Archive: 06/22/2009
Apple: More than 1M new-model iPhones sold
(AP) -- Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful model yet.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Taiwan's AU Optronics, China firm to set up joint venture
Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp said Monday it would set up a flat panel display joint venture with China's Sichuan Changhong Electric Co as it tries to tap the huge Chinese market.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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US relays concern to China over web filtering software
The United States has expressed concern over a new rule that all computers sold in China be rigged with Internet filtering software, a US official said here Monday, amid fears for online freedom.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Drinking milk in the morning may help stave off lunchtime hunger
Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in Australia found that d ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Study finds cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in individuals with schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population. That was the conclusion of a new study published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Critics: Burial site for Hudson PCBs is inadequate
(AP) -- Later this month, the first trainloads of PCB-tainted sludge dredged from the Hudson River will arrive and, in the eyes of critics, will turn a stretch of West Texas into New York's "pay toilet."
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Japan plans WTO complaint on SKorea battery rule
Japan is set to complain to the WTO this week over a South Korean plan to tighten safety regulations on lithium-ion batteries, accusing Seoul of protectionism, a report has said.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
The largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among Caucasians ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Dino-not-so-soaring
The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published today in the Zoological Society of London's Journal of Zoology.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs
(AP) -- Five and a half months ago, word that Steve Jobs would only work part-time as he recovered from a liver transplant would have sent investors into a selling frenzy, so closely linked was Apple's charismatic ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter
(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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