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Newspapers make move to online only

Technology / Internet

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stops publishing in print but stays alive in some form online - as now seems likely - it won't be the first daily newspaper to make the move.





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Chinese experts say there are only about 1,600 wild pandas in China

Panda genome resembles dog: Chinese media

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A detailed genome map of the giant panda completed by Chinese scientists has shown that the notoriously shy animal is genetically similar to the dog, state media reported Sunday.


Rupert Murdoch, Tom Glocer support Microsoft-Yahoo merger

Technology / Business

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Two media titans, Rupert Murdoch and Tom Glocer, the head of Thompson Reuters, said they support a partnership between computer giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo, after a deal between the two companies fell apart in ...


A panda cub plays at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu

China to mark 140th anniversary of giant panda 'discovery'

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

China is to retrace the steps of the French missionary who made giant pandas known to the West to mark the 140th anniversary of their discovery by the outside world, state media said Tuesday.


Thomson says it has reached deal with creditors

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

Struggling French media technology group Thomson said Friday it had reached a deal with its creditors that would allow for a 45 percent reduction in its debt.


Former American Online Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Miller addresses a gathering of subscribers

Former AOL head to run News Corp. digital

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

Jonathan Miller, a former head of Time Warner online unit AOL, was named by News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday to oversee MySpace and other digital businesses at the media giant.


Only a small number of so-called giant viruses have been discovered, the first in 1993 by accident

New giant virus discovered

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 8

Scientists in France have isolated a new giant virus that lurks inside amoeba and whose gene pool includes genetic material from other species.


What determines the size of giant dunes?

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Physicists at the Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot / ESPCI ParisTech / Université Pierre et Marie Curie) have shown, in collaboration with scientists ...


Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over removing its news websites from Google, a report said

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.


A female giant panda holds her cub

China panda gives birth to twins: state media

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A giant panda in northern China has given birth to twins, state media said Wednesday in rare good news for a species facing the threat of extinction.


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Struggling US newspapers look to e-readers

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

As US newspapers drown in a sea of red ink, publishers are desperately searching for ways to survive in a digital future.



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