Microsoft unveiled a new mobile phone operating system Monday in a bid to claw back lost market share from the iPhone, Blackberry and devices powered by Google's Android software.
Software
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. knows the cell phone world is where it's happening, and it's determined to be a part of it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The challenges faced by recent retirees are changing how we plan for and expect to experience retirement in the future, say the academics working on a new University of Melbourne study.
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Self-organization processes involving chemical building blocks are the basis for many biological processes and are increasingly of interest in the field of materials synthesis, for example in the production ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 11, 2010
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A RIKEN-led team of molecular biologists (Japan) has determined why human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells undergo apoptosis, or programmed cell death, when separated from each other. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 11, 2010
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Farming in and around cities is sustainable, but the gains in terms of climate are limited. To really make a difference we must change our eating habits. This conclusion was reached by Wageningen University researchers (The ...
Environment
Oct 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may seem obvious that dunking relatively spherical objects in a sauce — blueberries in melted chocolate, say — will result in an array of completely encapsulated berries.
Nanomaterials
Oct 11, 2010
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Recent calls to cut Social Security benefits are grounded in misinformation and misunderstanding, says Merton C. Bernstein, LLB, a nationally recognized expert on Social Security.
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2010
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Camelopardalis. It's a strange-sounding name for a constellation, coming from the Greco-Roman word for giraffe, or "camel leopard". The October Camelopardalids are a collection of faint stars that have no mythology associated ...
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2010
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When cleaning the bathroom, we usually consider bacteria the enemy. However, a new study conducted by environmental scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated a way to ...
Environment
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