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A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Reserves, Ramsar Sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation.

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Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.


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EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

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

(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.


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MySpace in talks to buy imeem

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.


NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.


Univision programming will now be allowed on YouTube

Univision coming to YouTube

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

YouTube and Univision announced an agreement on Monday to bring short- and long-form programming from the Spanish-language broadcast network to the video-sharing site.


Ancestry.com hopes to raise $100 million in IPO

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, ...


BetOnSports.com founder gets 4-plus years

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

(AP) -- The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, ending a lengthy investigation and prosecution into one of the world's largest offshore sports gambling ...


Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...


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Yahoo sets out to regain analysts' respect

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With its stock in a three-year funk, Yahoo Inc. set out Wednesday to persuade investors that the Internet company's struggles are nearly over.


IBM Makes It Easier To Browse Web Sites On Mobile Devices (w/ Video)

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Technology / Software

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM researchers have created technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for Webmasters to make their Web sites more readable on the small screens of mobile devices, ...


White House opens Web site programming to public

Technology / Internet

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(AP) -- A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze - you won't notice a thing.


Judge dismisses 'Adult Services' Craigslist suit

Technology / Internet

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at driving classified ads for prostitution off the Craigslist Web site.


Ask.com mines online coupons with new aggregator

Technology / Internet

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine.


Dung beetle named after Darwin

Dung beetle named after Darwin

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition.


ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences

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

(AP) -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.