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EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather
The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2012 |
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Too much information: When does adding mildly favorable details dilute the big message?
When a large item and a small one are packaged together, consumers often perceive the overall value to be less than that of the large item, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. This applies to inf ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Estonia to extradite high flying cyber crime suspect to US
Estonia on Thursday said it would extradite Estonian citizen Anton Ivanov to the United States over alleged cyber crimes involving such popular websites as iTunes, Netflix and the US tax service.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Apple, book publishers facing potential US suit: WSJ
The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major US publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Texas vulture study upends forensics
(AP) -- For more than five weeks, a woman's body lay undisturbed in a secluded Texas field. Then a frenzied flock of vultures descended on the corpse and reduced it to a skeleton within hours.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Fukushima 1 year on: Poor planning hampered Fukushima response
One year after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011, an independent investigation panel has highlighted the country's failures in disaster planning and crisis management for the accident at the Fukushima ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Twitter subpoenas a challenge to intellectual privacy
The City of New York recently subpoenaed a Twitter account as part of an ongoing Occupy Wall Street criminal case. The Occupy protester named in the case is challenging the subpoena.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Feds: Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday
Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Google's 4Q lobbying bill triples to $3.76 million
Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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India gov't agrees to prosecute Google, Facebook
India's government authorised on Friday the prosecution of 21 Internet firms including Facebook and Google in a case over obscene content posted online, two sources told AFP.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Novell's case against Microsoft goes to jury
(AP) -- A two-month trial is ending in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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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 ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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WikiLeaks' Assange can continue extradition fight
(AP) -- A British court Monday gave WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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New compound defeats drug-resistant bacteria
It's no wonder that medicine's effort to combat bacterial infections is often described as an arms race. When new drugs are developed to combat infections, the bacterial target invariably comes up with a deterrent.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Limited options for meeting 2C warming target, warn climate experts
We will only achieve the target of limiting global warming to safe levels if carbon dioxide emissions begin to fall within the next two decades and eventually decrease to zero. That is the stark message from research by an ...
Nov 20, 2011 |
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