Science & Technology

Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.

 

Dinosaur prints found in New Zealand's South Island  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.

 

Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.

 

China a big winner in carbon credit game  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

In energy-hungry China's southwestern Yunnan province, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.

 

"Call of Duty" game shoots to make history  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34 EST

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the buzz over the next "Twilight" film or James Cameron's "Avatar." The biggest entertainment hit of the holiday season may come on Tuesday, when "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" hits stores.

 

"Call of Duty" game shoots to make history  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34 EST

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the buzz over the next "Twilight" film or James Cameron's "Avatar." The biggest entertainment hit of the holiday season may come on Tuesday, when "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" hits stores.

 

Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:56 EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets.

 

Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:03 EST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.

 

Louvre plays home to Apple's first French store  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42 EST

PARIS (Reuters) - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software.

 

Louvre plays home to Apple's first French store  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42 EST

PARIS (Reuters) - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software.

 

WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:07 EST

GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

 

Court orders Beatles songs to be taken off website  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22 EST

LONDON (Reuters) - London-based record label EMI has won an injunction against music website BlueBeat.com which it said was selling Beatles songs without its permission.

 

Court orders Beatles songs to be taken off website  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22 EST

LONDON (Reuters) - London-based record label EMI has won an injunction against music website BlueBeat.com which it said was selling Beatles songs without its permission.

 

Fashion house Ferragamo's museum goes online  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10 EST

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Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:08 EST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.

 

Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:08 EST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.

 

Intel in talks with India's ITI for jv: report  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:57 EST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Intel <INTC.O>, the world's largest chip maker, is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd <ITEL.BO> to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Friday.

 

Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:57 EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Great Wall of steel in the blue sky."

 

SS numbers of N.H. health care providers on stolen laptop   Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:33 EST

A laptop that may have contained sensitive information about thousands of New Hampshire health care providers has been stolen. How many victims? 10,000.What type of personal information? Social Security numbers.What happened? An employee of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield transferred a file that may have contained the Social Security numbers of N.H. doctors, dentists and other health care service providers to a personal laptop that was later stolen. Transferring the file to a personal computer was against the insurer's security policies. Details: The file did not contain any information about N.H. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield members or their medical conditions. Early last month it was revealed that the loss of a separate laptop belonging to Blue Cross put the sensitive information of 39,000 physicians at risk.What was the response? Affected individuals will be offered free credit monitoring for one year. Source: WMUR New Hampshire, www.wmur.com, ?Insurer Says SS Numbers May Be

 

China bureaucratic war over online Warcraft heats up  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:14 EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Culture Ministry has accused the publishing watchdog of abusing its authority by threatening access to the popular online game, World of Warcraft, stoking bureaucratic rivalry over control of the Internet.

 

Canada to investigate disappearing Pacific salmon  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23 EST

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon than scientists had predicted returned to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast this summer.

 

Company sequences whole human genome for $1,700  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24 EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700.

 

Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

 

Mercury probe fly-by maps mysterious inner planet  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.

 

Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.

 

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.

 

Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.

 

Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.

 

Senegalese NGO plants 34 million mangroves  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A Senegalese environmental NGO announced on Friday that it had planted 34 million mangrove trees in three months in a project largely financed by French dairy giant Danone to offset its carbon footprint.

 

China supports peaceful use of space as air force modernises  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Chinese President Hu Jintao said his nation supported the peaceful use of outer space Friday, days after his air force commander sparked concerns by saying an arms race in space was inevitable.

 

Experts agree on proposed global privacy standards  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data, participants said Friday.

 

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich.

 

Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap here Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.

 

Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap here Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.

 

Senegalese NGO plants 34 million mangroves  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A Senegalese environmental NGO announced on Friday that it had planted 34 million mangrove trees in three months in a project largely financed by French dairy giant Danone to offset its carbon footprint.

 

Forty leaders to attend Copenhagen conference: UN  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Forty heads of state or government have signalled they will attend the world climate talks in Copenhagen next month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer said here Friday.

 

40 leaders to attend Copenhagen climate conference: UN  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Forty heads of state or government have signalled they will attend the world climate talks in Copenhagen next month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer said here Friday.

 

Newborns cry, coo in their own language: study  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.

 

APEC seeks to slash emissions by 2050  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a crunch climate meeting in Copenhagen.

 

APEC seeks to slash emissions by 2050  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.

 

New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday.

 

APEC seeks sweeping world emission cuts by 2050  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday.

 

Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A judge on Thursday ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online.

 

Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.

 

Windows 7 debut a hit: NPD  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00 EST

Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.

 

"Guitar Hero" brings higher revenue for Activision  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:35 EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc reported a quarterly profit that matched analysts' estimates and revenue that was higher than expected, led by sales of the company's latest "Guitar Hero" offering.

 

FCC approves AT&T's bid for Centennial: sources  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17 EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Inc's <T.N> $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp <CYCL.O>, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday.

 

U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:47 EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it was mulling whether changes are needed to regulations governing access to telephone lines largely controlled by telecom giants.

 

Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:55 EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it would sell an HTC Corp <2498.TW> phone based on Google Inc's <GOOG.O> Android system for $99.99, potentially putting pressure on smaller carrier Sprint Nextel Corp <S.N>.

 

Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36 EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.

 
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