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You can look -- but don't touch

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Consumers are often told that if they break an item, they buy it. But a new study suggests that if they just touch an item for more than a few seconds, they may also end up buying it.





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An Indian vendor uses her mobile phone to take customers orders

India says will start 3G auction in January

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign companies.


Review: IE8 features good, but no need to switch (AP)

Review: IE8 features good, but no need to switch

Technology / Software

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new Web browser.


Community-driven, open source solution for B2B transactions

Technology / Software

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new open source, Web 2.0-inspired solution for building and managing business relationships online promises to level the playing field for small- and medium-sized enterprises.


Verizon sees door open to airliner WiFi

Technology /

created Dec 13, 2005 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Verizon is ready to start offering in-flight broadband service to airline passengers in 2007.


Israel gets local versions of eBay, PayPal

Technology /

created Mar 23, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Israeli Internet portal Walla! unveiled on Wednesday two new services similar to eBay and PayPal: Walla!Buy and Walla!Pay.


Emissions trading could misfire, economists warn

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

With the report of the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Emissions Trading due to be handed to Prime Minister John Howard tomorrow, environmental economists from The Australian National University have warned that an emissions ...


The Web: eBay looks to become phone giant

Technology /

created Sep 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The motivation for eBay Inc.'s acquisition of Internet telephony upstart Skype may be a mystery to most.


New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters

New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters

Chemistry /

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote " in vino veritas " – in wine, there is truth – he must not have been drinking from a counterfeit bottle. Researchers Roger Johnston and Jon ...


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Researchers aim to make Internet bandwidth a global currency

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 29, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Computer scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in collaboration with colleagues from the Netherlands, are using a novel peer-to-peer video sharing application to explore a next-generation ...


Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions

Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue ...



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