FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees
(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.
Telecom
Dec 4, 2009
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Ecosia search engine fights climate change
An Ecosia search engine launching Monday is counting on the world's fascination with the Internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming.
Internet
Dec 4, 2009
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Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
(AP) -- A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, an Obama administration ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2009
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GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal
(AP) -- General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory ...
Business
Dec 4, 2009
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Case Western Reserve researchers' new pathway discovery published as 'Paper of the Week'
Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine's Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abuse, known as 4-hydroxyacids, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 4, 2009
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Tech accessories can spice up holiday list
As much as I love buying big-ticket items such as TVs, computers, cell phones and cameras, I also love buying accessories for those items just as much, maybe even more.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 4, 2009
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'Digging into Data Challenge' grant awarded
A professor at Tufts University will lead a team of international researchers to explore how humanities scholars can use data analysis to track topics about the Greco-Roman world as they appear in a million documents, spanning ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 4, 2009
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Microsoft unleashes lawsuits, raids in piracy crackdown
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has unleashed a series of lawsuits and is cooperating in criminal prosecutions worldwide in an effort to stem piracy of its software.
Business
Dec 4, 2009
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In Taiwan, bird catchers turn bird watchers
When Yeh You-chin was a boy half a century ago, he ate migratory birds with relish, but now he is at the forefront of efforts to preserve the feathered visitors to his south Taiwan home.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2009
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FTC expands Intel anti-competition probe, sources say
The Federal Trade Commission has broadened its investigation of Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker Intel beyond the company's competition with Advanced Micro Devices to include at least one other Silicon Valley company, Nvidia, ...
Business
Dec 4, 2009
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