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Consumer & Gadgets Apr 12, 2010

German tablet PC sets out to rival Apple's iPad (Update)

(AP) -- The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.

Consumer & Gadgets Mar 31, 2010

Sight unseen, fans hear 'iPad' and think 'iWant'

(AP) -- People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for: a new cell phone that promised to be better. Apple Inc.'s newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer, falls into a category ...

General Physics Mar 24, 2010

Magnetic monopole experiment at CERN could rewrite laws of physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment led by a University of Alberta researcher, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, could dramatically change our concepts of basic physics, revolutionize our understanding of the Universe ...

Internet Mar 19, 2010

Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly

Google has been busy. The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen ...

Biochemistry Mar 9, 2010

Chemical competition: Research identifies new mechanism regulating embryonic development

A Princeton University-led research team has discovered that protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals that direct early embryonic development. The work suggests that ...

Internet Feb 18, 2010

NYC judge expresses some doubts about Google deal

(AP) -- A judge Thursday questioned whether Google and lawyers for authors and publishers went too far when they struck a deal that would let the gigantic search engine make money presiding over the world's largest digital ...

Business Jan 30, 2010

News Corp. in 500-million-dollar settlement with Valassis

News Corp. said Saturday it had reached a 500-million-dollar settlement over lawsuits filed by Valassis Communications Inc. against a division of Rupert Murdoch's entertainment and media giant.

General Physics Jan 22, 2010

A Lawyer's View of the Risk of Black Hole Catastrophe at the LHC

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just bringing up the topic of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) creating a black hole that destroys the Earth might seem unscientific and out of place on a science news website. After all, the subject is generally ...

Other Dec 27, 2009

High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."

Business Dec 18, 2009

Analysts warn that FTC suit could damage Intel

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Intel Wednesday -- the most far-reaching in a string of recent regulatory actions -- poses a huge threat to the Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant and could reshape the semiconductor ...

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