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YouTube creators cashed in big on sale to Google: documents - YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google....
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China says HP violated customer rights rules - China's product-quality watchdog said US computer maker Hewlett-Packard violated Chinese consumer rights rules, after an investigation into complaints about faulty laptops from dozens of customers....
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New venture from Facebook co-founder to promote charity - Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is launching a startup to promote charitable efforts....
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A blue gem for greener fuel - (PhysOrg.com) -- Sapphire, a brilliant blue gemstone most familiar in jewelry, may soon play an important part in making coal a cleaner fuel source....
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Gaming - step by step - (PhysOrg.com) -- For one University of Alberta professor, making the move from California to Edmonton turned out to be the first step in becoming involved with an award-winning video game....
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Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine - Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday....
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Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports - (AP) -- Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first....
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See-through networks - (PhysOrg.com) -- Promising faster, more efficient and cheaper computer networking, transparent networks are the paradigm of the future. But thanks to European researchers, they are on their way already....
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Bharti to sell iPhone 3GS in India - India's top mobile phone company said on Friday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone 3GS in India....
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Net produces new generation of China activists - (AP) -- Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town....
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Parents oppose Philly school webcam spying lawsuit - (AP) -- Some suburban Philadelphia parents are seeking to halt a potential class-action lawsuit accusing their school district of using cameras in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home....
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Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly - Google has been busy. The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen if the effort, known as the Google Books Library Project, survives a legal challenge....
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Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools - (AP) -- Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping power blocks for the chalkboard?...
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Augmented reality windshield from GM to show drivers potential hazards (w/ Video) - (PhysOrg.com) -- General Motors and scientists from the University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University are developing a windshield display that will highlight obstacles or objects on the road to warn drivers of hazards in dark or foggy conditions....
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Folding plug wins international award for student inventor (w/ Video) - (PhysOrg.com) -- A design student, frustrated at having his brand new wafer-thin laptop scratched by the unwieldy and bulky plug attached to it, set about re-designing the standard British 3-pin plug that has remained unchanged for over six decades, and invented a plug that folds to a mere one centimeter thickness....
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Google to leave China April 10: state media - US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking....
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EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 pct - (AP) -- The pay package last year for EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci was 23 percent lower than in 2008, a reflection of lower equity awards and cuts to the data-storage company's executive salaries....
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Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy - (AP) -- Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets....
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Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle - (AP) -- Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet....
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New IBM Service Plays Real-Time Matchmaker In Call Centers - IBM announced a new service today which uses advanced analytics to match a caller with the optimal customer service representative (CSR) in real-time. IBM has collaborated with specialty insurance provider Assurant Solutions, part of Assurant, Inc., to develop the Real-Time Analytics Matching Platform (RAMP). The use of RAMP has enabled Assurant Solutions call centers to increase customer retention, increase sales yields and decrease agent attri...
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Fujitsu Introduces Advanced 40 Gbps Coherent Optics - Fujitsu announced today the addition of third generation 40 Gbps optical interfaces to its industry leading FLASHWAVE 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) platform....
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Mobile learning with iPhone now possible - Developing countries often lack the appropriate infrastructure and trained personnel to enable lifelong learning or continuing education. Although broadband Internet is on the rise, it still requires a big funds investment. Currently the mobile infrastructure is the main access point for Internet communication in remote areas. That is why researchers from Peru and Belgium have developed an open source learning solution. This code enables health c...
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Researchers to test renewable-energy system at local treatment plant - A successful University of Nevada, Reno renewable energy research project is moving from the lab to the real world in a demonstration-scale system to turn wastewater sludge into electricity....
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Palm's phone sales slump and its stock dives - (AP) -- Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it's having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company's shares plunged in after-hours trading....
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New welding discovery could radically improve manufacturing practices - (PhysOrg.com) -- A new welding technique for manufacturing horizontal and inclined structures discovered by Cranfield University could radically improve weld-based manufacturing practices, without the need for additional tooling or any type of fixtures or waste materials....
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Seattlepi.com celebrates 1 year of Web-only news - (AP) -- Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer....
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YouTube expected to launch bid to woo musicians from MySpace - YouTube is expected to announce on Wednesday a new program -- dubbed "Musicians Wanted" -- to lure independent musicians to its social networking site....
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Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies - (AP) -- Apple Inc. says board member and former auto industry executive Jerome York has died....
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MSG network to show Islanders-Rangers game in 3-D - (AP) -- A regional TV network will broadcast next week's Islanders-Rangers game in 3-D, joining a worldwide trend that affects few viewers now but could eventually change the way people watch sports....
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HP settles patent violation cases with importers - (AP) -- Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with three companies that have been accused of infringing on the printer company's patents for ink cartridges....
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Dial a Phone - Mobile phone is very important, especially for dynamic people like you. However, mobile phone is not only about the function. It?s also about style and prestige. New cell phone is launched almost everyday. We will be looked out of date if we don?t buy the new cell phone. To follow the trend does not mean [ ]...
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Easy Inkz! Low price with high quality printer ink - You may often hear words price means quality. You will get good quality with high price and vice versa, low quality with low price. But have you ever heard low price with high quality? Can?t believe it? I also can?t believe it until I found Easy Inkz. Easy Inkz provides printer ink with highly quality [ ]...
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Playing Online Game, Safe and Fun - Online computer game has touch our life closer than before. But before it is too late, it is better to keep it safe to be touched and not controlling our life. Games - well, depend on which kind of them - have a good side as it stimulate our sense in which those game [ ]...
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Joy of CD Players - I know it is a bit old-fashioned to listen music through CD player while iPod is around, but sometimes it can bring our joy of certain sense when we are using it. And for some reason that some songs are only in CD collection, playing music CD is not sin at all. Here is a little [ ]...
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Yet Another Social Website, Free Live Chat Included - As social website growth more than people expected, many followers rises. Friendstation is one of blossom promising free social networking website. Basically featured similar with other social networking website, here is another special feature you can blink at: Live Chat It is the pride feature offered by friendstation, makes you connect one another at single 24/7 free [ ]...
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I Welcome you Home in England - England known as land of kings. Travelers recognize its matured king?s age building around its cities. England is one of most advanced Europe country with its technology while keeping their classic and high taste of honor among its people. As those mentioned above reason, it is a honored value to have something lies in England land. [ ]...
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Get your Total Control Photo Enhancement - Yet another new web service arises. This time is a specialized photo editing or image enhancement. Zeroflaws.com it is called. It offers you 3 easy steps : upload your image. note a request: whether you want to remove acne, red-eye reduction, loosing background or something else, it is completely in your control. let some specialist they have [ ]...
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Mind your Eyes, Beware of Computer Screen - So you are a computer worker, either offline office worker or internet worker, most of you is dealing with computer screen everyday. Spreadsheet and other paperless method make us staring at computer screen at least 5 hour a day. That is a long stressed enough hours for our sore eyes. Light effect of it is [ ]...
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PAMI Develops Anaerobic Biodigester - REGINA - Oct 2/06 - SNS -- The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has developed an anaerobic biodigester system at its facilities in Humboldt, which has the potential to turn common waste into heat and electricity. ...
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SWP Expands Wireless Network - SASKATOON - Sep 7/06 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (SWP) will off wireless high speed access points at 100 of its facilities under a seven year agreement with VCom Inc.' YourLink Inc. subsidiary. ...
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PDA For Dairy Operations - VANCOUVER - Jun 16/06 - SNS -- North American dairy producers now have available a rugged PDA for instantly entering data about individual cows in their herds. ...
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USDA Approves Plant-Made Vaccine - NEW YORK - Jan 31/06 - SNS -- Dow AgroSciences LLC received regulatory approval for a plant-made vaccine from the USDA's Center for Veterinary Biologics, the first time a plant-made product has been approved. ...
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USDA Proposes EDI Rules - WASHINGTON - Jan 27/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in response to concerns raised by the industry regarding electronic invoicing. The concern is that sellers may lose their status as trust creditors when using electronic data interchange or electronic invoicing. ...
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Heads Up Display for Farmers - NEW YORK - Dec 16/05 - SNS -- Smucker Manufacturing is teaming with Motion Research Corporation to create the first Heads Up Display (HUD) guidance systems for agricultural applications. ...
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Alberta Invests in Food Residue Analysis - EDMONTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture has invested in a new tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) system so that it can rapidly test for chemical residue in food products. ...
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NIR Feed Grain Segregation Project - DES MOINES - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. and CHS Inc. are working on a pilot project to evaluate the feed quality of incoming grain to develop more efficient channeling of defined grain to specific end-use customers. The project will be conducted over two years at a minimum of four CHS grain-handling locations, beginning in 2005. ...
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Hand-Held IRS Device for Forage - WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers are working with two private companies in Oklahoma to develop hand-held devices which can measure the nutrient quality of forage. ...
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CBOT Upgrades Trading Platform - CHICAGO - Aug 29/05 - SNS -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will upgrade its electronic trading platform on October 9, 2005. ...
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Biodegradeable Polymers Possible - WASHINGTON - Aug 24/05 - SNS -- Glycerol and citric acid can be chemically combined to produce biodegradable polymers that could be used in produce packaging and other products, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists. ...
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Beware of Charity Scams - SYDNEY - Jul 15/05 - SNS -- People should never respond to anonymous requests for charitable contributions and never click on submission links contained in email messages, warns the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). ...
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Chicken Manure Cleans Up Polluted Water - WASHINGTON - Jul 7/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have found a way to convert chicken manure into a product capable of cleaning polluted waters. ...
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USDA Invents Artificial Bugs - WASHINGTON - Jun 22/05 - SNS -- Plant breeders will soon have a new tool available to simulate attacks by insects on plants to help breeders screen for resistance to insect-borne viral diseases of corn and soybean. ...
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Rapid Herbicide Resistance Tests - WASHINGTON - Jun 20/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have developed two tests for rapidly screenings horseweed plants for resistance to the herbicide glyphosate. ...
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