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Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop

Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- No doubt you’ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you’ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way.





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Video firm settles lawsuits clearing way for Google buy

Technology / Business

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video software firm On2 Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it had settled five pending lawsuits, potentially clearing the way for its takeover by Internet giant Google.


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T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from ...


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Google providing better view of personal data

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.


Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...


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Facebook outlines new privacy policy

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook outlined changes to its privacy policy on Thursday and asked for feedback from the social network's more than 300 million users.


Experts: HS football concussions merit more study

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- Some studies suggest that head injuries can set up professional football players for later mental problems. Now congressmen and experts want to know more about injuries to high school players.


A US computer chip giant Intel factory is pictured in Leixlip, near Dublin, Ireland in July 2009

EU defends action against Intel after report leaked

Technology / Business

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The EU Commission on Saturday defended its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, following a report that it missed evidence which could have boosted the US computer chip giant's case.


Microsoft says it can restore wiped Sidekick data

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- There may be a happy ending after all for owners of Sidekick phones who thought they might have permanently lost contact numbers and other personal information they had put on the gadget.


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PC sales in Asia-Pacific rise to 23.4 million in Q3: report

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 percent from a year ago to 23.4 million units in the third quarter, an industry monitor said Tuesday.


Laws regulating web privacy vary greatly around the world

Experts meet to hash out web privacy rules

Technology / Internet

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

Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data.



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