Motorola and Verizon Wireless jointly announced the Droid 2 smartphone Tuesday, confirming weeks of speculation…
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Website sponsors gambling on grades at 36 colleges (AP)
AP – Think you’re going to ace freshman year? Want to put money on that?
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Info freedom at center of Gulf’s BlackBerry debate (AP)
AP – The militants who carried out the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, used…
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Now You Can Follow Twitter Users Without an Account (Mashable)
Mashable – Twitter has introduced a new feature called âFast Followâ that makes it easy…
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‘Lap-band’ weight loss surgery in very obese adults improves mental health, study finds
One year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not…
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Millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region — by flying
Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region…
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Computerized warning system alerts doctors to medications that could harm elderly patients
Adverse drug events occur in an estimated 40 percent of all hospital patients and can…
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Brain rhythm predicts ability to sleep through a noisy night
Ever wonder why some people can sleep through just about anything, while others get startled…
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Larger waist associated with greater risk of death
Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from…
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Plastic computer memory device that utilizes electron spin to read and write data: Alternative to traditional semiconductors
Researchers have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons…