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A pain in the neck: Researcher studies the effects of too much texting on college students

Medicine & Health / Health

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

The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone ...


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Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google Web services

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services.


Legal counsel affects death penalty cases

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Legal counsel is a matter of life and death in Houston, but it is not necessarily tied to a defendant's socioeconomic status, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at ...


Statistics experts reject global cooling claims (AP)

Statistics experts reject global cooling claims

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (92) | comments 23

(AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.


Windows plan lowers Microsoft profit but shares up (AP)

Microsoft sales fall; cost cuts please investors

Technology / Business

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- Consumers may be shopping for computers again, but Microsoft Corp. still needs businesses to start doing the same.


RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft

Technology / Software

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish.


Microsoft urges Web learning in case of swine flu

Technology / Software

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu.


Top US copyright cop opposes Google book deal

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.


Cuban post offices OK'd for Internet access

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cuba has authorized public Internet access at post offices across the country, though it has yet to apply what would be a landmark loosening of cyberspace rules in a nation where information is strictly controlled.


Patent: Nintendo's Wii Football Controller

Patent: Nintendo's Wii Football Controller

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch ...


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Microsofties' side project seeks new Office ideas

Technology / Software

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Have a gripe about Office? A couple of guys at Microsoft Corp. want to hear it directly.


Starting next year, Nokia will include Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile on its smartphones

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia mobiles

Technology / Software

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

Microsoft and Nokia, in a challenge to Research in Motion's Blackberry, announced Wednesday that Microsoft Office software will be available on smartphones made by the Finnish company.


Dish prevails over TiVo in initial patent ruling

Technology / Business

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday that it has received an initial favorable ruling related to its patent fight with TiVo Inc.


Microsoft moving Office online in duel with Google

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Microsoft on Monday said that the 2010 version of its popular Office software will feature online collaboration as the technology giant duels "in the cloud" with Internet titan Google.


Obama's own party worried health plan lacks votes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health deal spoke Sunday of "dialing down" expectations while one of President Barack Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary ...




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