Online e-book seller Shortcovers has changed its name and is in the process of revamping…
Month: December 2009
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Operation Chokehold Chokes, But Puts Spotlight on AT&T
Regardless of the results of Operation Chokehold — blogger Fake Steve Jobs’ call to overwhelm…
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Samsung’s New Android: It’s Fun to Live in the Moment
One of the problems with smartphones up to now is that they behaved more like…
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Could an ‘iPad’ Make E-Readers Irrelevant?
Martha Stewart did a somewhat curious thing last week: She talked tablets with her followers…
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Net’s Top Two Powerhouse Players Talk Policy
At the third annual U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum last week, top government and technology leaders…
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Operation Chokehold – AT&T’s New-Media Noose
Does it really matter whether Operation Chokehold shuts down AT&T’s network today? Even if every…
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Antidepressants cut risk of hospital readmission for suicidal youth, study suggests
Suicidal adolescents who were prescribed an antidepressant medication during inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment were 85…
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Antagonistic genes control rice growth
Scientists have found that a plant steroid prompts two genes to battle each other —…
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Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease
Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a…
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Breathlessness eased in patients with rare, often fatal disease
Patients with a rare, deadly disease that mostly affects young women felt a dramatic reduction…