Internet publishers and digital marketing services on Thursday launched an online campaign to educate consumers about how they are tracked and targeted for pitches on the Web.


New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children ?at risk?

New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children 'at risk'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- New legislation to relax the restrictions on media reporting of family court cases could put the privacy of vulnerable children at risk, according to a paper published by the Department of ...


Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...


Small companies add value by sharing commercial information

Technology / Software

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small companies prepared to share commercially sensitive information can add value and develop new services for their customers, using a distributed track-and-trace software solution.


Search warrants served in ESPN reporter video case

Technology / Internet

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- FBI agents want Yahoo Inc. to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by an Illinois man already accused of secretly recording a nude ESPN reporter twice last year, authorities said Thursday.


Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 3 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...


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 ...



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