Today’s high-tech gadgets are tomorrow’s Goodwill drop-box contents, and they’re the-day-after-tomorrow’s two-buck iPhone apps. You…
Month: January 2011
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Broadcom Sees the Linuxy Light at Last
Good things come to those who wait, as the saying goes, and recently the Linux…
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Freedom of Online Speech in a Post-Wikileaks World
In the wake of Cablegate, the massive release of sensitive documents released online by WikiLeaks…
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Cancer costs projected to reach at least $158 billion in 2020
Based on growth and aging of the US population, medical expenditures for cancer in the…
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Engineers give solar power a boost
The growing popularity of solar photovoltaic systems across the United States has made it more…
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Pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine effective in 2009-10 flu season
One dose of the pandemic flu vaccines used in seven European countries conferred good protection…
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New responsive click-track software lets drummers set their own pace
New software has been developed that gives drummers the freedom to speed up or slow…
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Antibiotics best treatment for ear infections in toddlers, study finds
Adding new evidence to the debate on the best treatment for middle-ear infections, or acute…
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Biomedical breakthrough: Blood vessels for lab-grown tissues
Researchers have broken one of the major roadblocks on the path to growing transplantable tissue…
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Google Buys eBook Technologies for Expanded Role
In a move that could signal an expansion of its e-book strategy, Google has purchased…