Apple files promised appeal in book-collusion case
Apple is fighting a legal order requiring the company to modify its digital book contracts and submit to oversight by a court-appointed antitrust monitor.
Business
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Spain sees 'limited risk' of big quake linked to gas
Spain's government said Friday there is a limited risk of a big earthquake shaking the eastern coast after a string of small tremors linked to a vast offshore gas storage plant.
Earth Sciences
Oct 4, 2013
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NASA's moon landing remembered today as a promise of a 'future which never happened'
NASA's footage of the first moon landing promised a future of sci-fi heroism that never came to pass, according to a new study.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2013
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Twitter's Evan Williams may be worth $1B after IPO (Update)
The personal fortune of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams probably will take up 10 characters once the online communications company goes public.
Business
Oct 4, 2013
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EU plans stiff duties on biodiesel
The EU plans to impose stiff taxes on Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel imports for alleged trade dumping, industry players said on Friday.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 4, 2013
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A better device to detect ultraviolet light
Researchers in Japan have developed a new photodiode that can detect in just milliseconds a certain type of high-energy ultraviolet light, called UVC, which is powerful enough to break the bonds of DNA and harm living creatures. ...
General Physics
Oct 4, 2013
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Prosecutors want Silk Road mastermind to remain jailed
Prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge that the mastermind of the nefarious online bazaar Silk Road is too dangerous to be freed on bail.
Internet
Oct 4, 2013
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Deal reached on curbing airlines' CO2 emissions
The UN aviation body has reached a deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions, sources close to the negotiations said Friday.
Environment
Oct 4, 2013
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In IPO, Twitter seeks to be 'anti-Facebook'
Twitter's $1 billion stock offering suggests a cautious Wall Street debut by the popular messaging platform, careful to avoid the mistakes made by its larger counterpart Facebook last year, say analysts.
Internet
Oct 4, 2013
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Designing new sources of extreme ultraviolet light for making integrated circuits with next generation lithography
When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, which has a higher frequency and greater energy than normal ultraviolet.
Optics & Photonics
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