Archive: 12/09/2011
Pig-induced pluripotent stem cells may be safer than previously thought
Pig stem cell research conducted by two animal scientists at the University of Georgia reveals a better way to determine the safety of future stem cell therapies than rodent-based models.
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Google+ rolling out facial recognition feature
Google is rolling out a feature that lets members of its online social network automatically find themselves in photos posted by friends.
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YouTube buys US-based music rights company
YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.
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Apple to appeal Motorola patent dispute ruling in Germany
Apple said Friday it would immediately appeal a German court ruling in favour of rival Motorola in a patent dispute.
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Web security firm Blue Coat acquired for $1.3 bn
Web security company Blue Coat Systems said Friday it is being acquired by a private investment group in a deal worth $1.3 billion.
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Netscape co-founder nixes Yahoo! leadership role
Netscape co-founder turned Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on Friday shot down reports he was in line to take an executive role at struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo!.
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Justice Dept wants to put off AT&T-T-Mobile trial
(AP) -- The Justice Department said Friday it wants to withdraw or postpone its antitrust case against the proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and smaller rival T-Mobile USA now that the two companies pulled their application ...
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HP to offer webOS as open-source software
(AP) -- It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip
A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
(AP) -- The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as http://www.KUgirls.xxx and http://www.KUnurses.xxx . But not because it's planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls ...
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Expanding dead zones shrinking tropical blue marlin habitat
The science behind counting fish in the ocean to measure their abundance has never been simple. A new scientific paper authored by NOAA Fisheries biologist Eric Prince, Ph.D., and eight other scientists shows ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Digital music lockers offer compelling bargain
If you've got a big digital music collection, you may want to consider signing up for a digital music storage locker.
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Image: Fresh impact craters on asteroid Vesta
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image, taken December 6, 2011, combines two separate views of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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2010 spike in Greenland ice loss lifted bedrock, GPS reveals
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ice loss in southern Greenland by 100 billion tons – and large portions of the island's bedrock rose an additional quarter of an inch ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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French IT company aspires to be email-free within a year
How many work emails do you get a day? 80? 200? 500? More than 1,000?
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