Oracle buys Web management firm FatWire
US business software giant Oracle announced the acquisition on Tuesday of Web management company FatWire Software.
Business
Jun 21, 2011
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Facebook exposes children to online threats says EU
Social networking sites such as Facebook are not doing enough to protect children from potential dangers such as grooming by paedophiles or online bullying, European authorities said on Tuesday.
Internet
Jun 21, 2011
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Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells
Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as 750 degrees Celsius. The ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 21, 2011
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New study shows small prey able to detect predators by a chemical in their urine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists from Harvard Medical School have isolated a chemical found in the urine of many, if not all carnivores, that small rodents can smell and that causes them to respond accordingly; i.e. ...
Web address boom could be search engine boon
The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines.
Internet
Jun 21, 2011
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Consumer views on cloned products breed different results, study shows
Not all consumers share the same attitudes toward animal cloning, but the latest research from Sean Fox, Kansas State University professor of agricultural economics, shows that Americans may be more accepting of consuming ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2011
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Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time
German researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 21, 2011
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Flexible schedule is key to keeping working moms on the job
Women who return to work after giving birth are more likely to stay on the job if they have greater control over their work schedules, according to a Baylor University study. Researchers also found that job security and the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2011
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Cooling system may build eggs' natural defenses against salmonella
(PhysOrg.com) -- Once eggs are laid, their natural resistance to pathogens begins to wear down, but a Purdue University scientist believes he knows how to rearm those defenses.
Other
Jun 21, 2011
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Duo of big telescopes probes the depths of binary star formation
A team of researchers from four Japanese universities (Kobe, Saitama, Osaka, and Tokyo) has been able to delineate the intricate structure of the circumbinary disk that surrounds a young binary star system from the observation ...
Astronomy
Jun 21, 2011
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