Twelve years is an eternity is the video-game business. In 1998, the Microsoft Xbox didn’t…
Month: August 2010
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Should You Keep or Ditch Your Landline?
Reception complaints with the new iPhone 4, and occasionally every mobile phone on earth, have…
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The Long-Term Jobless: Left Behind
To understand the potential consequences of long-term unemployment, consider the job prospects of Sheldon Fisher…
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Dish To Stream Live TV on iPad and Other Gadgets
Dish subscribers will soon be able to watch live satellite TV on their mobile devices…
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New Business Owners Perform a Juggling Act
Multi-tasking is something that most people have to do at work. Those who start their…
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‘Glass ceiling’ may exist for highly cited researchers at research universities
At a time when great jobs are hard to find, here’s good news for the…
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Cutting Japanese carbon dioxide emissions
Last year, heat-pump technology cut Japan’s CO2 emissions by 1.1 million tons. The savings are…
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Obesity prevention begins before birth: Excess maternal weight gain increases birth weight after controlling for genetic factors
A large population-based study looks at two or more pregnancies in the same mother and…
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Potential prostate cancer marker discovered
Studies have revealed a potential marker for prostate cancer. A new analysis technique to create…
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H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic
In a report in the August 5 PLoS Pathogens, an international team of scientists shows…