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Court won't revive Va. anti-spam law

(AP) -- The Supreme Court will not consider reinstating Virginia's anti-spam law, among the nation's toughest in banning unsolicited e-mails.

Technology / Internet

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New research reveals challenges in genetically engineered crop regulatory process

A new innovation can completely reshape an industry-- inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural community with the potential ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spammers propel India to junk-mail top spot

India has emerged as the world's top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New 'cooler' technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics, and lab officials are now ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

3Qs: Is mobile marketing a trend or just trendy?

Smart phone users are constantly on the move, and advertisers are increasingly trying to catch them along the way. Groupon, for instance, has now launched a service pitching deals to users based on their current location. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Perspective on: The future of fusion

Stewart Prager, a well-known plasma physicist and fusion scientist with a distinguished career and a record of discovery at the University of Wisconsin, arrived in January 2009 as director of PPPL, the United ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 76

Impact of FDA regulations restricting outdoor cigarette advertising near schools examined

When the FDA proposed new rules restricting outdoor tobacco advertising near schools and playgrounds in 2009, the tobacco industry argued that such rules would lead to a near complete ban on tobacco advertising in urban areas. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Software security patent to help improve health IT privacy

A computer security invention patented* a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is now poised to help safeguard patient privacy in hospitals.

Technology / Software

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Twitter finally feathers its nest with advertising (Update)

(AP) -- Is Twitter the next Google, the next Pets.com, or something in between? It may have begun answering that question Tuesday, with its long-awaited first step into advertising.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Business culture steers flow of ideas, study says

The business culture that companies emphasize has an effect on new product ideas that bubble back up from the workforce, a University of Illinois marketing study found.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obama's budget slashes moon mission, new rockets

NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there -- that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 28


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