New York Times: Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum,…
Month: January 2008
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First Look At Mercury’s Previously Unseen Side
As MESSENGER flew by the planet, it missed its targeted aim point by only 8.25…
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Sun’s $1B MySQL Buy May Be Its Entree Into Web 2.0 Software (TechWeb)
TechWeb – Acquisition lets vendor plug hole in product line and dig deeper into open…
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Facebook Software Maker Slide Gets $50 Million In Funding (TechWeb)
TechWeb – Company founders point to the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook’s wave…
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iPhone spurs Web traffic, if not music sales (Reuters)
Reuters – While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at its annual Macworld…
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US video game sales soar to record 17.9 billion dollars (AFP)
AFP – US video game industry sales rocketed to a record high 17.9 billion dollars…
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Warning on rising Med Sea levels
Levels in the Mediterranean Sea are rising rapidly, with potentially serious effects in coastal areas,…
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Exposure To Smoking In Movies Influences Kids Lighting Up, New Research Suggests
New research strengthens the case that children’s exposure to smoking in movies influences their decision…
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Drought Length Influences Survival Of Fish In Stream Pools
Not all pools of water are equal from year to year when it comes to…
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New Way To Boost Red Blood Cell Numbers
A common treatment for anemia is administration of recombinant erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the…