Facebook grabs Hot Potato mobile check-in startup
Facebook has grabbed Hot Potato, a young Internet firm that lets people use smartphones to let friends know what they are up to at any given moment.
Aug 20, 2010
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Apple shuts Quattro to focus on iAd mobile ad platform
Apple on Friday confirmed it is shutting recently-acquired Quattro Wireless mobile advertising service to focus on its new iAd platform that targets only the iconic firm's devices.
Aug 20, 2010
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NASA: Pick shuttle wake-up tunes or write your own
(AP) -- Now's your chance to help pick astronauts' wake-up music.
Aug 20, 2010
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Celebrated Russian seed bank fights for its land
Recession hits smart-phone makers in the chips
(AP) -- The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can't build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production ...
Aug 20, 2010
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Cyberactivists unblock Wikileaks for Thai Netizens
(AP) -- A group of anonymous Internet activists has set up a website to display information about Thailand that comes from the whistle-blower site Wikileaks, which is blocked to some viewers in the Southeast ...
Aug 20, 2010
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ASIR technique significantly reduces radiation dose associated with abdominal CT scans
A new low-dose abdominal computed tomography (CT) technique called adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) can reduce the radiation dose associated with abdominal CT scans by 23-66 percent, according to a study ...
Aug 20, 2010
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Africans text message to check if drugs are real
(AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message.
Aug 20, 2010
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Researchers identify two FDA approved drugs that may fight HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV.
Aug 20, 2010
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Research on cancer vaccine begins to pay off
The vaccine that Larry Mathews is getting won't protect him from the flu. That's OK -- the stakes are far higher than that.
Aug 20, 2010
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Pay-for-performance programs improve radiology report turnaround times, study suggests
A pay-for-performance (PFP) program implemented at one of the nation's largest general hospitals appeared to have a marked effect on expediting final radiology report turnaround times (RTAT), improving patient care, according ...
Aug 20, 2010
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Researchers Zero in on Protein that Destroys HIV
Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.
Aug 20, 2010
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Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault
Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted temblors there stretching ...
Aug 20, 2010
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Gadgets: Crossfade LP headphones look, feel good and deliver
V-Moda has done it again, recently releasing the Crossfade LP headphones.
Aug 20, 2010
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Virtual colonoscopies help identify additional cancers outside of the colon, study suggests
Although the medical community has already accepted that colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost effective and saves lives, researchers have found that computed tomography colonography (CTC or virtual colonoscopy) not only ...
Aug 20, 2010
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