Reuters – Software giant Microsoft Corp has won a U.S. court approval to deactivate a…
Month: February 2010
2010 Winter Olympics case study: Confronting infectious disease threats at large-scale international events
Integrating real-time Internet-based infectious disease surveillance with knowledge of worldwide air traffic patterns could help…
Deluge of scientific data needs to be curated for long-term use
A professor of library and information science says that data curation — the active and…
HIV drug resistance lasts about one year in women treated with nevirapine to prevent infant infection, study suggests
A new study confirms that a single dose of nevirapine (sdNVP) can lead to HIV…
More evidence on benefits of high blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye disease
Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be…
Total fat, trans fat linked to higher incidence of ischemic stroke
Post-menopausal women who ate the most daily dietary fat had a 40 percent higher incidence…
More tropical cyclones in past could play role in warmer future
More frequent tropical cyclones in Earth’s ancient past contributed to persistent El NiƱo-like conditions, according…
Virgin Media signs video Web deal with Brightcove (Reuters)
Reuters – British cable TV operator Virgin Media has chosen online video publisher Brightcove to…
Hollywood lodges appeal in Internet piracy case (AFP)
AFP – Hollywood film studios Thursday lodged an appeal against a landmark legal judgment which…
IBM: Vulnerabilities Fell in 2009, but Other Risks Abound (PC World)
PC World – The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number…