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US jobless rate reaches 8.9 per cent, less than expected
Washington - The US unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 per cent in April, its highest level since...
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President Obama enjoys 68-per-cent approval rating after 100 days
Washington - More than two thirds of Americans think Barack Obama is doing...
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Western Forests Affected By Climate Change
The U.S. Geological Survey released a report presenting a worrying trend in western U.S. where the...
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US Adults Choose Internet Over Sex
When it comes to choosing between sex and spending more time
on the Internet, you would be (or...
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Bush Administration Eases Rules on Endangered Species Act
Six weeks before Democratic President-elect
Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration is...
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Teenagers Share Nude Pics Over Phones And E-Mail
It is clear that our society is highly sexualized these
days, from television shows to...
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American Students Getting Better at Math
According to a survey published Tuesday, American children
have gotten better at Math, doing much...
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U.S. Students Get Better at Math
A study
released on Tuesday pointed out that American 4th and 8th
graders significantly improved...
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38% Of U.S. Adults Are Using Alternative Medicine
A survey released today by the National Institutes of Health found that 42.8 percent of American...
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Survey Shows US Students Gain In International Math Test
The most recent international survey on teen mathematics and
science achievements released by the...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Activity Goals
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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Many Primary Care Doctors Not Satisfied with Their Work, Want to Quit
A survey released this week by the Physicians’ Foundation, a
non-profit group of state medical...
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Overworked Doctors Looking For Alternative Careers
It’s no secret that life as a doctor is hard and tiresome. The sheer pressure of responsibility is...
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Survey: Many United States Doctors Consider Quitting
A survey
released Tuesday revealed that many primary care doctors in the United
States were...
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Wildfires turn California from heaven to hell
Los Angeles - California always evoked bikini-clad beach beauties, high-tech hothouses and carefree...
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College and University Presidents among Highest Paid
According to a survey by the Chronicle
Higher Education released on Monday, a dozen presidents of...
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Fire Destroys 80 Homes In Montecito, Calif. Forcing Evacuations
A big, wind-driven blaze burnt hundreds of acres and wrecked numerous houses and buildings Thursday...
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California To Carry Out Largest Earth Quake Drill In U.S. History Today
The state of California will carry out the largest earth quake drill in United States history on...
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INTERVIEW: Good Corporate Governance: A Challenge For East And West
Cairo - Although he rejects the idea that good corporate governance would have decreased the effect...
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French People Think Obama Elections Is Good for US, Poll Finds
Paris - An overwhelming majority of the French people think that the election of Barack Obama is...
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Australians Roast Obama Victory
Sydney - There's an Obama blend at Campos Coffee in the hip Sydney suburb of Newtown, and on...
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US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years
The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes is continuously rising, reaching double the cases...
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Update: Doctors Prescribe Placebos Without Patients’ Knowledge
Prescribing placebos has become a common thing among US doctors, with more than half of them...
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Two Moderate Earthquakes Strike Northern California Coast
The northern parts of the Californian coast were shaken a bit by two moderate earthquakes. The...
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Allergy Cases Up 18% In US Kids
More kids in the US suffered from allergies in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday by...
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Study: Many U.S. Children Are Uninsured, Even Though Their Parents Have Health Insurance
A study
published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association
has revealed that...
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United States Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Beyond God, Guns and Gays: US Evangelicals Head to Polls
Washington - Democrat Barack Obama may seem more comfortable discussing his Christian faith than...
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Update 1: Hypertension Rates Soaring In The United States
Researchers
from the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have recently revealed
that...
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Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007
In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA.
Gardasil is a drug designed to...
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Video Games
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Half Of The American Adults Play Video Games Too
A recent survey released by the Pew Internet & American Life
Project reveals that more than...
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Adults Play Video Games Too!
We know for a fact that teens love playing video games, but
how many adults have the same...
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Video Games, Also Popular Among Adults
Video games have been long considered the favorite pastime for youths and teenagers, but recent...
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NIMF Says Video Games Not All Bad
The National Institute on Media and Family said in this year’s
MediaWise Video Game Rating Cards...
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Video Game Industry Seems To Ignore Economic Downfall
It seems that in rough times, people spend money on entertainment, and that as entertainment goes,...
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Xbox 360 Can Do Whatever It Wants, PS3 Maintains Price
On Friday, during an interview at the Allen & Company
conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Sony...
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Teens Love PS3, Habbo Says
Maybe the sales of PlayStation 3 are trailing behind Xbox 360 and
Wii, but it seems like Sony’s...
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Game On! 72 Percent Of The US Population Does It
The NPD Group has just released a new report, "Online
Gaming 2008”, about the state of the...
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Sony Offers Scholarship To Female Gamers
It seems like there are too many men in the gaming industry.
Or at least Sony believes so, based...
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Video Games - Top Sellers on Thanksgiving Day
Lazard's analyst Colin Sebastian surveyed the growing sales on the gaming industry around the...
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Specials
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Archaeologists search Egypt for Antony and Cleopatra's tomb
Cairo - Archaeologists from Egypt and the Dominican Republic will excavate three sites next...
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Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?
As rates for high blood pressure and implicitly for heart disease and stroke are dramatically...
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Pets in United States becoming victims of economic crisis
Washington - The US economic crisis is affecting not only Americans, but is having an increasingly...
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Update: Alaska’s Volcano Redoubt Finally Erupts
Alaskan volcano Redoubt erupted six times overnight Sunday and Monday. The eruption caused a huge...
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Alaska’s Volcano Redoubt Finally Erupts
Mount Redoubt has erupted. The Alaskan volcano started erupting late Sunday at about 11:38 p.m....
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Social Networks, Blogs More Popular than E-mail
Online activities such as social networking and blogging are now more attractive and time-consuming...
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Kepler On Its Way To Finding Analog Earths In The Milky Way
Scientists have always been intrigued by other star-planet systems outside of our own solar system,...
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Study: Polar Oceans Populated by a Large Number of Species
Monday, a marine census revealed that there were 7,500 documented species in the Antarctic...
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Migraines May Now Have An Explanation: Too Much Belly Fat?
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Your Waist May Offer a Picture of Your Migraine Risk
A new study shows that overweight people are more likely to have migraines than those who are...
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Social Networking Sites Sign Pact with EU
Tuesday, social networking websites Facebook and MySpace, along with Google, signed a pact...
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Kids Who Need Vitamins Less Likely To Get Them
A study appearing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reveals that children and...
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Study: Forests in Western U.S. and Canada Are Dying
More and more trees in Western U.S. and Canada forest are dying as a consequence of the warming of...
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CES Is Filled with New Technologies, But Will the Customers Afford It?
Even though all big manufacturers have displayed new products and revolutionizing technologies at...
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Grim mood at US tech-fests
San Francisco/Las Vegas - With bad news shooting from every sector of the economy, the fact...
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Abstinence Pledges Can Be Deceiving
Pledge takers are as likely to have sex before getting hitched as other youngsters who don’t...
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Virginity Pledges Are Not Valid Anymore?
The results, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that virginity “pledgers”...
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Windows 7 And A Bit Of Microsoft Strategy
Microsoft announced another life extension for its supposedly retired Windows XP operating system,...
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Youngsters Who Skip Breakfast Have Sex At Earlier Age
A government-backed Japanese medical researcher said that youngsters who skip breakfast are more...
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Hazardous Drug Combos Put The Elderly At Risk
Four out of five U.S. seniors regularly take at least one prescription drug and more than 50...
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Is The Internet Better Than Sex?
The conclusions reached by a recent survey point out that the Internet is quickly becoming an...
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The Life in 2020 As Seen By The Pew Internet & American Life Project
According to a recently released report, by 2020, the mobile
phone is expected to become the most...
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Survey: Most Adults Would Choose Internet Over Sex and TV
The Internet has become a major part of our lives, and for a
lot of us, it seems to have become...
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US Adults Would Rather Give Up Sex, Than Internet
Americans would rather navigate the Internet than have sex, according to a new study carried out by...
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Adults Would Rather Live Without Sex Than Without Internet
When it comes to choosing between sex and spending more time
on the Internet, you would be (or...
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Teen Smoking Rate at Its Lowest
A survey released
Thursday revealed that fewer and fewer teenagers were in the habit of
smoking...
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U.S. Teens Prefer Painkillers, Alcohol and Marijuana to Stimulants and Smoking
Abuse of painkillers continues to be a
problem among teenagers, although fewer of them are smoking...
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The Use of Complementary/Alternative Medicine, a Common Practice among Kids
One in nine children uses complementary and
alternative medicine to treat chronic pain and other...
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Almost Half of U.S. Adults Use Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is steadily finding its way into
mainstream adoption, according to a...
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Teens Encourage Online Flirts with Self Semi-Nude Images
Online communication is extremely popular among teens, but
you might be surprised to find out that...
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Health
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More Americans Living with Paralysis than Previously Thought
New research by the University of New Mexico suggests that the number of people in the United...
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Meth Exposure during Pregnancy Predisposes Kids to Abnormal Brain Development
Methamphetamine use during pregnancy may cause abnormal brain development in children, according to...
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Drinking coffee could lower stroke risk for women
Boston/Berlin - Women who enjoy drinking coffee may be lowering their risk of suffering a stroke,...
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China has long way to go on health reforms
Beijing - Chinese authorities released a long-awaited health reform action plan...
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57 Percent of Nonsmoking New Yorkers Have High Levels of Nicotine in Their Blood
A study by New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noted that 57 percent of...
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Reduce Liquid Calories to Lose Weight, Study Suggests
What is the first thought on your mind when you decide to start a diet? I am sure you think about...
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Young Vegetarians More Prone to Eating Disorders
Research has shown that meat is not a healthy option in our diet, especially if it is red or...
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Survey: Some Therapists Still Try to “Cure” Homosexuality
A survey published in the journal BMC Psychiatry conducted by London researchers showed that...
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Adoption of Electronic Medical Records Going Slow in US Hospitals
According to a survey published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9...
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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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Survey Ranks States Depending on Wellness
A survey focusing on the wellbeing of the American citizens gave marks to regions and states of the...
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Survey: Financial Worries Leave Many Americans Sleepless
A poll for the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the US economy and other personal...
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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds
Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
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Commonly Used Pain Drug May Treat Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
People addicted to heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine may be able to...
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The Number of Kids in Need of Statins Lower than Expected
Fewer than 1 percent of American kids need cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study...
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Migraines Could Be Linked To Belly Fat
According to a recent research, belly fat might could be linked to more than just heart diseases...
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Your Waist May Offer A Picture Of Your Migraine Risk
A new study shows that overweight people are more likely to have migraines than those who are...
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Most Advertised Cigarette Brands Also On Top of Teenagers’ Preferences
The most heavily advertized brands of cigarettes, Marlboro, Newport and Camel also seem to be on...
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FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it will change some rules in an...
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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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Most Children Take Vitamins, But They Don’t Really Need Them
According to a newly released study, most children who take vitamins don’t really need them....
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Kids and Vitamins: Do They Really Need Them?
According to a recent study carried out by researchers at the University of California,...
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Hormonal Test May Predict The Likelihood Of Postpartum Depression
What is your chance of developing postpartum depression? This is a question most women are eager...
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Bisphenol A Stays in the Body Much Longer than Thought
The highly debated subject of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is not over yet. A new study...
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Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake
There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
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Women Surviving Childhood Cancer Don’t Get Regular Mammograms
Chest radiation received during childhood may increase women’s odds of developing breast...
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Recent Studies Should Discourage Smokers
Recent studies show quite some interesting things about smokers and smoking. A West Virginia...
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In Vitro Fertilization Treatments, an Option to Reconsider for Women Under 35
A new study raises hopes for young couples who decide to choose in vitro fertilization. In the...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple the Risk of Catching a Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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If You Are Unemployed Having a Health Insurance Becomes a Luxury
The unemployed Americans have much to lose when it comes to health insurance. Families USA, the...
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Technology
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Party that condones file-sharing could enter European Parliament
Stockholm - A Swedish party that condones file sharing and wants to change intellectual property...
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Life not worth living without internet, Hong Kong youngsters say
Hong Kong - Life would be meaningless and not worth living without the...
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Pricey US cellphone plans on chopping block for pressed consumers
Washington - An estimated 19 per cent of consumers with a cellphone in the US, or about 35 million...
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Social networking beats email on the web
San Francisco - Social networking is a more popular online activity than email, according to a new...
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Pew Draws The Portrait of The Average Twitter User
Over the past three years, sharing updates about oneself has become an increasingly popular...
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Facebook Talking Business With Nokia To Expand Mobile Reach
Facebook is reportedly working on expanding its reach into the mobile world, by establishing a...
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Study: Data Breach Costs Companies $6.6 million per Breach on Average
A recent study revealed the fact that the total cost of a data breach has climbed 2.5% to $202 per...
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Teens Face Kiddie Porn Charges
Six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges, after an increasingly...
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Survey: Adult Users on Social Networking Sites Quadruple Number
Social networking sites are primarily populated by young users, but the number of American adult...
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The State Of Social Networking According to Pew
If you have thought that social network sites are for kids and teens, then you should take a...
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Ford Introduces Enhanced SYNC 3.0 Car System
Automakers may not have the best perspectives at the moment, considering the economic...
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First Leads In The Twitter Web Attack
There might be some answers in the near future on the people responsible for...
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Twitter Is Safe Again After Yesterday's Hack
Yesterday morning, the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and...
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Twitter Accounts Of 30 Celebrities Hacked
Communication is one of the characteristics of this day and age. As the Internet is one of...
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Welcome to The Annual Consumer Electronics Show
The annual Consumer Electronics Show takes place in Las Vegas this week. But because of the...
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Pew Study Finds People Prefer Internet To Read News
A new Pew study shows that the Internet has surpassed newspapers, as Americans' main source for...
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Windows 7 and a Bit of Microsoft Strategy
Microsoft announced another life extension for its supposedly retired Windows XP operating system,...
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No More Internet for You, Music Sharing Criminals!
The RIAA or Recording Industry Association of America decided to change tactics in its constant war...
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U.S. Homes Are Gradually Becoming Landline-Free
Approximately 16.1 percent of US adults (36 million) live in wireless-only households, while 17...
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The internet in 2020: Mobile, ubiquitous and full of free movies
San Francisco - A survey of internet leaders and analysts has predicted that most people will...
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Half Of The Women Would Be Glad To Go Without Sex Than Internet
A recent survey of approximately 2,100 adults from the United States shows that a good fraction of...
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Microsoft Releases Its First App For iPhone
Microsoft has announced on Monday that it has released its first application built specifically for...
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Half of the American Women Prefer Internet to Sex
Intel and Harris Interactive decided to make a survey entitled “Internet Reliance in Today’s...
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Major Earthquake Expected To Hit Sumatra within Decades
The Indonesian island of Sumatra has been the scene of
devastating earthquakes in recent years,...
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Teenagers Use Their Cell Phone To Send Naughty Pictures
A new study showed that it’s old fashion to send love notes anymore. Teenagers and adults aged...
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The Holidays Are Giving Blu-ray The Shivers
A study recently released by ABI Research indicates that 47 percent of holiday buyers expect to...
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Technology…Pleasure and Pain for Most Consumers
Technology is part of our everyday lives, but how many of us really know how to handle all these...
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Technology Is A Key Element In Keeping Modern Families United
Technology plays an increasing role in keeping families
united, a recent survey by Pew Internet...
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Digital Spectre Worries Book Publishers in Frankfurt
Frankfurt - As carpenters put the finishing touches Tuesday to displays at the Frankfurt Book Fair,...
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Facebook, MySpace Absolute Rulers In Mobile Social Networking
Social networking has longtime crossed the border between
desktops and mobile devices, and as a...
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World
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Margot Wallstrom "Sweden's best EU proponent"
Stockholm - Outgoing Swedish EU Commissioner Margot Wallstrom is regarded as her country's best...
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Economic slump a real headache for migraine sufferers in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (dpa) - The economic slowdown has brought pain to Hong Kong in more ways than one with...
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Queen tops British trust survey
London - Queen Elizabeth II enjoys greater trust than any other public figure or politician in...
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Appeals filed over kiss-and-tell book on Finnish premier
Helsinki - A kiss-and-tell book about Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and the related issue...
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Central Italy reels as quake claims at least 50 dead
Rome - At least 50 people were confirmed dead - amid fears of that number rising - after a cental...
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Central Italy reels as quake claims at least 27 dead
Rome - At least 27 people were reported dead - amid fears of that number rising considerably...
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At least 20 dead as quake rocks central Italy
Rome - At least 20 people - five of them children - were killed Monday when a...
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Germany Engulfed By Gloomy Economic Winter
Berlin - Germany is caught in the midst of a gloomy economic winter with the government attempting...
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Inflation Plunge Adds To Rate Cut Pressure
Berlin - European inflation plunged to its lowest level in more than two years in December, data...
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Russia Pursues Ambitious Goals Despite Financial Crisis
Moscow - Russia set out its development goals until 2012 this year, but the four-year budget plan...
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Survey: Many Americans Turning To Complementary, Alternative Medicine
More and more Americans choose complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat their health...
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Record European Inflation Fall Paves The Way For Rate Cuts
Berlin - Inflation in the 15-member eurozone fell sharply in November and unemployment edged...
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German Exports Slump While Consumers Defy Gloom
Berlin - A slump in exports and a contraction in investment pushed Germany into a recession during...
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Young Japanese Reluctant Travellers
Tokyo - Having grown up during years of economic slumps and now seeing their country in a...
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German Business Confidence Plunges To Near 16-Year Low
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to near a 16-year low in November, a key survey...
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Underwater Quake Hits Indonesia's North Sulawesi
Jakarta - A powerful undersea eathquake in Indonesia's North Sulawesi led to the death of at least...
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Earthquake Kills More than 140 in Pakistan
Islamabad - A powerful earthquake rattled Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province on...
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Euro Hits Three-Year Low as Economic Gloom Deepens
Frankfurt - The euro plunged to a three-year low Friday, slipping below 1.25 dollars, amid...
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Technology: A Key In Keeping Modern Families United
Technology plays an increasing role in keeping families
united, a recent survey by Pew Internet...
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US Hypertension Rates on the Rise
As
obesity is continuously rising in the Unites States so is high blood pressure,
both conditions...
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One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
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6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Central Afghanistan
Kabul - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck central Afghanistan early...
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Kyrgyzstan: 6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Kills up to 65 People
Bishkek/Moscow - Up to 65 people were killed by a 6.6-magnitude earthquake in
Kyrgyzstan,
which...
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Smoking in Public Places Banned in India
New Delhi - India
on Thursday banned smoking in public places after a medical study warned...
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Indian Temple Stampede Death Toll Could Rise to More than 190
New Delhi - A day after a stampede at a Hindu temple, police in the north-western Indian town of...
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British conservatives set to hear Cameron's economic policy
London - Britain's Conservatives
were set to start their party conference Sunday, with party...
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Tsunami Warning Lifted in Indonesia after Powerful Earthquake
Islands in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku
were struck by a powerful earthquake...
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Quake Strikes Indonesia's Sumatra, One Victim
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, killing one woman and...
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Israeli Foreign Minister Livni winning race to succeed Olmert: poll
Tel Aviv - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the odds- on favourite to succeed Prime Minister...
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Indonesia cancels tsunami warning after powerful quake
Jakarta - Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a powerful magnitude-6.6 undersea earthquake...
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Science
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Arctic Sea is ‘on Thin Ice’, Survey Shows
The latest findings from scientists that have been monitoring the Arctic region show that the ice...
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Update: Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
The rupture of the ice bridge that was holding Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf in place will...
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Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
An ice bridge that was holding an ice shelf (that has been disintegrating since the 1960s) in place...
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Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf May Break Away
A huge ice shelf is close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to...
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One Third of US Bird Species are Endangered
Nearly one third of the bird species in the United States are "endangered, threatened or in...
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One Third of U.S. Bird Species in Peril (Report)
There are about 800 species of birds in our country and almost one third of those are...
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Wow! Huge Asteroid Nearly Hits Earth
An asteroid nearly hit Earth Monday morning and we didn’t even know with.
Our...
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NASA: Kepler To Launch No Earlier Than March 6
For centuries, people have been fascinated with discovering new Earth-like planets somewhere in our...
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Officials Meet To Discuss Space Junk Solutions
The recent collision between an American commercial satellite and a Russian retired satellite has...
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ESA Taking Space Junk Monitoring Matter Into Its Own Hands
Last week’s incident, when two satellites collided 500 miles above northern Siberia creating...
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Study Finds Common Species For Both Polar Seas
A marine census released on Monday has documented 7,500 species in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the...
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Same Species Found at Both Poles
New findings about the marine life show that there are 7,500 species living in the Antarctic and...
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235 Species Found In Both The Arctic And The Antarctic Areas
A large international project, called Census of Marine Life, pointed out a rather surprising fact,...
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California Face to Face With The Worst Drought In Its History
California is facing its third, and possibly its most severe, consecutive dry year, the...
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Antarctica Is Getting Warmer, Threatening More Animals
The creatures probably most affected by the global warming are those living in the cold,...
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Natural Cause For West Antarctica’s Warming?
There might be a possible natural explanation for West Antarctica’s warming. In 2008,...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple The Risk Of Catching A Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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Third-Hand Smoke: Dangerous For Health
A recent study has revealed a disturbing fact: fewer than half of smokers know that poisons...
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Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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American Students Gain in TIMSS Test
A recent international survey of student achievement
released on Tuesday, Trends in International...
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Study: US Students Getting Better At Math
The most recent international survey on teen mathematics and
science achievements released by the...
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The Revolutionary Turtle Story
In an article published in Nature, researchers in China reported that today's turtles must have...
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Astronomers Capture First Photo Of An Exoplanet Orbiting A Star
For many years now, astronomers have given their best to
learn more about planets orbiting other...
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Scientists Identify Mysterious Bat-Killer Fungus
Scientists have finally identified the cause of the mysterious
condition that has decimated the...
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Study Shows Technology Benefits Family Relationships
It is common knowledge
that nowadays, the Internet with all its features, alongside mobile...
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NASA Prepares For Hubble Reboot
After a careful consideration of the available options,
NASA’s scientists decided on switching...
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Small Asteroid Disintegrates In Fiery Display Over Africa
A relatively small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere last
night above Sudan. Just as predicted,...
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Update 2: Mammals Everywhere Need Protection!
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) recently released an extremely...
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Fermi Telescope Takes A Glance At Gamma-Ray Bursts In The Universe
The Universe is known to be the home of some incredible
energy-generating phenomena, capable of...
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Update: Saturn’s Moon Titan Offers Liquid Lake And Hopes For Life
Scientists have deciphered the enigma behind one of the the dark,
lake-like features observed at...
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Business
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German business confidence slips to 26-year low
Berlin - Business confidence in Germany slipped in March to its lowest point in about 26 years, a...
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US housing construction surges in February
Washington - The construction of new homes in the United States unexpectedly surged in...
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German investor confidence posts surprise increase
Berlin - German investor confidence recorded a surprise increase in March to record its fifth...
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Comcast Has Free Wi-Fi Services on Trial
Broadband Reports has recently informed that cable provider Comcast was testing a free Wi-Fi...
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Carmaker Audi bucks trend, reports higher sales for 2008
Berlin - German carmaker Audi reported higher sales for 2008 on Thursday, bucking a trend which has...
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RIAA Found A New Way Of Dealing With Illegal Music Downloads
Looking to find a better way to deal with the individuals illegally trading music, the Recording...
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Companies in emerging economies most likely to bribe: report
London - Companies based in emerging markets are more likely to pay bribes in order to win...
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75% off and Free Shipping for This Year’s Cyber Monday
Online retailers Monday take their turn in offering
doorbuster (or serverbuster, as the online...
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Retailers Announce Yet More Black Friday Deals
Retailers have announced that they’re offering more and
better Black Friday Deals than before. For...
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The Gaming Industry Thriving During Times of Economic Crisis
Even though
the global economy is facing a major crisis that has severely affected many...
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Half of Hong Kong businessmen expect recession to last two years
Hong Kong - Half of Hong Kong businesses expect the city's recession to drag on for at least two...
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New BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Storms Onto The Market
The release day for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Storm
has finally arrived and the device will...
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Apple And Dell Are Looking Forward To The Holiday Season
Looking to provide some information about the upcoming
holiday season’s sales trend, Change Wave...
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European Inflation Falls as Oil, Food Prices Slide
Berlin - European inflation edged down in October, data released Friday showed, as a result helping...
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Fed slashes rates to 1 per cent in bid to shore up economy
Washington - The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by 0.5 percentage points to 1 per...
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Financial Crisis Sends German Business Confidence Tumbling
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to its lowest level in more than five years in October,...
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Euro hits three-year low as economic gloom deepens
Frankfurt - The euro plunged to a three-year low Friday, slipping below 1.26 dollars, amid...
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Germany on the Edge of Recession, Economists Warn
Berlin - Germany's leading economic research institutes warned Tuesday that Europe's biggest...
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Report: Britain Is Already in Recession
London - A survey of 5,000 companies by the British Chambers of
Commerce (BCC) revealed on Tuesday...
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Financial Meltdown Spells Nightmare for Japan and other Asian Countries
Tokyo - News about the latest emergency package to save Germany's real estate financier Hypo Real...
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Americans Struggle to Cope with Financial Turmoil
San Francisco - Financial advisor Paula Gomez usually works half days at this time of year. Her...
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One In Five Employers Uses Social Network Sites When Hiring People
New study shows that one in five employers use the social
networking service to research the...
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Russia, Baltics Slip in Business Climate Survey
Vienna - Russia and Estonia lost ground in a global survey of pro-business policies as economic...
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US consumer confidence improves in August
Washington - Consumer confidence improved in the United States in August as a decline in the cost...
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USGS Report Says Arctic Region Holds Vast Supplies of Oil and Gas
According to a U.S. Geological Survey forecast, the Arctic Circle holds about 90 billion barrels of...
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comScore Buys Mobile Internet Traffic Tracker M:Metrics
comScore, a leading internet data analysis company, has announced the purchase of M:Metrics, a...
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Napster Goes Free. DRM-Free.
In a quite expected move, Napster announced today it will
start selling DRM-free tracks for 99...
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US Initial Jobless Rate Climbs
First-time claims of unemployment benefits climbed last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported...
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iTunes is the New Leader in Music Retail
Apple's iTunes music store has managed to overcome retail giant Wal-Mart to grab the first place in...
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Apple: The Most Loved Brand In The World
According to a new survey published by Brandchannel.com,
Apple is the most loved brand in the...
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Ford Introduces SYNC 3.0 Car System
Automakers may not have the best perspectives at the moment, considering the economic...
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People More Satisfied By iPhone
Research In Motion’s blackberry Storm was supposed to be an iPhone killer, a phone intended...
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New BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Finally Arrives
The release day for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Storm
has finally arrived and the device will...
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M:Metrics: iPhone Changes The Mobile Web
According to a new study released by the research company
M:Metrics the iPhone is heavily used by...
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A Research Names Best New Products Of The Year
Quick! Name the product launched this year that left the most distinctive
fingerprint in your...
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Strategy Analytics Claims iPhone Is AT&T Top Selling Device
Strategy Analytics, a research company that tracks the
mobile phone sales in US, revealed that...
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Apple’s iPhone Tops All Other Smart Phones in the US
The expensive UniquePhone dethroned all other smart phones sold in July in the US, a territory...
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AT&T Offers Parental Controls Feature for Wireless Service
If you wish to limit the access of your child to certain
feature of his/her mobile phone, then...
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iPod Ownership Shows No Sign of Stopping
The results of a new web poll survey, conducted by Rock radio consultants Jacobs Media, shows that...
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