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On2 vows to fight challenges to Google acquisition

Technology / Business

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Video software firm On2 Technologies said it will fight legal challenges to its planned acquisition by Google Inc.


Feds file to delist wolves, except in Wyoming

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a formal rule Wednesday to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in Montana and Idaho while keeping protections in Wyoming.





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The suicide tourist trap

The suicide tourist trap

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 7

The international media report that citizens from across the world are travelling, or seeking to travel, to Switzerland, where they hope to be helped to die. But this 'suicide tourism' presents distinctive ...


UM Law professor examines the role of corporate lawyers in the court of public opinion

Other Sciences / Other

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

In today's world, legal issues and controversies are not only tried in the court of law, but also in the "court" of public opinion. However, corporate lawyers tend to separate legal activities from public relations strategies. ...


Fair-goers check out the Google stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Germany challenges Google books settlement: minister

Technology / Internet

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Germany on Tuesday said it opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights.


An EU investigation found US laws discriminate against foreign online gambling and betting companies

US online gambling laws against WTO rules: EU

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The European Commission said Thursday that US laws restricting online gambling went against WTO rules but that Brussels would seek a negotiated solution to the dispute.


New ethical questions are being raised in stem cell research

Biology / Biotechnology

created 13 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the controversial ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for ...


Biotechnology needs 21st century patent system: Expert

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created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Biotechnology discoveries – like the method for creating synthetic life forms – are at risk of being unduly hindered or taken hostage by private corporations unless patent systems are brought into the 21st century, an expert ...


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The right honourable computer, barrister-at-law

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement ...


As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role ...


Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws

Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (85) | comments 40

(PhysOrg.com) -- "In 1981, a 37-year-old factory worker named Kenji Urada entered a restricted safety zone at a Kawasaki manufacturing plant to perform some maintenance on a robot. In his haste, he failed ...


Toward the ethical treatment of whole genome research participants

Biology /

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Recent technological developments have made it possible for scientists to sequence an entire human genome, but these advances may be a mixed blessing. While much has been made of the benefits of whole-genome sequencing, from ...



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