EU Parliament rebels over ACTA secrecy
Votes by massive majority for public negotiations The European Parliament has voted by 633 to 13 on a motion to make public the negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations to be opened to public scutiny....Read more |
Tandberg Data gets ready for disk battle
Tape specialist changes focus in bid to reinvent itself as an “end-to-end data solutions provider” As the debate rages over the future of the tape storage industry, sector stalwart Tandberg Data has been re-inventing itself as a purveyor of a widRead more |
Rivals pillage Dell PC market share
HP extends its lead at the top as Acer catches up and Lenovo and Toshiba also cash in on miserable 2009 for Dell Despite returning to shipment growth, Dell continued to lose ground in the PC market in 2009's closing quarter, with all its rivals gaining mRead more |
Hill-Wilson lifts lid on new venture
Former Datapoint strategy director claims e-learning specialist Brainfood Training is already attracting big-name interest Former Datapoint strategy director Martin Hill-Wilson has claimed his new venture, Brainfood Training, represents a return to his rRead more |
Bright outlook for LEDs as Lemnis Lighting raises fresh funding
US-Dutch start up rakes in $37.5m to help commercialise new energy efficient lighting technology San Francisco-based lighting start-up Lemnis Lighting has raised $37.5m (£25m) in a fourth round of funding from unnamed African investors, as it looks to tRead more |
Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea (AFP)
AFP - Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations.Read more
E.Europe in spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference (AFP)
AFP - AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.Read more
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.Read more
Scan 'can distinguish memories'
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.Read more
Group Pays Addicts $300 to Avoid Getting Pregnant
A controversial group is hitting the streets of Honolulu, Hawaii with cash in their pockets in hopes of persuading drug addicts and alcoholics to get sterilized or go on long-term birth control. Read more
Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended. Read more
Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest risk of developing the disease, a new report finds. Read more
Stress Changes Who Men Find Attractive
When men are under stress, instead of preferring women who resemble themselves as they normally do, they choose dissimilar women, researchers now find. Read more
Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent epidemic." Read more
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