AP – Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are close to finalizing a proposal for…
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Google Android gains pace, social Web a focus: CEO (Reuters)
Reuters – About 200,000 smartphones and other devices based on Google’s Android operating system are…
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Verizon and Google reach Internet traffic deal: sources (Reuters)
Reuters – Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc agreed to a deal over how Internet…
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IBM and Aetna tie up to offer clinical support service (Reuters)
Reuters – IBM and Aetna Inc on Thursday jointly launched a service aimed at helping…
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Vietnamese brides flock to South Korea (AFP)
AFP – After 30 minutes of discussion it was settled. Le would become his bride.
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Combat veterans face more lifelong socioeconomic challenges, sociologist finds
From the many images sent home from foreign battlefields over the last several decades, Americans…
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Genes from sweet pepper arm banana against deadly wilt disease
In a major breakthrough, crop scientists have successfully transferred genes from green pepper to bananas…
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Marfan, a ‘look-alike’ disorder, or neither? Researchers offer simple list of signs for early detection
Researchers have compiled what they believe are reliable lists of tell-tale physical signs to help…
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Researchers drill through mile and a half of Greenland ice sheet in search of climate change insights
After years of concentrated effort, scientists from the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit…
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MicroRNA molecule increases number of blood stem cells, may help improve cancer treatment
Researchers have identified a new mechanism that controls the number of hematopoietic stem cells —…