Report: BlackBerry could cut 40 pct of workforce
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry could cut its workforce by up to 40 percent by the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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Obama officials: Rule won't kill coal-fired power
President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials said Wednesday there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 18, 2013
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Pandora wins court battle with music publishers
Internet radio leader Pandora has won a court battle with the music publishing society known as ASCAP (AZ-cap) that could help it lower its royalty payments.
Business
Sep 18, 2013
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Dissecting the brain's primary developmental engine
(Phys.org) —Last month, researchers reported the creation of the first primitive brain-like structures made from human stem cells. To create the complex morphology of these cerebral organoids, cells within a proliferating ...
eBay launches Brazil fashion app
US online distributor eBay on Wednesday said it had launched a Portuguese-language version of its Moda fashion app in Brazil as the company aims to tap into Latin America´s largest economy.
Internet
Sep 18, 2013
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Google promises new thinking for health company
Google announced Wednesday it was launching a new company focused on health and well-being, and hinted at cooperation with longtime rival Apple in the venture.
Business
Sep 18, 2013
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'Whale Spotting' app seeks to reduce ship strikes (Update)
U.S. federal officials trying to reduce the number of whales that are struck and killed by ships sailing in and out of San Francisco Bay are testing a new smartphone application that could help locate the mammals more accurately.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2013
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Usagi's central and southern power
Powerful thunderstorms wrapped around Tropical Storm Usagi's center and its southern quadrant in visible data from NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 18.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2013
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Tropical Storm Humberto makes an 'A' for Atlantic on satellite imagery
When NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Storm Humberto on Sept. 17, the MODIS instrument aboard took a picture of the storm and it resembled the letter "A" as it moves through the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2013
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Undersea mountains provide crucial piece in climate prediction puzzle
A mystery in the ocean near Antarctica has been solved by researchers who have long puzzled over how deep and mid-depth ocean waters are mixed. They found that sea water mixes dramatically as it rushes over undersea mountains ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2013
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