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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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Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer
Racial disparities are still present in the American medical system when it comes to lung cancer....
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Supervised Exercise Benefits Heart Failure Patients
Supervised exercise appears to be both safe and healthy for people with heart failure, according to...
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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure
Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
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Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients
A new study released Thursday by US researchers suggests that, when electrically stimulated the...
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A Happy Marriage Keeps The Doctor Away
Scientists found that being in a strained relationship not only affected the mental health of women...
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Bad Marriage Equals Heart Disease in Women
Marriage is not for everyone! I’m sure we have heard that a thousand times. As long as the...
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Choosing a Healthier Living Could Save Us from Cancer
How many times have you been told to adopt a healthy diet in order to improve your quality of...
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Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence
A drug commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms appears to increase the risk of breast...
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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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U.K. Government Prepares Strategy for “Memory Clinics” to Spot and Treat Dementia
According to new government plans, family doctors are to be trained to spot the symptoms of...
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Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women
Doctors often advise patients to lose weight if they’re at risk of developing certain...
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Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors
Many people believe that by donating a kidney, their kidney function will worsen in time, but...
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FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just tapped a Northern Californian biotech company to...
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FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
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Cleaner Air Leads To A Longer Life
According to a recent report involving the way of life for Americans, the significant improvements...
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Study Shows That Cleaner Air Extends the Life
Scientists reported on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine that important improvements...
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Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life
Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
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Walking Helps PAD Sufferers
A new US government-funded study has shown that people with the leg blood-vessel blockage called...
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Antidepressants May Be a Solution for Fibromyalgia Patients
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association brings hope to people suffering...
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Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Parkinson’s Patients
Tuesday, researchers revealed that deep brain stimulation significantly improved Parkinson’s...
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Deep Brain Stimulation Useful For Parkinson’s Patients
Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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First Face Transplant In The US Performed In Cleveland
The Cleveland Clinic has just announced that its
surgeons have performed the first face transplant...
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Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers
Bone formation appears to be controlled by
serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences...
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Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed
Doctors at four European universities have
managed to perform the first trachea transplant...
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Study Fails To Find Benefits Of Exercise In Heart Failure Patients
A recent study on the benefits of physical exercise in patients with heart failure has failed to...
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California Economy Loses $28 Billion Annually because of Air Pollution
California's
economy loses about $28 billion annually in health-related counts because of
the...
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Staying Active Helps Heart Failure Patients As Well
“Be
active!” is not a message that we hear for the first time. Health care
providers and not only...
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Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity
Having too much belly fat appears to be an increasing risk even for developing restless legs...
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Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field
Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
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Study: Financial Incentives Push People to Quit Smoking
A new study has revealed that financial incentives determine more people to quit smoking,...
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PAD Sufferers Might Benefit from Treadmill Walking
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) sufferers are now given the hope of a better life without having...
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Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?
Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
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Magazines Are Now Included In Google Book Search
Google Search has evolved in the past decade into the most
popular search engine on the Internet,...
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Assisted Suicide, Momentarily Legal In Montana
Assisted suicide is among the most controversial topics today, not only in the United States, but...
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Money makes you happy - but it's not the only factor, says EU survey
Brussels - Money breeds contentment. But greater wealth does not automatically make people happier,...
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If You Suffer From Any Kind Of Sexual Dysfunction, Do Something About It!
A study led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and published in the November issue...
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Sexual Problems Not A Bothering Issue For Most Women
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston discovered that almost five in ten women...
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Toviaz Gets FDA Clearance For Overactive Bladder
US regulators on Friday approved Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) for patients suffering from...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Internet Use Brings Families Closer Together
A recent national survey on the use of Internet, completed
by the Pew Internet & American Life...
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Update2: T-Mobile G1 Is Nearing. Should Apple's iPhone Worry?
While the release of G1 is just days away, the tech world should
answer to a touch question: is...
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Internet Users Present Improved Brain Activity
Apart from the well-known and appreciated uses of the
Internet, there might be another one, as...
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Chihuahua - Still On Top!
The summer of 2008 was pretty slow at the box office. Critics have said the absence of...
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Shipwreck Found in Namibia: "A Heritage for the World"
Oranjemund, Namibia - The archeologists are into raptures about the close to 500-year-old shipwreck...
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It’s OK For Teens To Play Computer Games
Despite of what was known and believed, computer games appear to have a positive social impact on...
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Let’s Take a Ride on the Wild Side with ”Sons of Anarchy”
The latest from FX, home of "The Shield," "Nip/Tuck" and firefighters series...
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Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned
Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or
older should be stopped because there...
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Hormone Therapy Not Efficient in Older Men with Prostate Cancer
A new study published in the July 9 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association...
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Red Wine Compound Could Delay Aging
Drinking a glass of wine on daily basis will do you no harm.
Oppositely, it will protect you...
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America’s Got Talent For The Third Time
NBC’s successful reality show is back for the third season,
after it was the top-rated TV show...
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Oprah Winfrey To Have Her Own Cable Network
The queen of all media is soon to literally become one as Discovery Communications Inc. will launch...
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Apple Is Serious About The Movies
Every time an Apple’s event is closing in, the tech
journalists are playing one of their favorites...
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MySpace to Challenge Hollywood's Movie Industry
After seeing Google’s YouTube grabbing the king’s crown for himself (along with a good portion of...
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Movies
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New Look At Underwater Life In ‘Under The Sea’
For those who have never taken diving lessons but always wanted to, “Under the Sea 3D,”...
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Super Bowl To Feature 3D Trailer For 'Monsters vs. Aliens'
In a move called the biggest promotional event in film history, over 150 million pairs of 3D...
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The First Rule of “Choke” Is: You Do Not Talk About “Fight Club”
In order to prepare yourself for the “Choke” land you have
to put on an imaginary pair of colorful...
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“Bottle Shock” – A Whimsical Elegy To Wine
“Bottle Shock,” a lenient and unsophisticated movie, not
swanky at all, but full of flavor,...
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Update: The Dark Knight Greeted By Movie Critics With Rave Reviews
The newest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, managed to attract
not only a massive worldwide...
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Second “Sex And The City” Movie Underway? It Seems So!
The huge box office success of this year’s “Sex And The
City: The Movie” has determined the HBO...
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Update: Kung Fu Panda Knocks Zohan To The Second Place
The Dreamworks animation, “Kung Fu Panda” proved to
be more popular for the moviegoers than Adam...
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"Kung Fu Panda" Sends Zohan To Second Spot In Friday Box Office
The animation movie Kung Fu Panda debuted on the first place
in this Friday box office. The movie,...
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Sex And The City: The Movie Tops The Friday Box Office
Four years after the successful series ended, the “Sex And
The City: The Movie” has still managed...
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Indiana Jones' Comeback Praised By Critics
Returning to the screen 19 years later, Indiana Jones received a warm welcome from the critics who...
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Review: Zombie’s “Halloween” Not So Great
You don’t have to bear till the end in order to understand
that the 2007 Rob Zombie directed...
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People
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Chris Brown Spends Time with Rihanna, Records Music
It appears that Chris Brown is prepared to get his life back on track.
After...
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Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez Sing at the Inaugural Ball
Singers Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez walked down the red carpet at Union Station on Sunday to...
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Barbara Walters To Interview the Obamas
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Barbara Walters has managed to score an interview with...
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Kidman and Luhrmann's Australia Stirs Great Expectations
Sydney - With a novice director, a tiny budget, small-time actors and the skimpiest of plots,...
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Paris Hilton Has Found Her New BFF
Paris Hilton has recently
set in motion a TV show aimed at finding a new best friend who was hot,...
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Montel to End His Show after Nearly Two Decades
“The Montel Williams Show” will end its 17-year career on CBS at the end of this...
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Halle Berry, Happy Mother-To-Be
Halle Berry is finally living her life-long dream: she is pregnant with her first child and she has...
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Brad Pitt In Restored New Orleans
Brad Pitt visited the site of an environmentally friendly home where work is in progress, to see...
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Usher and Tameka Foster: No Wedding Anymore
Some surprises are positive and
funny, but some of them are having the bad quality of sadden...
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Posh’s Dry Humor Gets Dry Welcome from Americans
Posh Spice, aka Mrs. Victoria Beckham, has arrived! Luckily enough, Americans have the unique...
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Gadgets
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Storm Users Disappointed Over Lack Of Wi-Fi
Research In Motion is the company that produces the BlackBerry one of the most reliable and popular...
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Intel Centrino 2: Big Things Come In Small Packages
Intel Corp. took another step into the future of laptops by unveiling its Intel Centrino 2...
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Apple's iPhone 3G Pros And Cons Revealed By Early Reviews
Several early reviews have already highlighted the pros and cons of the new Apple iPhone 3G. As it...
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Samsung Attacks Apple’s Smartphone Supremacy
Samsung’s new Instinct smartphone has been
labelled by many as nothing more than an iPhone copy....
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Nokia Unleashes Three New Phone
The Finnish cell-phone maker, Nokia, announced three new
devices, the Nokia 6600 Fold, the Nokia...
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Vudu Aims at Beating AppleTV or TiVo
Vudu, Vuze, Veoh, VideoEgg, Lulu, Hulu…Don’t worry, I’m not crazy: those are the names of a few...
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Sony Says Goodbye To ATRAC, Opens Walkmans To All Formats
Today Sony has unplugged its
proprietary format for music files during their press event at IFA...
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Timex Joins the iPod Boat with iControl
Renowned watch manufacturer Timex has joined the Apple boat with a new tiny controller integrated...
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YouTube to Be Available for Apple’s iPhone on June 29
Apple has confirmed what everyone was expecting: that content from the fourth most visited site the...
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Canon Unveils HR10 HD Camcorder
Canon unveiled its latest gadget for HD movie lovers, Canon HR10
HD Camcorder. The camera includes...
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Technology
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Planning for obsolescence
Washington - Remember 5 1/4-inch floppy disks? How about the Iomega Zip drive? Does the word...
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Microsoft takes bite out of Apple
San Francisco - Can the tight US economy help Microsoft beat back the cavalry charge of its much...
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BlackBerry Curve 8900 Available at T-Mobile
Today, at the Consumer Electronics Show, BlackBerry announced that the Curve 8900 smartphone would...
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2009 technology wish list - and why not?
Washington - Wish lists often accompany celebrations around the beginning of a new year. And...
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Obama’s League of Extraordinarily Green Gentlemen
The hopes and dreams of pro-environment partisans all over America and the world are much closer to...
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Preserving digital memories: Choosing a storage solution
Washington - Most of us have a box or book of old photographs somewhere - precious memories of...
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HP Offers New Batteries and a Greener Life
Hewlett-Packard promised to its customers that the notebooks they produce will also be available...
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Magazine Content – The Latest Addition To Google Search
Google Search has evolved in the past decade into the most
popular search engine on the Internet,...
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Google Digitizes Millions of Never-Before-Seen LIFE Photos
Google announced the availability of one of the most amazing
photo collections in the world, the...
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Study Concludes Internet Users Present Improved Brain Activity
Apart from the well-known and appreciated uses of the
Internet, there might be another one, as...
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T-Mobile G1 Is Nearing. Should iPhone Worry?
While the release of G1 is just days away, the tech world should
answer to a touch question: is...
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Google's G1: Better than the iPhone?
Washington - Google's entry into the cell phone market is no longer a rumour. The company's new G1...
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Users Divided Over Efficiency of iPhone OS 2.1
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 2.1 firmware update that
was released on Friday, he said that...
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New York’s 911 System Now Takes Photos & Videos
While 911 numbers across the country already take text
messages, New York City’s
911 hotlines,...
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What It Feels Like to Play God
“Spore” is the eagerly expected strategy game that makes you
feel like you’ve got the whole world...
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WWDC 2008: AppStore, iPhone’s (Not So) Secret Weapon
iPhone: 3G, video chat, GPS, new colors, different design…Forget
about them! The next best thing...
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Sony's PlayStation Home Won't Make It This Spring Either
Once again, PlayStation Home didn’t
make it for this spring’s release, as Sony Computer...
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Another YouTube Rival Comes To Life: PluggedIn
Another rival prepares to challenge YouTube by bringing high-quality
online videos to users...
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Flickr Users Not So Happy Over Video Feature
It seems like not all the Flickr users are happy over the
new video service just unveiled by the...
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Report: Internet Revolutionized Journalism But Changed Its Values
The journalism is not what it
used to be and it continues to change as Internet becomes part of...
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Coming Soon: Yahoo onePlace On A Mobile Near You
The web giant Yahoo announced today a new initiative that
will expand its presence in the mobile...
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Sony Announces New Blu-ray Players, at a Steep Price
Sony announced two new BD-Live (Profile v2.0) ready Blu-ray players, priced at $400 and $500. The...
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Nokia Launches N82 Smartphone For Visually Impaired
Nokia N82 is the first smartphone designed for the blind
or disabled persons with an incorporated...
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Sony Drops DRM Protection, Launches MusicPass
As it was rumored last week, Sony has knelt before the DRM
free trend and joined the music...
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Microsoft Announces Limited Beta Testing for Vista's SP1
Microsoft announced the start of a limited beta testing program for its Microsoft Windows Vista...
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NBC Tries Profitable Alternative to iTunes: NBC Direct
Earlier this month, the New
York Times reported that NBC Universal notified Apple about...
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Microsoft Preps Windows Vista SP 1 For Early 2008
Microsoft is planning to unveil its first major update for the
latest operating system, Windows...
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OPA: Internet Users Prefer Content Over Other Services
A recent report provided by the Online Publishers Association shows that users prefer online...
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Microsoft Tries to Make HD Photo the Next Industry Standard
Microsoft has submitted its proposal for the successor of the old JPEG format for revision, hoping...
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Laser Printers Can Be A Risk For Your Health
The laser printer from your office or home could be in fact “a
silent killer”. A new study...
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