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Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer

Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video)

Technology / Software

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets ...





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'Volume dial' neurone may aid spinal disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scottish researchers have discovered a new class of neuron that may lead to new therapies for spinal injury.


Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about ...


Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light

Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 27, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 0

While history portrays the Vikings as skillful masters of the sea, sailing treacherous routes in the northern Atlantic Ocean during the 10th-13th centuries, just how much knowledge, technology and ability they ...


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Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.


Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09 (AP)

Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...


EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.


EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun (AP)

EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.


You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner (AP)

You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike in the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet ...


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Stable Opera 10.10 browser with Unite now available

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The web browser Opera 10.10 has been released as a stable version, and it has a number of new features to enhance the browsing experience, including "Unite", which is a group of applications ...


AOL to lay off a third of staff (AP)

AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.



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