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Hit show 'Mad Men' will be streamed on Netflix

(AP) -- Netflix will start streaming the hit TV series "Mad Men" in a multi-year deal the online movie rental company struck with Lions Gate, the show's producer.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Streaming music gathers steam from tech titans, startups alike

The founders of Skype are betting that a musical era is ending - that chapter where people stored their music in digital files on a computer hard drive, an era that began in 2001 with Apple's iTunes.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remove children's catheters as soon as possible to prevent bloodstream infections

Hospitals can reduce the risk of life-threatening bloodstream infections in children with peripherally inserted central venous catheters by assessing daily the patient's progress and removing the device as early as possible, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Warm water causes extra-cold winters in northeastern North America and Northeastern Asia

If you're sitting on a bench in New York City's Central Park in winter, you're probably freezing. After all, the average temperature in January is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But if you were just across the pond ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

Amazon puts music in the 'cloud' (Update)

Beating Apple and Google to the punch, Amazon unveiled a service on Tuesday that allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Retailers want to sell you gadgets, buy them back later, and then sell them again

You know that shiny smart phone you bought six months ago? There's an even better one hitting the market right about now. Or how about that flat-panel TV you bought last year. Now they come in 3-D.

Technology / Business

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Starz puts 90-day delay on Netflix for originals

(AP) -- Starz has become the latest pay TV channel to pull back from its embrace of subscription video provider Netflix Inc. and treat it more like a competitor.

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Showtime deal with Netflix shows emerging rivalry

(AP) -- Amid an emerging rivalry between traditional pay TV operators and rising star Netflix Inc., CBS Corp.'s Showtime pay TV service confirmed Wednesday that back seasons of current original series like "Dexter" and "Californication" ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix shares surge on analyst call, research

Netflix shares soared on Wall Street on Tuesday as a financial analyst rated the US video company a buy and market research showed it trouncing its rivals in the home digital movie market.

Technology / Business

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spotify reaches one million paying users

Swedish music streaming service Spotify said Tuesday it had reached one million paying users, a number that has doubled in under a year but still represents fewer than one out of six Spotify users.

Technology / Internet

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

Researchers use 'nano-Velcro' technology to improve capture of circulating cancer cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Circulating tumor cells, which play a crucial role in cancer metastasis, have been known to science for more than 100 years, and researchers have long endeavored to track and capture them. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More tests needed for oesophageal cancer patients

A University of Adelaide medical researcher says current treatment for people diagnosed with oesophageal cancer could be improved with additional pathology tests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enabling nanoparticles to penetrate deeply in tumors

Too often, researchers designing nanoparticles capable of delivering effective doses of anticancer agents to tumors must balance the need to choose a nanoparticle that is small enough to escape the leaky blood vessels that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Amazon offers free online movies to Prime members

Online shoppers subscribing to Amazon.com's premium membership are getting a new entertainment feature that will allow them to watch movies over the Internet, just as they can through Netflix's rapidly growing ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Measuring forestry's impact on water availability

CSIRO has developed new tools to help government and industry water management agencies better estimate how forest plantations affect stream flows in local catchments.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0