Reuters – U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp unveiled a deal on Monday to buy German chipmaker…
Month: August 2010
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3M to acquire Cogent for about $943 million (AP)
AP – 3M Co., the conglomerate whose products range from Post-Its to respirators, computer arms…
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Oracle’s Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Oracle’s suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable…
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Parenting style: Italians strict, French moderate, Canadians lenient
Canadian teenagers enjoy more freedom than French and Italian peers, according to a new study….
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Mars’s mysterious elongated crater
Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars’s equator, in the eastern hemisphere of…
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Body mass index and thrombogenic factors in newly menopausal women
A study of a subset of women in the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study suggests…
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Decongestant use in pregnant women linked to lower risk of preterm birth
A new study by epidemiologists has found that women who took over-the-counter decongestants during their…
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Hurts so good: Neural clues to the calming effects of self-harm
The notion that cutting or burning oneself could provide relief from emotional distress is difficult…
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‘Stocky dragon’ dinosaur, relative of Velociraptor, terrorized Late Cretaceous Europe
Paleontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late…
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Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson – Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday…