American Richard Heck, who shared this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry with two Japanese scientists, said Thursday he was surprised at the honour for his groundbreaking work.
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Oct 7, 2010
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(AP) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest seller of computer memory chips, forecast Thursday that third-quarter operating profit likely eased from the previous quarter's record high amid signs that growth in global ...
Business
Oct 7, 2010
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jazzing up its Internet search results in an effort to orchestrate a revenue revival.
Internet
Oct 7, 2010
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Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system, meant to rival the US-built Global Positioning System (GPS), is over budget, running late and will be unprofitable for years, a press report said on Thursday.
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2010
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High-powered players are pumping 10 million dollars into Viewdle, a technology startup crafting ways to let smartphones "see" things the same way people do and identify faces.
Software
Oct 7, 2010
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(AP) -- For three years, technology and telecommunications companies have watched nervously from the sidelines as the United States and nearly a dozen trading partners have negotiated a trade agreement that critics feared ...
Business
Oct 7, 2010
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Logitech has unveiled the first "Google TV" boxes touted as merging online content and traditional television offerings.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 7, 2010
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Computer-modelled comparison of online football gamblers' behaviour during play and during half-time shows distinct real-time differences, begging the question what motivates betting behaviour when play is not underway?
General Physics
Oct 7, 2010
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Poverty has grown in America's suburbs during the recent economic downturn, but poor people in many suburban communities are finding it hard to get the help they need, a report by University of Chicago researchers shows.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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