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The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:

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Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet  'e-mavens'

Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...





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The Symbian platform is used on almost 50% of mobiles worldwide

Spotify launches application for Nokia phones

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones.


Should I buy a PC or Mac?

Technology / Software

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 30

Q. Our 6-year-old PC computer is dying a slow death and we are considering moving to a new iMac but have a few concerns. First, of all, we have several Word documents on our disk drive now that we want to keep and add to ...


Joost assets bought by online ad company Adconion

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.


Intelligence inside metal components

Intelligence inside metal components

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt (Dec. 2-5), Germany, Fraunhofer researchers ...


Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag (AP)

Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.


Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have found a suicide gene, called 'gene E', which leads to the death of tumour cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer, and prevents their growth. ...


A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Stents that keep weakened and flabby arteries from collapsing have been true life-savers. But after six months, those stents are no longer needed -- once the arteries are strengthened, they become unnecessary. ...


Taking the drudgery out of software development

Taking the drudgery out of software development

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developers will no longer have to reinvent the wheel when writing new programs and applications thanks to a clever new set of tools and a central repository of 'building blocks'.


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.



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