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AP sources: Comcast to pay $13.75B for NBC stake (AP)

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Technology / Business

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable ...


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New study looks at unauthorized use of US newspaper stories

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period.


All decked out: Networks of chitin filaments are integral components of diatom silica shells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when you look at diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, under a microscope. The regularly structured silica shells of these tiny ...


PBS's 'NewsHour' to use reporting from GlobalPost

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" plans to beef up its international coverage with help from the startup news outfit GlobalPost.





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AT&T, Verizon end lawsuits over cell ads

Technology / Business

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless agreed Wednesday to end lawsuits accusing each other of lying in TV ads, taking their rivalry out of the court system for now.


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AT&T to release cellphone with optional projector

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

If cellphones with built-in video projectors are going to take the country by storm, then Dallas will be at the eye of the hurricane.


New method of measuring ocean CO2 uptake could lead to climate change 'early warning system'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

An international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans and mapped for the first time CO2 uptake for the entire North Atlantic.


Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...


Source: Stephanopoulos offered 'GMA' job (AP)

Source: Stephanopoulos offered 'GMA' job

Technology / Business

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- An executive with knowledge of the negotiations says ABC News has offered George Stephanopoulos (STEFF'-uh-nop-oh-luss) the job of "Good Morning America" co-anchor, although ABC's political expert ...


Sprint to stop selling certain push-to-talk phones

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is giving up on a technology that allows some Sprint-branded phones to use a "push-to-talk" walkie-talkie service similar to what's available on the company's Nextel-branded phones.


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.


MSU researcher studies effects of experimental depression medication

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan State University researcher is leading a clinical trial on an experimental medication he hopes will give doctors another weapon in the fight against depression and prove to be more effective among ...


Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review (AP)

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for control of NBC Universal's broadcast network, cable channels and movie ...


World forest observatory needed to monitor vital role of forests in climate deal

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according to research at the University of Leeds.



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