 CERN sticks to opening gala despite atom-smasher troubles September 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Europe's leading physicists will swap their lab coats for their best suits next month for the official inauguration of a multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang". | |
Mobile phone subscriptions to reach 4 billion by year-end: ITU September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world will reach four billion by the end of the year driven by growth in developing economies, the International Telecommunications Union said Friday. | |
 Microsoft chief optimistic despite US economic meltdown September 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says he is confident the technology industry is buffered from the US economic crisis. | |
Thousands flock in Bangladesh to see 15.2 kg baby September 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Parents of a 15.2 kilogramme (33.5 pounds) baby born in southern Bangladesh were forced to hide their newborn this week after thousands of villagers flocked to see the infant, doctors said Friday. | |
Court rules for Microsoft in patent case September 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A US appeals court ruled Thursday that US computer software giant Microsoft does not have to pay French-US telecom firm Alcatel-Lucent 1.5 billion dollars in a patent infringement case. | |
Computer applications float in Internet cloud September 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When Merlin Mann is on the go and needs to access his computer information he steps into the cloud. Mann, a 41-year-old technology blogger, is one of thousands of Americans who are shunning packaged software in favor of programs ... | |
Scientists warn US Congress of cancer risk for cell phone use September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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The potential link between mobile telephones and brain cancer could be similar to the link between lung cancer and smoking -- something tobacco companies took 50 years to recognize, US scientists warned Thursday. | |
Facebook closing market share gap with MySpace September 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
MySpace's share of the US online social networking market slipped while rival Facebook's piece grew in the year leading up to September, industry tracker Hitwise reported Thursday. | |
Amphibians at risk over climate change, habitat loss: Scientists September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Climate change, habitat destruction and disease threaten to wipe out over half of Europe's frog, toad and newt species by the middle of the century, the Zoological Society of London warned Thursday. | |
'Spore' evolution computer game spawns lawsuit September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The freshly-launched "Spore" computer game that lets people play God has been hit with a lawsuit accusing its creators of slipping devilish anti-piracy software onto players' machines. | |
 GM to double production of fuel-efficient engines September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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General Motors announced plans Thursday to double its global production of more fuel-efficient small engines by 2011 with the help of a new engine plant in struggling Flint, Michigan. | |
 NASA at 50: still taking science to the limit September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
In 50 years, NASA has earned itself an unparalleled reputation as an engineering, technological and scientific pioneer by pushing science to the limit. | |
 China counts down to its riskiest space mission yet September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
China counted down Thursday to its third manned space mission which for the first time will include a space walk -- a feat as risky as it is prestigious for the rising Asian power. | |
Microsoft courts Chinese consumers with slashed software price September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft said Thursday it had cut the price of one of its Office operating system products by more than 70 percent in China as it tries to encourage consumers to turn away from pirated software. | |
 Meteorite experiment deals blow to 'bugs from space' theory September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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A novel experiment has dealt a setback to a theory that life on Earth was kickstarted by bacteria that hitched a ride on space rocks. | |
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