Facebook to require games to accept its 'credits'
(AP) -- Facebook will require all games on its site to accept payments through its own virtual currency system beginning July 1.
Internet
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NASA infrared data sees birth of 10th tropical depression in Southern Indian Ocean near Australian coast
NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of the very cold clouds that house powerful thunderstorms within the Southern Indian Ocean's newest tropical depression, number 10S. The depression quickly strengthened into ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2011
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Dynamic systems in living cells break the rules
There is considerable interest in understanding transport and information pathways in living cells. It is crucial for both the transport of, for example, medicine into cells, the regulation of cell life processes and their ...
General Physics
Jan 25, 2011
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Physics team reports gains in thermoelectric performance for bulk semiconductor material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston College, MIT, Clemson and Virginia have used nanotechnology to achieve a 60-90 percent increase in the thermoelectric figure of merit of p-type half-Heusler, a common bulk semiconductor ...
Nanophysics
Jan 25, 2011
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US Justice Department wants Internet, cell records held longer
The US Justice Department wants Internet service providers and cell phone companies to be required to hold on to records for longer to help with criminal prosecutions.
Internet
Jan 25, 2011
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See where your money is going -- literally
Kathy Williamson was over in the Pigeon Forge area in early December and stopped into a Harry & David store in Sevierville, Tenn., to buy candy. The change she received from the clerk was correct, but she noticed something ...
Internet
Jan 25, 2011
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Yahoo! cutting one percent of workforce
Yahoo! said Tuesday it is laying off one percent of its workforce, or some 130 employees, in the latest job cuts at the struggling Internet portal.
Business
Jan 25, 2011
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Software could help prevent building collapse in sinking cities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shanghai, the most populated city in China, is sinking at an average rate of 2-4 cm per year. Although that may not sound like much, the downward shift can cause the collapse of buildings and underground ...
The economics of smoking
(PhysOrg.com) -- Phil DeCicca studies the economics of one of the country's top killers - smoking. A health economist by trade, DeCicca researches the impact public policies have on the habits of smokers: Does the rate of ...
Economics & Business
Jan 25, 2011
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Google on a hiring high
Google said Tuesday it will hire a record number of people this year, taking on more than 6,000 workers "across the board and around the globe."
Business
Jan 25, 2011
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