Twitter says government requests rising in 2012
Twitter said Monday in its first "transparency report" that the number of government requests for user information or to block content is rising in 2012.
Internet
Jul 2, 2012
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AndyVision retail robot takes stock and more (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- AndyVision is a robot that walks around a store taking inventory and making sure that customers find what they are looking for—two seemingly simple tasks that for retailers can add up to doing away with ...
Android, Apple extend gains in smartphone market
The Google Android platform extended its lead in the US smartphone market while Apple increased its market share to nearly a third in March through May, a survey showed Monday.
Business
Jul 2, 2012
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Japan online retailer Rakuten to launch e-reader
Online retailer Rakuten said Monday it would launch a $100 e-reader into Japan's largely untapped digital book market, as rivals including US online giant Amazon eye the reading-mad nation.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 2, 2012
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Beats headphone maker buys MOG music service
(AP) — Upscale headphone maker Beats Electronics is buying music subscription service MOG in an attempt to improve what goes into playback devices as much as what comes out of them.
Business
Jul 2, 2012
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Review: Google's Nexus 7 guns for the Kindle
In the 1982 sci-fi movie "Blade Runner," there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an "android" or "replicant." His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 2, 2012
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Microsoft takes $6.2B hit to account for ad woes
(AP) — Microsoft is absorbing a $6.2 billion charge to reflect that one of the biggest deals in its 37-year history turned out to be a dud.
Business
Jul 2, 2012
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Despite hardships, black men in urban communities are resilient, researcher says
Black men, especially those living in low-income, urban areas, face many societal stressors, including racial discrimination, incarceration and poverty. In addition, these men have poorer health outcomes. Now, a University ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2012
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Researchers create 'rubber-band electronics'
For people with heart conditions and other ailments that require monitoring, life can be complicated by constant hospital visits and time-consuming tests. But what if much of the testing done at hospitals could be conducted ...
Materials Science
Jul 2, 2012
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Scientists unlock some key secrets of photosynthesis
New research led by chemists in the Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight ...
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2012
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